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US 8,757,918 B2Granted
Quick-connect mounting apparatus for modular pump system or generator system
OwnerDavid R. Ramnarain, Brian D. Ramnarain +2inventors
InventorsDavid R. Ramnarain, Brian D. Ramnarain, Pamela Ramnarain, Christopher D. Ramnarain
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Abstract
A quick-connect mounting apparatus used to join a drive mechanism to a driven mechanism permits rotatable members of the drive mechanism and driven mechanism to be aligned and joined together for proper operation.
Claims19
A quick-connect mounting apparatus comprising:
- a. a base;
- b. a bracket secured to the base and coupled to a first mechanism to support the first mechanism in a fixed position relative to the base, the first mechanism having a first rotatable member rotatable about a first axis of rotation;
- c. a first engagement member on the base, said first member comprising first and second rails extending in a direction away from the bracket and parallel to the first axis of rotation;
- d. an assembly comprising a second engagement member and a second mechanism, the second mechanism having a second rotatable member, the second engagement member comprising a slide bearing having first and second channels adapted to be positioned over and lowered onto the first and second rails so that the first rail resides within the first channel and the second rail resides within the second channel to operatively couple the second engagement member to the first engagement member with the second rotatable member sharing the first axis of rotation, and wherein the first and second engagement members are adapted to guide the assembly as the assembly is moved along the first and second rails between a first position in which the second rotatable member is not joined with the first rotatable member and a second position in which the second rotatable member and the first rotatable member are joined together;
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- e. a lock having a locked position temporarily securing the assembly in the second position and unlocked position permitting movement of the assembly between the first position and the second position.
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A quick-connect mounting apparatus comprising:
- a. a base;
- b. a bracket secured to the base and coupled to a first mechanism to support the first mechanism in a fixed position relative to the base, the first mechanism having a first rotatable member;
- c. a track secured to the base, said track comprising a pair of rails;
- d. an assembly comprising a track engagement member and a second mechanism having a second rotatable member, the track engagement member comprising a pair of channels adapted to be positioned over and lowered onto the pair of rails so that one rail of the pair of rails resides within each channel of the pair of channels to operatively couple the track engagement member to the track and wherein pair of rails and the track engagement member are adapted to guide the assembly as the assembly is moved between a first position in which the second rotatable member is not joined with the first rotatable member and a second position in which the second rotatable member and the first rotatable member are joined together;
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- e. a lock having a locked position temporarily securing the assembly in the second position and an unlocked position permitting movement of the assembly between the first position and the second positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.