Drum commutator for electrical machines
First Claim
1. A drum commutator for electrical machines, comprising an isolating material drum;
- and a plurality of commutator plates composed of an electrically conductive material, said commutator plates being mounted on a periphery of said isolating material drum near one another and electrically separated from one another by axial slots, each of said commutator plates being provided with a surface coating composed of carbon material and with a connecting lug for an armature winding of an electrical machine, each of said commutator plates having at least one depression provided at its lower side placed on said isolating material drum and formed as a groove extending over a whole width of each of said commutator plates, each of said commutator plates being also provided with a radial passage which opens in said depression and has a reduced size relative to said depression, said carbon material of said surface coating filling said passage and said depression as a one-piece structure.
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Abstract
A drum commutator for electrical machines has an isolating material drum and a plurality of commutator plates composed of an electrically conductive material, the commutator plates being mounted on a periphery of the isolating material drum near one another and electrically separated from one another by axial slots, each of the commutator plates being provided with a surface coating composed of carbon material and with a connecting lug for an armature winding of an electrical machine, each of the commutator plates having at least one depression at its lower side placed on the isolating material drum and being also provided with a radial passage which opens in the depression and has a reduced size relative to the depression, the carbon material of the surface coating filling the passage and the depression as a one-piece structure.
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12 Claims
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1. A drum commutator for electrical machines, comprising an isolating material drum;
- and a plurality of commutator plates composed of an electrically conductive material, said commutator plates being mounted on a periphery of said isolating material drum near one another and electrically separated from one another by axial slots, each of said commutator plates being provided with a surface coating composed of carbon material and with a connecting lug for an armature winding of an electrical machine, each of said commutator plates having at least one depression provided at its lower side placed on said isolating material drum and formed as a groove extending over a whole width of each of said commutator plates, each of said commutator plates being also provided with a radial passage which opens in said depression and has a reduced size relative to said depression, said carbon material of said surface coating filling said passage and said depression as a one-piece structure.
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6. A drum commutator for electrical machines, comprising an isolating material drum;
- and a plurality of commutator plates composed of an electrically conductive material, said commutator plates being mounted on a periphery of said isolating material drum near one another and electrically separated from one another by axial slots, each of said commutator plates being provided with a surface coating composed of carbon material and with a connecting lug for an armature winding of an electrical machine, each of said commutator plates having at least one depression at its lower side placed on said isolating material drum being also provided with a radial passage which opens in said depression and has a reduced size relative to said depression, said carbon material of said surface coating filling said passage and said depression as a one-piece structure, said commutator plates being composed of a metal band having two grooves extending parallel to one another at a lower side and forming said depressions and also having two openings which open in said grooves and arranged at a distance corresponding to a commutator plate width so as to form said passages and which is formed to a cylindrical shape and provided in a press mold with a coating of carbon material by pressing into the press mold, so that after pressing the isolating material drum with a ring flange as a ring collar said surface coating and said ring collar are formed by axial slots in the metal band.
- View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
- 9. A method of producing a drum commutator for electrical machines, comprising the step of providing a metal band so that commutator plates are composed of a metal band having two grooves extending parallel to one another at a lower side and forming depressions and also having two openings which open in said grooves and arranged at a distance corresponding to a commutator plate width so as to form passages and which is formed to a cylindrical shape and provided in a press mold with a coating of carbon material by pressing into the press mold, so that after pressing the isolating material drum with a ring flange as a ring collar said surface coating and said ring collar are formed by axial slots in the metal band.
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12. A drum commutator for electrical machines, comprising an isolating material drum;
- and a plurality of commutator plates composed of an electrically conductive material, said commutator plates being mounted on a periphery of said isolating material drum near one another and electrically separated from one another by axial slots, each of said commutator plates being provided with a surface coating composed of carbon material and with a connecting lug for an armature winding of an electrical machine, each of said commutator plates having at least one depression at its lower side placed on said isolating material drum being also provided with a radial passage which opens in said depression and has a reduced size relative to said depression, said carbon material of said surface coating filling said passage and said depression as a one-piece structure, a ring flange which is formed of one piece with said isolating material drum, said ring flange projecting radially over a periphery of said drum and extending to an upper edge of said surface coating of said commutator plates, said commutator plates with said surface coating having end sides facing away from said connecting lugs and abutting against said ring flange;
a ring collar composed of an isolating material and abutting against said commutator plates, said surface coating of said commutator plates having end sides which face away of said ring flange and abut flush against said annular collar, said commutator plates having openings, said ring collar being connected through said openings of one piece with said isolating material drum.
- and a plurality of commutator plates composed of an electrically conductive material, said commutator plates being mounted on a periphery of said isolating material drum near one another and electrically separated from one another by axial slots, each of said commutator plates being provided with a surface coating composed of carbon material and with a connecting lug for an armature winding of an electrical machine, each of said commutator plates having at least one depression at its lower side placed on said isolating material drum being also provided with a radial passage which opens in said depression and has a reduced size relative to said depression, said carbon material of said surface coating filling said passage and said depression as a one-piece structure, a ring flange which is formed of one piece with said isolating material drum, said ring flange projecting radially over a periphery of said drum and extending to an upper edge of said surface coating of said commutator plates, said commutator plates with said surface coating having end sides facing away from said connecting lugs and abutting against said ring flange;
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