Coupling
Abstract
Abstract AN OUTER ELASTIC SPLIT RING CONCENTRICALLY AND WITH CLEARANCE SURROUNDS AN INNER ELASTIC SPLIT RING. THE RINGS EACH HAVE AN AXIAL GAP AND THE AXIAL GAPS ARE RADIALLY ALIGNED WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE RINGS DEFINED WITH ONE ANOTHER TWO AXIAL CLEARANCES WHICH TAPER IN OPPOSITE AXIAL DIRECTIONS INWARDLY TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER AND IN EACH OF WHICH AN INTERMEDIATE SPLIT RING OF WEDGE-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION IS RECEIVED. THESE SPLIT RINGS CAN BE DRAWN AXIALLY TOGETHER BY SUITABLE BOLTS WHICH CONNECT THEM, TO THEREBY RADIALLY EXPAND THE OUTER ELASTIC SPLIT RING AND RADIALLY CONTRACT THE INNER ELASTIC SPLIT RING. IN THE RADIALLY ALIGNED AXIAL GAPS OF THESE FOUR RINGS THERE IS LOCATED A TORQUE-TRANSMITTING MEMBER WHICH AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY FILLS THESE GAPS AND IS CONNECTED WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE COUPLING SO AS TO BE RETAINED IN ITS SELECTED POSITION RELATIVE THERETO. D R A W I N G
Inventors
- 👤 U Kloren
- 👤 J Friedrichs
- 👤 K Schropfer
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