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In 2002, he applied for and received U. S. Patent 6,812,392 B2 for a self-tightening drumhead device.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2013

This was especially the case with the hydraulic press; to which Maudslay added the essential feature of the self-tightening collar, above described in the memoir of Bramah.

From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Smiles, Samuel

The result was Maudslay's self-tightening collar, the action of which a few words of description will render easily intelligible.

From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Smiles, Samuel

As the self-tightening collar is to the hydraulic press, so is the steamblast to the locomotive.

From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Smiles, Samuel

Maudslay himself told me, or led me to believe, that it was he who invented the self-tightening collar for the hydraulic press, without which it would never have been a serviceable machine.

From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Smiles, Samuel