Mechanism useful as a slip clutch or brake
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Nov 17, 1992
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Feb 18, 1992
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Feb 18, 1992
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A mechanism useful as a clutch or brake comprising a housing member having a wall defining a bore, a friction material disposed against said wall in said bore, a driver member having inner and outer ends at least partially within said bore, the driver and housing having a longitudinal axis, the driver member having a plurality of angularly spaced triangular slots defined therein from the inner end thereof at an angle to the longitudinal axis, the slots defined by opposite surfaces, a shoe of generally triangular form in each of said slots, the shoes hvaing surfaces mating with the surfaces of a slot whereby the shoes are slidable on the slot surfaces, the shoes having an outer peripheral surfaces defined on a portion of a cylinder, the shoe outer surfaces being in contact with the friction material, amd means for adjusting the position of the shoes in said slots whereby the outer peripheral surfaces of the shoes engage the friction material in predetermined frictional engagement.
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