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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clifford Stanley Woodward, Bristol, GB;
David Roberts McMurtry, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74417 ; 7466 / ; 7466 / ;
Abstract
A bevel gear assembly for transmitting high horsepowers between a first shaft and a second shaft the axis of which lies at an angle to the first shaft includes a main bevel gear mounted on the first shaft and having two circumferential rows of teeth. The teeth face axially in opposite directions and a pair of secondary bevels are provided meshing respectively with the two rows of teeth. The secondary bevels are coupled to drive the second shaft.