Abstract: A developer cylinder and drive gear arrangement, includes a drive gear having a coupling hole at one end of its gear shaft, and a developer cylinder having a coupling block at its one end coupled to the coupling hole at the gear shaft of the drive gear, wherein the coupling block of the developer cylinder has six peripheral sides and six peripheral angles.

Abstract: An independent suspension and rear halfshaft assembly for a vehicle having at least one wheel, a frame and at least one source of torque transmission, comprising at least one rigid arm hingedly connected to the frame and connected to the wheel, a Cardan type universal joint operatively connected to the source of torque transmission and having a pivot point approximately collinear with the pivot axis of the rigid arm, a rigid axle shaft operatively connected to the Cardan type universal joint and a crown spline joint operatively connecting the rigid axle shaft and the wheel.

Abstract: The flexible gear coupling comprises a seal member 14 axially slidably disposed on the outer circumference surface of the connection portion 13b of the pinion 13, the each opposite end of the seal member 14 having a spherical seal surface 14a of the predetermined radius r having its center at the position A at which the central axis A1 of the width of the outer teeth gear 13a of the pinion 13 crosses the axis A2 and abutting with an abutting surface 15a of the end cover 15 and a spring member 17 disposed on the outer circumference side of the connection portion 13b of the pinion 13 for urging the seal member 14 against the abutting surface 15a of the end cover 15 at the predetermined force.

Abstract: A tractor bogie with an integral gauge-change system which includes two frames which support sets of running gear and have sliding and centering blocks to support the bogie and unweight the wheels as they pass through a gauge changer; a toothed extendible axle arranged between each pair of sets of running gear; and a pinion/ring-gear transmission set fitted on the bogie frame to transmit the traction moment to the extendible axle. The invention is applicable to rolling stock adapted to run on tracks having two gauges.

Abstract: A tooth-profile shaped spline convenient to rotary elements of a multi spindle extruder is provided. The spline has a tooth profile which can be provided by deforming a continuous curve as if the x-axis ran on a center circle of predetermined radius. This continuous curve before deformation is a continuous line obtained by connecting a semi-circular or semi-oval line, the line being represented by an expression of x.sup.2 /a.sup.2 +y.sup.2 /b.sup.2 =1 in a defined area of y.gtoreq.0, with another semi-circular or semi-oval line, the another line being represented by the expression of x.sup.2 /a.sup.2 +y.sup.2 /b.sup.2 =1 in a defined area of y.ltoreq.0, by turns.

Abstract: A brake mechanism for selectively stopping and permitting rotation of a shaft journaled in a motor frame, the brake mechanism comprising: a brake hub secured to the shaft for rotation therewith, the hub including a plurality of first splines each having a first width in the circumferential direction of the hub and at least one second spline having a second width in the circumferential direction of the hub and greater than the first width, and a friction disk surrounding the hub for rotation therewith, the friction disk including a pair of opposed friction surfaces and having therein an aperture extending between the friction surfaces for receiving the hub, the aperture including spline recesses for receiving the hub splines and disk splines which mate with the hub splines and which provide for rotation of the friction disk with the hub; and brake disk engagement structure mounted for movement toward and away from the friction disk.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a shaft assembly including a vertically extending axis and comprising a lower shaft having an upper end portion including an upper end, and an axial bore extending downwardly from the upper end, an upper shaft including a lower end portion received in the axial bore and including a lower end and an outer surface extending axially from the lower end, means on the outer end portions of the upper and lower shafts for preventing rotary movement therebetween, and means for selectively permitting assembly and disassembly of the upper and lower shafts and for preventing disassembly of the upper and lower shafts comprising an annular groove in the axial bore in the lower shaft, an inclined bore located in the end portion of the upper shaft, extending upwardly at an acute angle to the axis, and having an opening located wholly in the outer surface, and a ball movable in the inclined bore and in the annular groove between a locked position wherein, when the axis is vertical, the ball is partially lo

Abstract: Disclosure is a cutter holder device for a pelletizer in which a cutter shaft is coupled to a cutter holder through a crowned involute spline gear and an elastic member so that cutter blades are kept in close contact with a die surface. In the cutter holder device, the cutter shaft is coupled to the cutter holder through the crowned involute spline gear and the elastic member, so that, even when a squareness between the cutter shaft and the die surface is lowered, all cutter blades are held in close contact with a die surface, whereby the resultant pellets are satisfactory and uniform in configuration.

Abstract: An outboard motor comprising an engine, a propeller shaft, a first drive shaft portion defining an axis and having a first end connected to the engine, and a second end opposite the first end, a second drive shaft portion coaxially aligned with the first drive shaft portion, having a first end connected to the propeller shaft, and a second end opposite the first end of the second drive shaft portion and telescopically connected to the second end of the first drive shaft portion, a device for preventing relative rotation between the first and second drive shaft portions about the axis, and a device for securing the first drive shaft portion to the second drive shaft portion.

Abstract: A ball and socket-type Universal joint including an elongate female part with an elongate, central, polygonal socket opening entering one end and defining a flat axially disposed bottom and a plurality of elongate circumferentially spaced, radially inwardly disposed, longitudinally straight and laterally convex flats; an elongate male part with a shank and a semi-spherical polygonal head at one end of the shank and having a plurality of elongate circumferentially spaced, radially outwardly disposed, longitudinally extending, laterally straight and convexly curved facets. The head of the male part is engaged in the socket opening of the female part with opposing points on the flats and facets, along the central portions thereof, in circumferential driving and longitudinal sliding bearing engagement with each other. The other end of the female part is connected with an end of one elongate rotatable work piece, and the other end of the male part is connected with an end of another elongate work piece.

Abstract: An end attachment assembly for a twisted rope torsion bar includes an anchor nut and an internal elastomeric bushing cooperatively mating with the nut. The elastomeric bushing is molded onto the end of the twisted rope torsion bar. The torsion bar is fabricated of a lightweight glass fiber/epoxy composite material. The elastomeric bushing has external splines cooperating and mating with splines on the inner bore of the anchor nut. The end attachment assembly compresses the end of the twisted rope torsion bar to reduce stress concentration and prevent separation, i.e. the application of torque to the anchor nut transmits a like amount of torque to the elastomeric bushing to compress and more firmly grip the twisted rope torsion bar. The elastomeric bushing is compressed radially inwardly by the cam shape of the mating splines. Advantageously, the elastomeric bushing proportionally increases the grip on the end of the torsion bar so that the joint is made tighter and tighter under increased torque.

Abstract: A connecting rod assembly used in downhole drilling that has an articulated coupling secured to each end of a rigid connecting rod. This assembly connects via the articulated couplings, to axially misaligned shafts and transfers both rotational and axial forces between them. The rigidity of the connecting rod prevents it from flexing during this force transfer, thereby reducing transmission loss while increasing transmission capabilities. Each articulated coupling comprises lobed male and female members, spaced slightly apart from each other, that allow for the transfer of these forces between them. With such an arrangement, rotational and axially forces can be transferred to a drill or other bearing section from a rotating and gyrating downhole motor.

Abstract: A hob or shaper cutter for making a hub for a misalignment gear coupling having a hub and a sleeve. The hob or shaper cutter has cutting edges. Each cutting edge being inclined at a different angle to the center line of the tooth. The cutting edges are adapted to cut tooth flank surfaces having three adjacent involute shaped areas. Each involute shaped area having a different pressure angle than the involute area adjacent it. The involute areas of each tooth result in teeth with flanks that are generally cylindrical shaped, whereby hub treeth operate with a minimum of interferfence with sleeve teeth when operating with the hub misaligned with the sleeve.

Abstract: A corrugated cardboard box making machine wherein the units such as feed unit, printing unit and slotting unit are separably connected in alignment with a driving shaft being provided on each one of the units, and on an external gear which is one element of a coupling arranged between the driving shafts engaging projections are provided and on an internal gear which is the other element, there are provided engaging concave portions to automatically receive the engaging projections only when rotational positions of both of the gears are coincided. The machine is further arranged to automatically and accurately perform smooth connecting operation of each driving shaft when each unit is reconnected after such work as printing plate exchange is finished.

Abstract: A rotatable coupling having a male member (2) and a female member (4) each rotatable about central axes .alpha. and .beta.. The male member has lobes (16) and the female member cavities (50) for mutual engagement. The male lobes terminate in wedge-shaped portions (18), the edges of which lie in a common plane. The female terminates in a flat bottom surface (40).

Abstract: A device for automatically connecting a work machine to a tractor includes a connector for interconnecting the rear ends of top link and lower links of a three-point link assembly pivoted to the body of the tractor. The connector has an upper engaging portion and lower engaging portions automatically engageable with an upper connecting portion and lower connecting portions of the work machine, respectively. The connector is further provided with an assembly for automatically coupling the input shaft of the work machine to a transmission shaft connected to the PTO shaft of the tractor. The coupling assembly includes a coiled spring supporting the rear end of the transmission shaft freely movably and axially movably for accommodating misalignment of the input shaft relative to the transmission shaft when the two shafts are to be coupled together.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-groove and spline connection between a gear and cardan shaft of a rotary piston machine with an internal axis, wherein external toothing at the head of the cardan shaft engages internal toothing of the gear and an axial abutment co-operates with the end face of the head. The abutment is such that it is only contactable by the teeth of the head of the cardan shaft.

Abstract: A universal coupler for flexibly joining together two members along an axis, wherein one member has a projecting neck having an enlarged curved polyhedron head, wherein each of the faces of the polyhedron have a radius of curvature measured in a plane parallel to the axis, and wherein the second member has a threaded end and an internal polyhedron receptor opening, the polyhedron opening being complementary to the head, and wherein the threaded end incorporates a plurality of slots running parallel to the axis, and a threaded locknut for fitting over the threaded end and for capturing the polyhedron head within the polyhedron receptor opening.

Abstract: A shaft-coupling having two halves, each formed with at least two flat, sloping surfaces running at right angles to a load-transfer direction, each pair of sloping surfaces, facing each other on the two halves of the coupling, defining a space therebetween. Arranged in these spaces are sliding wedges each comprising two flat, sliding, surfaces facing away from each other and supported upon a pressure-element. In order to ensure that a shaft-coupling of this kind be suitable for large torsion-angles, absorb high torques and, in addition, has a small structural volume, a spring-element, adapted for the radial spring-action, is provided between at least one sliding wedge and the pressure-element.

Abstract: A coupling shaft couples driving and driven shafts which are subject to relative misalignment. The coupling shaft has crowned male polygonal profiles on both of its ends, and which ends mate directly with corresponding female polygonal profiles carried by the driving and driven shafts. The crowned male profiles permit the coupling arrangement to act in a hinge like manner to accommodate the misalignment. Non-metallic bushings and adapters may be interposed between the coupling shaft and the driving and driven shafts to eliminate metal to metal contact and to thereby eliminate fretting and metal wear which would otherwise occur.

Abstract: An improved hub retention device for retaining the coupling hub in proper position on the shaft of a spindle coupling when the roll ends are removed from the coupling sleeve. The hub retention device is comprised of a split-ring member fitted in a circumferential groove formed on the coupling shaft and a continuous ring member shrunken over the split-ring member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission arrangement in which the transmission includes a friction-cone member which can be arranged with its hub on the motor shaft of a motor, whereby the end of the hub directed towards the motor includes at least one slot, and at this end of the hub there is arranged a clamping collar for clamping the hub to the motor shaft. An anti-friction bearing, arranged on the hub at the portion thereof which is closest to the friction-cone, adapted to resist radial and axial loads, and supported by a housing-flange of the motor, is radially and axially rigidly journalled in the housing-flange.

Abstract: An improved gear type coupling wherein the sleeve thereof is a torsional shear element to provide torsional overload protection to the coupling and its connected equipment. The shear section of the shear element is an integral part thereof and all sections of the shear element conduct an equal share of the transmitted torque.

Abstract: An assembly for joining together two splined shafts adapted to facilitate angular alignment of the splines relative to each other wherein one of the shafts is a splined hub having an opening formed in the wall thereof within which a ball is held with a given degree of play to enable rotation thereof, the center of the opening being in an axial plane with the center of one of the splines of the splined hub. The axial distance between the centerline of the opening and an end of the splined hub is identical to or greater than the axial length of a centering cylindrical surface formed between the splined hub end and the termination of the splines within the splined hub.

Abstract: A drive shaft coupling (10) where lubricant is to be maintained in a zone of contact between a crown gear (17) and a nested interior annular spline structure (18) which is substantially coaxial to said crown gear (17). Support structure supports the crown gear (17) and is coupled centrally to the shaft (10). A resilient seal ring (35) on the shaft (10) is located at about the medial plane of the crown gear (17). A flanged cylindrical wear sleeve (30) encloses the spline (18) and crown gear (17) and a movable annular resilient contact with the seal ring (35).

Abstract: A coupling between a hub (10) and a shaft (11) has first and second splines (512,513; 530,531) connecting the hub to the shaft. The first splines extend axially and are straight while the second splines are helical. A nut (521) on the shaft urges the hub axially toward a shoulder (527) on the shaft. The first and second splines, being of different helix angles, co-operate to urge the spline faces circumferentially into engagement to take up any clearance therebetween. The different helix angles also have the effect of limiting axial movement of the hub under the nut load. On application of the nut at an initial moderate torque the hub takes up an initial axial position. On further, more powerful, application of the nut, the hub is urged axially against the shoulder (527) which provides a final limit to movement of the hub thereby to avoid undue circumferential stress in the splines.

Abstract: In an elastic coupling with two similar central gears assemblable on respective shaft ends and having rows of teeth, respectively, disposed adjacent one another, and a planet gear with a row of teeth having an angular pitch equal to that of the rows of teeth of the central gears, the central gears being turnable elastically resiliently so that the flanks of the teeth of the central gears form generally wedge-shaped virtual tooth gaps having a profile varying with reciprocal turning of the central gears, the teeth of the planet gear being also generally wedge-shaped and projecting into the generally wedge-shaped virtual tooth gaps, the tooth flanks of the teeth of the planet gear being in direct contacting engagement with the tooth flanks of the teeth of the central gears, and the teeth of the planet gear and the teeth of the central gears being spring-biased radially toward one another so that the teeth of the planet gear remain fully in engagement in the virtual tooth gaps.