Patent ID: 6074316
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A split sprocket assembly comprising:a pair of sprocket halves, together providing a peripheral, annular, drive gripping means therearound, a circular mounting aperture axially centered therein adapted for receiving a mounting shaft, a means for joining the sprocket halves, said joining means comprising in each of the sprocket halves a mutually directed alignment hole and an alignment tongue, each of rectangular cross-section, so as to be positioned in engagable correspondence so that one of each of the tongues is fully engaged within one of each of the holes when the sprocket halves are joined and at least one clearance hole in one of the sprocket halves aligned with at least one threaded hole in the other of the sprocket halves for receiving at least one threaded fastener for drawing the two sprocket halves together, a pair of opposing sprocket side faces and a pair of co-aligned, circular slots, one of the circular slots being axially centered on each one of the sprocket side faces, the sprocket halves further providing a plurality of axially oriented clearance holes positioned within the circular slots;a pair of circular rings, each of the circular rings providing a plurality of mounting holes aligned with the clearance holes of the sprocket halves, the circular rings each further providing a circular shoulder corresponding with one of the circular slots and engagable therewith;a fastening means for engaging the mounting holes of the circular rings and the clearance holes of the sprocket halves, for securing the circular rings to the sprocket halves, and for engaging the joining means of the sprocket halves for securement thereof.