Abstract: Disclosed herein is a joint unit including two facing gears that include respective two bevel gear members that face each other, and an intermediate gear that has a bevel gear member meshing with both the two bevel gear members. One of the two facing gears and the intermediate gear includes a first member including an inner circumferential portion of the bevel gear member of the one of the two facing gears and the intermediate gear; a second member including an outer circumferential portion of the bevel gear member of the one of the two facing gears and the intermediate gear; and a resilient member attached to one of the first member and the second member for normally urging the other of the first member and the second member to move in a direction along the directions of rotation of the one of the two facing gears and the intermediate gear.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan section, a compressor section, and a turbine section including a fan drive turbine that drives the fan through a gear reduction. The gear reduction includes at least two double helical gears in meshed engagement, each of the at least two double helical gears having a first plurality of gear teeth separated from a second plurality of gear teeth such that a first end of the first plurality of gear teeth and a first end of the second plurality of gear teeth are spaced apart by an axial distance. Each of the first plurality of gear teeth is offset a first circumferential offset distance in relation to the next gear tooth of the second plurality of gear teeth when moving in a circumferential direction relative to respective axes.

Abstract: A pinion starter drive for an internal combustion engine is provided. The pinion starter drive includes a drive pinion and a starter gear. At least one tooth of the drive pinion has a drive actual profile, and at least one tooth of the starter gear has a starter actual profile. A sum of at least one discrete value of a deviation of the drive actual profile from a drive target profile in the drive pinion tooth root region and at least one discrete value of a deviation of the starter actual profile from a starter target profile in the starter gear tooth tip region is less than 0. A method of manufacture of a pinion starter drive includes selecting a drive pinion and a starter gear from a plurality of gears having a deviation sum less than zero.

Abstract: A pair of radial flanged bearings with rolling bodies, each of the bearings comprising a radially outer ring, radially confined by an external surface, a radially inner ring, co-axially and internally assembled, with respect to the outer ring, a row of rolling bodies, which is interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring, to allow the relative rotation of the two rings and a flange steadily fixed to the outer rings. The correspondent outer rings are provided with an assembly groove, which is obtained along said external surface. The flange is not in one piece with the outer rings, but is detachable from the outer rings in correspondence of the assembly grooves.

Abstract: A gear set for differential shafts of internal combustion engines. The gear set includes a toothed wheel which can be moved parallel to its axis for adjustment of backlash. A spacer is arranged removably between tooth faces of interacting teeth of engaging toothed wheels and serves to adjust the backlash between the toothed wheels. The spacer is arranged free of play between corresponding tooth faces of the toothed wheels by way of the movable toothed wheel which can be moved with a predetermined force to the other toothed wheels.

Abstract: An apparatus for a clarifier including a central pier terminating in a base plate having a circumferential edge and a ring gear rotatable about the central pier and coupled to a rake structure, the apparatus including a plurality of support bearings and a retaining ring structure. A lower surface of each support bearing seated on and supported by a portion of the base plate and a portion of an upper surface of each support bearing for support of a portion of the bottom of the ring gear, the support bearings placed substantially end-to-end to form a circular bearing extending towards the circumferential edge of the base plate.

Abstract: The speed reducer comprises a first shaft which is supported so as to be able to slide axially, is suitable for being rotatingly actuated and a pinion whose set of teeth are slightly beveled is located thereon. A second shaft is supported so as to be able to slide axially with an axis parallel to the first shaft and a gear and a further pinion, are located thereon both having sets of teeth slightly beveled in opposite directions and suitable for meshing respectively with the pinion of the first shaft and with a further gear which is fixedly located on an output shaft, coaxial to the first shaft. A device is provided for adjusting the axial position of the first shaft, so as to move the sides of the conical sets of teeth of the gears closer in order to eliminate the related clearances.

Abstract: A toothed gear is secured to an associated shaft by an expansive sleeve which is expanded radially inwardly by the pressure of a hydraulic actuator.

Abstract: A gear speed reducer having an input shaft formed with a worm which meshs with a worm gear mounted on an output shaft disposed a fixed distance from and at right angles with respect to the input shaft. The worm is provided with an involute thread that progressively becomes thinner from one end to the other end of the worm. An adjustable cartridge rotatably mounts one end of the shaft and the cartridge is adjustably mounted to permit axial adjustment of the shaft to bring a new section of the thread of the worm into engagement with the worm gear to eliminate backlash therebetween. The adjustment is quickly and easily performed without having to remove the reducer from service.

Abstract: An actuating mechanism for adjusting the angular relationship of co-axial primary and second drives while both are running comprises a double planetary gear train having a freely rotatable common sun gear (201) and first and second ring gears (213, 223) rotatable relative to each other and each coupled to the sun gear by respective sets of caged planet gears (208, 218). One ring gear (213) is normally held against rotation and the other (223) is adjustable relative thereto. The gear cages are fast with the respective drives.

Abstract: A shim is provided for a planetary gear arrangement of the type having planetary gears each of which is rotatably mounted to a frame by a shaft. The shim includes an elongated flat body having a generally U-shaped recess at one end and which is adapted to be inserted in between the planetary gear and the frame so that the shaft is positioned within the U-shaped recess. The opposite end of the shim includes a locking tab which abuts against a portion of the frame thus simultaneously locking the shim against pivotal movement and locking the shaft in the U-shaped recess on the shim body. The U-shaped shim serves to channel lubrication into the shim and around the shaft.

Abstract: A replaceable shim is provided for a planetary gear arrangement of the type having planetary gears each of which is rotatably mounted to a frame by a shaft. The shim includes an elongated flat body having a generally U-shaped recess at one end and which is adapted to be inserted in between the planetary gear and the frame so that the shaft is positioned within the U-shaped recess. The opposite end of the shim is then pivotal to a position in which the opposite end abuts against a portion of the frame thus locking the shaft in the U-shaped recess on the shim body. A bendable locking tab is then bent to a position in which the bending tab abuts against a second surface on the frame and prevents further pivotting of the shim. In doing so, the bending tab locks the shim to the frame with the planetary gear shaft positioned within the shim recess.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling stand, in particular with rolls comprising grooves provided with essentially radial repetitive notches for the production of ribbed, threaded and similar bars, stand being provided with a device for angularly adjusting the roll position, which is operable in an immediate and simple manner.

Abstract: A gear assembly for high-speed transmission between either two parallel shafts or two intersecting shafts comprising two meshing gears, one mounted to a drive shaft and the other mounted to a driven shaft, each of the gears having coaxially disposed first and second toothed portions which differ from each other in that the teeth of the first toothed portion are cut at a first inclination angle and the teeth of the second toothed portion are cut at a second inclination angle different from the first inclination angle. One of the meshing gears is fixed to its shaft so as to be non-displaceable axially, while the other is mounted so as to be axially displaceable with respect to the fixed gear.

Abstract: Phase controlled apparatus for a processing operation including an article conveyor, processing means driven by the conveyor for operating upon the articles being conveyed, and a phase control device operatively interposed between said conveyor and said operating means for adjusting the alignment of the operating means and the articles being conveyed.

Abstract: A mechanical member employs an inclined ring body having a frustoconical profile and comprising a multiplicity of tough and elastic, inclined ring elements each individually having a frustoconical profile and formed with a centrally located opening for slidably accepting therethrough a first member which is cylindrical and an outer peripheral edge adapted for engagement with a second member. The ring element has a plurality of outer slits extending radially inwardly from the outer peripheral edge towards the centrally located opening and a plurality of inner slits extending radially outwardly from the edge defining the centrally located opening towards the outer peripheral edge. An inclination adjusting member is carried by one of the first and second members so as to maintain a bearing contact with the inclined ring body and adapted to be displaced on the one member to change a given angle of the frustocone, thereby regulating the state of engagement of the ring body with the first and second members.

Abstract: A rotary envelope machine blank cutter is provided with laterally adjustable, independent frame units for each meshing set of knife rolls for changing the depth of a side cut into a blank for envelope size and style production changes. The rotational and axial meshing of hard and soft knives respective to a single knife roll set is adjusted without disturbing the roll mount of either knife. Changes in envelope length or style are accommodated by the mechanical capacity to adjust the rotation cut timing between the knife roll sets of a two-set unit and also between respective cutting units of two or more two-set units. As in the case of lateral cut adjustments, knife roll mounts are undisturbed by rotational timing adjustments. Consequently, the machine may be quickly and accurately changed for production runs of any of several envelope style and several sizes respective to each style: all adjustments being made without disturbing the knife profile mesh of any knife set.

Abstract: A gearbox drive that adapts the drive train ratios of vehicles to standard speedometers, including an input gear, an intermediate gear and an output gear rotatable about axes defining an equilateral triangle, arranged so that upon rotation of the input shaft in either direction, the reaction forces on the intermediate gear will be substantially balanced. The gears are supported in mating cup-shaped input and output gear cases with the input gear case member having an input gear bearing and two secondary bearings each of which selectively supports either the intermediate gear or the output gear. The output gear case member has an output gear bearing and two secondary bearings each of which selectively supports either the intermediate gear or the input gear.

Abstract: A mechanical device for effecting a phase change between the expansion and compression volumes of a double-acting Stirling engine uses helical elements which produce opposite rotation of a pair of crankpins when a control rod is moved, so the phase between two pairs of pistons is changed by +.psi. and the phase between the other two pairs of pistons is changed by -.psi.. The phase can change beyond .psi.=90.degree. at which regenerative braking and then reversal of engine rotation occurs.

Abstract: A torque converter for inclusion between a driving shaft and a driven shaft. Preferably there is more than one torque generator and a gear train in parallel between the input and output shafts. The torque generators and any attached driving gears rotate about shafts whose axes are preferably symmetrically displaced about, and are stationary relative to, the axis of the input shaft. The above mentioned torque generators each preferably have a pair of radially opposed eccentrically mounted weights thereon. Preferably there are at least two pairs of weights on each torque generating train, together with means for varying the phasing between the pairs of weights. Means is also provided for accommodating slight misalignments between the shafts of the torque generating trains. Each of the torque generating trains has attached thereto at least one unidirectional clutch which allows the shafts to turn in only one direction.

Abstract: A gear pump of the kind in which auxiliary gearing is relied upon to produce synchronized movement between intermeshed pumping gears includes one gearwheel of the auxiliary gearing mounted on a shaft means are provided for supplying hydraulic fluid under pressure to an interface between the gearwheel and the shaft so as to allow the gearwheel to be expanded hydraulically in order to effect relative angular adjustment between the gearwheel and the shaft for locating the pumping gears at their required relative angular positions.

Abstract: A pair of rotatable cutter mechanisms are positioned on opposite sides of a moving web and are arranged upon rotation of the cutter shafts to cut notches in the side edges of the moving web. The cutter shafts are rotatably driven by a drive mechanism that includes a pair of endless timing belts connected to the cutter shafts. One of the timing belts is reeved about a drive pulley that is non-rotatably connected to a helical gear. The main drive shaft has a helical gear that meshes with the helical gear connected to the pulley. The pair of timing belts are drivingly connected to each other by means of a pair of meshing helical gears connected to separate pulleys associated with the respective timing belts. Phase adjustment of both of the cutter mechanisms is accomplished by axially moving the helical gears connected to the pulley and main drive shaft while the helical gears remain in meshing relation with each other.

Abstract: A drive transmission mechanism comprises an axially fixed rotatable primary pinion, an intermediate pinion rotatable in response to the primary pinion to effect rotation of a secondary pinion, and cam means responsive to rotation of the primary pinion to effect axial displacement of the intermediate pinion during its rotation. The rotary drive is transmitted from the primary pinion to the secondary pinion by at least one set of mutually engaging helical teeth. The axial displacement of the intermediate pinion produces a variation in the movement ratio between the primary and secondary pinions.The present invention relates to a drive transmission mechanism in which rotation of a primary pinion produces rotation of a secondary pinion.The invention is particularly concerned with a drive transmission mechanism which enables the movement ratio between the primary and secondary pinion to vary over a chosen range.

Abstract: A mechanism for adjusting the circumferential position of a printing cylinder includes first and second meshing helical gears. The helical gears are supported coaxially of the printing cylinder. A first one of the helical gears is fixed to the printing cylinder to rotate with the cylinder. The other of the helical gears is supported for movement axially relative to the first helical gear to effect a camming action therebetween which rotates the first helical gear and thus rotates the cylinder. However, upon axial adjustment of the cylinder, both of the helical gears move simultaneously axially with the cylinder.

Abstract: A pair of rotatable cutter mechanisms are positioned on opposite sides of a moving web and are arranged upon rotation of the cutter shafts to cut notches in the side edges of the moving web. The cutter shafts are rotatably driven by a drive mechanism that includes a pair of endless timing belts connected to the cutter shafts. One of the timing belts is reeved about a drive pulley that is non-rotatably connected to a helical gear. The main drive shaft has a helical gear that meshes with the helical gear connected to the pulley. The pair of timing belts are drivingly connected to each other by means of a pair of meshing helical gears connected to separate pulleys associated with the respective timing belts. Phase adjustment of both of the cutter mechanisms is accomplished by axially moving the helical gears connected to the pulley and main drive shaft while the helical gears remain in meshing relation with each other.

Abstract: A gear mounting arrangement for lobe type air pumps. Angular adjustment between a gear (a form of hub) and its (lobe carrying) shaft permits a desired angular phase adjustment between the intermeshing lobes. The gear moves axially on its shaft and is held in place by positive screw or nut on one face and retained on the other face by a belleville spring. Rotation of the nut causes axial displacement of the gear and consequent phase adjustment.