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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Faruk H Bursal, Waltham, MA (US);
Michael P Cunningham, Londonderry, NH (US);
Frank A Folino, Salem, MA (US);
Baosheng Chen, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Synkinetics, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
475196 ; 475185 ;
Abstract
An in-line speed converter assembly for converting input rotation to output rotation with a minimum number of parts, the in-line speed converter having utility in a dryer as well as other devices which require in-line speed conversion with a minimum number of parts. The in-line speed converter having a conjugate pair of cam devices mounted on a common axis, an intermediate device nested between the cam devices in a common plane and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart elements defining a plurality of radial slots therebetween.