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Split housing transmission

  • US 5,918,503 A
  • Filed: 02/15/1997
  • Issued: 07/06/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A transmission for the distribution of power from a rotating shaft, which shaft is supported between a pair of housing segments, which housing segments are connectedly joined to one another, comprising:

  • a rotatable shaft having a power source at one end thereof, for rotation of said shaft;

    a first housing enclosing at least a portion of said rotatable shaft, said housing having a first end with a plurality of spaced apart longitudinally directed holes therein;

    a flange having at least one radially directed projection thereon, said projection having a cammed surface thereon, and which radial projection sweeps across said holes on said first end of said first housing;

    a second housing having a first end with a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart longitudinally directed holes therein;

    a plurality of reciprocally moveable pins disposed within said holes in said first and said second housing; and

    a cam arranged within said second housing, so as to effectuate longitudinal movement of said pins within said second housing to return their engagement with said holes in said first housing, thus locking said housings into non-rotative engagement with one another as said radial projection sweeps past said pin.

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