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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1983
Gordon M Sommer, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Sommer Co., Warren, MI (US);
Abstract
An inching drive unit for a brake unit, clutch/brake unit, or the like, the unit having a housing and a main rotatable member operably associated with a first portion of the housing, the inching drive unit comprising an inching motor having a drive shaft, a second portion of the housing secured to the inching motor into which the inching motor drive shaft extends, a first gear mechanism disposed at least in part within the inching drive portion of the housing and operably associated with the inching motor drive shaft, a second rotatable member mechanism operably associated with the main rotatable member, and a mechanism for selectively engaging the first gear mechanism with the second rotatable member mechanism wherein engagement of the first gear mechanism with the second rotatable member mechanism permits the inching motor to drive the input shaft of the clutch/brake unit.