Abstract:
A continuous speed change gear of the invention is adapted to output the rotational force of an input shaft to a driven shaft while continuously varying said force, and provided with an input shaft (10), a pivotable shaft (13) provided so that it can be turned independently of and concurrently with the input shaft (10) as the pivotable shaft crosses the input shaft at right angles thereto, a first bevel gear (11A) mounted unitarily on the input shaft (10), a second bevel gear (11B) mounted unitarily on the pivotable shaft (13) and meshed with the first bevel gear (11A), a third bevel gear (14D) mounted unitarily on the pivotable shaft (13), a driven shaft (15) provided on the opposite side of the input shaft (10) with respect to the pivotable shaft (13), a fourth bevel gear (14C) meshed with the third bevel gear (14D) and mounted unitarily on the driven shaft (15), a fifth bevel gear (14A) meshed with the third bevel gear (14D) and having a hollow sensor portion (17), a means for applying rotational resistance to the fifth bevel gear (14A), and a can-shaped carrier (16) provided so that it can be turned around the hollow sensor portion (17) and the driven shaft (15). An over-driven unit (3) is also provided so as to increase the rotation of the input shaft at a predetermined ratio.
Abstract:
A speed change gear of the invention is provided with two planetary gear sets, each of which has a sun gear (11G) on the inner side and planetary gears (21, 22, 23) and ring gears (15, 18) on the outer side. An input shaft (11) is connected to the sun gear (11G) in the first planetary gear set. Both of planetary gear carriers (13, 17) are coupled together by planetary gear shafts (20, 24) so that the planetary carriers are rotated at the same speed, and the planetary gears are constructed so that they rotate freely on their own axes and revolve together with the planetary gear carriers around the planetary gear shafts. An output shaft (14) is coupled integrally with the ring gear (15) in the second planetary gear set, and the planetary gear (21) meshed with the sun gear (11G) on the input shaft is meshed with the planetary gear (22) in the second planetary gear set, said gear (22) being meshed with the ring gear (15) on the output shaft, so that the transmission of power is effected. The rotation of the ring gear (18) in the first planetary gear set is controlled by applying rotational resistance to said gear, thus varying the gear ratio. Since a high-speed unit (3) is provided to increase the number of revolutions per minute of the input shaft, the output shaft can be rotated more speedily than the input shaft by transmitting the rotational force of the high-speed unit to the planetary gears in the second planetary gear set.