Patent ID: 6701802
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: F16C,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of attaching a balance weight to a rotating shaft including;providing a balancing weight which is adapted to be attached to the rotating shaft, wherein the balancing weight comprises a plate with an inner surface and an outer surface, and the plate includes a plurality of orifices extending through the plate, each of said orifices having an inner wall defining a support surface; providing an adhesive adapted to secure the balancing weight onto said rotating shaft; applying the adhesive to the rotating shaft; placing the balancing weight onto the rotating shaft with the adhesive located between the balancing weight and the rotating shaft and pressing the balancing weight into the adhesive until the adhesive is forced out around the edges of the balance weight and up into the orifices, whereby the adhesive fills the orifices to a point above the support surfaces; and curing the adhesive to form a secure attachment of the balancing weight to the rotating shaft.