Apparatus for work hardening and finish rolling peripheral surfaces of premachined railroad wheels or the like

• US 3,367,160 A
• Filed: 01/20/1966
• Issued: 02/06/1968
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bernhard Kunze, Hans Sperber
• Original Assignee: Bernhard Kunze, Hans Sperber
• Inventors: Sperber, Hans, BERNHARD KUNZE
• Application Number:
  US04/521,916
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• US Class Current: 72/86
• CPC Class Codes: B21H 1/04 with rim, e.g. railways wheels or pulleys
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 39/04 designed for working external surfaces of revolution
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49483 Railway or trolley wheel making

Claims

1. APPARATUS FOR WORK HARDENING AND FINISH ROLLING PERIPHERAL SURFACES OF PREMACHINED RAILROAD WHEELS OR THE LIKE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A WORK HARDENING AND FINISHING ROLLER ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF A WHEEL;

LEVER MEANS MOUNTING SAID WORK HARDENING AND FINISHING ROLLER TURNABLE ABOUT ITS OWN AXIS AND TILTABLE ABOUT A TILTING AXIS NORMAL TO ITS OWN AXIS;

FIRST PRESSURE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID LEVER MEANS FOR TILTING THE LATTER ABOUT THE TILTING AXIS TO PRESS THEREBY SAID WORK HARDENING AND FINISHING ROLLER AGAINST THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF THE RAILROAD WHEEL;

SECOND PRESSURE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID LEVER MEANS FOR MOVING THE LATTER AND THE WORK HARDENING AND FINISHING ROLLER MOUNTED THEREON IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID TILTING AXIS TOWARD THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF THE RAILROAD WHEEL WHILE PERMITTING SAID LEVER MEANS TO MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION UNDER THE REACTION OF THE FORCE IMPARTED BY SAID WORK HARDENING AND FINISHING ROLLER ON SAID WHEEL;

AND AN ABUTMENT ROLLER ARRANGED SO AS TO ENGAGE THE RAILROAD WHEEL ON A SIDE FACE THEREOF TO TAKE-UP AXIAL FORCE COMPONENTS IMPARTED TO THE WHEEL BY SAID WORK HARDENING AND FINISHING ROLLER.