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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffery L West, Winchester, MA (US);
Randy Berry, Sudbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Foster-Miller Associates, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 / ; 81473 ; 81475 ;
Abstract
A torque limiter with a rotatable housing having a series of dowels arranged annularly about an interior surface thereof and a sleeve having a pair of arms with a roller at the tip of each arm. The rollers are mounted to engage pairs of adjacent dowels selectively for transmitting torque from the housing to the sleeve. A lock-out mechanism disengages the rollers and dowels when a preset torque limit setting is exceeded by torsional resistance of the sleeve relative to the housing.