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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2001
Philip H. Bacon, Handen, CT (US);
Custom Products Corporation, North Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
A mechanism useful as a slip clutch or brake, including a first member having a cylindrical inner wall, a second generally cylindrical member received coaxial within the first member so as to be rotatable therein, and at least one generally annular third spring member between the first and second members, the at least one third member having an external surface in contact with the inner wall of the first member, the second member having at least one longitudinal recess defining two wall surfaces, the at least one third member having ends extending inwardly into the at least one recess, each of the ends of the at least one third member contacting the wall surfaces.