EXTRACTION PROCESS OF A GLOW PLUG PENCIL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND THE TOOLING SET FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH A PROCESS

Abstract

The invention involves the extraction process of a glow plug pencil (23) or a broken pencil (23) which is stuck in a cylinder head (13) housing (11) of a glow plug engine comprising a lower (19) and upper (17) part, so that the upper part (17) forms a shoulder (21) with the lower part (19), the pencil (23) being stuck in the lower part (19). The process is remarkable in that it includes a step (a) for drilling a bore in the pencil (23) according to the longitudinal direction of the latter which is performed with the use of a drill bit (1) comprising a drilling part (5) with flutes (7) and a shank (3) respectively having a diameter smaller and greater than the lower part diameter (19) of the housing (11) so that the shank (3) forms a shoulder (9) with the drilling part (5), and in that step a) for drilling the bore includes the drilling of the pencil (23) until the said shoulder (9) of the drill bit (1) is positioned to a stop against the shoulder (21) of the housing (11).

Claims

1. Extraction process for a glow plug pencil or a broken pencil which is stuck in a glow plug housing comprising a lower and upper part, the upper one with a diameter greater than the lower part diameter so that the housing features a shoulder the pencil being stuck in the lower part of the plug housing, the process comprising the following steps: a) drilling a bore in the pencil according to the longitudinal direction of the latter with a drill bit comprising a drilling part with flutes and a shank, the drilling part having an inner diameter smaller than a pencil diameter; b) forming a thread in the bore drilled at step a) in the pencil using a tap, the tap with having a tapping part with at least a flute and at least a comb and a tap shank, the tapping part has a diameter greater than the bore and smaller than the pencil diameter; c) screwing an extractor in the thread, the extractor having a threaded head through which the latter is screwed on the pencil and located on one of extractor shank ends; d) extracting the pencil by removing the extractor screwed in the pencil, wherein the drill bit (1) is selected so that the drill bit shank (3) has a diameter greater than the diameter of the drilling part so that the drill bit includes a second shoulder, and the diameter of the lower part of the plug housing, and in that step a) for the drilling of the bore includes the drilling of the pencil until the second shoulder of the drill bit is positioned to a stop against the first shoulder of the glow plug housing.

2. The extraction process as defined in claim 1, wherein the tap shank has a diameter greater than the tapping part diameter so that the tap has a tap shoulder and also greater than the lower part of the plug housing, and so that the threading b) step includes the threading of the bore until the tap shoulder is positioned against the first shoulder of the glow plug housing.

3. The extraction process as defined in claim 1, wherein the extractor shank includes a nozzle positioned at an end level opposite to the one related to the threaded head and has a diameter greater than the shank diameter, and in that step c) includes the following sub-steps: c1) threading of the extractor through the threaded head in a sledge hammer with a hollow cylindrical shape; c2) screwing of the extractor in the thread through the threaded head, and in that the removal of the extractor in step d) during the removal of the pencil is performed by striking the sledge hammer against the nozzle of the extractor shank in the removal direction.

4. The extraction process as defined in claim 1, the lower part of the plug housing being opened by one end on a combustion chamber, wherein the extracting of the pencil at step d) leading to the break of the latter and the pencil broken part is still stuck in the lower part of the plug housing, the process including: f) the expulsion of the pencil broken part in the combustion chamber using a push bar made of a shank with one head on an end, wherein the driving out is performed by hitting on the push bar with a striking tool so that the head rests on the pencil broken part; and g) the recovery of the pencil broken part through the housing of an injector opening on the combustion chamber using a collector comprising a magnetic part.

5. The extraction process as defined in claim 1, wherein the lower part of the plug housing is a housing being opened by one end on a combustion chamber, and when it is not possible to perform step g) because the pencil is still stuck in the lower part of the housing, the process including: e) unscrewing the pencil extractor and removing the extractor; f) driving out the pencil in the combustion chamber using a push bar comprising a shank with one head on an end, the driving out is performed by striking on the push bar using a striking tool so that the head rests on the pencil; and g) the recovery of the pencil through an injector housing opening on the said combustion chamber using a collector comprising a magnetic part.

6. The extraction process as defined in claim 1, wherein the upper part of the plug housing has an inner thread on at least one part of its walls, the process including the drilling of the bore during step a) is preceded by the installation of a centering device at a mouth of the upper part of the plug housing for the positioning of one or several elements selected from among: a drill bit during the boring operation of the pencil; a tap during the thread operation of the bore; an extractor when screwing the latter in the thread of the pencil; an push bar during the driving out operation of the pencil, the centering device including an additional outer thread for the inner thread of the upper part and is screwed on the said inner thread.

7. A tool set for the implementation of the extraction process for a glow plug pencil, this stuck in a glow plug housing comprising a lower and upper parts, this lower part has a predetermined diameter d, the pencil being stuck in the said lower part, the tool set includes at least a drill bit with a drilling part and a shank, the shank has a diameter greater than the drilling part diameter related to the drill bit so that the drill bit has a shoulder and is selected with a diameter greater than the diameter related to the lower part of the plug housing, and in that the tool set also includes one or several elements selected from among: at least a tap for threading the bore of the pencil; at least an extractor for extracting the pencil; a sledge hammer to remove the extractor; a push bar to expel the pencil; a collector to retrieve the pencil in a combustion chamber; and at least a centering device for positioning and guiding one or several elements selected from among: a drill bit during the boring operation of the pencil; a tap during the thread operation of the bore; an extractor when screwing the latter in the thread of the pencil; a push bar during the driving out operation of the pencil.

8. The tool set as claimed in claim 7, further including the tap to thread the bore of the pencil and including a tapping part and a shank, and in that the tap shank has a diameter greater than the tapping part diameter in order to form a shoulder with the tapping part and is selected with a diameter greater than the diameter related to the lower part of the plug housing, the said tapping part including flutes and combs and with an entry followed by a guide, the said entry has a spiral point entry in that the flutes bear a grinder stroke at the level.

9. The tool set as claimed in claim 7, wherein the extractor includes a shank that has one of the ends with a threaded head, the said threaded head has a diameter smaller than the said shank diameter, the said shank having a tapped bore and the said threaded head being screwed in the said tapped bore of the shank.

10. The tool set as claimed in claim 7 further including the push bar and a the collector, the push bar having a shank with a head on one end, a diameter of the shank being greater than that of the head, and the collector including a magnetic part, the magnetic part of the collector is connected to one end of a flexible rod.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0064] The invention will be well understood and other aspects and advantages will appear clearly after reading the description that follows, given as an example with reference to the drawing planks attached on which:

[0065] FIG. 1 shows a drill bit according to the invention.

[0066] FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view showing the step dealing with the drilling a glow plug pencil using a drill bit and a centering device according to the invention.

[0067] FIG. 3 shows a tap according to the invention.

[0068] FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view showing the step dealing with the extraction of a glow plug pencil according to the invention.

[0069] FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view showing the step dealing with the driving out of a glow plug pencil according to the invention.

[0070] FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view showing the recovery in a combustion chamber of a glow plug pencil according to the invention.

DESCRIPTION

[0071] In the following description, the term comprise is synonymous with include and is not restrictive in that it allows for the presence of other elements in the device or the vehicle which it relates to. It is understood that the term comprise includes the terms consists in. On the different figures, the same references indicate similar or identical elements.

[0072] In this brief, the process according to the invention will be described in parallel to the tools in relation to the invention for the implementation of the said process.

[0073] Reference is made in the first place in FIG. 1 in which a drill bit 1 is shown according to the invention used for the implementation of the extraction process for the pencil of a broken glow plug. The drill (1) includes a shank (3) on one end which has a drilling part (5) with flutes (7). The part for drilling hole 5 has an adapted diameter to be smaller than the diameter of the pencil to be extracted. The drill bit (1) is remarkable in that the shank (5) has a diameter greater than the diameter of the drilling part and of the lower part related to the plug housing, as it will be covered later. The diameter of the drill bit shank is preferably at least 1.5 times greater than the diameter of the drilling part, still at least 1.7 times greater preferably, at least 1.9 times greater preferentially. Thus the drill bit (1) has a shoulder (9) which is intended to come into contact with the shoulder of the housing, as this will be seen later.

[0074] The process in relation to the invention includes the following steps: [0075] a) drilling a bore in the pencil according to the longitudinal direction of the latter with the drill bit 1; [0076] b) thread of the said bore using a tap; [0077] c) screwing of an extractor in the said thread; [0078] d) pencil extraction through the extraction of the screwed puller in the pencil.

[0079] The process is remarkable in that step a) dealing with the drilling of a bore includes the drilling of the pencil until the shoulder of drill bit 1 is positioned to a stop against the shoulder of the housing.

[0080] Step a) dealing with the drilling of the bore is shown in FIG. 2. In this figure you can see a glow plug housing (11) going through an engine cylinder head (13) from the outer side towards a combustion chamber (15). This housing (11) includes an upper part (17) leading toward the outside and wider than a lower part (19) leading to the combustion chamber (15) so that the lower part (19) of the housing forms a shoulder (21) with the first one. The glow plug comprising a body and a pencil (23), the upper part (17) is intended to receive the body of the plug and the lower part (19) the pencil (23). During engine operation, the glow plug is screwed in its housing thanks to an inner thread (25) visible on the upper part (17) walls of the housing (11).

[0081] In FIG. 2 you can see a pencil (23) stuck in the lower part (19) of the glow plug housing which has been broken while unscrewing it. Therefore step a) includes the drilling of a bore in the pencil (23) to be extracted according to the longitudinal direction of the latter, using a drill bit (1) according to the invention. The drilling operation is in progress but the shoulder (9) of the drill bit (1) is already positioned to a stop against the shoulder (21) of the glow plug housing (11). Step a) is completed when these two shoulders (9, 21) will come into contact. The bore performed is intended to be threaded by a tap in step b).

[0082] You will understand that the drilling of the bore should be centered in relation to the pencil (23). According to the invention first operating procedure, the diameter of the drill bit (1) shank (3) corresponds to the upper part (17) diameter of the housing (11) for sliding. Thus the drilling step does not require the installation of a centering device. According to a second operating procedure and as shown in FIG. 2, the drilling step is performed using a centering device (27) for positioning and guiding the drill bit (1) and the drill bit shank (3).

[0083] The centering device (27) may be a cylinder comprising a duct crossing it on both sides according to its longitudinal direction. This centering device (27) is positioned against the upper part (17) walls of the glow plug housing (11) and preferably includes an outer thread on these walls ready to be operated by screwing with the inner thread (25) of the upper part (17) walls. The central duct has a diameter greater than the diameter of the drill bit (1) shank (3) so that the latter can be inserted there. More specifically, the diameter of the central duct of the centering device (27) and that of the shank (3) of the drill bit (1) are selected so that the shank (3) slides in the said duct but cannot tilt in relation to this duct. The centering device guides the shank (3) according to a determined direction.

[0084] FIG. 3 shows a tap (29) according to the invention. The said tap (29) includes several parts namely a tapping part (31) and a shank (33). The tapping part (31) of the tap (29) is designed to allow the thread of the bore performed in the pencil 23 during step b). To do this, the tapping part includes flutes and combs, the said combs allowing to thread a bore and flutes so as to evacuate the material chips from the tapping. The flutes may be straight or helical. The tapping part has an entry followed by a guide. The entry of the tapping part is preferably a spiral point entry in that the flutes bear a grinder stroke at its level. Such an entry has the particularity to be tapered by widening from its end up to the guide. Similarly to what has been described previously for the drill bit (1) of the invention, the tap (29) includes a shank (33) with a diameter greater than the tapping part (31) and also greater than the diameter of the lower part of the plug housing (11), so that the shank (33) forms a shoulder (35) with the tapping part (31). The diameter of the tap shank is preferably at least 1.5 times greater than the diameter of the drilling part, still at least 1.7 times greater preferably, at least 1.9 times greater preferentially. The thread operation is completed this way when the shoulder (35) of the tap (29) is positioned to a stop against the shoulder (21) of glow plug housing (11). This shoulder (35) allows not to push too far the tap (29) in the latter. The diameter of the tap (29) shank (33) preferably corresponds to the upper part (17) diameter of the housing (11) for sliding.

[0085] In FIG. 4, there is an extractor (37) which has been screwed in the thread performed in the pencil (23) during step c). The extractor (37) of the invention includes a shank (39) with a threaded head (41) on one of its ends and a nozzle (43) on the other end preferably. The existence of the nozzle (43) allows you to remove more easily the extractor (37) and to work with a sledge hammer (45) as this will be seen later. The thread of the head (41) corresponds to the thread performed in the pencil (23) performed with the tap. The head (41) of the extractor (37) preferably has a diameter smaller than the shank (39) diameter so that the extractor (37) has a shoulder (47). As it has already been described for the shoulder of the drill bit and that of the tap, this shoulder (47) is intended to get in contact with the shoulder (21) of the glow plug housing (11) in order to signal the end of the step related to the screwing of the extractor in the thread performed in the pencil (23). Preferably and as it is visible on the figure, one end of the shank has a tapped bore and the threaded head is screwed in the said tapped bore of the shank.

[0086] According to an operating procedure the invention, before the extractor (37) is screwed on the thread performed in the pencil (23), the extractor (37) is firstly threaded in a sledge hammer (45) designed to come and strike the nozzle (43) of the extractor (37) during step d), as it will be described below. The said sledge hammer (45) preferably has a cylindrical shape but can also have a truncated and tapered with the base of the cone located closer to the extractor (37) nozzle (43). The sledge hammer (45) includes a central duct crossing on both sides according to its longitudinal direction and with a diameter greater than the extractor (37) shank (39) diameter and smaller than the extractor (37) nozzle (43).

[0087] FIG. 4 represents step d) dealing with the pencil (23) extraction by the removal of the extractor (37). This removal is done by striking the sledge hammer (45) against the extractor (37) nozzle (45) in the direction of the removal. Pencil 23 is thus extracted through the housing 11 of the glow plug.

[0088] It may happen that during the extraction of the pencil in step d), the latter breaks broken so that the pencil broken part is still stuck in the lower part of the housing. According to an operating procedure of the invention, then the process also includes the following steps: [0089] f) expulsion of the pencil (23) broken part in the combustion chamber (15) using a push bar; and [0090] g) the recovery of the pencil 23 broken part through an injector housing opening on the said combustion chamber (15) using a collector.

[0091] In addition, it sometimes happens that, because of the strong pressures in the combustion chamber 15, the open end of the pencil 23 leading to this combustion chamber 15 is distorted so that a part of its diameter is increased and can no longer go through the lower part (19) of glow plug housing (11), as it is shown in FIG. 5. Therefore, during step d), the user will not be able to remove the extractor 37 screwed on pencil 23. According to an operating procedure, the extraction process of the pencil 23 also includes the following steps: [0092] e) unscrewing the pencil 23 extractor 37 and removing this extractor 37; [0093] f) driving out the pencil (23) in the combustion chamber (15) using a push bar; and [0094] g) the recovery of the pencil 23 through the housing of an injector opening on this combustion chamber 15 using a collector.

[0095] Step f) dealing with the driving out of the pencil (23) broken part in the combustion chamber (15) is shown in FIG. 5. In this figure a push bar (49) is shown, the push bar includes a shank (51) with a head (53) on one end and a nozzle (55) on the other end preferably. The shank (51) has a diameter greater than the head (53) in order to form a shoulder (57). Step f) ends when the shoulder (57) of the push bar (49) is positioned to a stop with the shoulder (21) of the plug housing (11). In addition the shank (51) has a diameter smaller than the nozzle (55). The head 53 is preferably long and tapered in order to be able to drive completely the pencil 23 out of its housing. to do this, the length of the head 3 is at least equal to that of pencil 23. The driving out is performed thanks to a striking tool (59) hitting the open end shank of the push bar (49) or the nozzle (55) when the latter is there. In FIG. 5, the expulsion operation is in progress so that the pencil (23) is not fully out of its housing yet.

[0096] FIG. 6 shows step g) dealing with the recovery of the pencil (23) or the pencil broken part in the combustion chamber (15) using a collector (61). The collector piece 61 of the invention includes a flexible shank piece 63 with a magnetic part piece 65 on one end. This flexibility allows the shank piece 63 to sneak through the housing piece 67 of an injector previously removed and to search in the combustion chamber piece 15 the pencil piece 23 expelled. In the combustion chamber there is a piston (69) comprising a head (71) in the upper part. During the driving out of the pencil (23), the latter is located on the upper surface of the piston head (71), as it is shown. The magnetic piece 65 part allows to fix the pencil piece 23 to the collector piece 61 which will then be out through the housing piece 67 of the injector.

[0097] It is noted that this patent claims priority from Belgian Patent Application Serial Number BE 2017/5175 which was filed on Mar. 21, 2017, and French Utility Model 1770295, filed on Mar. 24, 2017. Both Belgian Patent Application Serial Number BE 2017/5175 and French Utility Model 1770295 are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.

[0098] Although certain example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture have been described herein, the scope of coverage of this patent is not limited thereto. On the contrary, this patent covers all methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture fairly falling within the scope of the appended claims either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents.