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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Yuichi Sasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Kyoichi Ikeno, Hiroshima, JP;
Ken Nishitani, Hiroshima, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/00 (2012.01); F16H 1/06 (2006.01); F01D 25/34 (2006.01); F01D 25/36 (2006.01); F16H 35/18 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/06 (2013.01); F01D 21/00 (2013.01); F01D 25/34 (2013.01); F01D 25/36 (2013.01); F16H 35/18 (2013.01); Y10T 74/19516 (2015.01);
Abstract
A turning device includes: a pinion gear having spur teeth that mesh with a wheel gear provided on a rotary shaft; an arm member that rotatably supports the pinion gear; an ON/OFF mechanism that operates the arm member such that the pinion is brought close to the wheel gear, in a meshed position, with respect to the wheel gear and such that the pinion is separated radially outward from the wheel gear, in a retracted position; and a supporting device that supports the pinion in an axial direction of the pinion.