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Adjustable counterweight assembly

US5134893A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 1991
Grant dateAug 4, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/20672
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A counterweight assembly on a vertical, rotatably mounted shaft which is adjustable. First and second eccentric weight assemblies are fixed to the shaft. One of the eccentric weight assemblies includes a support fixed to the shaft to extend laterally of the shaft. The support has a ring of slots displaced laterally of the shaft. Two eccentric weights are rotatably mounted about the shaft and have pins extending to the ring of slots.

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