Coupling guard

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10030814-B2
Application number	US-201615135865-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2016
Priority date	Apr 27, 2015
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

A coupling guard for covering a coupling which couples a drive shaft of a prime mover and a rotational shaft of a rotary machine to each other. The coupling guard includes a cylindrical guard body having an upper semicylindrical member and a lower semicylindrical member coupled to the upper semicylindrical member, and a guard leg supporting the guard body. The guard body has a flange portion to which the guard leg is attached. The guard leg includes a vertical wall parallel to a central axis of the guard body, an upper wall, a bottom wall, a left-side wall, and a right-side wall which project perpendicularly outwardly from the vertical wall. The vertical wall, the upper wall, the bottom wall, the left-side wall, and the right-side wall are made of a single plate material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A coupling guard for covering a coupling which couples a drive shaft of a prime mover and a rotational shaft of a rotary machine to each other, the coupling guard comprising:
a guard body in a cylindrical shape, the guard body having an upper semicylindrical member and a lower semicylindrical member coupled to the upper semicylindrical member; and
a guard leg supporting the guard body,
wherein the guard body has a flange portion to which the guard leg is attached,
the guard leg includes a vertical wall parallel to a central axis of the guard body, and further includes an upper wall, a bottom wall, a left-side wall, and a right-side wall which project perpendicularly and outwardly from the vertical wall, and
the vertical wall, the upper wall, the bottom wall, the left-side wall, and the right-side wall are constituted by a single plate material.

2. The coupling guard according to claim 1 , wherein the flange portion and the guard leg are coupled to each other by a fastening tool;
the flange portion has an oblong hole in which the fastening tool is inserted; and
the oblong hole extends parallel to the central axis of the guard body.

3. The coupling guard according to claim 1 , wherein the guard leg has a shape which is bilaterally symmetrical with respect to a vertical line extending through a center of the guard leg.

4. The coupling guard according to claim 1 , wherein the upper wall and the bottom wall have been welded to the left-side wall and the right-side wall.

5. The coupling guard according to claim 1 , wherein:
the bottom wall of the guard leg has a cutout in which a screw is inserted; and
the cutout is formed in an outer edge of the bottom wall.

6. The coupling guard according to claim 1 , wherein the lower semicylindrical member has a drain hole formed in a lowermost portion of the lower semicylindrical member.

7. The coupling guard according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an annular wall disposed on the guard body, the annular wall being perpendicular to the central axis, and the annular wall having a hole through which the drive shaft or the rotational shaft can extend.

8. The coupling guard according to claim 1 , wherein the vertical wall is perpendicular to the flange portion.

9. The coupling guard according to claim 1 , wherein the vertical wall is planar and disposed on an imaginary plane that extends in an axial direction with respect to the cylindrical shape of the guard body and is perpendicular to the bottom wall of the guard leg.

10. A coupling guard for covering a coupling which couples a drive shaft of a prime mover and a rotational shaft of a rotary machine to each other, the coupling guard comprising:
a guard body in a cylindrical shape, the guard body having an upper semicylindrical member and a lower semicylindrical member coupled to the upper semicylindrical member; and
a guard leg supporting the guard body,
wherein:
the guard body has a flange portion to which the guard leg is attached;
the guard leg includes a vertical wall parallel to a central axis of the guard body, and further includes an upper wall, a bottom wall, a left-side wall, and a right-side wall which project perpendicularly and outwardly from the vertical wall;
the vertical wall, the upper wall, the bottom wall, the left-side wall, and the right-side wall are constituted by a single plate material;
the flange portion and the guard leg are coupled to each other by a fastening tool;
the flange portion has an oblong hole in which the fastening tool is inserted;
the oblong hole extends parallel to the central axis of the guard body;
the fastening tool comprises a bolt and a nut;
the upper wall of the guard leg has a through-hole in which the bolt is inserted; and
the nut has been welded to a lower surface of the upper wall, the through-hole and the nut being concentric.

Assignees

• Ebara Corp

Inventors

• Wei Wei
• Kawabata Junya
• Ito Shoji
• Hidekura Miwa

Classifications

• F04D29/044 Primary

  Arrangements for joining or assembling shafts · CPC title

• F16P1/02 Primary

  Fixed screens or hoods · CPC title

• F01D25/243

  Flange connections; Bolting arrangements (F01D25/265 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16D3/843

  enclosed covers · CPC title

• F01D21/045

  special arrangements in stators or in rotors dealing with breaking-off of part of rotor · CPC title