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US 5,396,975 AGranted
Reversible clutch jaw
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorMichael A. Robinson
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Abstract
A power transmission clutch for power tools having interacting interchangeable and reversing replaceable identical clutch elements which essentially double the clutch part life and permit ready repair without additional parts.
Claims8
A reversible clutch jaw for a power transmission comprising:
- a disc having opposed faces and having a reversible drive bore means for alternatively mounting in driving engagement with a drive spindle or an output spindle;
- said disc being further provided with duplicate cooperating jaw faces on the face of each side of the disc, one of said jaw faces being a non-engageable spare face in normal operation until reverse mounted on its spindle;
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- said disc being further disposed on one of said drive spindle or said output spindle for selective driving engagement with a duplicate disc similarly disposed on the other of said drive spindle or said output spindle to form a power transmission clutch.
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