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GB2057627A - Worm transmission mechanism for a periodically varying load - Google Patents

Worm transmission mechanism for a periodically varying load Download PDF

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GB2057627A
GB2057627A GB8027763A GB8027763A GB2057627A GB 2057627 A GB2057627 A GB 2057627A GB 8027763 A GB8027763 A GB 8027763A GB 8027763 A GB8027763 A GB 8027763A GB 2057627 A GB2057627 A GB 2057627A
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16HGEARING
    • F16H1/00Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion
    • F16H1/02Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion without gears having orbital motion
    • F16H1/04Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion without gears having orbital motion involving only two intermeshing members
    • F16H1/12Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion without gears having orbital motion involving only two intermeshing members with non-parallel axes
    • F16H1/16Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion without gears having orbital motion involving only two intermeshing members with non-parallel axes comprising worm and worm-wheel
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60SSERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60S1/00Cleaning of vehicles
    • B60S1/02Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
    • B60S1/04Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
    • B60S1/06Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by the drive
    • B60S1/16Means for transmitting drive
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60SSERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60S1/00Cleaning of vehicles
    • B60S1/02Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
    • B60S1/04Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
    • B60S1/06Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by the drive
    • B60S1/16Means for transmitting drive
    • B60S1/18Means for transmitting drive mechanically
    • B60S1/24Means for transmitting drive mechanically by rotary cranks

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Abstract

In a worm transmission mechanism which serves to transmit a periodically varying load, such as a windscreen wiper drive mechanism, the mechanism 10 comprises a worm wheel (14) having concave or globoidal teeth, which wheel meshes with a cylindrical worm (12). A region of the teeth of the worm wheel is subjected to a relatively light load is so constructed that the worm wheel (14) can be brought into mesh with the already initially mounted worm (12) in the direction of the axis of rotation of the worm wheel (14). For example said region may have straight spur teeth (48) extending from one face (46) to at least the centre of the width (50) of the wheel (14) or the region is without teeth from one face (46) of the wheel to the centre of the width (50) of the wheel (14). <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Worm transmission mechanism for a periodically varying load The invention relates to a worm transmission mechanism for a periodically varying load.
A worm transmission mechanism is already known in which the worm wheel is provided with straight spur-gear teeth, which permit subsequent mounting of the worm wheel when the worm is already mounted in a housing. This is possible because the tooth profile of a worm wheel having straight spur-gear teeth is uniform across the entire width of the teeth and is also parallel to the axis of rotation of the worm wheel. The disadvantage of a worm transmission mechanism of such a construction is that the worm thread is always only in point contact with the respective tooth of the worm wheel with which it is meshed.
The specific load on the worm, and in particular on the spur-gear teeth, is particularly heavy when the load on the worm transmission mechanism reaches its peak. It is known that if a worm wheel having concave or globoidal teeth is used, line contact exists between the cylindrical worm and the globoidal worm wheel, whereby the specific load on the teeth is substantially reduced; however, it is quite impossible to assemble a transmission of such a construction in the abovedescribed manner. First the worm wheel must be mounted, and then the worm must be threaded into mesh with the teeth of the worm wheel by rotation of the worm in the manner of a screw.
According to the present invention there is provided a worm wheel for use in a worm transmission mechanism, having concave or globoidal teeth, at least one region of which teeth extending over a finite arcuate portion of the wheel and from one face of the wheel to at least the centre of the width of the wheel are not concave or globoidal but are shaped to allow the wheel to be brought into mesh with the worm after the worm is mounted in a housing.
Also according to the present invention there is provided a worm transmission mechanism for a periodically varying load, comprising a worm and a worm wheel, wherein the varying load always acts upon the same regions of the teeth of the worm wheel, the worm wheel having concave or globoidal teeth, and the teeth in at least one region thereof, which region is suspected to a relatively light load and extends from one face of the wheel at least to the centre of the width of the wheel, are not concave or globoidal, but are shaped to allow the wheel to be brought into mesh with the worm after the worm is mounted in a housing.
In contrast to the known art, the worm transmission mechanism according to the present invention has the advantage that, when the transmission mechanism is subjected to the peak load, the toothed segments of the worm wheel which are provided with concave or globoidal teeth are in mesh with the worm, whereby a reduction of the specific load on the teeth of the transmission mechanism is achieved. On the other hand, assembly of the transmission mechanism is simple, since a region is provided coinciding with the relatively light load, without concave or globoidal teeth at least from one face to the centre of the width of the wheel thereby facilitating assembly.
In one embodiment said region of relatively light load is provided with straight spur-gear teeth extending to at least the centre of the width of the wheel and preferably extending the full width of the wheel.
The same effect may be achieved if, instead of segmental straight spur-gear toothing of the worm wheel, the toothing in at least one region of the worm wheel provided with concave or globoidal toothing is removed to the middle region of the width of the worm wheel. This region is brought into mesh with the cylindrical worm during assembly. The specific load on the teeth is, in fact, thereby increased. However, if care is taken during assembly to ensure that this region is in mesh with the worm when the worm transmission mechanism is subjected to a relatively light load, no disadvantages are caused by this measure according to the invention.
The invention will now be further described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a wiping device for motor-vehicle windscreens, having a worm transmission mechanism in accordance with the invention.
Figure 2 shows a cross-section along the line Il-Il of the worm wheel of Figure 1, Figure 2a shows another embodiment of the worm wheel according to Figure 2, Figure 2b shows a further embodiment of the worm wheel according to Figure 2, and Figure 3 shows a cross-section along the line Ill-Ill of the worm wheel of Figure 1.
Referring to Figure 1, there is shown a wiping device for motor-vehicle windscreens. The wiping.
device includes a worm transmission mechanism generally indicated as 10 and comprising a cylindrical worm 12, operatively connected to the output shaft of a driving motor (not shown), and meshing with a worm wheel 14. The worm wheel 14 is manufactured from plastics material and has concave or globoidal teeth 54. (see Figure 2). The worm wheel 14 is mounted on a worm wheel shaft 16, to which a crank 18, which rotates together with the worm wheel 14, is fixedly attached. To the free end of the crank 18 there is coupled a connecting rod 20, whose other end is linked to a rocker arm 22 fixedly mounted on a wiper shaft 24 which is securely journalled in the motor-vehicle body (not shown). A wiper blade 28 is operatively connected to the wiper shaft 24 via a wiper arm 26 attached to the wiper shaft 24.
When the wiping device is in operation the crank 1 8 rotates in the direction of the arrow 30, whereby the connecting rod 20 is moved in the direction of the double arrow 32 and entrains the rocker arm in the direction of the double arrow 34.
The rocker arm 22 pivots through an angle a from one point of reversal to another point of reversal.
The crank 18, the connecting rod 20 and the rocker arm 22 thus form a linkage. Together with the rocker arm 22, the wiper shaft 24, and with it the wiper blade 28, are also caused to perform a pivoting movement, as is shown by the double arrows 36 and 38. The wiper blade 28 sweeps a wiped area 40 on a motor-vehicle windscreen (not shown). The wiped area 40 is in the form of an annular segment, and the pivot angle p of the wiper blade 28 corresponds to the pivot angle a of the rocker arm 22.
It is evident that the torque applied to the transmission mechanism 10 varies in dependence on the respective position of the wiper blade 28 in the wiped area 40. This torque reduces to practically zero in the region of the points of reversal 42 of the .wiper blade 28, but reaches a peak value when the wiper blade 28 is in the central region of the wiped area 40, as shown in Figure 1. The worm transmission mechanism 10 is therefore subjected to a periodically varying load.
For ease of assembly the worm wheel 14 should be inserted in a housing 44 enclosing the worm transmission mechanism 10 only when the transmission worm 12 is already fixed in position.
The worm wheel 14 is therefore brought into mesh with the transmission worm 12 perpendicularly to the plane of the drawing, i.e. in the direction of the axis of the wheel 14. It must be borne in mind that the worm wheel shaft 16 must also be mounted at the same time in its bearing (not shown) in the transmission housing 44. If the worm wheel is provided with so-called concave or globoidal teeth, such a method of assembly is not possible. Therefore, according to a first embodiment of the invention (shown in Figure 2), a small region of the worm wheel 14 is provided with straight spur-gear teeth 48 adjacent to one lateral face 46 of the worm wheel 14. The straight spur-gear teeth 48 extend approximately to the middle of the width 50 of the worm wheel 14. As from this point the straight spur-gear teeth 48 change to globoidal teeth 52.All other regions of the periphery of the worm wheel 14 are provided with globoidal teeth 54, which extend across the full width 50 of the worm wheel 14.
Alternatively, however, according to another embodiment (shown in Figure 2b) a relatively small region of the periphery of the worm wheel 14 may be provided with straight spur-gear teeth 60 extending across the full width of the worm wheel 14, which then change again to the globoidal teeth 54. The transition may be effected gradually or in at least one step.
Alternatively, according to another embodiment of the invention, shown in Figure 2a, the worm wheel 14 may be provided with globoidal teeth 54 about the whole of its periphery. In order, however, to avoid the above-mentioned difficulties of assembly, the globoidal teeth 54 may be removed over a relatively small region, to the central region of the width 50 of the worm wheel, so that the worm wheel 14 is provided in this region of its periphery with globoidal teeth 70 which extend only from one lateral face 72 to the middle of the width 50 of the worm wheel.
The above-described special configurations of the small segments of the periphery of the respective worm wheels 14 ensure that each worm wheel can be brought in the abovementioned manner into mesh with the initially mounted transmission worm 12. However, care must be taken on assembly to ensure that the appliance which exerts torque on the worm transmission mechanism - in the present case the wiper blade 28 - is in a position in which only insubstantial, preferably minimal, forces act on the worm transmission mechanism 10. This ensures that, when the higher load is applied to the worm transmission mechanism 10 by the appliance, the worm 12 is in mesh with the full globoidal teeth 54, in which position the specific load on the tooth systems is decisively reduced.
A particularly economic method of manufacture of the worm wheel 14 with the special configurations shown in the drawings is possible if the worm wheel 14 is manufactured from plastics material, preferably by injection moulding.

Claims (15)

1. A worm wheel for use in a worm transmission mechanism, having concave or globoidal teeth, at least one region of which teeth extending over a finite arcuate portion of the wheel and from one face of the wheel to at least the centre of the width of the wheel, are not concave or globoidal but are shaped to allow the wheel to be brought into mesh with the worm after the worm is mounted in a housing.
2. A worm wheel as claimed in claim 1, in which the teeth in said region are straight spur teeth extending to the centre of the width of the worm.
3. A worm wheel as claimed in claim 2, in which the straight spur teeth extend across the full width of the wheel.
4. A worm wheel as claimed in claim 1, in which said region is without teeth from one face of the wheel to the centre of the width of said wheel.
5. A worm wheel as claimed in claim 1, constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 or Figure 2a, or Figure 2b of the accompanying drawings.
6. A worm transmission mechanism for a periodically varying load, comprising a worm and a worm wheel, wherein the varying load always acts upon the same regions of the teeth of the worm wheel, the worm wheel having concave or globoidal teeth, and the teeth in at least one region thereof, which region is subjected to a relatively light load and extends from one face of the wheel at least to the centre of the width of the wheel, are not concave or globoidal, but are shaped to allow the wheel to be brought into mesh with the worm after the worm is mounted in a housing.
7. A worm transmission mechanism for a periodically varying load, comprising a worm and a worm wheel, wherein the varying load acts always upon the same regions of the teeth of the worm wheel, the worm wheel being provided with concave or globoidal teeth, at least one region of the teeth of the worm wheel, which region is subjected to a relatively light load, is provided with straight spur-gear teeth extending from one face of the wheel at least to the centre of the width of the worm wheel.
8. A worm transmission mechanism as claimed in claim 7, in which the straight spur-gear teeth extend across the full width of the worm wheel.
9. A worm transmission mechanism as claimed in claim 7, in which said straight spur-gear teeth change to globoidal teeth extending from the centre of the width of the worm wheel to the other face.
10. A worm transmission mechanism for a periodically varying load, comprising a worm and a worm wheel, wherein the varying load acts always upon the same regions of the teeth of the worm wheel, the worm wheel being provided with concave or globoidal teeth, and at least one region of the worm wheel, which region is subjected to a relatively light load, being without teeth from one face of the wheel to the centre of the width of the worm wheel.
11. A worm transmission mechanism as claimed in any one of claims 7 to 10, which is part of a drive unit of a wiping device for motor-vehicle windscreens, said mechanism being connected to a linkage which is operatively associated with a wiper blade.
12. A worm transmission mechanism as claimed in claim 11, in which the region of the worm wheel provided with the straight spur-gear teeth or the region of the worm wheel without teeth from one face of the wheel to the centre of the width of the worm wheel, meshes with the worm when the wiper blade is at one of its points of reversal.
13. A worm transmission mechanism as claimed in any of claims 7 to 12, in which the worm wheel is manufactured from plastics material.
14. A worm transmission as claimed in claim 13, in which the worm wheel has been injection moulded.
15. A worm transmission mechanism, constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 or Figure 2a or Figure 2b of the accompanying drawings.
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