Patent ID: 8927843
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: F16B,G10D

Abstract:
1. A head fixing mechanism which is provided in a drum comprising a cylindrical trunk portion having an opening formed therein, a head that covers the opening of the trunk portion, and a hoop that presses the head against an end of the trunk portion to hold the head onto the trunk portion, comprising: a fixture which is fixed onto a lateral side of the trunk portion; and a coupling member threadably engaged with the fixture and configured to press the head against the end of the trunk portion with the hoop interposed therebetween, wherein the coupling member comprises a main body which has a head portion that presses the head against the end of the trunk portion with the hoop interposed therebetween and a shaft portion that extends from the head portion and has a leading end of which vicinity is threadably engaged with the fixture, the main body has an insertion hole axially extending along the shaft portion from the head portion, and an insertion member which is inserted from the head portion side into the insertion hole, and is threadably engaged with the main body within the insertion hole, wherein a bottom of the insertion hole is formed in the shaft portion, and the shaft portion has a slit with a width smaller than an inside diameter of the insertion hole, axially extending along the shaft portion from the leading end of the shaft portion until reaching at least the bottom of the insertion hole, and dividing the shaft portion in a circumferential direction, and wherein an outside diameter of a leading end of the insertion member is smaller than the width of the slit.