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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald S. Rich, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 9/00 ; F16D 3/48 ; B25G 3/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 9/00 ; F16D 3/48 ; B25G 3/18 ;
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.