There are more of course.
Iver Johnson had something like the Rudge with a triangular taper from around 1900 to 1930.
Sugino made steel versions of the Sugino Maxy cranks. I used to tighten up the bolts and think "there is a crank to last a lifetime".
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
> Raoul
> You are forgetting Rudge Whitworth whose steel cotterless cranks were, I
> think, pre First World War. They were made with the left hand crank and
the axle
> in one piece. I believe there were two designs for attaching the right
hand
> crank and the chainwheel, one using serrations so that the joint was face
to face
> and the other using splines. I am sure that someone who reads the list
will
> know more about them.
> Stuart Tallack in West Sussex
> PS I just used the word 'axle' again.... those of the other persuasion
should
> alter it to spindle!