Centering of bolts for coupling housings
First Claim
1. IN COUPLING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, A CYLINDRICAL HOUSING FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF SEGMENTS OF CYLINDRICAL SECTIONS, BOLTS PADS EXTENDING DIRECTLY OUTWARDLY FROM EACH OF SAID SEGMENTS ONE AT EACH END THEREOF, EACH PAD ON ONE SEGMENT OVERLYING A PAD ON THD ADJACENT SEGMENT, SAID BOLT PADS BEING FORMED WITH BOLT RECEIVING WALL EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO SAID SEGMENTS, SAID WALLS BEING FORMED WITH OVAL HOLES THERETHROUGH CENTERED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BOLT PADS AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THEREOF AND EACH OF SAID WALLS BEING FORMED WITH CIRCULAR RECESSES EXTENDING THEREINTO FROM THE SURFACES THEREOF REMOTE FROM THE ENDS OF SAID SEGMENTS, SAID RECESSES BEING CENTERED WITH RESPECT TO SAID HOLES AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE BORDERS THEREOF, BOLTS PASSED THROUGH SAID BOLT HOLES OF SAID WALLS OF EACH OF PAIR OF OVERLYING SEGMENTS, EACH OF SAID BOLTS HAVING A HEAD ENGAGED WITH ONE WALL OF A PAIR THEREOF HAVING AN OVAL NECK MATED TO THE OVAL OF THE HOLE IN SAID ONE WALL AND BEING SEATED THEREIN, AND SAID HEAD OVERLYING SAID NECK, HAVING A CIRCULAR OUTLINE GREATER THAN THE OUTLINE OF SAID HOLE BUT SMALLER THAN THE CIRCLE OF SAID RECESS, SAID HEAD BEING SEATED IN SAID RECESS IN SAID ONE ONE WALL AND BEING ENGAGED WITH THE BOTTOM THEREOF AND EACH OF SAID BOLTS HAVING A NUT THREADEDLY ENGAGED WITH THE END THEREOF OPPOSITE SAID HEAD, SAID NUT HAVING A SYMMETRICAL PORTION THEREOF RECEIVED WITHIN THE RECESS IN THE OTHER WALL OF SAID PAIR OF CENTERING SAID NUT WITH RESPECT TO SAID RECESS WHEREBY SAID BOLT PAD CARRYING SAID WALL ENGAGED BY SAID NUT IS ALIGNED WITH SAID BOLT PAD CARRYING SAID WALL ENGAGED BY SAID HEAD.
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1. IN COUPLING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, A CYLINDRICAL HOUSING FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF SEGMENTS OF CYLINDRICAL SECTIONS, BOLTS PADS EXTENDING DIRECTLY OUTWARDLY FROM EACH OF SAID SEGMENTS ONE AT EACH END THEREOF, EACH PAD ON ONE SEGMENT OVERLYING A PAD ON THD ADJACENT SEGMENT, SAID BOLT PADS BEING FORMED WITH BOLT RECEIVING WALL EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO SAID SEGMENTS, SAID WALLS BEING FORMED WITH OVAL HOLES THERETHROUGH CENTERED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BOLT PADS AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THEREOF AND EACH OF SAID WALLS BEING FORMED WITH CIRCULAR RECESSES EXTENDING THEREINTO FROM THE SURFACES THEREOF REMOTE FROM THE ENDS OF SAID SEGMENTS, SAID RECESSES BEING CENTERED WITH RESPECT TO SAID HOLES AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE BORDERS THEREOF, BOLTS PASSED THROUGH SAID BOLT HOLES OF SAID WALLS OF EACH OF PAIR OF OVERLYING SEGMENTS, EACH OF SAID BOLTS HAVING A HEAD ENGAGED WITH ONE WALL OF A PAIR THEREOF HAVING AN OVAL NECK MATED TO THE OVAL OF THE HOLE IN SAID ONE WALL AND BEING SEATED THEREIN, AND SAID HEAD OVERLYING SAID NECK, HAVING A CIRCULAR OUTLINE GREATER THAN THE OUTLINE OF SAID HOLE BUT SMALLER THAN THE CIRCLE OF SAID RECESS, SAID HEAD BEING SEATED IN SAID RECESS IN SAID ONE ONE WALL AND BEING ENGAGED WITH THE BOTTOM THEREOF AND EACH OF SAID BOLTS HAVING A NUT THREADEDLY ENGAGED WITH THE END THEREOF OPPOSITE SAID HEAD, SAID NUT HAVING A SYMMETRICAL PORTION THEREOF RECEIVED WITHIN THE RECESS IN THE OTHER WALL OF SAID PAIR OF CENTERING SAID NUT WITH RESPECT TO SAID RECESS WHEREBY SAID BOLT PAD CARRYING SAID WALL ENGAGED BY SAID NUT IS ALIGNED WITH SAID BOLT PAD CARRYING SAID WALL ENGAGED BY SAID HEAD.
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Current AssigneeHarry M. Sweet
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Original AssigneeHarry M. Sweet
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InventorsSweet, Harry M.
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Application NumberUS04/203,491Time in Patent Office1,099 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current24/279CPC Class CodesF16L 17/04 with longitudinally split o...Y10T 24/1441 Tangential screw
