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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2006
Donato L. Ricci, Hager City, WI (US);
Brent Place, Hager City, WI (US);
Donato L. Ricci, Hager City, WI (US);
Brent Place, Hager City, WI (US);
Hydratight Operations, Inc., Butler, WI (US);
Abstract
A radially adjustable drive bracket () is affixed to, and rotatable with the drive gear (), and a radially adjustable support bracket () is affixed to, and rotatable with the driven gear (). A pair of parallel slide rails () are coupled at opposite ends to the drive bracket () and support bracket (). A cutting head assembly () is slidably mounted on the slide rails (), wherein a threaded lead screw () carrying a traveling nut () thereon causes longitudinal displacement of the cutting head assembly () along the slide rails (). A cam arm () coupled through a one-way clutch to the lead screw () and adapted to be actuated by a tripper assembly () mounted so as to engage the cam arm () during orbiting movement of the drive and driven gear ().