A tool for, and a method of, removal of a bearing from a bearing housing

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EP 0 887 154 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	23.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/43

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	30.12.1998 Bulletin 1998/53

(21)	Application number: 98305006.3

(22)	Date of filing: 25.06.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B25B 27/06

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

26.06.1997 GB 9713372

(71)	Applicant: General Domestic Appliances Limited
	Peterborough PE2 9JB (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	Kurys, Mark Roberts Deeping St. James, Lincolnshire PE6 8SW (GB) Cowling, Gary David Whittlesey, Peterborough PE7 2RH (GB)

(74)	Representative: Waters, Jeffrey
	Marconi Intellectual Property Marrable House The Vineyards Gt. Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7QS Chelmsford Essex CM2 7QS (GB)

(54)	A tool for, and a method of, removal of a bearing from a bearing housing

(57) A bearing 2 is removed from a bearing housing 4 of a laundry appliance drum 1 by driving axially an annular thrust region e.g. sleeve 17, against an end face of the bearing. This is effected by rotation of an internally threaded member, such as member 18, relative to an externally threaded member e.g. bolt 16. One of the threaded members, in this case member 18, has anti-rotation means 19 to prevent rotation of member 18 relative to the bearing housing so that the bearing can be removed by rotary force being applied only to the bolt 16 by means of say a T-bar 27. The invention permits bearings to be removed by applying rotary force only to one of the members. Previously, rotary force had to be applied to both members, in opposite directions.

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