US Patent: 685,723
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| Friction Clutch
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Patentee:
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| Theodore C. Menges (exact or similar names) - Waterloo, Blackhawk County, IA |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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May 20, 1901 |
| Granted: |
Oct. 29, 1901 |
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Description: |
| Abstract:
The invention relates to improvements in friction-clutches and seeks to provide a simple and effective construction by which the clutch members may be positively engaged and disengaged, either at rest or while in motion.
Claim:
The combination with a rotatable shaft and with tight and loose clutch members thereon, of a screw and a nut threaded on said screw, said screw being in two-Way engagement with one of said clutch members but rotatable independently thereof and said nut being similarly connected to the other of said clutch members, whereby said clutch members may be positively brought into and out of engagement. |
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