Mechanical system for coupling two rotating machines
Abstract
Abstract A SYSTEM FOR MECHANICALLY COUPLING TWO OR MORE ROTATING MACHINES COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO CARRIAGES EACH SUPPORTING ONE ROTATING MACHINE HAVING EXTENSIONS AT BOTH ENDS OF ITS REGULAR SHAFT AND HUBS MOUNTED ON SUCH SHAFT EXTENSIONS. A SOFT COUPLING IS ADAPTED TO MATE WITH THE HUBS OF TWO MACHINES AND EACH CARRIAGE IS PROVIDED WITH NOTCHED LINKS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON EACH SIDE AND AT ONE END THEREOF, AND WITH STUDS MOUNTED ONE ON EACH SIDE AND AT THE OTHER END THEREOF. THE LINKS AND STUDS ARE DESIGNED AND LOCATED SO THAT THE NOTCHES IN THE LINKS OF ONE CARRIAGE ENGAGE THE STUDS IN THE OTHER CARRIAGE SO AS TO COUPLE THE CARRIAGES END TO END IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE SOFT COUPLING BETWEEN THE TWO HUBS OF EACH MACHINE PERMITS TO MECHANICALLY COUPLE THE TWO ROTATING MACHINES.
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- 👤 Theodore Wildi
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