Advanced tool systems
OwnerSteven H. Marquardtinventor
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Abstract
A tool has a pair of elongate housings adapted to be joined together in a housing assembly for enclosing and supporting a flexible drive mechanism entrained about a pair of rotatable elements. Each of the rotatable elements is disposed on the housing assembly at opposite ends thereof. A flexible drive mechanism provides a transfer of power between the rotatable elements so that rotation of one rotatable element at one input end of the housing assembly will effect driven rotation of the other rotatable element at an output end of the housing assembly. The elongate housings include male and female configurations for aligning and joining the housings without independent fasteners.
Claims24
In a tool having a pair of elongate housings adapted to be joined together in a housing assembly for enclosing and supporting a flexible drive mechanism entrained about a pair of rotatable elements, each being disposed within the housing assembly at opposite ends thereof, the flexible drive mechanism providing a transfer of power between the rotatable elements so that rotation of one rotatable element at an input end of the housing assembly will effect driven rotation of the rotatable element at an output end of the housing assembly, the improvement wherein:
- the elongate housings include male and female configurations for aligning and joining the elongate housings without independent fasteners, and said male and female configurations include aligned attachment throughholes for facilitating operation with and attachment to other tools.
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