A pin tool member and clip installation system including the same is disclosed herein. The pin tool member and the clip installation system are configured to facilitate the installation of a clip member on a shaft. The pin tool member includes a body portion with a tapered section and a cylindrical section, the cylindrical section being attached to the tapered section at a largest diameter portion of the tapered section, the cylindrical section having a substantially constant diameter that is generally equal to the diameter of the pin tool member at the largest diameter portion of the tapered section; and a shaft engagement portion attached to the body portion of the pin tool member, the shaft engagement portion configured to substantially align a longitudinal axis of the body portion with a central axis of a shaft. The clip installation system includes the pin tool member and a tubular pusher member.

Providing a seal member taking-out device which can successfully take out a larger number of seal members. The seal member taking-out device includes a shaft member, a cylinder member, a moving member, and a taking-out member. The shaft member is columnar or cylindrical. The cylinder member is cylindrical and the shaft member is inserted through the cylinder member so that the cylinder member is movable in a direction of a central axis of the shaft member. The cylinder member is shorter than the shaft member and extends in the direction of the central axis of the shaft member. The moving member moves a plurality of seal members stacked on the shaft member and the cylinder member, in a direction of a distal end of the shaft member. The taking-out member takes out the seal members from the distal end of the shaft member.

An automated grommet installer and methods of installing a grommet. The installer and methods are capable of seating a grommet in an aperture of a window and facilitating correct alignment of the grommet within the window. Grommets are used to support and seal around a window wiper attached to a window. Typically, grommets are asymmetrical to match the curvature of the window. Embodiments of the described installer maintain grommet orientation while inserting the grommet in the window, quickly and efficiently installing the grommet. In embodiments the installer includes a system for identifying an incorrectly loaded grommet prior to installation and alerting an operator. In other embodiments, the installer includes a positioner that positions the grommet proximate to the window for installation and a gripper having one or more fingers reach through the window aperture, engage the grommet, and draw it into position, seated in the window.

A robotic grommet installer includes a robotic arm and an installation unit. The installation unit includes a rotary grommet holder rotatively coupled to the robotic arm and an installer coupled to the robotic arm. The rotary grommet holder includes a plurality of grommet chambers spaced circumferentially about a rotational axis of the rotary grommet holder. Each grommet chamber of the plurality of grommet chambers is configured to hold a plurality of grommets. The installer is configured to retrieve a grommet from the rotary grommet holder, wherein the rotary grommet holder is configured to rotate to align the installer with an available grommet positioned within one of the plurality of grommet chambers.

An elastic sealing ring expanding apparatus includes a base on which a plurality of posts are disposed, an assembly platform supported on the base by the posts, a plurality of rods movably mounted on the assembly platform, and a driving device mounted on the base. The driving device is configured to drive the rods to move from a center of a rectangle toward a plurality of corners of the rectangle along a plurality of straight paths, expanding an elastic sealing ring sleeved on the rods into a rectangular ring with a predetermined length-width ratio.

In a state where a pair of protrusion portions of a ring portion is clamped by front end engagement portions of a pair of claw members (71) (72), the front end engagement portions of the pair of claw members are swung in a direction approaching each other about a pivotal supporting portion (80). A sliding body (77) slides with the contact of the front end engagement portion to the ring portion or to the protrusion portion thereof so as to follow a radial and circumferential displacement of the protrusion portion accompanying a diameter reduction of the ring portion.

A joint assembly and disassembly tool and method of using the tool to assemble and disassemble a joint assembly. The tool includes a first member having a first member aperture extending from a first side to a second side of the first part. Additionally, the tool includes a second member having a second member aperture extending from the first side to the second side of the second member. At least a portion of a retention member is connected to at least a portion of the first member of the tool. A first actuation mechanism is drivingly connected to a pressure plate which is received and/or retained within at least a portion of the first member aperture. Additionally, a second actuation mechanism is drivingly connected to a force application member which is selectively received within at least a portion of the second member aperture.

A mounting aid for mounting a snap ring or anti-creep ring is disclosed, the mounting aid comprising a first finger and a second finger, wherein the first finger and the second finger are arranged next to one another. A first end of the first finger is arranged adjacent to a first end of the second finger; the first end of the first finger can be moved, counter to a force, from a position that is more distant from the first end of the second finger into a position that is closer to the first end of the second finger. The first end of the first finger and the first end of the second finger form a receptacle for a ring at least when the first end of the first finger is located in the position that is closer to the first end of the second finger.

The present application discloses a fitting apparatus (100) for fitting a sealing member (110) onto a solder paste nozzle (230), the sealing member having a sealing member mounting hole (112), and the fitting apparatus comprising: a support plate (116); at least two first power sources (101, 102, 103, 104); at least two insertion members (121) and a second power source (105). By controlling the driving directions and driving sequence of multiple power sources, the fitting apparatus of the present application completes the work of expanding the sealing member mounting hole in a mechanical fashion; an operator then only needs to pass the base plate of the nozzle through the sealing member mounting hole in order to complete the fitting of the sealing member to the nozzle, so the operation is convenient and saves manpower.

A device, a modular construction system and a method for inserting an elastic ring into an inner groove of a workpiece opening provides that the device the ring is fixed by multiple retainers to specific retaining regions and between the retaining regions said ring acquires a wavy shape or crown shape in an axial direction.