Machine element or mechanism – Rotary member or shaft indexing – e.g. – tool or work turret – Preselected indexed position
Patent
1977-06-20
1978-09-19
Wyche, Benjamin W.
Machine element or mechanism
Rotary member or shaft indexing, e.g., tool or work turret
Preselected indexed position
74410, 192 4A, F16H 128
Patent
active
041144791
ABSTRACT:
Epicyclic gearing comprises a sun gear journalled on a shaft and meshing with a plurality of planet pinions which mesh also with a rotationally fixed annular gear, the pinions being journalled in a planet carrier having a floating driving connection with a sleeve rigidly secured on the shaft by splines and a lock-nut, the floating connection including respective sets of external gear teeth on the sleeve and the lock-nut and two sets of internal gear teeth on the planet carrier which mesh with the respective sets of external gear teeth, and the tip diameter of one set of teeth on the planet carrier being greater than the tip diameter of the teeth on the lock-nut.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3352172 (1967-11-01), Teichmann
patent: 3772940 (1973-11-01), Ohtsuka et al.
patent: 3834498 (1974-09-01), Ashfield
David Brown Tractors Limited
Godard Robert D.
McKenzie, Jr. Frank H.
Wyche Benjamin W.
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