US Patent: 296,317 - Means of keying wheels, pulleys, &c., to shafting


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US Patent: 296,317

Means of keying wheels, pulleys, &c., to shafting

Patentee:

Godfrey Dawe (exact or similar names) - Eau Claire, WI

USPTO Classifications:

403/358

Tool Categories:

industrial machines : industrial machine mechanisms : shaft keys

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

W. H. Browning

Thomas Kemp

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Feb. 28, 1884
Granted:	Apr. 08, 1884

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Description:

The innovation is a wedge-shaped shaft key where the edge facing the shaft is convex and has sharp edges so that it bites into the shaft. It was purported to not require a key-seat which would be a considerable savings in labor.