Frame, crankshaft and crosshead assembly, and a crankshaft and crosshead frame, for a reciprocating-piston machine
US5062311A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/2186
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A housing, feet therefor, and casings, formed of common, readily available tubular stock, of uniform thickness, are assembled and welded together to define a frame for a crankshaft and crosshead assemblies. The tubular housing has openings in the sides thereof in which to receive the casings, and has apertures, also in sides thereof, in which to journal a crankshaft. The casings include transverse webs with arcuate ways formed therein for slidably supporting crosshead shoes thereon.
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