Tool assembly and method for installing an O-ring and bearing to a roller tube for cooking human food

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APP PUB NO 20020017202A1
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09912890

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A tool assembly and method are for mounting an O-ring and a bearing about a roller grill tube to cook human food in one embodiment has a first tool section for mounting with a tube, and a second tool section with an outer surface. A third tool section has a proximal end and a distal end which expands the O-ring and slides so that the O-ring and bearing locate about the second tool section. The second tool section slides so the bearing and O-ring seal about the tube. In another embodiment, the tool comprises a spring member with first and second edges, and first and second ends. The tool is compressible to bias the spring outwardly to expand the O-ring outwardly when inserted therein. The inserted tube extends past the O-ring and bearing, and the tool is removed so the O-ring and bearing seal about the tube.

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STAR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL INC#10 SUNNEN DRIVE ST LOUIS MO 63143

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Huegerich, Michael Lee St. Louis, MO 9 204
Hunot, Thomas Bridgeton, MO 6 153

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