Infinitely variable speed change gear
First Claim
1. AN INFINITELY VARIABLE SPEED CHANGE GEAR COMPRISING A PAIR OF CONE WHEELS, AT LEAST ONE LARGE BALL CONTACTING AT A POINT TO EACH OF SAID CONE WHEELS RESPECTIVELY, AT LEAST ONE GROUP OF SMALL BALLS ARRANGED TO ROLL ALONG A SMALL CIRCLE ON THE SPHERICAL SURFACE OF EACH LARGE BALL, MEANS TO SUPPORT AND ARRANGE THE GROUP OF THE SMALL BALLS ALONG THE SMALL CIRCLE, AND AN OPERATING DEVICE TO CHANGE THE POSITION OF THE MEANS RELATIVELY TO THE CONE WHEELS, EACH LARGE BALL BEING SPUN, DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER, ABOUT AN AXIS PASSING THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SMALL CIRCLE AND ITS OWN CENTER, THE ATTITUDE OF THE AXIS OF THE LARGE BALL WITH RESPECT TO THE CONE WHEELS AND HENCE THE EFFECTIVE RADII OF THE LARGE BALL RELATIVE TO THE CONE WHEELS BEING VARIED BY THE OPERATING DEVICE.
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1. AN INFINITELY VARIABLE SPEED CHANGE GEAR COMPRISING A PAIR OF CONE WHEELS, AT LEAST ONE LARGE BALL CONTACTING AT A POINT TO EACH OF SAID CONE WHEELS RESPECTIVELY, AT LEAST ONE GROUP OF SMALL BALLS ARRANGED TO ROLL ALONG A SMALL CIRCLE ON THE SPHERICAL SURFACE OF EACH LARGE BALL, MEANS TO SUPPORT AND ARRANGE THE GROUP OF THE SMALL BALLS ALONG THE SMALL CIRCLE, AND AN OPERATING DEVICE TO CHANGE THE POSITION OF THE MEANS RELATIVELY TO THE CONE WHEELS, EACH LARGE BALL BEING SPUN, DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER, ABOUT AN AXIS PASSING THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SMALL CIRCLE AND ITS OWN CENTER, THE ATTITUDE OF THE AXIS OF THE LARGE BALL WITH RESPECT TO THE CONE WHEELS AND HENCE THE EFFECTIVE RADII OF THE LARGE BALL RELATIVE TO THE CONE WHEELS BEING VARIED BY THE OPERATING DEVICE.
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Current AssigneeManabu Kashihara
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Original AssigneeManabu Kashihara
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InventorsMANABU KASHIHARA
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Application NumberUS04/146,266Time in Patent Office1,643 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current476/38CPC Class CodesF16H 15/28 with external friction surface
