Two-piece crankshaft for bicycles

Details Two-piece crankshaft for bicycles Two-piece crankshaft for bicycles

1986-03-18

1987-11-10

Moore, Richard E.

Machine element or mechanism

Elements

Cranks and pedals

745942, G05G 114

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047049197

ABSTRACT:
A two-piece crankshaft for a bicycle having a chain drive. One crank arm is welded to one end of a tubular, cylindrical spindle having a spline at its other end. The other crank arm is welded to an internally-splined boss which engages the splined end of the spindle. A pinch bolt secures the splined arm. A sprocket mounting pad having a threaded central mounting hole is welded intermediate the ends of one of the crank arms. A conventional bicycle sprocket having a central hole and a radially located driving slot slips onto the crankshaft spindle, abutts the mounting pad, and is secured to it by a bolt. The spindle is mounted in ball bearings inserted in bearing bores of the bicycle frame, and spacers are disposed between the crank arms and the bearings to position the two arms away from the frame.

REFERENCES:
patent: 626227 (1899-06-01), Gaylor
patent: 627597 (1899-06-01), Scott
patent: 3906811 (1975-09-01), Thun

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