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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1984
Harold T Wright, San Jose, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
To overcome problems of precise permanent location of aluminum Winchester discs relative to their steel drive spindle during temperature variations, in one form of the invention a plastic washer is placed between the disc and the underlying flange of the spindle. The washer maintains contact by static friction without slippage but is compliant with shear forces occasioned by temperature changes and, by reason of its elasticity, returns the members to their initial position when the original temperature is restored. In a second form of the invention, the steel flange is grooved to form a thin ring and the ring is slotted to provide flexible fingers on which the disc rests. These fingers likewise maintain permanent contact with the disc and are likewise compliant with changes in relative position occasioned by temperature variations, restoring the disc to original position relative to the spindle.