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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Allware Agencies Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415123 ; 64 3 / ; 188 8277 ; 188 823 ; 192 / ; 192 / ; 4174 / ;
Abstract
A clutch mechanism suitable for connecting a rotatable member to an output shaft of a motor, which mechanism comprises a body which is attachable to the output shaft and a resilient arm, one end of which is fixed to the body the other end of which is capable of engaging the rotatable member or part thereof, wherein the body is capable of gripping the output shaft in secure frictional contact to transfer rotational drive from the output shaft to the rotatable member only when the rotatable member is not restrained against rotation.