US Patent: 796,854
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Shaft Coupling
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Patentee:
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William H. Nicholson (exact or similar names) - Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA |
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Patent Dates:
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Applied: |
Dec. 09, 1904 |
Granted: |
Aug. 08, 1905 |
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Joel Havens "Vintage Machinery" entry for W. H. Nicholson & Co.
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Description: |
Wilkes-Barre was named by Captain John Durkee of the Susquehannah (Land) Company of Connecticut in honor of two British members of Parliament, John Wilkes and Issacs Barré, who supported the American cause during the Revolution.
Abstract:
his invention relates to couplings for shafts for the transmission of power and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts.
Claim:
In a shaft-coupling, the combination, with two similar coupling members each having a hub provided with a conical chamber, an inwardly-projecting flange at the smaller end of the said chamber provided with slots for the clamping-jaws, an outer part or rim, web-plates and arms formed integral with the said hub and the said outer part or rim and provided with longitudinal bolt-holes, said arms being arranged radially over the said slots and between the said web-plates of double-tapered friction-jaws arranged in the said slots and chambers, and coupling-bolts in the said bolt-holes. |
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