Demand driven clutch
US4047445A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 20, 1976 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03D3/13
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A demand driven clutch which constitutes an improvement over Jensen U.S. Pat. No. 3,369,765 and Treise U.S. Pat. No. 3,695,534 and which includes a pair of cooperating driving elements, one of which constitutes a driving collar fixed to the rotary drive shaft and the other constitutes a driving hub connected to said collar by stress distributing axially disposed connecting elements to maintain the circular configuration of the outer clutch surface of said hub for uniform engagement with the circular inner clutch surface of the spring spool pulley member.
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