Patent ID: 6345551
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: F16B,F16F,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A balancing arrangement for a rotating member having external surfaces, comprising counterweight means of predetermined size and weight selected to compensate for an imbalance in the rotating member, and a clamp structure extending over said counterweight means and operable to tightly engage the external surfaces of the rotating member with the counterweight means in a predetermined position for fixedly securing said counterweight means onto the external surfaces of said rotating member in said predetermined position including clamping band means having inner and outer band end portions overlapping in the installed condition of the clamp structure, connecting means for mechanically connecting the free ends of said clamping band means, means for tightening the clamping band means about said rotating member, at least one of said connecting and tightening means being located within a circumferential area of the clamping band means also containing the counterweight means so that any weight of the connecting means is in effect additive to the weight of the selected counterweight means.