Abstract: A coupling for connecting a rotating tube cleaning shaft to a tube cleaning machine where high pressure fluid is pumped through the coupling, where the coupling is sealed to contain the high pressure fluid, and where a machine driven rotary flexible shaft passes through the coupling.

Abstract: A two-torque-producing connecting rod assembly used in combination with a hand tool is provided with a rod and a connecting member. The rod is polygonal and includes a big first section, a small second section and a connecting portion. The connecting member is a hollow cylindrical structure sleeved on the rod and has an inserting cavity and a stepped receiving cavity. The receiving cavity includes an outer section, an inner section and a middle section which is smaller in diameter than the outer section but larger than the inner section, the outer section includes plural alternatively-arranged arc-shaped concave portions and pointed convex portions. When the first section of the rod is inserted in the outer section of the connecting member, plural angles of the first section are disposed between the arc-shaped concave portions and restricted to move between the two ends by the pointed convex portions.

Abstract: A quick-connect mounting apparatus used to join a drive mechanism to a driven mechanism permits rotatable members of the drive mechanism and driven mechanism to be aligned and joined together for proper operation.

Abstract: A vehicle, such as off road vehicle, includes a plunge pin assembly located in a flexible joint, which maybe actuated without tools to decouple and thus remove a driven system from a driving system. The plunge pin assembly includes a plunge pin biased to an installed position such that a clip of the plunge pin assembly retains the driven system to the driving system during operation of a vehicle. The clip (e.g., circlip, snap ring, coil spring or crest wave spring) is circumferentially contractable and expandable. A transfer element cooperates with tapered and recessed contours of the plunge pin to permit the aforementioned actuation of the clip. Movement of the transfer pin along with contraction of the clip allows the driven system to be decoupled from the driving system. The plunge pin may include a head portion positioned at a desired distance from a drive axle of the driven system.

Abstract: A universal joint composed of a swivel member, a driven socket, and at least one mediator. The swivel member includes a swivel body and a first driving portion. The driven socket includes a concavity, a second driving portion, and an annular recess formed at the concavity. A retaining ring is mounted in the annular recess. The swivel body is received in the concavity. The swivel body includes at least one cavity formed on a surface thereof. The driven socket includes at least one recession, which can correspond to the at least one cavity when the swivel body is located in the concavity. The at least one mediator interacts with the recession and the cavity and is located between the swivel body and the driven socket. Therefore, the operation of the universal joint can be smooth.

Abstract: An overload protection mechanism includes a frame and a positioning assembly received in the frame. The frame includes at least one side plate, the at least one side plate defining a receiving depression. The positioning assembly includes a fixing sleeve, at least one elastic member received in the fixing sleeve, and at least one latching member positioned on the at least one elastic member and movably received in the receiving depression. The at least one side plate further defines a slanted repositioning surface adjoining the receiving depression. The positioning assembly is slidable relative to the frame with the at least one elastic member resisting the at least one latching member to press the at least one latching member along the slanted repositioning surface until the at least one latching member is received in the receiving depression.

Abstract: A quick disconnect yoke assembly is provided that includes a yoke having a cylindrical hub and a splined bore passing through the hub. A disconnect lever may be pivotably secured to the hub and may include an first arm and a second arm. The disconnect lever may be biased in a first position by a return spring. In the first position, the first arm may be positioned in a circumferential groove formed between a first splined portion and a second splined portion of a shaft that is received in the bore. When an inward radial force is applied to the second arm, the disconnect lever pivots to a second position in which the first portion is outside of the circumferential groove, thereby allowing the shaft to be inserted or removed from the bore.

Abstract: A connection structure, for a refrigerator having a drawer door, of an anti-wobbling means which prevents the shaking phenomenon of a door is provided. There are advantages in that structural elements constituting the anti-wobbling means are easily connected to each other, and that a detachment between the structural elements is not occurred.

Abstract: A device for coupling a universal joint shaft to a power take-off shaft (1) of a tractor has a first coupling mechanism (48) that is non-rotatably arranged on the universal joint shaft. A second coupling mechanism (17) is non-rotatably arranged on the power take-off shaft (1) of the tractor. The first and second coupling mechanisms can be non-rotatably coupled to transmit torque. A coupling shield (7) is provided to couple the coupling mechanism (17, 48). The first coupling mechanism (48) is at least indirectly rotationally supported on the coupling shield (7). A locking mechanism (58, 58?) projects from the coupling shield (7). A bracket (2) is attachable on the rear of the tractor. The bracket (2) has at least one locking device (5, 5?) that is displaceable between an unlocked position and a locked position. The locking device (5, 5?) is displaced from the unlocked position into the locked position.

Abstract: A driving tool assembly includes a drive component adapted to be connected to a power tool or hand tool. A driven component is pivotally connected to the drive component and is adapted to receive a tool bit, drill bit, or otherwise provide a nut driver or socket wrench. A locking mechanism is provided for lockingly engaging the driven component to be in co-axial alignment with the drive component. The drive component includes a shaft or a mandrel having a driving shank formed or provided on one end thereof. The driving shank has a non-circular cross-section formed or defined by three or more curved and planar sidewalls. The number of sidewalls preferably includes three, four or six sidewalls, for engaging with a non-circular cavity of the driven component.

Abstract: A shaft body has an engagement portion with a slip-off preventing groove, and a positioning recess extending from the engagement portion. A shaft joint having an engagement groove to be engaged with the engagement portion and a bore facing the engagement groove is provided with a flexible member which is provided on an outer side in a longitudinal direction of the engagement groove to be engaged with the positioning recess. When an insufficient amount of engagement prevents engagement in the correct position, the engagement portion contacts with the flexible member and prevents the shaft body from engaging with the shaft joint. When canceling the coupling for maintenance, etc., the engagement of the flexible member with the positioning recess is cancelled by deflecting the flexible member in a width direction of the engagement groove. Consequently, the shaft body can be easily pulled out in a longitudinal direction of the engagement groove.

Abstract: A rolling mill drive with at least one drive spindle arranged between a drive unit and a driven roll and terminating in a spindle head connected detachably to the neck of the roll. A coupling and decoupling device is arranged between the neck of the roll and the spindle head of the drive spindle. The coupling and decoupling device includes a coupling sleeve, a coupling pin inserted releasably into the coupling sleeve, and a locking element which is displaceable transversely to the axis of rotation of the neck of the roll. The locking element is inserted into the coupling sleeve and engages behind the coupling pin in an operating position of the locking element. The locking element is capable of being coupled to a displacing device for displacing it.

Abstract: A tool connecting device includes a shaft having a non-circular socket opening for receiving a non-circular rotatable member of a tool member to allow the tool member to be selectively tilted relative to the shaft to different angular position. A protrusion is extended from the tool member for engaging with the shaft to anchor the rotatable member to the shaft and to prevent the tool member from being tilted relative to the shaft. A control ferrule may be slidably engaged onto the shaft to selectively retain the tool member in line with the shaft and to prevent the tool member from being tilted relative to the shaft, or to allow the tool member to be slanted and tilted relative to the shaft to different angular position.

Abstract: A universal joint to transmit force from a tool to a workpiece. A driver attachable to the tool has a spherical cavity. A plurality of inwardly facing protrusions is formed in the cavity. Each protrusion has a pair of conical sidewalls separated by an angled ramp. A driven socket has a sphere formed on one end. The sphere has a plurality of channels. The sphere is received in the spherical cavity in the driver and the protrusions in the cavity are received in the channels. The drive webs forming the channel engage the protrusions when the driver is angularly offset from the driven socket.

Abstract: A connecting shaft includes a fixed connecting part on one end and a connecting part on the other end for engaging with a socket, the connecting part is in curved part, a shoulder for connecting to the inner circumference of the socket is disposed between the connecting part and the connecting shaft, the purpose of the shoulder is for the connecting shaft to be able to turn or position with the socket, an axial hole is disposed inside the connecting part for a axial rod to insert into, a ball hole is disposed on each side of the connecting part and the two ball holes are connected to the axial hole, a steel ball is inserted into each ball hole, when the axial rod moves, it will also drives the two steel balls to move, one end of the axial rod is connected to a sliding control element, so that the sliding control element will drive the axial rod to move together on the axis, so as to control the two steel balls to allow the socket to turn upon the connecting shaft or to engage together in position.

Abstract: A pivotal driving tool includes a socket having a non-circular cavity formed by three or more planer side walls, and having an inner retaining ring. A mandrel includes a driving shank having a non-circular cross section for engaging into the socket, to allow the socket to be rotated by the mandrel. The mandrel includes a narrowed neck portion to allow the mandrel to be pivoted relative to the socket, and one or more flat surfaces to solidly anchor the driving shank to the socket. A magnetic member may be disposed in the mandrel, to act on and to pull the driving shank into the cavity of the socket. A barrel may be slidably engaged onto the socket, to engage onto and to be disengaged from the mandrel.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a handheld or immersion blender including a coupling device (1) for separating the shank provided with a processing tool from the electrically powered drive part, with an upper coupling part (2) arranged on the drive part having locking elements and a lower coupling part (3) arranged on the tool shank having detent elements, which enable the coupling device (1) to be interlocked axially. In this arrangement the locking elements are formed by spring-loaded holding lugs (11) projecting radially outwardly, and the detent elements are formed by recesses (16) on the inner circumference of the lower coupling part (3), with the upper coupling part (2) being twistable relative to the lower coupling part (3), whereby a releasable coupling is obtained. An improved handheld or immersion blender is thereby made available.

Abstract: A driveline assembly includes a shaft that is rotatably supported on a bearing assembly within a drive axle. The shaft has a first mount portion with a threaded exterior surface and a second mount portion with a splined exterior surface. A retaining ring is threaded onto the first mount portion to engage and retain the bearing assembly at a proper location. A yoke member with a splined inner bored is mounted on the shaft in engagement with the splined exterior surface. The yoke member can easily be connected and disconnected from the shaft without having to remove the retaining ring. The yoke member also includes a quick disconnect device that simplifies removal and re-assembly of the yoke member from the shaft.

Abstract: A flexible shaft coupling device having two hubs with jaws extending from each hub toward the other hub. A flexible elastomeric belt or cushions fill the gaps between adjacent pairs of jaws. A retaining ring is mounted around the belt or cushions to keep the belt or cushions securely in place. There are a plurality of locking pins adjacent to the edges of the retaining ring and preferably on the interior surface of the ring. These are received in grooves cut in the exterior surface of the belt. When the retaining ring is placed over the belt, the belt is retained between the locking pins. Raised portions or nubs are placed at the entrance and exits of the grooves so that when the ring is rotated with respect to the belt, the locking pins pass over the nubs to securely lock the retaining ring around the edges of the belt. Alternatively the edges of the belt or cushions are tapered to engage the pins in locking engagement.

Abstract: A driving coupling for the torque transmission in the transmission line of a motor vehicle includes a shaft-hub coupling provided with longitudinal toothings for the releasable coupling of a crankshaft with a coaxially arranged hydrodynamic torque converter. The longitudinal toothings of the shaft-hub coupling have tooth cross-sections which become larger and smaller respectively in the longitudinal direction of the teeth. An elastomer layer is situated at least between the tooth flanks of the shaft and the hub which transmit the torque.

Abstract: A device for preventing damage to a driven spindle of a rotatably driven mechanism upon the occurrence of a radially-inwardly applied force wherein the spindle is disconnected without damage. The disclosed construction is particularly useful in conjunction with spindles of relatively smaller diameter.

Abstract: A splined shaft head for engaging a splined hub includes first, second and third stages. The first stage has a conical taper on one side, and a cylindrical setback on the other side, which transitions through a tapered shoulder to the cylindrical body of the shaft head. The second stage includes lead spline teeth extending along the cylindrical body to the conical taper. The third stage includes torque-transmitting main spline teeth regularly arranged around the circumference. The shaft head is rotated while being inserted axially into the hub. The first stage allows radial free play and de-centering of the hub so the lead spline teeth find a proper rotational alignment with spline grooves of the hub. Then, the tapered shoulder at the end of the first stage positively centers the hub on the shaft axis, and finally the main spline teeth of the third stage provide full form-locking engagement.

Abstract: A blade-mounting system for a rotary mower includes a platform operatively connected in driven relationship with a drive axle of the rotary mower. The platform includes a pair of raised edges spaced from one another and disposed on opposite sides of the platform and a plurality of upstanding lugs projecting from the platform and between the pair of edges with at least one of the upstanding lugs including a transverse hole extending through the lug. A blade is adapted to be disposed adjacent the platform and between the pair of raised edges. The blade includes apertures corresponding to the plurality of upstanding lugs such that the lugs are received through the apertures in the blade. A fastener is adapted to be received through the transverse hole in the at least one upstanding lug so as to removably mount the blade in adjacent relationship to the platform and between the pair of raised edges.

Abstract: A self-actuating thermal disconnect disengages two coaxially aligned shafts if equipment driven by one of the shafts overheats. The disconnect uses the centrifugal force of a molten material as the principal actuation. The disconnect end of a drive shaft has a means for transmitting torque. A disconnect piston having first and second ends is axially movable in a splined cylinder within the driven shaft. In normal operation, a solid mass of fusible material is disposed in the disconnect piston within a cavity defined by the second end of the disconnect piston and an adjacent end of a cavity piston. A means for transmitting torque at the-first end of the disconnect piston couples with the means for transmitting torque at the first end of the drive shaft. If the driven equipment overheats, the molten fusible material bursts out under centrifugal force through the channels.

Abstract: An enclosed articulating joint for coupling a drive motor to an auger type earth anchor. The joint comprises a socket member attached to the drive motor and a ball member attached to the anchor. The socket member has a polygonal internal cross section which matingly engages the contour of the ball member. A locking assembly is included for locking the ball and socket members together during operation of the system. An optional non-locking coupler is provided for bypassing the locking assembly for rapid, successive driving operations. An optional offset coupler is provided to accommodate greater degrees of axial and longitudinal misalignment between the anchor and the socket member. This drive system is particularly suitable for use with horizontal boring machines, but has many other applications.

Abstract: The splined shaft is locked in the splined seat of the fork by means of a push-button immobilizing element (31) designed to engage tangentially in the said annular recess; the immobilizing element (31) is accommodated in a housing (29) formed in the base (23) of the fork and is stressed elastically by a spring (33) in the immobilizing position, in which it projects, so that it can be pressed manually in order to unlock it; around the said housing (29), the base (23) of the fork has an enlarged portion (27) in which a cavity (37) is formed, within which the push-button (31A) of the immobilizing element projects when it is in the immobilizing position, while still remaining enclosed within the said cavity (37).

Abstract: A coupler for connecting first and second shafts has a male cross member pinned to the first shaft and a female body member clamped onto the second shaft. The female body member has a housing with internal splines interlocking with mating external splines on the cross member. A longitudinally split clamp has a sill portion integral with the female body member and a half clamp member engageable with the sill portion. The split clamp has a single locking bolt which reduces the time required for installation. The external splines are relieved at one end to allow the coupler to tolerate some misalignment between the shafts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-pressure pump for a fuel injection device of an internal combustion engine, with a pump housing, with at least one work chamber disposed in the pump housing functionally between an inlet region and a supply region. A working element is movably disposed in the work chamber, and a pump shaft is provided in the pump housing by means of which the working element can be driven. In order to obtain a shortened structural length, and an extended service life of the pump, a provision is made that the pump housing can be fastened to a wall of a motor housing of the internal combustion engine, wherein the pump shaft can be radially supported against a shaft of the internal combustion engine, which shaft is supported in the motor housing.

Abstract: A device for locking and unlocking two mechanical members (2, 3) coupled for rotation as a unit (1) by means of a splined coupling (30, 33), comprises an elastic means (36) secured to the first member (2) and adapted for co-operation with the second member (3). The elastic means (36) is comprised of a bistable elastic element (36) having first (50) and second (52) alternative steady positions. The bistable elastic element is provided with hooking means (46, 48) adapted for co-operating in the first steady position (50) with the second member (3) to keep the members (2, 3) axially coupled, and for disengaging in the second steady (52) from the second member (3) to allow separation of the members (2, 3) forming the coupled unit (1).

Abstract: A drive shaft cover assembly for a drive shaft having a longitudinal axis including a stationary bracket having an axially extending flange at least partially surrounding the drive shaft and having one or more radially extending apertures therethrough. A cover member has a retaining portion sized to fit radially over the flange with apertures therein aligned with the apertures in the flange. A spring retainer is disposed radially within the flange and has a stud projecting radially outward through each aperture in the flange and through the aligned apertures in the cover member to retain the cover member on the flange. The spring retainer is resilient to enable the studs to be pushed radially inward to withdraw the studs from the apertures in the cover member to remove and remount the cover member on the flange without the use of hand tools.

Abstract: A flexible shaft coupling device having two hubs with teeth extending from each hub toward the other hub. The teeth are in parallel alignment and spaced from each other. A flexible elastomeric belt fills the gaps between adjacent pairs of teeth. A retainer band is mounted around the belt to keep the belt securely in place. A locating pin on the interior surface of the band is received in a J-shaped groove cut in the exterior of the belt. This releasably locks the band in place around the belt. In an alternate embodiment, the J-shaped groove is replaced with a first groove extending across the belt and a pair of oppositely extending perpendicular grooves intersecting the first groove. This configuration allows the band to be slid onto the coupling from either end.

Abstract: A temporary connecting device for connecting a steering shaft of a vehicle to a universal joint of a steering mechanism. The device comprises a yoke of a universal joint, a shaft to be connected to the yoke, a bolt and a nut for fixing the shaft to the yoke and a clip for temporarily retaining the shaft in the yoke.

Abstract: A flexible shaft coupling device having two hubs with teeth extending from each hub toward the other hub. The teeth are in parallel alignment and spaced from each other. There are projections on a flexible elastomeric belt which fill the gaps between adjacent pairs of teeth. The projections are connected by a flexible pleated connector to absorb start-up forces and increase the life of the belt. A retainer band is mounted around the belt to keep the belt securely in place.

Abstract: A connection between the spindle head of a gear-type or universal joint spindle and the neck of a roll includes wear plates are placed between locating surfaces on the spindle head and on the roll neck so as to primarily produce a positive engagement. The spindle head is provided with a clamping device for applying pressure to the wear plates and for clamping the spindle head on the roll neck for constructing the positively engaging connection as a play-free connection.

Abstract: A detachable coupling is provided for transmitting mechanical rotation from a driving shaft to a driven shaft which extend substantially coaxially with one another. A spring apparatus is provided in the detachable coupling which acts axially and is rigid in the direction of rotation. The spring apparatus presses wedge-shaped catch slots of the detachable coupling in an axial direction against catch pins in the shafts.

Abstract: A releasable coupling for a power transmission line to a tail rotor of a foldable-tail-section helicopter, the coupling having a first and a second coupling assembly fitted respectively to the body and the tail of the helicopter, and which cooperate with each other when the tail is in the work position; the two coupling assemblies having respective transmission members in turn having respective radial toothings cooperating telescopically with each other, and respective conical male and female lead-in members which are brought into contact with each other prior to the respective toothings to guide connection of the transmission members; at least one of the transmission members being supported orientably.

Abstract: A flexible coupling of the type having hubs secured to aligned shafts and connected to one another through the use of a flexible belt surrounding the hubs is improved by forming axial and circumferential grooves on the exterior surface of the belt, each circumferential groove lying transverse to and opening into an axial groove. A cooperating metal retainer ring has respective pins formed on its interior surface for insertion into the axial grooves. After a test for gross misalignment has been satisfied, the respective pins are rotated into the circumferential grooves, thereby fixing the retainer ring in position with respect to the flexible belt and coupling.

Abstract: A flexible coupling having hubs secured to aligned shafts and connected to one another through the use of a flexible belt surrounding the hubs is improved by forming axial and circumferential grooves on the exterior surface of the belt, each circumferential groove lying transverse to and opening into an axial groove. A cooperating metal retainer band has respective pins formed on its interior surface for insertion into the axial grooves and rotation into the circumferential grooves, thereby fixing the retainer band in position with respect to the flexible belt and coupling. Retention of the retainer band pin within the circumferential groove is insured by displacing the center line of the axial groove from a plane perpendicularly bisecting an underlying projection of the flexible belt and by lengthening the circumferential groove.

Abstract: A flexible coupling of the type having hubs secured to aligned shafts and connected to one another through the use of a flexible belt surrounding the hubs is improved by forming axial and circumferential grooves on the exterior surface of the belt, each circumferential groove lying transverse to and opening into an axial groove. A cooperating metal retainer ring has respective pins formed on its interior surface for insertion into the axial grooves. After a test for gross misalignment has been satisfied, the respective pins are rotated into the circumferential grooves, thereby fixing the retainer ring in position with respect to the flexible belt and coupling. The belt further has nine wedge-shaped projections, each conformably fitting with a receptacle in a cooperating hub, each receptacle rotatable into a position where it lies vertically above the shaft on which the hub is mounted, each receptacle further providing inside diameter support to the belt through its mating relation ship therewith.

Abstract: A shaft coupling including a socket, a first shaft, a plug on a second shaft seated in the socket, and a clamp operative to clamp together the first and the second shafts in the direction of a longitudinal centerline of the shaft coupling to prevent dislodgment of the plug from the socket. The clamp includes an annular first flange on the first shaft, an annular second flange on the second shaft facing the first flange, oppositely facing frustoconical shoulders on the first and the second flanges, a plurality of clamp jaws pivotally mounted on the first shaft arrayed symmetrically around the first and the second flanges each having a closed position inducing radial thrust on the oppositely facing frustoconical shoulders, and springs biasing each of the clamp jaws toward its closed position.

Abstract: A flexible coupling of the type having hubs secured to aligned shafts and connected to one another through the use of a flexible belt surrounding the hubs is improved by forming axial and circumferential grooves on the exterior surface of the belt, each circumferential groove lying transverse to and opening into an axial groove. A cooperating metal retainer ring has respective pins formed on its interior surface for insertion into the axial grooves. After a test for gross misalignment has been satisfied, the respective pins are rotated into the circumferential grooves, thereby fixing the retainer ring in position with respect to the flexible belt and coupling. The belt further has nine wedge-shaped projections, each conformably fitting with a receptacle in a cooperating hub, each receptacle rotatable into a position where it lies vertically above the shaft on which the hub is mounted, each receptacle further providing inside diameter support to the belt through its mating relationship therewith.

Abstract: A shaft coupling including a first gear on an end of a first shaft, a second gear on an end of a second shaft meshing with the first gear, a tubular sleeve around the meshing first and second gears, a universal thrust bearing between the tubular sleeve and the first shaft, and a self-locking linear retainer between the tubular sleeve and the second shaft. The self-locking linear retainer includes a cylindrical bushing attached to the second shaft, a plurality of windows in the tubular sleeve, and a plurality of resilient barbs on the cylindrical bushing which are flexed inward when the end of the second shaft having the second gear thereon is plugged into the tubular sleeve and which resiliently expand into the windows to prevent dislodgment of the second shaft from the tubular sleeve.

Abstract: A high-speed fastening system includes a conventional yoke coupled to a likewise conventional shaft provided with specific fastening elements, via a vertically movable outer casing and a central body into which the shaft is inserted so as to secure the yoke to the aforementioned shaft. The auxiliary components, in addition to those already mentioned, include a catch fitted in the arch of the yoke, an intermediate sleeve inserted into the inner part of the central body, an inner spring situated inside the sleeve, and an outer spring whose ends rest in the arched part of the yoke and in the lower part of the outer casing. The shaft is fitted or dismantled from the interior of the yoke body by conventional ball bearings in combination with an annular zone situated in the insertion zone of the aforementioned shaft.

Abstract: A quick change coupling is provided which is especially suitable for a flexible cable. It includes a rotary driving assembly which includes a source of rotary power, a driving adaptor section which is coupled to and rotated by this source, a driven adaptor section which is arranged in nesting relationship with the driving adaptor section and a cable which includes a shield and a core and is connected to a tool. The core is engaged with the driven adaptor section and is rotated by the same. Also provided is a shield adaptor section which engages the shield of the cable and is displaceable by the same to engage the driven adaptor section to urge the latter to penetrate into the driving adaptor section. A locking section is included which is effective upon penetration of the driven adaptor section into the driving adaptor section by a predetermined amount to fix a nesting relationship with the same.

Abstract: In a quick disconnect between a driving shaft and a driven shaft, in which a first annular bracket is mounted on an end of the driving shaft and a second annular bracket is mounted on an end of the driven shaft facing the first bracket but spaced substantially from the first bracket, each of the brackets having radially inwardly, axially extending splines, and a spool having annular flanges at each axial end extending radially outwardly and having radially outwardly extending splines complementary to the inwardly extending bracket splines, the spool having an annular channel defined by spaced radially outwardly extending annular walls, a yolk is provided having two substantially diametrically opposite, radially outwardly extending arms and a roller-carrying section connected to the arms, the roller-carrying section extending around the channel and extending radially between the channel walls and carrying two, diametrically opposed rollers within the channel the rollers projecting axially beyond sides of the r

Abstract: A rapid coupling for a supported, driven shaft is disclosed. The coupling includes a coupling sleeve which is axially slidable over a drive shaft but keyed to the drive shaft to ensure that the coupling sleeve rotates with the shaft. The coupling sleeve has a driven end which includes slots for engaging driven pins affixed to a driven shaft. The coupling sleeve slides over and supports the driven shaft in a coupled position. The coupling sleeve is held in the coupled position by a quick release pin received in a bore through the drive shaft. The advantage is a simple coupling that is easily manufactured, the coupling being serviceable in a very restricted space where the driven shaft must be uncoupled without axial movement of either shaft.

Abstract: A coolant pump system features a pump impeller supported on a pump shaft without bearings, and an axially in-line drive shaft with bearings coupled to the pump drive shaft. The system minimally includes a pump body having a bore therein, a coolant pump impeller, a pump shaft passing through the bore and having the impeller mounted on one end thereof, and a bearingless seal shaft assembly disposed in the bore which prevents coolant from leaking out of the body around the rotating pump shaft. The outer end of the pump shaft and the drive shaft are designed to be quickly disconnected to allow simpler, easier, less expensive interconnection of or replacement of the coolant pump, should that ever be necessary.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling device on paint stirring machines.This device calls upon a driver (5) in the form of a sleeve (7) receiving, in its bore, and with slight clearance, a stirring rod shank, the said sleeve being equipped with at least one longitudinal slot (9) and with external lateral notches, the stirrer shank (3) including at least one transverse drill hole (15), and a clip-shaped element (17) including two elastic tabs pointing toward one another in order elastically to surround the said sleeve of the driver, each of the said tabs further including an internal projection respectively complementing each of the said notches, the clip element (17) being provided with a pin element or rod (25) capable of engaging in the said drill hole of the stirring rod.

Abstract: A yieldable coupling wherein an externally toothed hub which can transmit torque to a rotary driven unit mates with an internally toothed sleeve forming part of a flange further having a support connectable to the output element of a rotary driving unit and an elastomeric connector between the support and the sleeve. The connector can include one or more rubber rings which are vulcanized to the adjacent components of the flange. A needle bearing or a friction bearing can be interposed between the hub and the connector.

Abstract: A power transmission device for connecting a rotation shaft with a mechanism for converting rotational movement into reciprocal movement. The rotation shaft is concentrically accommodated in a rotation shaft sleeve having an outer wall with a circumferential groove. A connecting sleeve, with a plurality of circumferentially arranged through-holes with a ball mounted in each through-hole, slidably receives the rotation shaft sleeve. A sliding sleeve having a circularly formed internal recess is mounted over the connecting sleeve and is slidable to position the balls in the through-holes such as to either connect or disconnect the connecting sleeve from the rotation shaft sleeve.