Load equalizing means for planetary pinions
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1. AN EPICYCLIC GEAR SET HAVING A PLANET CARRIER PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF SPINDLES FAST THEREWITH, EACH SPINDLE CARRYING A PLANET WHEEL ROTATABLE THEREON, SAID PLANET WHEEL AND SPINDLE MAKING CONTACT AND BEING RELATIVELY RIGID WITH ONE ANOTHER AT A POSITION SYMMETRICALLY LOCATED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE AXIAL CENTRE OF THE WHEEL TEETH TO THE POINT AT WHICH THE SPINDLE IS FAST AND RIGID WITH SAID CARRIER, AND BEING SPACED APART BETWEEN SAID POINTS, WHEREBY THE SPINDLE MAY FLEX UNDER EQUAL COUPLES APPLIED AS A RESULT OF UNEQUAL LOADS ON OPPOSITE POINTS OF THE WHEEL, AND ASSUME A DEFLECTED POSITION IN WHICH SAID LOADS ARE EQUALISED.
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1. AN EPICYCLIC GEAR SET HAVING A PLANET CARRIER PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF SPINDLES FAST THEREWITH, EACH SPINDLE CARRYING A PLANET WHEEL ROTATABLE THEREON, SAID PLANET WHEEL AND SPINDLE MAKING CONTACT AND BEING RELATIVELY RIGID WITH ONE ANOTHER AT A POSITION SYMMETRICALLY LOCATED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE AXIAL CENTRE OF THE WHEEL TEETH TO THE POINT AT WHICH THE SPINDLE IS FAST AND RIGID WITH SAID CARRIER, AND BEING SPACED APART BETWEEN SAID POINTS, WHEREBY THE SPINDLE MAY FLEX UNDER EQUAL COUPLES APPLIED AS A RESULT OF UNEQUAL LOADS ON OPPOSITE POINTS OF THE WHEEL, AND ASSUME A DEFLECTED POSITION IN WHICH SAID LOADS ARE EQUALISED.
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