F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 16 – H
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
16
H
F16H 3/58 (2006.01) F16H 3/76 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2095252
2095252 9209828 PCTABS00013 A variable ratio epicyclic drive transmission comprises a drive shaft (10), a driven shaft (11), a sun wheel (12) fixed on the driven shaft (11), a stationary outer ring member co-axial with said shafts, a planet carrier (15) fixed to the drive shaft (10) and three planet wheels (19) swing mounted on said carrier and in engagement with said ring member. The ring member comprises an almost complete, but broken, substantially circular loop of chain (14) engaged by said planet wheels (19) and supported by a contractile iris structure permitting the diameter of the loop to be varied while maintaining its circularity. The preferred iris structure comprises a circular array of guide blocks (27) in which the chain may slide, two circular hoops (25, 26) surrounding the array of guide blocks and pivotal links (28) supporting the blocks from the hoops such that rotation of one hoop relative to the other causes the array of blocks to change diameter. The ring member also comprises joint means (20) comprising a tail guide and escapement devices (Fig. 3) enabling chain to be drawn from or fed into the loop one link at a time. Short bridging racks (47) span the break in the loop at the tail joint means to maintain continuity of engagement of the ring member by the planet wheels as they pass the joint means. The planet wheels (19) are swing mounted on the planet carrier and continuously urged into engagement with the chain loop. The motion of the planet wheels (19) is transferred to the sun wheel (12) by (in respect of each planet wheel) a first transfer gear (53) fixed relative to and coaxial with the planet wheel, a second transfer gear (54) mounted for rotation about the swing mounting axis of the planet wheel in engagement with the first transfer gear (53) and a slave gear (55) fixed relative to and coaxial with said second transfer gear (54) and in engagement with the sun wheel (12).
Nottle Murray Keith
Sim & Mcburney
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