Machine element or mechanism – Rotary member or shaft indexing – e.g. – tool or work turret – Preselected indexed position
Patent
1977-03-21
1978-06-27
Abercrombie, Willie G.
Machine element or mechanism
Rotary member or shaft indexing, e.g., tool or work turret
Preselected indexed position
74 108, 74142, 83273, 83328, 83436, B23Q 1700, F16H 2702
Patent
active
040967670
ABSTRACT:
A control shaft extends through and is rotatable in a housing parallel to a stub shaft therein which has one end extending through one wall thereof. Within the housing are four bevel gears, one being keyed or fixed to the control shaft, a second rotatable on and relative to the control shaft, and the remaining two meshing with the first and second ones and carried on a block that is rotatable on and relative to the control shaft. The second bevel gear is keyed to the larger of a pair of meshing spur gears, such larger gear being rotatable relative to the control shaft and the smaller spur gear being fixed to the stub shaft. Respective discs are fixed on the adjacent ends of the two shafts, and articulated holding devices are operable to alternately hold and release the discs. An external arm adjacent the other end of the control shaft is coupled through the housing to the block, and such arm is reciprocally operable via an external, adjustable eccentric drive that is selectively settable for any desired angle through which the arm is to be stroked. Mechanism for alternately holding and releasing the discs is synchronized with the eccentric drive to effect holding of the stub shaft via its disc throughout one stroke of the arm to permit the control shaft to rotate, and to effect holding of the control shaft via its disc throughout the return stroke of the arm.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2786360 (1957-03-01), Cameron
patent: 3149516 (1964-09-01), Caldwell et al.
Abercrombie Willie G.
Box Innards, Inc.
Turner Perry E.
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