Method and apparatus for automatically dynamically balancing rotating components
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1. FOR USE WITH A SHAFT TO BE DYNAMICALLY BALANCED WHICH SHAFT IS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BETWEEN BEARINGS CARRIED BY A STATIC FRAME, AN APPARATUS FOR DAMPING TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS OF ROTATING SHAFT;
- COMPRISING A CASING ABOUT SAID SHAFT AND BEING SECURED FOR ROTATIONS THEREWITH, A FLUID WITHIN SAID CASING HAVING THE PROPERTY THAT ITS VISCOSITY MAY BE VARIED IN A MAGNETIC FIELD, A PAIR IF VIBRATION DAMPING DISCS WHOSE SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS LESS THAN THAT OF THE FLUID CARRIED IN SAID CASING IN SAID FLUID AND POSITIONED TO BEAR AGAINST THE SHAFT UPON ROTATION OF SAID
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1. FOR USE WITH A SHAFT TO BE DYNAMICALLY BALANCED WHICH SHAFT IS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BETWEEN BEARINGS CARRIED BY A STATIC FRAME, AN APPARATUS FOR DAMPING TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS OF ROTATING SHAFT;
- COMPRISING A CASING ABOUT SAID SHAFT AND BEING SECURED FOR ROTATIONS THEREWITH, A FLUID WITHIN SAID CASING HAVING THE PROPERTY THAT ITS VISCOSITY MAY BE VARIED IN A MAGNETIC FIELD, A PAIR IF VIBRATION DAMPING DISCS WHOSE SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS LESS THAN THAT OF THE FLUID CARRIED IN SAID CASING IN SAID FLUID AND POSITIONED TO BEAR AGAINST THE SHAFT UPON ROTATION OF SAID
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