POWER SHAFT WITH CURVED AXLE Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering. SUBSTANCE: flexible core 8 is positioned in stiff protective enclosure 3. Sleeves 2 and 4 intended for connection with bodies of driving and driven members are secured on ends of enclosure and end pieces 7 and 9 for connection with driving and driven shafts are fastened to ends of flexible core. The latter is made in the form of bellows consisting of successively positioned disks bound in pairs by means of peripherally located shells. Adjacent pairs of disks are interconnected by lugs. Outer surfaces of shells are provided with antifriction coating. Protective enclosure is separable with longitudinal jointing plane. Similar halves of shell are connected with the aid of bolts. EFFECT: possibility for imparting rotation at an angle. 5 dwg