Shaft-mounted assembly
OwnerHerbert Resnicowinventor
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Abstract
An assembly which may be mounted on a shaft such as a rod, bolt, or the like. The assembly includes a first member which comprises at least two segments and a retainer or locking member which interlocks with the segments when the segments are placed around the shaft to retain the segments on the shaft. The retainer also comprises at least two segments such that the first member can be used on a shaft on which the ends are non accessible. In the illustrated embodiments, the first member is a nut, and, after positioning on the shaft, the nut can be rotated and tightened in the manner of any conventional nut.
Claims15
An assembly which may be mounted on a shaft without passing over the end of the shaft, said assembly comprising four segments which are sized and shaped to encircle the shaft and which interlock with each other, each of said four segments having two radially spaced pairs of projecting tongues and two radially spaced grooves, each of which is sized and shaped to receive a projecting tongue from each of two of the other segments, thereby interlocking all four segments in two radially spaced places.
An assembly which may be mounted on a shaft without passing over the end of the shaft, said assembly comprising:
- (a) two segments each of which has a body which defines part of a bore for the reception of the shaft and an external flange in which a groove is formed and
- (b) two segments each of which have two external projections sized, shaped, and positioned so that one of said external projections from each of said second two segments is received in said groove in said flange on one of said first two segments and the other of said external projections from each of said second two segments is received in said groove in said flange on the other one of said first two segments, said second two segments each having a body which defines part of a bore for the reception of said bodies of said first two segments, thereby interlocking all four segments.
An assembly which may be mounted on a shaft without passing over the end of the shaft, said assembly comprising:
- (a) two segments each of which has a body which defines at least part of a bore for the reception of the shaft, an external peripheral surface, and an external flange in which a groove is formed and
- (b) two segments each of which have an internal peripheral surface which is sized, shaped, and positioned to mate with the external peripheral surface on said first two segments and two external projections sized, shaped, and positioned so that one of said external projections from each of said second two segments is received in said groove in said flange on each of said first two segments.
An assembly which may be mounted on a shaft without passing over the end of the shaft, said assembly comprising four segments each of which comprises:
- (a) a body which defines at least part of a bore for the reception of the shaft and which has an axial groove in its peripheral surface and
- (b) two axially projecting tongues sized, shaped, and positioned so that one of said tongues from two of said segments is received in the groove in each of said segments, thereby interlocking all four segments.
An assembly which may be mounted on a shaft without passing over the end of the shaft, said assembly comprising four segments each of which comprises:
- (a) a body which defines at least part of a bore for the reception of the shaft;
- (b) two flanges which project radially from said body and are axially spaced so that the external peripheral surface of said body and the adjacent circumferential sides of said flanges define a groove;
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- (c) two tongues which project axially from said flanges and which are sized, shaped, and positioned so that one of said tongues from two of said segments is received in the groove in each of said segments, thereby interlocking all four segments.
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