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US 2017/0246668 A1Published application
Shimless spacer
AssigneeSteel King Industries, Inc.
InventorJonathan A. Hill
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Abstract
A spacer for adjusting the width between rollers of roller tooling for machines operable to form metal products has an annular male member with lateral bosses and an annular female member having different depth pockets accommodating the bosses to adjust the combined width of the male and female members.
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An adjustable width spacer comprising:
- an annular male member,
- said annular male member having an annular circumferential first side face and an annular circumferential second side face opposite the first side face,
- a continuous cylindrical outer surface,
- a continuous cylindrical inner surface, said inner surface being concentric with the outer surface,
- three bosses joined to the second side face of the annular male members, adjacent bosses being circumferentially spaced 120 degrees from each other and each boss having a length projected laterally away from the second side face of the annular male member,
- an annular female member,
- said annular female member having an annular circumferential first side face and an annular circumferential second side face,
- a continuous cylindrical outer surface,
- a continuous cylindrical inner surface,
- six pockets extended from the second side face of the annular female member laterally into the annular female member, adjacent pockets being circumferentially spaced 60 degrees from each other,
- said six pockets comprise three first pockets circumferentially spaced 120 degrees apart and open to the second side face of the annular female member and three second pockets circumferentially spaced 120 degrees apart and open to the second side face of the annular female member,
- each of the first pockets having a first depth corresponding to the lengths of the bosses whereby when the bosses are located in the first pockets, the second side faces of the male and female members are in surface engagement and the combined male and female members have a first width, each of the second pickets having a second depth, said second depth being less than the first depth of the first pockets whereby when the bosses are located in the second pockets, the second side faces of the male and female members are spaced apart and the combined male and female members have a second combined width greater than the first width of the combined male and female members.
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An adjustable width spacer comprising
- an annular male member,
- said annular male member having an annular flat male first face,
- an annul male second face, said male second face being parallel to the angle first face,
- a continuous cylindrical outer surface.
- a continuous cylindrical inner surface, said inner cylindrical surface being concentric with the outer cylindrical surface,
- a plurality of circumferentially spaced bosses joined to the second face, each of said bosses projected laterally from the second face,
- an annular female member having
- an annular flat female first face,
- an annular flat female second face, said female second face being parallel to the female first face,
- a continuous cylindrical female outer cylindrical surface,
- a continuous cylindrical female inner cylindrical surface, said female inner cylindrical surface being concentric with the female outer cylindrical surface,
- a plurality of pockets extended from the female second face laterally into the female member,
- said pockets include a first number of pockets circumferentially spaced around the female second face, each of said first number of pockets having a first depth and
- a second number of pockets circumferentially located between adjacent the first number of pockets, each of said second number of pockets having a second depth, said second depth being less than the first depth, whereby the annular male and female members have a combined first width when the bosses are located in the first number of pockets and a second combined width greater than the first width when the bosses are located in the second number of pockets.
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An adjustable width spacer comprising
- an annular male member,
- said annular male member having an annular male first face,
- an annular male second face, said male second face being parallel to the male first face,
- a plurality of circumferentially spaced bosses joined to the second face, each of said bosses projected laterally from the second face,
- an annular female member having
- an annular female first face,
- an annular female second face, said female second face being parallel to the female first face, a plurality of pockets extended from the female second face laterally into the female member,
- said pockets include a first number of pockets circumferentially spaced around the female second face, each of said first number of pockets having a first depth and a second number of pockets circumferentially located between adjacent the first number of pockets, each of said second number of pockets having a second depth, said second depth being less than the first depth, whereby the annular male and female members have a combined first width when the bosses are located in the first number of pockets and a second combined width greater than the first width when the bosses are located in the second number of pockets.
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An adjustable width spacer comprising:
- a male member,
- said male member having a first side face and plurality of bosses projected laterally away from the first side face,
- a female member,
- said female member having a second side face and a plurality of pockets projected from the second side face into the female member,
- said pockets include a first number of pockets, each of said first number of pockets having a first depth and a second number of pockets, each of said second number of pockets having a second depth, said second depth of the second number of pockets being less than the first depth of the first number of pockets whereby the male and female members have a combined first width when the bosses are located in the first number of pockets and a second combined width greater than the combined first width of the male and female members when the bosses are located bosses are located in the second number of pockets.
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