| US Patent: 725,860 
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| Traction Engine | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Samuel S. Morton (exact or similar names) - York, York County, PA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 19, 1902 |  
| Granted: | Apr. 21, 1903 |  
 
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| Description: |  | Abstract:
The object of the invention is to provide a traction-engine with simple, durable, compact, and comparatively inexpensive driving-gear which may be easily and expeditiously shifted to change the speed of the traction- engine or to reverse its direction of movement without changing the speed of the motor or reversing it.
Claim:
In a traction engine, the combination With a wheel-supported frame, of a driveshaft having a movement at an angle to its axis, variable gears fixed to said shaft, a driven shaft, variable gears supported thereby, and one movable laterally thereon, means for transmitting the movement from the driven shaft to the driving supporting-wheels of the traction engine, means for moving the driveshaft in a direction at right angles to its axis, and means for moving the laterally-movable variable gear. |  |