Rotary machine system having hollow tube shaft and plural output shafts

摘要

A rotating machinery system provides flexible clutch configuration. In accordance with a first embodiment, a tubular shaft is rotatable about a first axis and has a hollow core, the tubular shaft having a first end and a second end; a second shaft coaxial with the tubular shaft and rotatable about the first axis and located in the hollow core, the second shaft having an input end and a transfer end; and a clutch assembly coupling the first end of the tubular shaft to the transfer end of the second shaft for rotating the tubular shaft responsive to rotation of the second shaft. In accordance with a second embodiment, there is a rotary machinery system for converting rotation about a first axis to rotation about second and third axes. The system includes an input shaft rotatable about the first axis; a tubular shaft having a hollow core for receiving at least a portion of the input shaft and rotatable about the first axis responsive to rotation of the input shaft; a clutch assembly coupling the input shaft and the tubular shaft; a first output shaft rotatable about the second axis, coupled to the tubular shaft by a first coupling device; and a second output shaft rotatable about the third axis, coupled to the input shaft by second coupling device.