192 clutches and power-stop control – Elements – Wear compensators
Patent
1979-03-01
1981-04-28
Artis, Henry K.
192 clutches and power-stop control
Elements
Wear compensators
64 30R, 64 27NM, 192 56K, F16D 702
Patent
active
042637899
ABSTRACT:
In a power driven roller conveyor having a plurality of rollers each connected to a shaft and a plurality of driven sprockets one of which is rotatably mounted on each of the shafts, a torque-responsive coupling is interposed between a driving member connected to each sprocket and a driven member connected to each shaft so that the rotation of any roller will be interrupted if the resistance to rotation exceeds a desired value, thereby permitting articles on the conveyor to be stopped and accumulated without undue scuffing and wear on the articles or on the rollers. The coupling consists of a wobble plate which is connected to the driven member for oscillating movement about a center coincident with the axis of the shaft and which has a surface disposed transversely to the axis of the shaft and facing the driving member. The wobble plate is spring urged toward the driving member. A driving ball, rotatably mounted in a socket in the driving member engages and displaces the surface of the wobble plate to an oblique relation with the axis of the shaft, thus forming, a coupling which will transmit motion until the resistance thereto is sufficient to overcome the spring bias on the wobble plate. The ball then rolls on the surface of the wobble plate which oscillates.
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Koepke Frederick W.
Kuhn William
Patrick James H.
Artis Henry K.
Centri-Spray Corporation
Farley Joseph W.
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