Clutches

Claim 1

IN A CLUTCH HAVING A PRESSURE PLATE, A COVER PLATE ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO AN ENGINE FLYWHEEL, A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED LUGS FORMED ON SAID PRESSURE PLATE AND EXTENDING AXIALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID PRESSURE PLATE AND SAID FLY WHEEL, ARRANGED BETWEEN SAID PRESSURE PLATE AND SAID FLYWHEEL A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED COIL SPRINGS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID COVER PLATE AND SAID PRESSURE PLATE FOR BIASING SAID PRESSURE PLATE INTO DRIVING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVEN PLATE, SAID COVER PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED RECESSES, EACH OF SAID RECESSES HAVING A FIRST WALL IN SUBSTANTIAL PARALLELISM WITH SAID PRESSURE PLATE AND A SECOND WALL SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR THERETO, THE FIRST WALL OF EACH RECESS HAVING AN OPENING FOR RECEPTION OF ONE OF SAID LUGS, A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED RELEASE LEVERS, EACH OF SAID LUGS HAVING A GROOVE FOR RECEPTION OF THE RADIALLY OUTER END OF ONE OF SAID LEVERS, SAID SECOND WALL OF EACH RECESS HAVING AN OPENING DEFINED IN PART BY AN EDGE FORMING A FULCRUM FOR ONE OF SAID LEVERS SO THAT MOVEMENT OF THE INNER ENDS OF SAID LEVERS TOWARDS SAID PRESSURE PLATE DISENGAGES SAID DRIVEN PLATE, A METAL CLIP INCLUDING A BODY PORTIONS HAVING GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR SIDE FLANGE PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM SAID BODY PORTION, WHEREBY SAID FLANGE PORTIONS ARE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID COVER PLATE ARRANGE BETWEEN THE SIDE EDGES OF THE OPENING IN SAID FIRST WALL OF EACH RECESS AND THE ASSOCIATED LUG FOR PREVENTING NOISE INCIDENT TO RELATIVE MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN.