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US 4,306,383 AGranted
Grinding wheel with energy absorbing device
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorPaul W. Gress
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Abstract
An energy absorbing device in the form of an energy absorbing washer for use in mounting grinding wheels to grinder spindles. The device is capable of absorbing energy at an initial lower rate and a final higher rate.
Claims2
The combination of a grinding wheel which is mounted on the spindle of a grinder by means of mating threads and an energy absorbing device comprising:
- a first cylindrical section;
- a second conical section attached to and mounted in circumferential attachment at one end of said first cylindrical section;
- said conical section being convex to said cylindrical portion;
- said conical section being provided with a bolt hole through its apex for mounting to the spindle of said grinder;
- a mounting bolt disposed through said bolt hole for engagement with an axial threaded bore in said grinder spindle;
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- said mounting bolt has a different pitch thread than the pitch of the thread mounting the grinding wheel on the grinder spindle.
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