Blood Bros.

[gallienus267]

Found this in a park several years ago. Blood Bros. Universal Joint Pat. Aug. 4 1908. Inside is threaded and outside has groove in it. Just wondering if this was a Model T part or what is is. Thanks for looking.

 

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[nhbenz]

Model T part? -- I don't think so, its actually just a bit too early. Blood Bros. made U-joints for Ford, but more commonly on farm equipment in '08. Of course the date on this is just the patent date, so we can't rule anything out. It may be impossible to tell exactly what it came off of, since the same U-joints had multiple applications. Knowing the diameter would help narrow it down as to whether it was part of a drive shaft or part of a steering mechanism. Here's a boring explanation of U-joints, for those unfamiliar with 'em : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_joint
The part we're looking at above is the outer cap, shown in green on the link I included.

 

[mojjax]

http://www.google.com/patents?id=N8...&as_miny_is=2007&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=2007

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's a Google page regarding patents with the date: August 4, 1908.
http://www.google.com/patents?lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="August+4,+1908"+&btnG=Search+Patents