Variable ratio transmission

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING POWER, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A HOUSING ADAPTED TO ENCLOS SAID SYSTEM; AN INPUT SHAFT JOURNALLED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND COMMUNICATING WITH A SOURCE OF ROTARY MOTIVE POWER REMOTE THEREFROM; A FLYWHEEL DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND ADAPTED FOR ROTATION WITH SAID INPUT SHAFT; A THROW CRANK MEMBER, GENERALLY IN THE FORM OF A LEVER, DISPOSED TRANVERSELY OF SAID INPUT SHAFT AND OVERLYING THE FACE OF SAID FLYWHEEL REMOTE FROM SAID SOURCE OF POWER, SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER HAVING ONE END THEREOF PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FACE, AT A POINT ADJACENT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID FLYWHEEL, THE OTHER END OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER BEING DISPLACED FROM SAID ONE END A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE CORRESPONDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID ONE END AND THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID INPUT SHAFT, SAID OTHER END BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID FACE; A THROW BALANCE LEVER MEMBER DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIALLY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED POSITION FROM THAT OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER, SAID THROW BALANCE LEVER MEMBER BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT ONE END THEREOF, ON SAID FACE AT A POINT DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO THAT OF SAID ONE END OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER, THE OTHER END OF SAID THROW BALANCE LEVER MEMBER BEING WEIGHTED AND DISPLACED FROM SAID DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED POINT SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AND BEING MOVABLE, SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH SAID OTHER END OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER, RELATIVE TO SAID FACE; CONNECTING MEANS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP OF UNIVERSAL JOINTS AND BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINTS, SAID CONNECTING MEANS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID INPUT SHAFT BY A RIGID BRACING MEMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID HOUSING, AND BEING DISPLACED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM SAID FLYWHEEL; A RELATIVELY ELONGATED CRANK ARM EMBODYING, AT THE INNER EXTREMITY THEREOF, MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID ARM UPON SAID OTHER END OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER, AND EMBODYING AT THE OUTER EXTREMITY THEREOF, MEANS PIVOTALLY COMMUNICATING SAID ARM WITH SAID CONNECTING MEANS; GEAR MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID INPUT SHAFT AND DISPLACED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM SAID FLYWHEEL, SAID GEAR MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CRANK ARM AND BEING ADAPTED TO TRANSMIT AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE MOTION PRODUCED THEREIN TO AN OUTPUT SHAFT, SAID OUTPUT SHAFT BEING JOURNALLED WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR ROTATION THEREIN AND EXTENDING THEREFROM; AND MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTROLLING THE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED POSITIONS OF SAID OTHER ENDS OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER AND OF SAID THROW BALANCE LEVER MEMBER, RENDERING SAID POSITIONS DIRECTLY DEPENDENT UPON THE SPEED OF ROTATION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING POWER, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A HOUSING ADAPTED TO ENCLOS SAID SYSTEM; AN INPUT SHAFT JOURNALLED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND COMMUNICATING WITH A SOURCE OF ROTARY MOTIVE POWER REMOTE THEREFROM; A FLYWHEEL DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND ADAPTED FOR ROTATION WITH SAID INPUT SHAFT; A THROW CRANK MEMBER, GENERALLY IN THE FORM OF A LEVER, DISPOSED TRANVERSELY OF SAID INPUT SHAFT AND OVERLYING THE FACE OF SAID FLYWHEEL REMOTE FROM SAID SOURCE OF POWER, SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER HAVING ONE END THEREOF PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FACE, AT A POINT ADJACENT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID FLYWHEEL, THE OTHER END OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER BEING DISPLACED FROM SAID ONE END A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE CORRESPONDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID ONE END AND THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID INPUT SHAFT, SAID OTHER END BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID FACE; A THROW BALANCE LEVER MEMBER DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIALLY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED POSITION FROM THAT OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER, SAID THROW BALANCE LEVER MEMBER BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT ONE END THEREOF, ON SAID FACE AT A POINT DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO THAT OF SAID ONE END OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER, THE OTHER END OF SAID THROW BALANCE LEVER MEMBER BEING WEIGHTED AND DISPLACED FROM SAID DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED POINT SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AND BEING MOVABLE, SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH SAID OTHER END OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER, RELATIVE TO SAID FACE; CONNECTING MEANS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP OF UNIVERSAL JOINTS AND BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINTS, SAID CONNECTING MEANS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID INPUT SHAFT BY A RIGID BRACING MEMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID HOUSING, AND BEING DISPLACED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM SAID FLYWHEEL; A RELATIVELY ELONGATED CRANK ARM EMBODYING, AT THE INNER EXTREMITY THEREOF, MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID ARM UPON SAID OTHER END OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER, AND EMBODYING AT THE OUTER EXTREMITY THEREOF, MEANS PIVOTALLY COMMUNICATING SAID ARM WITH SAID CONNECTING MEANS; GEAR MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID INPUT SHAFT AND DISPLACED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM SAID FLYWHEEL, SAID GEAR MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CRANK ARM AND BEING ADAPTED TO TRANSMIT AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE MOTION PRODUCED THEREIN TO AN OUTPUT SHAFT, SAID OUTPUT SHAFT BEING JOURNALLED WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR ROTATION THEREIN AND EXTENDING THEREFROM; AND MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTROLLING THE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED POSITIONS OF SAID OTHER ENDS OF SAID THROW CRANK MEMBER AND OF SAID THROW BALANCE LEVER MEMBER, RENDERING SAID POSITIONS DIRECTLY DEPENDENT UPON THE SPEED OF ROTATION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT.