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US 5,957,004 AGranted
Cam disk and method for producing a cam disk
AssigneeKoenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBertram Wilhelm-Georg Dauner
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Abstract
A cam disk of a cam drive has a working surface which is provided with a discontinuous hardened rim. An open space in the working surface either receives or is bridged by an insertion piece that has a hardened surface portion. The result is a cam disk with an uninterrupted functional hardened work surface.
Claims7
A cam for use with a cam roller in a cam drive, said cam comprising:
- a cam disk including a cam disk periphery;
- a hardened work surface formed on said cam disk periphery said hardened work surface extending around said cam disk periphery from a starting point to an end point spaced from said starting point;
- an open space on said cam disk periphery between said end point and said starting point, said open space interrupting said hardened work surface on said cam disk periphery;
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- an insertion piece, said insertion piece having a hardened insertion piece work surface, said hardened insertion piece work surface functionally closing said open space in said hardened work surface on said cam disk periphery between said end point and said starting point of said hardened work surface.
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