Centrifugal impact transmission
AssigneesDavid Mata Ray, Joachim Bazant
InventorDavid Mata Rey
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Abstract
A centrifugal impact transmission between a drive shaft (1) with one or more rotors (1) and one or more driven shafts (6) parallel to the drive shaft (1): each rotor (1) or rotor level (1) includes one or more arms (2) joined to the rotor (1) by a joint (4) and with a mass (3) at the free end thereof, which can be disconnected via a clutch. Each driven shaft (6) includes at least one lever (7), joined to the driven shaft (6) via a one-way clutch, and aligned with a rotor (1), the lever (7) having a return mechanism (8). In this way, each arm (2) has at least one lever (7) aligned with it, and the rotation of each rotor (1) produces the consecutive impact of the arms (2) thereof on each lever (7) aligned with the rotor (1).
Claims7
A centrifugal impact transmission comprising:
- a drive shaft (5) having a plurality of rotors (1);
- a driven shaft (6) parallel to the drive shaft (5);
- wherein each one of the rotors (1) comprises a plurality of arms (2), each one of the arms has a first end joined to the corresponding rotor (1) by a joint (4), which rotates on the rotor;
- a mass located on a second end of each one of the arms, the masses on adjacent rotors are facing opposite directions;
- wherein the driven shaft (6) comprises a plurality of levers (7) connected to the driven shaft (6) by using a one-way clutch,
- wherein each one of the levers (7) corresponds to one of the rotors and is coplanar with the corresponding rotor (1),
- a return mechanism (8);
- wherein rotation of each one of the rotors (1) produces centrifugal forces that rotate each one of the arms producing the masses to impact the corresponding lever (7);
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- wherein the return mechanism (8) is a rocker (81) joined to two adjacent levers (7) so the impact of each mass on the corresponding lever (7) pushes forward the adjacent lever (7).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.