US Patent: 1,745,079
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| Friction Clutch
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Patentee:
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| Alfred A. Conway (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH |
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Patent Dates:
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Apr. 07, 1926 |
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Jan. 28, 1930 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Abstract:
An object of my invention is to provide a device wherein centrifugal force assists in releasing the clutch. Another object of my invention is to provide a device of this kind requiring a minimum of effort to manufacture and assemble and wherein a maximum of efficiency is obtained.
Claim:
A clutch comprising a hollow driven member, a driving member having a recess extending longitudinally thereof and received in the hollow in the driven member, complementary normally disengaged means carried by the driving member and driven member within the hollow of the driven member for transmitting motion when clamped upon one another from the drive to the driven member, a p awl having a long and a short arm pivot, all carried by the driving member, the pawl being pi voted at the junction of the arms and having the longer arm disposed within the recess in the driving member, and the short arm disposed on one side of the complementary normally disengaged means, g0 an abutment carried by the driving member and disposed on the opposite side of the complementary normally disengaged means to that on which the short arm of the pawl is disposed, and means operable on the long arm e5 of the p awl for actuating said long arm center ward of the driving member about the pivotal mounting of the pawl for clamping the complementary normally disengaged means upon one another between the short arm of the pawl and the abutment. |
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