Gearbox with intermeshing gears mounted on one shaft
First Claim
1. A gear box comprising at least one shaft and at least two gears mounted on the or each shaft wherein two adjacent gears of the at least two gears have inter-engaging means.
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Abstract
A gear box 1 has an input shaft 2, an output shaft 4 and a counter-shaft 6. A headcut gear 8 mounted on the input shaft 2 intermeshes with a first counter-shaft 10 mounted on the counter-shaft 6. A second counter-shaft gear 12, intermeshes with a corresponding gear 16, mounted on the output shaft 4. The first two counter-shaft gears 10, 12 are interlocked by virtue of inter-engaging means comprising, for instance, a protrusion 24 from one of the two gears and a protrusion receiving recess 30 in the other of the two gears 10,12. Interlocking the two gears 10,12 prevents one rotating relative to the other in the event, say, of a torque spike.
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- 1. A gear box comprising at least one shaft and at least two gears mounted on the or each shaft wherein two adjacent gears of the at least two gears have inter-engaging means.
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15. A gear box comprising a shaft, at least two gears mounted on the shaft and means for interlocking two adjacent gears of the at least two gears such that one of the two adjacent gears is restricted from revolving relative to the other gear.
- 16. A method of making a gear box comprising providing a shaft, mounting a first gear on to the shaft and mounting a second gear on to the shaft in inter-engagement with the first gear.
- 18. A method of making two gears for mounting adjacently on a shaft of a gear box comprising forming each gear such that when mounted on the shaft the two gears inter-engage.
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