Releasable drive apparatus
AssigneeVeda, Inc.
InventorsFloyd E. Buschbom, Donald L. Henke
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Abstract
A mixer having an open top mixing box accommodating a pair of lower augers and a pair of upper paddle conveyors drivably connected to the augers. A power box pivotally mounted on one end of the mixing box is drivably connected to the augers with releasable drive connections. The power box is a motor driven power transmission assembly that can be disconnected from the augers and removed from the mixing box. A movable door associated with the bottom of the mixing box is used to selectively open and close a discharge opening allowing mixed and blended material to be discharged into a conveyor.
Claims11
An apparatus for driving a movable means, said movable means including driven shaft means comprising:
- power means having drive shaft means for driving the drive shaft means, releasable means drivably connecting the drive shaft of the power means with the driven shaft means whereby the power means rotates the driven shaft means, said releasable means includes first means having at least one first arm secured to the shaft means, and second means having at least one second arm secured to and moved by the drive shaft means to the power means, one of said shaft means having an axial passage having an open end, and the other of said shaft means having projection means adapted to fit into the axial passage through the open end thereof to support said one of said shaft means on the other of said shaft means, said first and second arms being engageable with each other to transmit power from the power means to the driven shaft means when the projection means is located in said axial passage.
An apparatus for driving a plurality of rotatable means comprising:
- power means having a plurality of drive shaft means for rotating the rotatable means, a plurality of releasable drive means connecting the drive shaft means of the power means with the rotatable means whereby the power means rotates the rotatable means, each releasable drive means comprising first means having at least one first arm secured to a rotatable means, and second means having at least one second arm secured to and moved by a drive shaft means of the power means, one of said first and second means having projection means and the other of said first and second means having an axial passage with an open end to accommodate the projection means to support said one of the first and second means on the other of said first and second means, said first and second arms being engageable with each other to transmit power from the power means to the rotatable means to rotate said rotatable means when the projection means is located in said axial passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.