Abstract:
A combined retainer clip (10) and shaft (12) for axially fastening a mechanical element (16) to the shaft (12) includes a shaft (12) being hardened to a predetermined hardness. The retainer clip (10) is formed of an annular body (20) with a frusto-conical annulus (26) surrounding a generally central aperture (30) and hardened to a hardness higher than the hardness of the shaft (12). The retainer clip (10) is mounted on the shaft (12) at a predetermined position to fixedly mount the mechanical element (16) on the shaft (12). In one embodiment, a plurality of notches (46) are circumferentially spaced about the portion of the annulus (26) surrounding the aperture (30) in the body (20) to form a discontinuous shaft engaging surface.
Abstract:
A clamp yoke formed from a flat piece of metal. The flat piece being approximately T-shaped which is bent into the clamp yoke. The top portion of the T forming the yoke ears and the vertical portion forming two approximately parallel shaft portions. The yoke ears each having a bearing bore therein and the shaft portions each having a shaft receiving bore therein. The clamp yoke can be provided with a bolt having a reduced diameter middle which allows a shaft to be inserted into the shaft receiving bores without removing the bolt. The bolt is then tightened, drawing the larger diameter portion into the center of the clamp yoke where the bolt engages a transversely relieved portion on the shaft to axially retain the shaft.
Abstract:
Hydraulic clamp bushing (13, 14) of the type comprising a double walled sleeve (7), a hydraulic pressure medium which is trapped in a chamber (5) between the sleeve walls, and means for pressurizing said pressure medium, and in which one of, or both sleeve walls (7) is/are formed for expanding radially outwards and/or inwards when the pressure medium is pressurized, whereby the clamp bushing is clamped to a shaft, a hub or a similar object, in particular a rotary shaft (17, 18), and in which the pressure medium chamber (5) is formed with angularly inwards or sigma formed bushing ends (9) designed so that said ends are straightened up as a first stage when the clamp bushing is pressurized, whereby the axial ends of the bushing facing the shaft (17, 18) are pressed to the shaft (17, 18) thereby providing a straightening up of the bushing (13, 14) on the shaft before the intermediate portions of the sleeve are pressed to the shaft (17, 18).
Abstract:
A cutterhead (10), particularly for wood lathe tooling includes one or more sleeves (14) each of which has an inner hydraulically operated circumferential gripper for securement to a rotatable arbor (12), and an outer, independently hydraulically operated circumferential gripper for securement to a cylinder (16). The outer peripheral surface of the cylinder is provided with longitudinal dovetail ribs (16). Knife carriers (18) and spacefilling limiters (20) slide axially onto these ribs (38) and are locked in place by set screws (102, 114). Each carrier (18) has a slot (22) for radially receiving a knife (24) to be gripped between a wedge (26) and a corrugated keeper (28). The keeper (28) and carrier slot (22) are keyed together to provide for radial adjustment of the knife (24). A threaded pin (30) restrains slot spreading and radially retains the wedge (26) and keeper (28). Wedge action prevents radial throwing of elements should someone neglect to secure the carriers (18) or limiters (20), or neglect to elevate the wedges. Knives (24) are slotted for easy removal, and corrugated to match the keepers (28) to facilitate knife (24) height adjustment. All but inner and outer rings of the sleeves (14), the threaded pins (30) and keepers (28) are made of aluminum. The knives (24) are made of steel.
Abstract:
A compact, reliable, clearance-free, positive connection for the components to be connected to the shaft (4) of a gear unit is to be provided. To this end, the end of the externally projecting shaft (4) is constructed in the following manner: (a) the outside diameter of the shaft (4) is tapered towards the end in a hollow cylindrical end region; (b) a clamping ring (5) with an oppositely conical internal diameter can be placed on the tapering end section of the shaft (4) and clamped to the shaft in such a way that the internal diameter of the end section of the shaft (4) can be slightly decreased; (c) in order to obtain a predetermined reduction in the internal diameter of the shaft (4), the clamping ring (5) can be axially tightened. The clamping ring may optionally act as a securing flange on the shaft (4) for a connecting unit (9).
Abstract:
A hydraulic frictional coupling for either mounting a hub on a shaft, or for connecting two shafts, (Figs. 5(a), 5(b)) (not shown) comprises an annular chamber (c, 16, 36) housing an annular piston (d, 15, 35), the chamber and the piston having matching tapers. Oil fed (e.g. at h) to one end of the chamber, moves the piston axially to cause radial expansion connecting the shaft and hub or two shafts. Oil fed (e.g. at i) to the other end of the chamber allows the coupling to be disconnected.
Abstract:
Cone-coupling for interconnecting a hub (4) and a shaft (5) and comprising an outer cone sleeve (1) and an inner cone sleeve (2) designed for being clamped together by means of screws (3), whereby at least one of the cone sleeves are brought to move in the radial direction for interconnecting the hub (4) and the shaft (5). The radially moving cone sleeve or cone sleeves (1, 2) are formed with several axial slots (16, 17) extending through material of the sleeves, and the said sleeve or sleeves (1, 2) are formed with a weakened deformation portion (18, 19) located axially outside the hub (4) to be connected to the shaft (5) and allowing a radial parallel displacement of the slitted sleeve portions (14, 15).
Abstract:
A locking device for clamping onto a shaft (10) is composed of a collar (19) and a ring (3, 17) fitted onto the shaft (10). The collar (19) has an end wall (25) and an axial region (18) extending over an outer inclined contact surface (20) of the ring (13, 17). The ring (13, 17) and the collar end wall (25) have inner surfaces (9, 22) confronting the outer surface of the shaft (10) which are separated by sliding radial surfaces (50) of the collar (19) and the ring (13, 17). Screw-threaded elements (21) set in threaded bores (6) in the axial region (18) of the collar (19) can be tightened against the outer surface (20) of the ring (13, 17) to cause contact zones (24, 26) of the inner surfaces (9, 22) to exert clamping force on the shaft (10) at diametrically opposed positions. The screw-threaded elements (21) and the bores (6) adopt non-radial dispositions relative to the axis of rotation (P).
Abstract:
The invention concerns a body (10) with a shaft rotatively mounted in an aperture (12) in the body (10), the aperture (12) being sufficiently undersized and the body (10) and/or the shaft being sufficiently elastic for the shaft to be held in the aperture (12) both by physical interlocking of the parts and by frictional forces. Advantageously, the aperture undersize is ensured by virtue of the fact that the surface of the aperture (12) or of the shaft has regular or irregular protuberances (16) which are preferably parallel to the axis of the shaft.
Abstract:
In a coupling with two sections (1, 12) which are prestressed by a tensioning device with at least one cylindrical tensioning component (16) in which one conical end transverse to the coupling axis (11) of the tensioning component (16) acts on a tensioning surface (24) arranged obliquely to the coupling axis (11) and generates a tensile force acting in the direction of the coupling axis (11), an improvement in the mechanical behaviour is attained in that the coupling sections (1, 12) are made of a case-hardened material, preferably steel, the tensioning surface (24) espouses the surface of the conical end of the tensioning component and the latter (24) is made by cold extrusion before hardening.