Disconnect gear coupling
AssigneeThe Falk Corporation
InventorsWilliam J. Gordon, Bernard L. Rappel
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Abstract
A disconnect gear coupling as an internally toothed sleeve which connects external teeth formed on a pair of hubs adapted to be mounted on driving and driven shafts. A travel screw is threadedly received in a bore in a flange of the sleeve and extends axially with its outer end journaled and held against rotation in a bore in a support bracket. The support bracket extends radially from the end of one of the hubs. The sleeve is shifted axially to disengage with the teeth of the other hub by rotating the travel screw.
Claims6
A disconnect coupling, comprising:
- a pair of hubs having identical series of external teeth;
- a sleeve having a series of internal teeth adapted to mesh with the external teeth of the two hubs to join the same;
- an elongated threaded member extending parallel to the axis of the hubs between said sleeve and one of said hubs;
- a support which is stationary with respect to said one hub;
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- said threaded member being threadedly received in one of said sleeve and said support and being journaled in and axially restrained in the other of said sleeve and said support whereby rotation of the threaded member will cause axial displacement of said sleeve between one position in which the sleeve is engaged with both hubs and a second position in which the sleeve is disengaged from the other of said hubs.
A disconnect coupling for joining driving and driven shafts, comprising:
- a pair of hubs having identical series of external gear teeth and each adapted for mounting on one of said shafts;
- a sleeve having a series of internal gear teeth adapted to mesh with the external teeth of the two hubs and to bridge the gap therebetween;
- a threaded member threadedly received within the sleeve and extending parallel to the axis of the hubs;
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- a support projecting radially from one of the said hubs, said support journaling said threaded member and anchoring the same against axial movements whereby rotation of the threaded member will cause axial displacement of the sleeve to disengage the sleeve from the other of said hubs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.