US Patent: 295,656 - Friction Pulley


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US Patent: 295,656

Friction Pulley

Patentee:

Volney W. Mason (exact or similar names) - Providence, Providence County, RI

USPTO Classifications:

192/106R

Tool Categories:

industrial machines : industrial machine mechanisms : industrial machine pulleys and belt drive mechanisms : friction clutches

industrial machines : industrial machine mechanisms : industrial machine pulleys and belt drive mechanisms

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Volney W. Mason & Co. - Providence, Providence County, RI

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Sep. 07, 1883
Granted:	Mar. 25, 1884

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Description:

Abstract:

My invention relates to those pulleys which run loose upon their shafts, and are thrown into working connection with the same by means of shoes or friction-surfaces, which, being brought into contact at the will of the operator, cause the shaft and pulley to revolve as one during the time of such contact.

Claim:

In a friction-pulley, the combination, with one or more counterbalanced shoes, of a mechanism for throwing said shoes in and out of contact with the pulley.