US Patent: 771,457
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Universal Joint
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Patentee:
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Edwin W. Bullard (exact or similar names) - Springfield, Hampden County, MA |
Manufacturer: |
Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Applied: |
May 18, 1904 |
Granted: |
Oct. 04, 1904 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
Abstract:
This invention relates to universal joints,the object of the invention being to provide an improved joint of this description, of the ball-and-socket type, whereby means are provided to take up the wear between the moving parts of the device to do away with any lost motion.
Claim:
A universal joint consisting of one shaft-section provided with a ball at the extremity thereof; a second shaft-section having a spherical socket formed in one extremity thereof to receive said ball, said socket being divided into two portions on its transverse axis, and having vertical oppositely-disposed, parallel slots located in part in both portions of the socket; dowel-pins in one of said socket portions extending into the other portion, a shell to inclose said socket portions to rigidly secure them together and trunnions on the ball extending into said vertical slots. |
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