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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1983
Andre Debaudringhien, Norwalk, CT (US);
Dictaphone Corporation, Rye, NY (US);
Abstract
A one way clutch assembly, including a frame, a bearing member having a vertical, central bore therein fixedly secured to the frame, a pulley rotatably mounted on the bearng member, a vertical, drive spindle rotatably mounted within the bearing member central bore, a retainer fixedly secured on the lower protruding end of the bearing member, a circular cam plate rotatably mounted on the retainer, the cam plate having an interior camming surface for effecting radially inward and outward movement and an arcuate recess, a mounting stud fixedly secured to and projecting upwardly from the pulley through the arcuate recess in the cam plate, a pawl rotatably mounted at one end on the mounting stud and having a pin at the other end extending into the interior camming surface of the cam plate, wherein the pawl is movable radially inwardly and outwardly by the interior camming surface, and a ratchet plate fixedly mounted on the lower end of the drive spindle for rotation therewith, the ratchet plate having a plurality of ratchet teeth for engagement and disengagement with the pawl.