LOBE CLUTCH Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering. SUBSTANCE: lobe clutch consists of two clutch members interconnected by means of lobe flexible members bent in the form of arc and pressed between hold-down flanges of clutch members and hold-down rings by means of clamping screws. Innovation of invention consists in taper form of bearing surfaces of hold-down rings and hold-down flanges of clutch members which are engageable with lobe flexible members; conicity of bearing surfaces of flanges of clutch members exceeds conicity of bearing surfaces of hold-down rings and lobe flexible member has form of octagon in plan at similar thickness over entire length; adjacent lobe flexible members are get in contact by their lateral faces which are in zone of contact of lobes with bearing surfaces of hold-down flanges of clutch members and hold-down rings. EFFECT: simplified construction and increased service life. 2 cl, 4 dwg