Device for providing adjustable positioning of wheel on shaft
Abstract
Abstract A PROVISION FOR RELEASABLY CLAMPING A WHEEL-LIKE MEMBER AGAINST AXIALLY SLIDABLE MOVEMENT ON THE SHAFT UPON WHICH IT IS MOUNTED, WHICH INCLUDES A SLEEVE OR COLLET FORMING AN AXIAL EXTENSION OF THE WHEEL AND A GARTERTYPE SPRING ENCIRCLING THE SLEEVE AND EXERTING, A RESILIENT CONTRACTUAL FORCE THEREON. THE SLEEVE IS FLEXIBLE AND RESPONDS TO THE PRESENCE OF THE SPRING AT ITS OUTER END TO CLAMP THE WHEEL TO THE SHAFT AND AT ITS INNER END BY RELEASING THE WHEEL FOR SLIDABLE MOVEMENT ALONG THE SHAFT. THE GARTER SPRING AFFECTS A ROLLING MOTION AS IT MOVES ALONG THE SLEEVE, AND A CAMBER ON THE SLEEVE PROVIDES OPPOSITE SLOPES OF DESCREASING DIAMETERS WHICH UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ITS CONTRACTUAL FORCE CAUSES THE GARTER SPRING TO PROPEL ITSELF WITH A SNAP ACTION EITHER CLAMPING OR RELEASE POSITION ONCE IT IS SHIFTED OVER THE HIGH POINT OF THE CAMBER. MEANS IS CARRIED BY THE WHEEL FOR EFFECTING SHIFTABLE MOVEMENT OF THE GARTER SPRING.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward A Nicol
- 👤 Louis R Brown
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