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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2011
Peiliang P. Zhang, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Peiliang P. Zhang, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A dual drive system for driving a pair of parallel output shafts comprises a pair of idler shafts interposed between and mechanically coupled to the output shafts by a first gear train. An input shaft is aligned coaxially with and is rotatable independently of one of the idler shafts. The output shafts are driven at one speed by adjusting a clutch to directly couple the input shaft to the one idler shaft, and are driven at a second speed by adjusting the clutch to indirectly couple the input shaft to the one idler shaft via a second gear train and gears rotatable respectively on the input shaft and the one idler shaft.