Novel or Improved Flexible Joint and Casing for use with the Vertical Flexible Shaft which Transmits Power to a Machine for Cutting or Shearing Hair or Wool.

摘要

12,246. Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co., and Austin, H. May 29. Horse clippers and the like.-Flexible shafting for use in wool &c. shearing and clipping machines, especially of the "Wolseley" system, have the flexible shaft enclosed in a rigid case jointed to the lower part of the bracket carrying the driven bevel-wheel. The lower end of the flexible shaft is connected by a short rigid portion with a c:own-wheel. A second crown-wheel on the shaft leading to the shearing &c. machine gears with the crownwheel on the flexible shaft. Fig. 2 shows a section of the coupling, The angle c of the bevelwheel passes through the bracket d and is connected to the flexible shaft f, preferably catgut, by means of a bayonet fastening g. A tube E, having a split clamping-socketp, is mounted on the tube e of the bracket and is screwed internally at t to engage with one end of a spiral spring G. The other end of the spring G is similarly engaged in a socket F carried by the casing k and the spring is strained so as to be under tension. The socket F has external and internal lips S, v so as to pivot when turned about any point of the edge of the socket E and also to act as a guide for any oil which might pass down the outer part of the socket E. Each socket has an inner sleeve a1, b1, the lower of the two having a flared bore.