Gear system

Claim 2

A gear system comprising a center gear; a plurality of gears each having a center axis and each meshing with said center gear; a plurality of main shafts each having an axis and being in the form of a single cone and each rotatably carrying one of said plurality of gears directly through a bearing having a hole in the form of a single cone, a clearance being provided between an outer surface of each main shaft and a surface of the conical hole associated with each main shaft, whereby any uneven application of load on a carried gear causes said carried gear to move in the axial direction of said main shaft because of a variation in the thrust acting in the axial direction of said main shaft resulting from said uneven application of load and also, in accordance with said axial movement, to move radially becuase of said clearance such that the center axis of said carried gear is deviated from the axis of said main shaft; receiving means for receiving said axial thrust; and a thrust counterbalancing means associated with said receiving means adapted to equalize the load borne by all of said plurality of gears in accordance with the thrusts acting on said plurality of gears.

Claim 3

A gear system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said receiving means includes hydraulic means.

Claim 4

A gear system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said thrust counterbalancing means is povotally supported at its center and includes thrust backing plates adapted to receive the thrust of the plurality of carried gears in a position corresponding to the position of the plurality of carried gears.

Claim 5

A gear system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said receiving means includes a spring member.

Claim 6

A gear system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said thrust counterbalancing means is inclined and movably supported at its center and includes a plurality of levers adapted to receive the thrust of the plurality of carried gears in a position corresponding to the position of the plurality of carried gears.

Claim 7

A gear system as claimed in claim 5, wherein said thrust counterbalancing means includes a plurality of first levers adapted to receive the thrust of adjacent carried gears via ball-like washers, each of said first levers having a spherically convexed surface formed at a central portion of said first lever, and a second lever having spherically concaved surfaces for engagement with the spherically convexed surfaces of the first levers and a spherically convexed surface for engagement with a spherically concaved surface of a backing plate fixed to the main conical shaft.

Claim 8

A gear system as claimed in claim 5, wherein said thrust counterbalancing means includes a lever adapted to receive thrusts generated at two of said plurality of carried gears through two washers, said lever being formed with a spherically convexed surface for engagement with a spherically concaved surface of a backing plate fixed to the main conical shaft.

Claim 9

A gear system as claimed in claim 5, wherein said thrust counterbalancing means is pivotally supported centrally and includes thrust backing plates adapted to receive the thrust of the plurality of carried gears in a position corresponding to the position of the plurality of carried gears and the plurality of levers.

Claim 10

A gear system comprising a center gear; a plurality of gears each having a center axis and each meshing with said center gear; a plurality of main shafts each having an axis and a conical form and each rotatably carrying one of said plurality of gears directly through a bearing having a conical hole, a clearance being provided between an outer surface of each main shaft and a surface of the conical hole associated with each main shaft, whereby any uneven application of load on a carried gear causes said carried gear to move in the axial direction of said main shaft because of a variation in the thrust acting in the axial direction of said main shaft resulting from said uneven application of load and also, in accordance with said axial movement, to move radially becuase of said clearance such that the center axis of said carried gear is deviated from the axis of said main shaft; receiving means for receiving said axial thrust; and a thrust counterbalancing means associated with said receiving means adapted to equalize the load borne by all of said plurality of gears in accordance with the thrusts acting on said plurality of gears, said thrust counterbalancing means being inclined and movably supported at its center and including a plurality of first levers adapted to receive the thrust of adjacent carried gears via ball-like washers, each of said first levers having a spherically convexed surface formed at a central portion of said first lever, and a second lever having spherically concaved surfaces for engagement with the spherically convexed surfaces of the first levers and a spherically convexed surface for engagement with a spherically concaved surface of a backing plate fixed to the main shaft.

Claim 11

A gear system comprising a center gear; a plurality of gears each having a center axis and each meshing with said center gear; a plurality of main shafts each having an axis and a conical form and each rotatably carrying one of said plurality of gears directly through a bearing having a conical hole, a clearance being provided between an outer surface of each main shaft and a surface of the conical hole associated with each main shaft, whereby any uneven application of load on a carried gear causes said carried gear to move in the axial direction of said main shaft because of a variation in the thrust acting in the axial direction of said main shaft resulting from said uneven application of load and also, in accordance with said axial movement, to move radially becuase of said clearance such that the center axis of said carried gear is deviated from the axis of said main shaft; receiving means for receiving said axial thrust; and a thrust counterbalancing means associated with said receiving means adapted to equalize the load borne by all of said plurality of gears in accordance with the thrusts acting on said plurality of gears, said thrust counterbalancing means being inclined and movably supported at its center and including a plurality of first levers adapted to receive the thrust of adjacent carried gears via ball-like washers, each of said first levers having a spherically convexed surface formed at a central portion of said first lever, and a second lever having spherically concaved surfaces for engagement with the spherically convexed surfaces of the first levers and a spherically convexed surface for engagement with a spherically concaved surface of a backing plate fixed to the main shaft.

Claim 12

A gear system as claimed in claim 9, in which each of the main shafts is in the form of a single cone and each of the bearing holes is in the form of a single cone.

Claim 13

A gear system comprising a center gear; a plurality of gears each having a center axis and each meshing with said center gear; a plurality of main shafts each having an axis and a conical form and each rotatably carrying one of said plurality of gears directly through a bearing having a conical hole, a clearance being provided between an outer surface of each main shaft and a surface of the conical hole associated with each main shaft, whereby any uneven application of load on a carried gear causes said carried gear to move in the axial direction of said main shaft because of a variation in the thrust acting in the axial direction of said main shaft resulting from said uneven application of load and also, in accordance with said axial movement, to move radially becuase of said clearance such that the center axis of said carried gear is deviated from the axis of said main shaft; receiving means for receiving said axial thrust; and a thrust counterbalancing means associated with said receiving means adapted to equalize the load borne by all of said plurality of gears in accordance with the thrusts acting on said plurality of gears, said thrust counterbalancing means being inlcined and movably supported at its center and including a plurality of first levers adapted to receive the thrust of the plurality of carried gears, one of the levers being adapted to receive thrusts generated at two of said plurality of carried gears through two washers, said one lever being formed with a spherically convexed surface for engagement with a spherically concaved surface of a backing plate fixed to the main shaft.

Claim 14

A gear system comprising a center gear; a plurality of gears each having a center axis and each meshing with said center gear; a plurality of main shafts each having an axis and a conical form and each rotatably carrying one of said plurality of gears directly through a bearing having a conical hole, a clearance being provided between an outer surface of each main shaft and a surface of the conical hole associated with each main shaft, whereby any uneven application of load on a carried gear causes said carried gear to move in the axial direction of said main shaft because of a variation in the thrust acting in the axial direction of said main shaft resulting from said uneven application of load and also, in accordance with said axial movement, to move radially becuase of said clearance such that the center axis of said carried gear is deviated from the axis of said main shaft; receiving means for receiving said axial thrust; and a thrust counterbalancing means associated with said receiving means adapted to equalize the load borne by all of said plurality of gears in accordance with the thrusts acting on said plurality of gears, said thrust counterbalancing means being inlcined and movably supported at its center and including a plurality of first levers adapted to receive the thrust of the plurality of carried gears, one of the levers being adapted to receive thrusts generated at two of said plurality of carried gears through two washers, said one lever being formed with a spherically convexed surface for engagement with a spherically concaved surface of a backing plate fixed to the main shaft.

Claim 15

A gear system as claimed in claim 11, in which each of the main shafts is in the form of a single cone and each of the bearing holes is in the form of a single cone.

Claim 16

A gear system comprising a center gear; a plurality of gears each having a center axis and each meshing with said center gear; a plurality of main shafts each having an axis and a conical form and each rotatably carrying one of said plurality of gears directly through a bearing having a conical hole, a clearance being provided between an outer surface of each main shaft and a surface of the conical hole associated with each main shaft, whereby any uneven application of load on a carried gear causes said carried gear to move in the axial direction of said main shaft because of a variation in the thrust acting in the axial direction of said main shaft resulting from said uneven application of load and also, in accordance with said axial movement, to move radially becuase of said clearance such that the center axis of said carried gear is deviated from the axis of said main shaft; receiving means for receiving said axial thrust; and a thrust counterbalancing means associated with said receiving means adapted to equalize the load borne by all of said plurality of gears in accordance with the thrusts acting on said plurality of gears, said thrust counterbalancing means being inclined and pivotally supported centrally and including a plurality of levers adapted to receive the thrust of the plurality of carried gears and further including thrust backing plates adapted to receive the thrust of the plurality of carried gears in a position corresponding to the position of the plurality of carried gears and the plurality of levers.

Claim 17

A gear system comprising a center gear; a plurality of gears each having a center axis and each meshing with said center gear; a plurality of main shafts each having an axis and a conical form and each rotatably carrying one of said plurality of gears directly through a bearing having a conical hole, a clearance being provided between an outer surface of each main shaft and a surface of the conical hole associated with each main shaft, whereby any uneven application of load on a carried gear causes said carried gear to move in the axial direction of said main shaft because of a variation in the thrust acting in the axial direction of said main shaft resulting from said uneven application of load and also, in accordance with said axial movement, to move radially becuase of said clearance such that the center axis of said carried gear is deviated from the axis of said main shaft; receiving means for receiving said axial thrust; and a thrust counterbalancing means associated with said receiving means adapted to equalize the load borne by all of said plurality of gears in accordance with the thrusts acting on said plurality of gears, said thrust counterbalancing means being inclined and pivotally supported centrally and including a plurality of levers adapted to receive the thrust of the plurality of carried gears and further including thrust backing plates adapted to receive the thrust of the plurality of carried gears in a position corresponding to the position of the plurality of carried gears and the plurality of levers.

Claim 18

A gear system as claimed in claim 13, in which each of the main shafts is in the form of a single cone and each of the bearing holes is in the form of a single cone.

Claim 19

A gear system comprising a center gear; a plurality of gears each having a center axis and each meshing with said center gear; a plurality of main shafts each having an axis and a conical form and each rotatably carrying one of said plurality of gears directly through a bearing having a conical hole, a clearance being provided between an outer surface of each main shaft and a surface of the conical hole associated with each main shaft, whereby any uneven application of load on a carried gear causes said carried gear to move in the axial direction of said main shaft because of a variation in the thrust acting in the axial direction of said main shaft resulting from said uneven application of load and also, in accordance with said axial movement, to move radially becuase of said clearance such that the center axis of said carried gear is deviated from the axis of said main shaft; receiving means for receiving said axial thrust; and a thrust counterbalancing means associated with said receiving means adapted to equalize the load borne by all of said plurality of gears in accordance with the thrusts acting on said plurality of gears, said thrust counterbalancing means being inclined and movably supported at its center and including three levers, each of said three levers having a spherically convexed surface and being adapted to receive the thrust of two adjacent carried gears, and a thrust backing plate having on one side spherically concaved surfaces of the three levers and on another side a spherically convexed surface for engagement with a spherically concaved surface of a backing plate fixed to the main shaft.

Claim 20

A gear system comprising a center gear; a plurality of gears each having a center axis and each meshing with said center gear; a plurality of main shafts each having an axis and a conical form and each rotatably carrying one of said plurality of gears directly through a bearing having a conical hole, a clearance being provided between an outer surface of each main shaft and a surface of the conical hole associated with each main shaft, whereby any uneven application of load on a carried gear causes said carried gear to move in the axial direction of said main shaft because of a variation in the thrust acting in the axial direction of said main shaft resulting from said uneven application of load and also, in accordance with said axial movement, to move radially becuase of said clearance such that the center axis of said carried gear is deviated from the axis of said main shaft; receiving means for receiving said axial thrust; and a thrust counterbalancing means associated with said receiving means adapted to equalize the load borne by all of said plurality of gears in accordance with the thrusts acting on said plurality of gears, said thrust counterbalancing means being inclined and movably supported at its center and including three levers, each of said three levers having a spherically convexed surface and being adapted to receive the thrust of two adjacent carried gears, and a thrust backing plate having on one side spherically concaved surfaces of the three levers and on another side a spherically convexed surface for engagement with a spherically concaved surface of a backing plate fixed to the main shaft.

Claim 21

A gear system as claimed in claim 15, in which each of the main shafts is in the form of a single cone and each of the bearing holes is in the form of a single cone.