Endless metal ring manufacturing method and endless metal ring resin removal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10843245-B2
Application number	US-201816130397-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2018
Priority date	May 13, 2013
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

Provided is an endless metal ring manufacturing method for manufacturing an endless metal ring by carrying out a barrel polishing step for polishing the endless metal ring by using a barrel of a resin material, a rolling step for rolling the endless metal ring which was cleaned, and a nitriding step for nitriding the endless metal ring which was rolled, wherein after the barrel polishing step and before the rolling step, provided is a resin removing step for removing resin that has adhered to the endless metal ring.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An endless metal ring resin removal device configured to wash and hold an endless metal ring, the endless metal ring resin removal device comprising:
a holding tool for holding the endless metal ring;
a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the endless metal ring in a circumferential direction of the endless metal ring with the holding tool;
a washing tank filled with a liquid for ultrasonic washing of the endless metal ring;
an ultrasonic wave generator for performing the ultrasonic washing; and
an outer surface washing nozzle facing an outer surface of the endless metal ring for washing the outer surface of the endless metal ring, and an inner surface washing nozzle facing an inner surface of the endless metal ring for washing the inner surface of the endless metal ring,
wherein the outer surface washing nozzle and the inner surface washing nozzle are placed to face each other with the endless metal ring held therebetween, and a portion of the inner surface washing nozzle is placed inside the holding tool,
wherein the holding tool is a basket made of wire, and
wherein a part of the endless metal ring held in the holding tool protrudes from the holding tool.

2. The endless metal ring resin removal device according to claim 1 , wherein the ultrasonic wave generator is operated while the rotation mechanism rotates the endless metal ring in the circumferential direction to remove resin having adhered to a surface of the endless metal ring.

3. The endless metal ring resin removal device according to claim 1 , wherein the basket includes a first layer including a first plurality of slots and a second layer including a second plurality of slots, the second layer being disposed above the first layer, and the first plurality of slots and the second plurality of slots being aligned with each other.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• KOGA Mitsue
• Nishiyama Tomohiko

Classifications

• F16G5/16 Primary

  consisting of several parts · CPC title

• C23C8/24

  Nitriding · CPC title

• C21D9/40

  for rings; for bearing races · CPC title

• C21D1/06

  Surface hardening · CPC title

• B08B3/123

  Cleaning travelling work, e.g. webs, articles on a conveyor (conveyors B65G; handling webs B65H) · CPC title