Shaft spacing flange for a kneading machine
AssigneeB&P Littleford LLC
InventorsGonzalo Marulanda-Paz, James P. Woodcock
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Abstract
An adjustable coupler for linking an oscillating kneader to a gear box. The adjustable coupling has a slide coupler adapted to be slidably received within an output couple of a gear box. The slide coupler has external splines wherein the external splines mate with splines of the output couple thereby coupling rotation of the slide coupler with rotation of the output couple. The internal splines are capable of mating with external splines of a slidably received kneader input shaft thereby coupling rotation of the kneader input shaft with rotation of the slide coupler. A plug in the slide coupler abut the kneader input shaft in the slide coupler and a lock mechanism maintains the kneader input shaft abutted against the plug.
Claims11
A kneader comprising:
- a gear box comprising an output couple;
- a screw kneader comprising a kneader input shaft;
- an adjustable coupler linking said output couple to said kneader input shaft wherein said adjustable coupler comprises:
- a slide coupler adapted to be slidably received within said output couple of said gear box said slide coupler comprising:
- external splines wherein said external splines mate with splines of said output couple thereby coupling rotation of said slide coupler with rotation of said output couple;
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- internal splines capable of mating with external splines of a slidably received kneader input shaft thereby coupling rotation of said kneader input shaft with rotation of said slide coupler;
- a plug in said slide coupler adapted to abut said kneader input shaft in said slide coupler;
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- a lock mechanism capable of maintaining said kneader input shaft abutted against said plug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.