| US Patent: 983,251 
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| Variable Speed Mechanism | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Herman W. Schatz (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Sep. 01, 1909 |  
| Granted: | Jan. 31, 1911 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | Claim:
 A variable speed device, having a pair of step-pulleys, a belt for transmitting motion from one pulley to the second, a pair of belt-shifters, one adjacent to each pulley, means for independently shifting each beltshifter, and means for alternately actuating said belt-shifting means to effect a change of speed between one pulley as the driver, and the second as the driven. |  |