Adjustable wheel assembly

An adjustable wheel assembly which facilitates the positioning of a wheel on an axle. The wheel assembly includes an elongated axle having a rack and a keyway, a wheel hub, and two pairs of arc-shaped wedges positioned between the axle and the wheel hub. Two of the four arc-shaped wedges are inserte...

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Hauptverfasser:	LEMMON, NORMAN F
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS BLASTING BRAKES CASTORS CLUTCHES COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HEATING INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PERFORMING OPERATIONS THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL TRANSPORTING VEHICLE WHEELS VEHICLES IN GENERAL WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An adjustable wheel assembly which facilitates the positioning of a wheel on an axle. The wheel assembly includes an elongated axle having a rack and a keyway, a wheel hub, and two pairs of arc-shaped wedges positioned between the axle and the wheel hub. Two of the four arc-shaped wedges are inserted into a tapered bore on one side of the wheel hub and the remaining two wedges are inserted into a second tapered bore on the opposite side of the wheel hub. Each of the four arc-shaped wedges further contains a radial flange with bolt holes therethrough so that each wedge can be bolted to the wheel hub. In addition, one of the wedges contains a radial opening housing pinion gear which meshes with the rack on the axle so as to axially move the wheel hub along the axle. The wheel assembly also contains a pair of jackscrews which are used to force two of the oppositely aligned wedges axially apart thereby allowing the wheel hub to be released from the axle.