US Patent: 1,427,541
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| Automobile Transmission
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Patentee:
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| Samuel S. Morton (exact or similar names) - Philadelphia, PA |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jun. 27, 1921 |
| Granted: |
Aug. 29, 1922 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Abstract:
One object of the invention is to prov ide a novel transmission mechanism by which the car may be driven at different speeds or brought to a standstill without the necessity of employing a clutch or using any gears. In carrying out the above end, intermittent grip devices are employed on the rear axile of the machine or on any other appropriate shaft and reciprocating connecting rods are employed for operating said intermittent grip devices to turn the axle, and a further object is to provide a novel mechanism for reciprocating the connecting rods oppositely and gradually increasing or decreasing the speed, and for discontinuing the stroking of said connecting rods when the machine is to be stopped.
Claim:
A transmission mechanism comprising a pivotally mounted operating member having a pair of parallel guideways extending across and from opposite sides of its pivotal axis, a pair of shoes- slidably engaged with said guideways respectively, means for adjusting said shoes oppositely along said guideways, a pair of shaft-driving intermittent grip devices spaced from said operating member, connecting rods between said shoes end said intermittent grip devices respectively, and means for oscillating said operating member. |
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