Change speed apparatus for a tractor
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsYoshinobu Murayama, Tetsuaki Hayashi
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Abstract
A change speed apparatus for a tractor comprising a combination of frictional stepless change speed means and planetary reduction means. A large diameter gear is used to drive the frictional stepless change speed means by means of engine output, and the frictional stepless change speed means includes a large diameter driven disc which engages an outer periphery of an internal gear of the planetary reduction means to be axially movable but not rotatable relative to the internal gear. The planetary reduction means is located in a space defined by the large diameter gear and the frictional stepless change speed means.
Claims4
A change speed apparatus for a tractor comprising:
- Planetary reduction means (10) including a sun gear (16) mounted on a main shaft (8) rotatable by engine output, planet gears (18) meshing with the sun gear (16), and an internal gear (19) meshing with the planet gears (18),
- frictional stepless change speed means (9) including a driven disc (20) operatively connected to the internal gear (19), and a plurality of drive discs (24) contacting an outer periphery of the driven disc (20) and adapted to rotate on axes normal to a rotational axis of the driven disc (20), and
- a gear (21) mounted on the main shaft (8) to drive the frictional stepless change speed means (9),
- the driven disc (20) being axially shiftable to steplessly change the revolving speed of the planet gears (18) corresponding to the travelling speed of the tractor,
- characterized in that the gear (21) mounted on the main shaft (8) to drive the frictional stepless change speed means (9) has a large diameter, the planetary reduction means (10) is located in a space defined by the large diameter gear (21) and the drive discs (24), and the driven disc (20) engages the outer periphery of the internal gear (19) to be axially movable but not rotatable relative to the internal gear (19).
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