Flexible coupling
Abstract
Abstract A FLEXIBLE COUPLING WHEREIN A PAIR OF HUB MEMBERS HAVING TAPERED BORES EACH ENCIRCLES A SPLIT TAPERED BUSHING PROJECTING AXIALLY FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF AND HAVING A NORMAL SLIDE FIT ON A SHAFT. AN ANNULAR CLAMP PLATE IS CARRIED BY EACH HUB MEMBER AND HAS AN INNER MARGINAL PORTION ABUTTING THE PROJECTING END OF THE ADJACENT BUSHING AND AN OUTER MARGINAL PORTION FOR CLAMPING A MARGIN OF A FLEXIBLE ANNULAR TORQUE-TRANSMITTING MEMBER AGAINST A MARGIN OF THE COOPERATING HUB MEMBER WHEN ADVANCED TOWARD SAID HUB MEMBER, WHEREBY TO CONNECT SAID BUSHING, HUB AND FLEXIBLE MEMBER IN DRIVE-TRANSMITTING RELATION. CONNECTOR MEANS ARE CARRIED BY EACH HUB AND ENGAGE THE ASSOCIATED BUSHING TO DEFINE A SUB-ASSEMBLY OF A BUSHING, A HUB AND A CLAMP PLATE WHICH ACCOMMODATES LIMITED RELATIVE AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID HUB AND BUSHING AND MAINTAINS THE SAME IN SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL RELATION AT ALL TIMES.
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- 👤 David Firth
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