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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2023
Dodge Industrial, Inc., Oxford, CT (US);
Jonathan Phillips, Greenville, SC (US);
Dodge Industrial Inc., Oxford, CT (US);
Abstract
A shaft guard for a machine includes a base that has a mounting segment configured to be secured to a stationary part of the machine and a longitudinal segment that extends outwardly from the mounting segment and terminates at a distal end thereof. The longitudinal segment has first non-helical threads on a portion thereof. The shaft guard includes a shaft cover that extends longitudinally from a connection end to a free end thereof. The shaft cover has a second non-helical threads on a portion thereof. One or more of the first non-helical threads engage respective ones of the second non-helical threads to secure the shaft cover to the base.