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US 4,397,470 AGranted
Oil slinger and method of mounting
AssigneeElliott Turbomachinery Co., Inc.
InventorsAlexander A. Carroll, William F. Hannan, III
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Abstract
An oil slinger is held in place on a shaft by an O-ring which serves as a detent when the shaft is at rest and as a static seal when the shaft is rotating. Because the slinger is held only by a detent action in the rest position, the slinger can be moved aside during assembly and disassembly of the companion bearing and seal structure and thereby provide greater access.
Claims4
An oil slinger comprising:
- an annular member;
- a first cylindrical surface formed on said annular member and having an annular groove formed therein;
- a second cylindrical surface formed on said annular member radially outward of said first cylindrical surface;
- a radial surface extending between said first and second cylindrical surfaces and defining a radial flowpath for oil contacting said annular member
- a generally radially extending surface between said first and second cylindrical surfaces;
- whereby when said slinger is mounted on a shaft having an O-ring extending above the surface of the shaft, the slinger can be readily moved into and out of position on the shaft by the O-ring coacting with said annular groove in a detent action.
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A method for removably mounting an oil slinger on a rotatable shaft including the steps of
- moving an annular oil slinger along a shaft until an O-ring is encountered;
- forcing the slinger over the O-ring;
- receiving the O-ring is a recess in the slinger in a detent action;
- and
- rotating the shaft whereby the O-ring forms a fluid seal with the slinger so that oil migrating along the shaft is forced to travel onto said slinger and is discharged therefrom by centrifugal force.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.