Coupling guard
US10030814B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 22, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16D3/843
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A coupling guard for covering a coupling which couples a drive shaft of a prime mover and a rotational shaft of a rotary machine to each other. The coupling guard includes a cylindrical guard body having an upper semicylindrical member and a lower semicylindrical member coupled to the upper semicylindrical member, and a guard leg supporting the guard body. The guard body has a flange portion to which the guard leg is attached. The guard leg includes a vertical wall parallel to a central axis of the guard body, an upper wall, a bottom wall, a left-side wall, and a right-side wall which project perpendicularly outwardly from the vertical wall. The vertical wall, the upper wall, the bottom wall, the left-side wall, and the right-side wall are made of a single plate material.
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