Coupled drive shaft
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1. An apparatus for coupling together two sections of shaft, two longitudinal slots passing through the periphery of one end of each of said two shaft sections, said apparatus comprising:
- joining means, engageable with said two longitudinal slots in the end of each shaft section, for transmitting a force applied to one of said shaft sections to the other of said shaft sections; and
clip means, securable over the slotted end of each of said shaft sections, for maintaining said joining means in engagement with said two longitudinal slots in the end of each shaft section.
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Abstract
A flexible coupling is disclosed for joining together shaft sections to form one continuous shaft which may be rotatably driven by a drive means provided at one end of the continuous shaft.
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1. An apparatus for coupling together two sections of shaft, two longitudinal slots passing through the periphery of one end of each of said two shaft sections, said apparatus comprising:
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joining means, engageable with said two longitudinal slots in the end of each shaft section, for transmitting a force applied to one of said shaft sections to the other of said shaft sections; and clip means, securable over the slotted end of each of said shaft sections, for maintaining said joining means in engagement with said two longitudinal slots in the end of each shaft section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23)
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- 18. An apparatus for coupling together a plurality of at least three shaft sections to form a continuous semiflexible shaft, two longitudinal slots passing through one end of two of said plurality of shaft sections to be positioned at the ends of said continuous semiflexible shaft, two longitudinal slots passing through each end of at least one intermediate shaft section included in said plurality of shaft sections, each one of said plurality of shaft sections coupled to an adjacent one of said plurality of said shaft sections by a joining means, engageable with the two longitudinal slots in the adjacent ends of said adjacent shaft sections, said joining means for transmitting a force applied to one of said adjacent shaft sections to the other of said adjacent shaft sections, each of said joining means maintained in engagement with the two longitudinal slots in the adjacent ends of said adjacent shaft sections by a clip means securable over the adjacent end of each of said adjacent shaft sections.
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