Patent ID: 6035736
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B66C,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An adjustable mounting arrangement, comprising:a machine frame;a swing frame pivotally connected to said machine frame;a drive motor having a housing and a drive shaft extending from said drive motor;a pinion gear having an axis of rotation and being rotatively connected to the housing, said pinion gear having first and second axially spaced opposite end portions and being mounted on the drive shaft, said pinion gear second end portion facing in a direction away from said drive motor;a sleeve disposed about the axis of rotation of said pinion gear and being connected to said housing;an eccentric member having an eccentric bore and being rotatively supported on a one of said swing and said machine frames, said eccentric member having an axis of eccentricity radially offset from said axis of rotation of said pinion gear and being adjustably rotatable about said axis of eccentricity relative to said one of the swing frame and the machine frames, said sleeve being disposed in said bore and said pinion gear being radially adjustably movable relative to said swing gear in response to rotation of said eccentric member about said axis of eccentricity;a supporting bracket having a bearing bore and being connected to said one of the swing and machine frames and supportingly maintaining the second end portion of said pinion gear from radial movement relative to the axis of rotation of the pinion gears;an antifriction bearing disposed in the bearing bore and supportingly connected to the second end portion of the pinion gear;a retaining member projecting axially from the second end portion of the pinion gear, said antifriction bearing being disposed about the retaining member;a bore disposed in the said pinion gear, said shaft and said retaining member being disposed in the bore of said pinion gear, said retaining member having a shoulder engaged with the second end portion of the pinion gear; anda threaded fastener connecting the retaining member to the shaft and forcing the shoulder into engagement with the second end portion of the pinion gear.