Drive with variable prime mover and fluid transmission with continuously filled fluid circuit

Claim 1

IN A DRIVE SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE: A SPEED VARIABLE FUEL OPERABLE DRIVING ENGINE, A TRANSMISSION DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVING ENGINE AND COMPRISING A FLUID FLOW DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST ONE WORKING RANGE IN WHICH IT OPERATES WITH A CONTINUOUSLY FILLED FLUID CIRCUIT, FLUID FLOW CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING ADJUSTABLE MEANS ADJUSTABLY ARRANGED WITHIN THE FLUID CIRCUIT OF SAID FLUID FLOW DEVICE AND MOVABLE INTO A CLOSING POSITION TO IMPEDE THE FLOW IN SAID FLUID FLOW DEVICE AND ALSO MOVABLE INTO AN OPEN POSITION TO ALLOW FREE FLOW OF FLUID IN SAID FLUID FLOW DEVICE, FUEL CONTROL MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DRIVING ENGINE FOR CONTROLLING THE SUPPLY OF FUEL THERTO THROUGHOUT ALL OF SAID WORKING RANGES, SAID FUEL CONTROL MEANS BEING MANUALLY MOVABLE SELECTIVELY FROM AN IDLING POSITION TO A PLURALITY OF INCREASED FUEL SUPPLY POSITIONS AND VICE VERSA, AND CONNECTING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID FUEL CONTROL MEANS WITH SAID FLUID FLOW CONTROL MEANS AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID FLUID FLOW CONTROL MEANS TO MOVE INTO CLOSING POSITION IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID FUEL CONTROL MEANS INTO ITS IDLING POSITION AND FOR CAUSING SAID FLUID FLOW CONTROL MEANS TO MOVE INTO OPEN POSITION IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID FUEL CONTROL MEANS INTO ONE OF ITS INCREASED FUEL SUPPLY POSITIONS.