US Patent Issued to SEAL-RYT on March 31 for "Kit for bearing extraction from a stuffing box of a rotary mechanical device" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,636, issued on March 31, was assigned to SEAL-RYT CORP. (Westfield, Mass.).

"Kit for bearing extraction from a stuffing box of a rotary mechanical device" was invented by Thomas B. Monahan (Springfield, Mass.) and Michael F. Huard (Middlefield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved bearing or bushing body with jack screws kit for extraction of a seal body from a stuffing box using the jack screws is provided. The bearing or bushing seal body includes at least one jack screw on each half of a split body. The jack screw passes axially through the sidewall of the body to the inner flange of the stuffing box and turning the j...