US3075110A - Electric brush gear for holding and lifting - Google Patents

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US3075110A
US3075110A US2612A US261260A US3075110A US 3075110 A US3075110 A US 3075110A US 2612 A US2612 A US 2612A US 261260 A US261260 A US 261260A US 3075110 A US3075110 A US 3075110A
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Pepworth Frederick James
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R39/00—Rotary current collectors, distributors or interrupters
    • H01R39/02—Details for dynamo electric machines
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  • This invention relates to electric brush gear for holding several brushes in engagement with a rotating contact surface, such as a slip ring or commutator, for electrical connection thereof .and aims at providing an improved construction which 'allows to disengage and reengage the brushes and contact surface without necessitating an interruption in the movement of the contact surface.
  • the invention is particularly advantageous where the gear is used with a plurality of parallel connected brush groups which are each held by a separate brush group carrier, on an exciter machine for a large generator for instance.
  • the invention makes it possible .to replace individual brushes without discontinuing the operation of the machine, which may be alive yduring the brush removal and replacement.
  • the present invention which resides in lan electric brush gear for holding a plurality of brushes in engagement with a rotating contact surface comprising a number lof carrier members holding brush boxes, separate guiding and biasing means acting to secure correct engagement with the rotating contact surface, for each brush, also a portable key member having a handle that is electrically insulated, each brush and associated brush box being adapted for releasable engagement with, and
  • said interconnection serving to define a location of the brush j relative to the brush box such that with the brush box in its normal position relative to the rotating contact surface, the brush is held out of engagement with said contact surface until the said key member is released to allow normal operational engagement under pressure to be caused between the brush and rotating contact surface through lthe said biasing means.
  • the brush box is constructed to allow brush displacement under the biasing force towards the rotating surface as the brush surface is worn away during operation, and includes a means for stopping this movement after a predetermined Iamount of wear.
  • the cross-sections of the brush in planes perpendicular to the brush movement are of similar shape, such as rectangular, and two such brushes are guided in channels of the brush box.
  • Each brush is provided with a tongue projecting from the brush surface and ythe partition wall between the two channels is recessed so as to receive the tongues of both brushes which ⁇ and to stop the brush displacement towards the rotating surface when the said tongues engage the bottom of the recess.
  • the outer walls of the brush box and the brushes can be provided with aligned apertures or slots, and holes respectively to receive one arm of la key member for holding the brushes in retracted position within the box, another arm of said member being inclined to the iirst arm and carrying an insulated handle.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a brush gear embodying the invention the brush carrier being supported by a brush rocker ring for instance;
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are two views taken :at right angles to each other of the brush carrier, .also showing a pair of brushes held retracted within the brush box by a key member, and means for exerting upon each brush a biasing force which tends to move the brush towards the rotating contact surface;
  • FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 are front, -side and top views .of a brush suitable to be used in a gear according to the invention
  • FlG. 7 shows the brush box of FIG. ll in a section taken along a plane perpendicular to the cylindrical rotating contact surface of FIG. l;
  • FIGS. 8, 9 and 10- show sections :through the three parallel walls of the brush box taken along lines AA, BB, CC of FIG. 7.
  • a cylindrical rotating contact surface is indicated at RCS.
  • Por holding brushes CB1., CB2 in engagement with the surface RCS and guiding the brushes a carrier member CM has detachably connected thereto a brush box BB.
  • a key member KM is shown in dash dot lines only to indicate that -as long as it is in the inserted position the brushes are retracted and cannot contact the surface RCS.
  • the member KM is preferably of angular shape, so that when one arm A1 is inserted through laligned holes 4in the brushes and three parallel walls of the brush boX its other arm A2 which has a handle HA of insulating material at the end, extends substantially radially with respect to the surface RCS.
  • a handle CHA Iof insulating material is detachably connected to the carrier member CM such as by screw threads STH, and terminals TE are provided on a projection PR at the top of the carrier member CM to allow lthe connection of pig-tail conductors of the brushes shown in FIG. 2.
  • the carrier member CM is secured to Ia bracket BRA by means :of a fixed screw stud FB, and an anti-vibration nut NU, a ⁇ guiding means being provided by projections of the backplate of the carrier member engaging grooves in the bracket, and the bracket is slotted for the stud FB to allow adjustment of the carrier member in relation of the bracket as determined by an adjustable stop means ASM.
  • bracket BRA is insulatedly secured to a rocker ring RRG of a dynamoelectric machine, which may be of a convenient construction and provided with means (not shown) for angular-ly displacing the rocker ring yas required for conventional regulation. It will be understood that two or more brackets BRA each carrying two or more carrier members CM for groups of brushes CB which are electrically connected and insulated as required can be secured to a common support which may or may not comprise a rocker ring.
  • the brushes CE1, CB2 are guided in channels CHl, CH2; of the brush box BB, and pig-tail connectors PGTl, PGTIEI are provided for connecting the brushes CBE., CB2 to a common terminal TE on the carrier member CM.
  • coiled tension springs BSE, BSZ one end of which is fastened to a holding member HMi, HMZ the position of which in relation to the carrier member Clt-i can be adjusted as by screw threads STI-ll in order to vary the biasing forces exerted by the springs BSi, BSZ.
  • the biasing force is transmitted to each one of the brushes CB, CB2 via link members LME, LM2, crank levers Clit, CL2, andV curved blade springs Biol, BLZ.
  • the free ends of the blade springs are cranked towards the centre plane of brush box BB so that the biasing forces are exerted upon the centre portions of the upper ends of the brushes.
  • dotted biasing springs BSI, B32' one, or if desired more brush pairs biased by such springs can be provided as additional brush groups, guided in similar brush boxes which are secured to the same carrier member CM.
  • the brushes are of carbonaceous material and of rectangular cross-section as shown in FlGS. 4, 5 and 6.
  • the lower contact surface ES of each brush is inclined in this case at an angle of 55 to the long brush surface and the axis of each channel Cl-ll., CH2 (shown on EEG. 7) must be inclined to ensure that the lower brush ends eno/age the rotating contact surface alongjtangents.
  • Such inclination is advantageous if the brush gear is used on high speed machines, such as the exciter ⁇ machine mentioned before. in order to prevent jamming or damage of the inclined brushes means must be provided to ensure that the brush boxes are fastened in their operational position before the brushes engage the Contact surface.
  • the inner wall W2 forms the partition between the ciannels CHE., CH2 and is provided with a recess RE extending from the upper edge towards the lower end of the wall W2 so that the bottom of the recess RE is nearer the lower end of the brush box than the bottom of slots SLl, SLB.
  • Each brush has a lateral tongue T0 (FIGS. 5 and 6) which extends into the recess RE, the tongues of the two brushes being oi'fset so that they are positioned one by the side of the other in the recess RE, when the brushes are inserted into the channels of the brush box.
  • An electric brush gear for holding a brush in contact with a rotating cylindrical contact surface, a stationn ary bracket in a fixed position relative to the of said surface, a carrier member detachably connected to said bracket, a brush box secured to the carrier member, and a brush, said box having means for slidably mounting said brush to guide it towards the said cylindrical contact surface, said brush having a hole, opposite walls of said box having recesses with a co-mmon axis which is parallel to the axis of the brush-hole, a removable key member having a cross-section fitting the cross sections of the said hole and recesses, and the relative positions of said hole and recesses being selected relative to the lengths of the brush and brush box to retain the brush out of contact with the said cylindrical surface when the key mernber is inserted through the hole and recesses and the carrier member is connected in a specific position on the bracket.
  • a brush gear as brush comprises a carbonaceous core with front and rear walls of metal, and aligned apertures are provided in said walls and core.
  • a brush gear as recited in claim l wherein the box has a partition wall forming with one and the other of two opposite walls of the vbox two compartments for holding therein wo parallel brushes.
  • An electric brush gear for tholding a pluralityv of brushes in engagement with a rotating contact surface comprising a support that is slidably shhtable toward and l away from said rotating surface, a brush bcxmounted on said support, at least two brushes mounted in said brush box forsliding displacement toward and away from said rotating surface, resilient means biasing said brushes toward said rotating surface, and means providing laterally aligned apertures in the walls of said box and in said brushes, whereby a key inserted through said apertures Will hold the brushes in outwardly displaced position until said support with the brushes thereon is shifted to locate the brush box operatively adjacent said rotating surface and then when the key is removed from said apertures permitting said resilient means to displace said brushes into contact with said rotating sur ace.
  • said brush box having internal wall means recessed toward said brushes, and each brush has a projection extending into said internal Wall recession.

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US3219860A (en) * 1961-09-21 1965-11-23 Gen Motors Corp Brush rigging for dynamoelectric machines
US3387155A (en) * 1965-08-11 1968-06-04 Gen Electric Removable brush magazine arrangement
US3466481A (en) * 1965-01-30 1969-09-09 Ringsdorff Werke Gmbh Brush holder with gripping lever for electrical machines
US3863085A (en) * 1972-11-08 1975-01-28 Aron Beniaminovich Shapiro Brush for electric machines
US4296346A (en) * 1978-11-29 1981-10-20 Hitachi, Ltd. Brush holding apparatus for rotary electric machine

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US1866376A (en) * 1930-10-28 1932-07-05 Michigan Steel Corp Process of treating steel sheets
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US1866376A (en) * 1930-10-28 1932-07-05 Michigan Steel Corp Process of treating steel sheets
US2780949A (en) * 1953-08-18 1957-02-12 Thomas H Hoy Brush retractors

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US3219860A (en) * 1961-09-21 1965-11-23 Gen Motors Corp Brush rigging for dynamoelectric machines
US3466481A (en) * 1965-01-30 1969-09-09 Ringsdorff Werke Gmbh Brush holder with gripping lever for electrical machines
US3387155A (en) * 1965-08-11 1968-06-04 Gen Electric Removable brush magazine arrangement
US3863085A (en) * 1972-11-08 1975-01-28 Aron Beniaminovich Shapiro Brush for electric machines
US4296346A (en) * 1978-11-29 1981-10-20 Hitachi, Ltd. Brush holding apparatus for rotary electric machine

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