Segmented drive disk for a mechanical press

US6006660A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Minster Machine Company · US

Inventors

• Don Bornhorst · Minster, US
• Kurt A. Bohman · Minster, US
• Bradley A. Burns · Wapakoneta, US
• Ed Daniel · Fort Loramie, US
• Kevin J. Evers · Fort Recovery, US
• Bryan Pax · Minster, US
• Robert L. Schockman · St. Henry, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 28, 1999
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B30B15/12
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive disk assembly for use in a press machine is segmented into a plurality of discrete drive disk segments each having a friction pad attached thereto. The segmented drive disk permits individual disk segments and friction pads to be removed after installation without disassembling the entire arrangement. The disk segments may grow thermally without causing the flex disk being utilized to shift axially or radially. A slot formed throughout the disk segment acts as an effective heat barrier to protect sensitive parts from undue thermal exposure.