Non-friction coupling system
OwnerManuel J. Alloncainventor
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Abstract
A non-friction coupling system having angularly adjusted first and second members pivotally connected to respective coaxial drive and driven shafts. The members engage one another as by a ball and socket joint for permitting rotation of each member with respect to the other member. An operator assembly is associated with one of the members for displacement thereof along the common rotational axis to vary an angle included between the shafts. The coupling system will be disengaged when the angularly adjusted members are coaxial, then having an included angle at 180.degree..
Claims9
In combination with drive and driven members rotatable about a common rotational axis, a torque transmitting system, comprising a pair of coupling members, a pair of pivot joints connecting said coupling members respectively to the drive and driven members for rotation therewith, universal joint means interconnecting said coupling members in angular relationship to each other for transmitting torque between said drive and driven members, means for axially displacing said pivot joints relative to each other along said common rotational axis to vary the angular relationship between the coupling members, and operating means connected to said axial displacing means for positioning the coupling members in coaxial relationship to the drive and driven members to interrupt transmission of torque therebetween.
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