US Patent: 1,072,824 - Power Steering Gear for Traction Engines


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US Patent: 1,072,824

Power Steering Gear for Traction Engines

Patentee:

Harry C. Clay (exact or similar names) - Columbus, Bartholomew County, IN

USPTO Classifications:

180/448

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : steam apparatus : steam traction engines : traction engine steering apparatus

Assignees:

Emerson-Brantingham Co. - Rockford, Winnebago County, IL

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Dec. 26, 1912
Granted:	Sep. 09, 1913

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Description:

Abstract:

This invention relates to power steering- gears for traction engines such as described in my patent for same No. 797,557, dated Aug. 22, 1905.

The object of this invention is to improve the working of said device by providing means for frictionally engaging the disk member when said member is not in an operative position, that is, when not in engagement with the peripheral surface of an engine-pulley.

Claim:

A power steering-gear attachment for traction engines consisting of a main bracket adapted to be suitably connected to a traction engine, a disk-bracket pivotally mounted on the main bracket, a friction-disk journaled in said disk bracket and provided with a friction face, a plunger carried by the disk-bracket and adapted to be brought into frictional contact with said disk, and a driving connection between said disk and the steering means of a traction engine.