Sprocket

Abstract

A sprocket is provided for arrangement on a drive shaft, the sprocket having a gear rim which has an externally toothed gear ring and a ring carrier, and a sleeve body, wherein the ring carrier has a recess for receiving the sleeve body and the sleeve body has a recess for receiving the drive shaft so that the gear rim can be arranged on the drive shaft with the sleeve body interposed there between, wherein the sleeve body is provided with a thread on its outer lateral surface and wherein the recess of the ring carrier provided for receiving the sleeve body has on the inner side thereof facing the sleeve body a thread corresponding to the thread of the sleeve body.

Claims

1. A sprocket for arrangement on a drive shaft, the sprocket having a gear rim which has an externally toothed gear ring and a ring carrier, and a sleeve body, wherein the ring carrier has a recess for receiving the sleeve body and the sleeve body has a recess for receiving the drive shaft so that the gear rim can be arranged on the drive shaft with the sleeve body interposed there between, wherein the sleeve body is formed in two parts and has two corresponding half-shells, wherein the two half-shells are screwed together in a final assembled state, wherein the sleeve body is provided with a thread on its outer lateral surface and wherein the recess of the ring carrier provided for receiving the sleeve body has on the inner side thereof facing the sleeve body a thread corresponding to the thread of the sleeve body, wherein the gear rim is rotatable about an axis of rotation of the drive shaft relative to the sleeve body and guided by the thread of the sleeve body and, depending on the direction of rotation, translatable along the axis of rotation of the drive shaft in relation to the drive shaft to adjust an axial position of the gear rim in relation to the drive shaft.

2. The sprocket according to claim 1, wherein the gear ring and the ring carrier are one piece.

3. The sprocket according to claim 1, wherein one of the half-shells has a longitudinal groove for receiving a feather key side.

4. The sprocket according to claim 1, wherein the gear rim is formed in two parts and has two corresponding gear rim halves.

5. The sprocket according to claim 4, wherein the two gear rim halves are screwed together in the final assembled state.

6. The sprocket according to claim 4, wherein clamping brackets are provided for connecting the two sprocket halves, which clamping brackets provide clamping webs which engage in correspondingly formed recesses of the sprocket halves in the final assembled state.

7. The sprocket according to claim 1, further comprising means for a non-rotating arrangement of the gear rim on the sleeve body.

8. The sprocket according to claim 7, wherein the means for a non-rotating arrangement is a bolt which equally engages in corresponding grooves of the sleeve body and the gear rim in the final assembled state.

Description

FIGURES

(1) Further features and advantages of the disclosure will become apparent from the following description with reference to the attached drawings wherein it is shown by:

(2) FIG. 1 a schematic perspective view of a sprocket according to the disclosure;

(3) FIG. 2 a schematic perspective view of the sleeve body of a sprocket according to the disclosure.

(4) FIG. 3 a schematic perspective front view of the gear rim of a sprocket according to the disclosure;

(5) FIG. 4 a partially cut side view of the gear rim according to FIG. 3, taken along line IV-IV;

(6) FIG. 5 a sectional side view of the gear rim according to FIG. 3, taken along line V-V;

(7) FIG. 6 a schematic front view of the sprocket according to the disclosure;

(8) FIG. 7 a sectional side view of the sprocket according to the disclosure in accordance with FIG. 6, taken along line VII-VII;

(9) FIG. 8 a schematic sectional view of a clamping bracket;

(10) FIG. 9 a schematic perspective view of a clarifier with a scraper having the sprocket according to the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(11) FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a sprocket 1.

(12) The sprocket 1 has a gear rim 2 and a sleeve body 5. The gear rim 2 in turn provides a gear ring 3 and a ring carrier 4. The gear rim 2 and the sleeve body 5 are preferably made of plastic.

(13) For the arrangement of the chain sprocket 1 on a drive shaft, the sleeve body 5 has a recess 7 that serves to receive a drive shaft. The ring carrier 4 of the gear rim 2 in turn has a recess 6 for receiving the sleeve body 5. This means that the gear rim 2 is arranged on a drive shaft in the final assembled state of the sprocket 1 with the sleeve body 5 disposed in between.

(14) The sleeve body 5 has an outer lateral surface 8 that is provided with a thread 9. A corresponding thread 11 is provided by the inner side 10 of the recess 6 of the ring carrier 4. In the final assembled state, these two threads 9 and 11 engage each other as shown in the drawings according to FIGS. 1 and 7.

(15) After mounting the gear rim 2 on the sleeve body 5, the thread design allows the gear rim 2 to be positioned in relation to the sleeve body 5 in the axial direction, i.e. in the longitudinal direction 40 of the drive shaft (FIG. 7). This axial alignment of the gear rim 2 with respect to the sleeve body 5 is achieved by rotating the gear rim 2 in relation to the sleeve body 5. Due to the pitch of the meshing threads 9 and 10 of the gear rim 2 and the sleeve body 5, depending on the direction of rotation of the gear rim 2, there is an axial displacement of the gear rim 2 in relation to the sleeve body 5 with respect to the drawing plane according to FIG. 7 either to the left or to the right. This allows a fine adjustment of the axial position of the gear rim 2 in relation to the sleeve body 5 and thus also to the drive shaft.

(16) As soon as the gear rim 2 is positioned in its axial orientation, the gear rim 2 is arranged in a non-rotating manner relative to the sleeve body 5. Bolts 35 are provided for this purpose (FIG. 1), which in the final assembled state engage in corresponding grooves 33 and 34 of the sleeve body 5 and the gear rim 2.

(17) As FIG. 1 shows in this context, the grooves 33 and 34 are each designed as half-grooves. These must be brought into overlap with each other by a corresponding rotating movement of the gear rim 2, whereby in case of overlap a hole is provided for inserting the bolt 35. Clamping screws may be provided for the axial securing of mounted bolts 35, which in the final assembled state engage in the respective ring grooves that are provided. This ensures axial securing of the bolts 35. And the bolts 35 in turn ensure that any rotating movement of the gear rim 2 against the sleeve body 5 is blocked. This ensures axial and radial securing of the gear rim 2 relative to the sleeve body 5.

(18) According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, two grooves 33 and 34 are provided rotated by 180° relative to each other. This allows the gear rim 2 to be rotated by 180° relative to the sleeve body 5 and secured in position. This gradation can be further reduced if three, four or even more grooves 33 or 34 are provided, so that the pitch ratio is reduced.

(19) FIG. 5 shows an enlarged view of the sleeve body 5. This has a recess 7 as described above, through which the drive shaft, on which the chain sprocket 1 is mounted, is guided in the final assembled state. For a non-rotating arrangement of the sleeve body 5 relative to the drive shaft, a groove 14 is provided which is formed corresponding to a feather key on the drive shaft side.

(20) For ease of assembly, the sleeve body 5 is designed in two parts and has two half-shells 12 and 13, which are screwed together in the final assembled state, for which purpose screws 16 and corresponding nuts 17 are provided which pass through bores 15 provided by the half-shells 12 and 13. For assembly, the sleeve body 5 must be dismantled and the half-shells 12 and 13 must then be placed on the drive shaft. A snug fit is achieved when the feather key on the drive shaft side is located in the groove 14 provided for this purpose. The two half-shells 12 and 13 must then be screwed together to ensure that the sleeve body 5 is securely seated on the drive shaft. For additional clamping with the feather key on the drive shaft side, clamping screws 19 can be provided, which penetrate through corresponding holes 18 of the sleeve body 5. These clamping screws 19 must be tightened after the sleeve body 5 is arranged on the drive shaft so that clamping with the feather key on the drive shaft side is achieved.

(21) The sleeve body 5 is preferably of standardized design with regard to its recess 7 and its groove 14, with geometric dimensions being given with regard to the recess 7 and the groove 14 which correspond to the smallest possible geometric dimensions of a drive shaft. If the sleeve body 5 is to be mounted on a drive shaft with larger geometric dimensions, the bore 7 must first be drilled out and/or the groove 14 enlarged before the sleeve body 5 is mounted as intended. The sleeve body 5 can then be arranged on the drive shaft in the manner described above.

(22) The standardized design of the sleeve body 5 has the advantage that a sleeve body 5 can always be designed to match the drive shaft, which makes assembly easier in the event of repairs. This is because it is neither necessary to provide a sleeve body suitable for the drive shaft nor is it necessary to carry out a preliminary measurement of the drive shaft in order to have a correspondingly designed sleeve body 5 available. Since the sleeve body 5 is matched to the smallest possible drive shaft in diameter, compatibility is guaranteed in every case. If the diameter of the drive shaft and/or its feather key is larger than the smallest possible design, the sleeve body 5 must be adapted accordingly, which can be done by simple drilling.

(23) The sleeve body 5 is always identically designed concerning its outer dimensions and its thread 9 so that geometric compatibility with the gear rim 2 is given in any case, irrespective of the geometric design of the drive shaft.

(24) Also the gear rim 2 is preferably of two-part design and comprises a first gear rim half 36 and a second gear rim half 37, as shown in particular in a combined view of FIG. 1 and FIG. 3. In the final assembled state, the two gear rim halves 36 and 37 lie against each other along a gap 39 (FIG. 3).

(25) The two-part design of sleeve body 5 on the one hand and the gear rim 2 on the other hand is particularly advantageous for reasons of simplified assembly. This is because it is not necessary to dismantle the drive shaft in order to arrange the sprocket 1 on a drive shaft. Rather, the two-part design of the sleeve body 5 and the gear rim 2 allows the sleeve body 5 on the one hand and the gear rim 2 on the other hand to be placed with their respective halves on the drive shaft and then the two halves to be joined to each other. In this process, the sleeve body 5 is first mounted on the drive shaft, followed by an arrangement of the gear rim 2 on the already pre-assembled sleeve body 5.

(26) The gear rim halves 36 and 37 are preferably screwed together in the final assembled state. For this purpose, the gear rim halves 36 and 37 each have bores 20, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. In the final assembled state, threaded rods 21 are guided through these bores 20, said threaded rods 21 being equipped with a thread for receiving a nut 22 at their end.

(27) FIGS. 6 and 7, in particular, show the final assembled condition of the gear rim 2 and the sleeve body 5.

(28) As shown by a combined view of FIGS. 1 and 6, the gear rim halves 36 and 37 are screwed together by means of the threaded rods 21 close to the sleeve body. On the gear ring side, clamping brackets 23 are provided for connecting the two gear rim halves 36 and 37. Such a clamping bracket 23 is shown, for example, in FIG. 8.

(29) A clamping bracket 23 has two clamping webs 24 and 25, which engage in corresponding recesses 31 and 32 of the gear rim halves 36 and 37 in the final assembled state. The two clamping webs 24 and 25 are connected to each other via a connecting web 26 that has a bore 27 through which a screw 28 is guided. The screw 28 is preferably connected to the connecting web in a material-to-material manner, for which purpose a weld seam 29 is formed in the embodiment shown in FIG. 8.

(30) The screw 28 has a thread that cooperates with a nut 30 in the final assembled state, as shown in FIG. 1. The screw 28 is guided through a recess provided by the gear rim 2.

(31) As shown in particular in FIG. 1, the special advantage of the clamping bracket 23 is that it is inserted into the recesses 31 and 32 from one side, while the position is fixed by attaching the nut 30 from the other side. This makes it possible, in particular, to dismantle the gear rim 2 from only one side. In addition, the clamping bracket 23 is very space-saving so that the gear rim 2 with its gear ring 3 can be placed close to an adjacent object or a housing wall without the clamping web 23 obstructing such a close arrangement.

(32) In the example shown, the ring carrier 4 is designed as a pot. This results in a volume space 38 enclosed by the ring carrier 4, as can be seen in particular from the illustrations in FIGS. 4 and 5. This volume space 38 can be used to accommodate the bearing intended for supporting a drive shaft. The sprocket 21 thus encloses the bearing on the drive shaft side, which allows a close arrangement of the toothed ring 3 provided by the sprocket 1 next to an object on the gear ring side and/or next to a housing wall. Due to the design according to the disclosure, a simple assembly is possible because access to the sprocket 1 from one side is sufficient and because an arrangement of the sprocket is also possible on an already mounted drive shaft. In addition, due to the thread formed between the sleeve body 5 and the gear rim 2, fine positioning in the longitudinal direction 40 can take place so that it is sufficient in the sense of a simple assembly to first align the sleeve body 5 only roughly in relation to the drive shaft, since a fine alignment can be carried out thereafter by aligning the gear rim 2 in the longitudinal direction 40 in relation to the sleeve body 5 and thus also in relation to the drive shaft.

(33) A possible use of the sprocket 1 according to the disclosure is shown in the execution example according to FIG. 9.

(34) FIG. 9 schematically shows a clarifier 41 for clarifying water, for example. This clarifier 41 has a scraper 42 known per se from prior art.

(35) When used as intended, the clarifier 41 is filled with water to be cleaned, which water is first allowed to stand so that impurities in the water can settle downwards. After a certain time, the scraper 42 is activated, which removes the impurities deposited downwards and takes them to a collection point from where the impurities can be removed.

(36) The scraper 42 has a number of beams 43 aligned transversely in the clarifier 41. These beams 43 are arranged at one end and at the other end of a respective chain 44 or 45. These chains 44 and 45 are guided by deflection gears 49 such that the beams 43 are moved in the longitudinal direction of the chain during operation. The deflection gears 49 are arranged on respective shafts 46, 47 and 48.

(37) For driving the chains 44 and 45, the shaft 46 is used, which is designed as a drive shaft. A motor 50 is provided for driving this shaft 46 and is operatively connected to the shaft 46 via a drive chain 51. During normal operation the shaft 46 is rotated by the motor 50 and the motor 50 is operatively connected to the shaft 46 via the drive chain 51.

(38) A sprocket 1 according to the disclosure, which is mounted on the shaft 46, is used to transmit power from the motor 50 to the drive shaft 46.

(39) Due to the inventive design of the sprocket 1 it is possible to place it close to the wall 52 of the clarifier 41, leaving only a minimal gap. The volume space 38 provided by the sprocket 1 accommodates the bearing of the shaft 46 provided on the inside of the wall 52. This ensures a space-optimized arrangement.

(40) The sprocket 1 wears over time even when the clarifier 41 is used as intended and must therefore be replaced from time to time. The design according to the disclosure allows this in a simple way. For an exchange of the sprocket 1 it is not necessary to exchange the shaft 46 as described above. In addition, there is compatibility with the geometric design of the shaft 46 so that there is no need for storage and for prepared measures for an assembly or disassembly of the sprocket 1 as intended.