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US 11,712,776 B2Granted
Rotor polishing device
OwnerTerry Sullivan, Casey Sullivan +1inventors
InventorsTerry Sullivan, Casey Sullivan, Stacie Armes
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Abstract
A rotor polishing device, including a housing with a space therein for holding rotors in need of polishing, an inlet for pumping a polishing lapper into the housing, and a rotational assembly for rotating the rotors during the polishing process. The rotor polishing device is useful for polishing rotors commonly used by rotary screw compression systems.
Claims12
A rotor polishing device, comprising:
- a housing configured to transition between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
- first and second tracks, wherein the first track is internally disposed on a first side of the housing and the second track is internally disposed on a second side of the housing opposite the first track;
- four bearing assemblies, wherein a first and a second bearing assembly of the four bearing assemblies are disposed on the first track, and a third and a fourth bearing assembly of the four bearing assemblies are disposed on the second track such the first bearing assembly on the first track and the third bearing assembly on the second track are opposite one another and form a first pair of bearing assemblies and the second bearing assembly on the first track and the fourth bearing assembly on the second track are opposite one another and form a second pair of bearing assemblies;
- wherein at least one of the first and second pair of bearing assemblies are movably affixed to the tracks and wherein each of the first and second pair of bearing assemblies are configured to receive a driver shaft of a first and second rotor, respectively;
- a motor is in operable connection with a belt drive and a rod, such that the motor will drive the belt drive and turn the rod;
- the rod is in operable connection with a first and a second gear assembly, the first gear assembly is in connection with the first rotor, the second gear assembly is in connection with the second rotor, such that when the motor is activated, the belt drive will rotate the rod which will rotate the first and second gear assemblies that will rotate the first and second rotors upon the respective first and second pair of bearing assemblies;
- wherein a lapper substance is disposable within the housing to polish the rotating rotors.
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