Clutch and/or brake type coupling

Claim 1

COUPLING MEANS INCLUSIVE OF A MECHANISM SUCH AS A CLUTCH, FOR INSTALLATION BETWEEN A MOTOR INCLUDING A HOUSING HAVING AN END BOSS SURROUNDING THE MOTOR DRIVE SHAFT, AND MOUNTING BOLT HOLES ABOUT SAID BOSS, AND DRIVEN APPARATUS HAVING A MOUNTING END PROVIDED WITH A RECESS COMPLEMENTARY TO SUCH BOSS AND CORRESPONDING MOUNTING BOLT HOLES ABOUT SAID RECESS, SAID COUPLING MEANS COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING END WALLS, ONE OF SAID END WALLS BEING ADAPTED TO COMPLEMENTALLY RECEIVE THE BOSS OF SUCH MOTOR AND PERMIT PASSAGE OF SUCH MOTOR DRIVE SHAFT INTO SAID HOUSING, THE OTHER OF SAID END WALLS HAVING A BOSS ADAPTED TO COMPLEMENTALLY FIT THE RECESS IN THE MOUNTING END OF SUCH DRIVEN APPARATUS, A STUB SHAFT, BEARING MEANS SECURED WITHIN SAID LAST NAMED WALL AND ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID STUB SHAFT; THE BOSS IN THE OTHER OF SAID END WALLS, RECESS, AND STUB SHAFT BEING CONCENTRICALLY ALIGNED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, SAID STUB SHAFT ADAPTED FOR DRIVE CONNECTION TO SUCH DRIVEN APPARATUS, SAID COUPLING HOUSING HAVING MOUNTING BOLT PASSAGES CORRESPONDING TO AND ADAPTED TO MATCH THE MOUNTING BOLT HOLES IN SUCH MOTOR AND SUCH DRIVEN APPARATUS, AND COUPLING MECHANISM WITHIN SAID COUPLING HOUSING, SAID COUPLING MECHANISM COMPRISING A CLUTCH COIL ASSEMBLY MEANS, INCLUDING A CIRCULAR TROUGH COIL HOUSING, A CLUTCH COIL SUPPORTED IN SAID COIL HOUSING, ARMATURE MEANS IN ASSOCIATION WITH SAID CLUTCH COIL ASSEMBLY MEANS, MEANS FOR MOUNTING ONE OF SAID ASSOCIATED MEANS ON SUCH MOTOR DRIVE SHAFT, MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE OTHER OF SAID ASSOCIATED MEANS ON SAID STUB SHAFT, SAID ARMATURE MEANS BEING SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON ITS SHAFT TO ENABLE THE SAME TO BE DRAWN INTO CLUTCHING ENGAGEMENT WITH ITS ASSOCIATED CLUTCH COIL ASSEMBLY UPON ENERGIZATION OF THE CLUTCH COIL OF SAID ASSEMBLY, TO EFFECT A DRIVE CONNECTION FROM SUCH MOTOR TO SAID STUB SHAFT, AND MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID COUPLING HOUSING FOR ENABLING ELECTRICAL ENERGIZATION OF SAID CLUTCH COIL FROM EXTERNALLY OF SAID HOUSING.