PNEUMATIC PRESS VANE LIFT INSTALLATION TOOL

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A PNEUMATIC PRESS VANE LIFT INSTALLATION TOOL (40). THE TOOL IS FORMED BY TWO INFLATABLE, SUBSTANTIALLY SEMICIRCULAR TUBES (42) WHICH ARE PLACED BETWEEN A ROTOR ASSEMBLY (16) AND A VANE ASSEMBLY DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE VANE ASSEMBLY (14). THE TUBES (42) ARE EACH POSITIONED ADJACENT AN INNER END OF THE VANES IN THE VANE ASSEMBLY AND ARE EACH INFLATED TO APPLY A LIFTING FORCE TO THE VANES. THE VANES ARE THEN ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE CASE (12).(FIG 3)