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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1996
Gordon Maurice Sommer, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Midwest Brake Bond Co., Warren, MI (US);
Abstract
A conversion kit for an existing machine tool drive converts the machine tool drive from an air activated system to a hydraulically actuated system. The existing machine tool drive includes an air activated clutch and brake which are mechanically interlocked to simultaneously move the brake between an applied condition and a release condition and the clutch between a disengaged condition and an engaged condition. The conversion kit replaces the air activated clutch and brake with a hydraulically activated clutch and an independent hydraulically actuated brake and separates the activation of these devices. The separation of the activation of these devices permits the designing of a specified amount of overlap into the assemblies.