Variable speed transmission
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1. IN A POWER TRANSMISSION, A FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER HAVING AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH SURFACE, ALL RADIAL PROFILES OF WHICH MOVE WITHIN SAID SURFACE DURING THE ROTATION OF SAID MEMBER, A SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER HAVING ITS AXIS OF ROTATION COPLANAR WITH THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID FIRST MEMBER AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH SURFACE CONTAINING A CIRCLE EQUIDISTANT FROM SAID FIRST SURFACE, AT LEAST ONE ROLLING ELEMENT FRICTIONALLY ENGAGED BY SAID TWO SURFACES, AND A THIRD MEMBER CONSTRAINING SAID ROLLING ELEMENT TO MOVE IN A CIRCULAR PATH ABOUT AN AXIS LYING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF THE AXES OF SAID FIRST TWO MEMBERS.
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1. IN A POWER TRANSMISSION, A FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER HAVING AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH SURFACE, ALL RADIAL PROFILES OF WHICH MOVE WITHIN SAID SURFACE DURING THE ROTATION OF SAID MEMBER, A SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER HAVING ITS AXIS OF ROTATION COPLANAR WITH THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID FIRST MEMBER AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH SURFACE CONTAINING A CIRCLE EQUIDISTANT FROM SAID FIRST SURFACE, AT LEAST ONE ROLLING ELEMENT FRICTIONALLY ENGAGED BY SAID TWO SURFACES, AND A THIRD MEMBER CONSTRAINING SAID ROLLING ELEMENT TO MOVE IN A CIRCULAR PATH ABOUT AN AXIS LYING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF THE AXES OF SAID FIRST TWO MEMBERS.
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