Stretch end cap sub-assembly for spreader rolls
AssigneeConverter Accesory Corporation
InventorJeffrey C. Damour
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Abstract
An end cap sleeve stretch sub-assembly for holding the ends of the sleeve portion of a spreader roller assembly being rotatable on a stationary shaft, including a pivot arm assembly for adjusting the angular displacement of the end cap assembly with respect to an axis of the shaft in order to expand and contract sections of the roller assembly resilient sleeve, an outer bearing ring and bearing assembly including a slide ring which is adapted for slidable adjustment parallel to an axis of the shaft on the outer bearing ring in order to preload the end cap sub-assembly by adjusting the tension on the sleeve, and a clamping assembly for securely attaching the sleeve portion to the outer slide ring.
Claims19
An end cap sub-assembly for a spreader roller including a fixed shaft comprising:
- an outer bearing ring and bearing assembly, said assembly including an outer bearing ring having a cylindrical section including an inner surface and an outer surface, an outwardly directed flange on an end of the cylindrical section, and an inwardly directed flange on another end of the cylindrical section, a ring-shaped outer bearing ring bearing dimensioned to be secured in the cylindrical section of the outer bearing ring, and an outer bearing slide ring which is slidable parallel to an axis of the fixed shaft against the outer surface of the cylindrical section of the outer bearing ring, said outer bearing slide ring having an outer circumferential edge surface;
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- a clamping assembly for securing an end portion of a sleeve member forming part of the spreader roller to the end cap sub-assembly against the outer circumferential edge surface of the slide ring, the clamping assembly including a segmented sleeve-like clamping ring and an end cap, said clamping ring being dimensioned to fit over the outer circumferential edge surface of the slide ring with the sleeve member end portion positioned over said outer circumferential edge surface, and the end cap being securable over the clamping ring when positioned over the outer circumferential edge surface of the slide ring and sleeve member end portion in order to clamp the sleeve member end portion between the clamping ring and outer circumferential edge surface of the slide ring.
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