Patent ID: 6247308
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: F03B,F16H,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
Motion-converter apparatus for converting bidirectional rotary movements to unidirectional rotary movements, comprising:an input shaft for inputting the bidirectional rotary movements;an output shaft for outputting said unidirectional rotary movements, said output shaft having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the input shaft;a drive bevel gear coaxial with, and driven bidirectionally by, said input shaft;a pair of driven bevel gears coaxial with said output shaft and meshing with said drive bevel gear on opposite sides of the axis of the drive bevel gear so as to be driven bidirectionally thereby but in opposite directions with respect to said output shaft;and a pair of one-way clutches coupling said driven bevel gears to said output shaft such that one of said one-way clutches is effective to drive said output shaft only in one direction, and the other of said one-way clutches is effective to drive said output shaft also only in said one direction.