Press drive clutch with brake
AssigneeGulf & Western Manufacturing Company
InventorEdwin A. Spanke
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Abstract
A press drive mechanism is disclosed having relatively rotatable output shaft and flywheel components which are independently rotatably supported at their opposite ends by fixed support members. The flywheel is mounted on a sleeve which is concentric with the output shaft and located between the opposite ends of the shaft. Clutch discs are cooperatively supported by the sleeve and output shaft, and brake discs are cooperatively supported by the output shaft and one of the fixed support members. The brake and clutch are alternately engaged and disengaged by means of a pneumatic piston and cylinder assembly concentric with the output shaft inwardly adjacent the other of the fixed support members.
Claims14
A press drive mechanism comprising spaced apart first and second fixed support means having axially aligned openings therethrough, an output shaft having axially opposite ends each rotatably supported in a corresponding one of said openings, flywheel means surrounding said output shaft and having axially opposite ends each rotatably supported by a corresponding one of said support means independent of said output shaft, clutch means radially between said output shaft and flywheel means and including clutch disc means cooperatively supported relative to said flywheel means and output shaft, brake means radially between said output shaft and flywheel means and including brake disc means cooperatively supported relative to said output shaft and said fixed support means, and clutch and brake actuating means for alternately engaging and disengaging said clutch means and brake means.
A press drive mechanism comprising spaced apart first and second support means having axially aligned openings therethrough, an output shaft between said support means and having axially spaced portions received in said openings, first bearing means between each said shaft portions and the corresponding one of said openings supporting said shaft for rotation relative to said support means, sleeve means surrounding said output shaft and having axially spaced portions adjacent said support means, second bearing means between each said sleeve portions and the corresponding one of said support means supporting said sleeve means for rotation relative to said support means and said output shaft, a flywheel mounted on said sleeve means for rotation therewith, clutch means including clutch disc means cooperatively supported relative to said output shaft and said sleeve means, brake means including brake disc means cooperatively supported relative to said output shaft and said fixed support means, and clutch and brake actuating means radially within said sleeve means and axially between said support members.
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