| 摘要 |
A male shaft connector for connecting manually- or mechanically-driven rotating shafts, the male connector having a male mating section with a non-circular external cross-section perpendicular to the axis of a shaft to be connected; a locking peg moveable between a first position wherein the peg protrudes from the surface of the mating section and a second position wherein the outermost surface of the peg is substantially flush with the surface of said male mating section; and biasing means to bias the peg towards its first position; and a shaft mounting section attached, to said male mating section. Provision of an angled portion on the peg causes the peg to be automatically, depressed when male and female connectors are joined. Also provided is a corresponding female shaft connector, having a cavity to receive a male mating section from a corresponding male shaft connector, which also has a non-circular cross-section perpendicular to the axis of a shaft to be connected. |
