Process of using a flexible shaft motor coupling having interchangeable adaptors

摘要

A system is disclosed wherein a rotatable flexible shaft is capable of coupling one of several driving members to one of several driven members. The output shafts of the driving members may be of different sizes as well as the input shafts of the driven members. The flexible shaft is of standard length and diameter and is provided with conventional integrally formed squares at each end thereof. Each integrally formed square is slidingly received by an adapter having a mating hollow square at one of its ends. The other end of each adapter is provided with a bore of varying sizes which bores are capable of receiving any of the output and input shafts of varying sizes. The flexible shaft free floats in the mating hollow squares of the adapters.