Method and means for securing the hub of machine elements to shafts

Claim 1

A MEANS FOR SECURING THE HUB OF A MACHINE MEMBER TO A SHAFT, SAID MEANS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AT LEAST ONE THICK WALLED RING HAVING A CONTINUOUS TAPERED INNER PERIPHERY; SAID HUB OF A MACHINE MEMBER HAVING AN ANNULAR THIN WALLED SECTION FOR EACH SAID THICK WALLED RING, EACH SAID THIN WALLED SECTION HAVING A CONTINUOUS INNER PERIPHERY TO ACCEPT SAID SHAFT WITH A FREE SLIDING FIT AND A CONTINUOUS AND TAPERED OUTER PERIPHERY TO ACCEPT A THICK WALLED RING; WHEREIN THE TAPERED INNER PERIPHERY OF EAIC SAID RING CONTACTS AND ENGAGES A CONTINUOUS AND TAPERED OUTER PERIPHERY OF A THIN WALLED SECTION OF SAID HB LOCATED THEREIN WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO CAUSE RADIAL DEFLECTION OF THE THIN WALLED SECTION OF SAID HUB RESULTING IN HIHG PRESSURE CONTACT OF SAID HUB''S CONTACTED INNER PERIPHERY WITH THE PERIPHERY OF SAID SHAFT LOCATED THEREIN, THEREBY AXIALLY AND TORSIONALLY SECURING SAID HUB TO SAID SHAFT.