Three-speed wheel hub with splined ratchet control sleeve

Claim 1

IN A THREE-SPEED WHEEL HUB, AN AXLE MEMBER 10, AN EXTERNALLY TOOTHED SUN GEAR MEMBER 28 FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXLE MEMBER COAXIALLY THEREWITH, A PLANET CARRIER 33 FREELY REVOLUBLE COAXIALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXLE MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF PLANET GEARS 29 CARRIED BY SAID PLANET CARRIER IN CONTINUOUS MESHING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SUN GEAR MEMBER, AN INTERNALLY TOOTHED RING GEAR MEMBER 57 SURROUNDING SAID PLANET GEARS IN CONTINUOUS MESHING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, A HUB BARREL MEMBER 19 FREELY REVOLUBLY SURROUNDING SAID PLANET CARRIER AND RING GEAR MEMBER COAXIALLY WITH SAID AXLE MEMBER, FIRST PAWL CARRIER MEANS 37 MOUNTED FOR FORWARD ROTATION WITH SAID PLANET CARRIER, A SERIES OF INTERNAL RATCHET TEETH 39 FORMED ON SAID HUB BARREL MEMBER FOR FORWARD DRIVING ENGAGEMENT BY SAID FIRST PAWL CARRIER MEANS, A SPROCKET MEMBER 18 FOR DRIVING SAID COASTER BRAKE, AN AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE DRIVING MEMBER 40 OR 75 CONNECTED IN CONTINUOUS DRIVING RELATIONSHIP TO BE DRIVEN BY SAID SPROCKET MEMBER, MEANS 47, 48, 49 OR 47, 48, 76, 77 FOR DISPLACING SAID DRIVING MEMBER FOR SELECTIVE DRIVING ENGAGEMENT EITHER WITH SAID PLANET CARRIER OR SAID RING GEAR MEMBER FOR HIGH SPEED AND NORMAL SPEED OPERATION, RESPECTIVELY, SECOND PAWL CARRIER MEANS 59 CARRIED BY SAID RING GEAR MEMBER, A DRIVE RING MEMBER 61 FREELY REVOLUBLE CONCENTRICALLY WITH SAID AXLE MEMBER, SAID DRIVE RING MEMBER HAVING INTERNAL RATCHET TEETH 60 FORMED THEREON FOR FORWARD DRIVING ENGAGEMENT BY SAID SECOND PAWL CARRIER MEANS, AND AN AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE SPLINED COUPLING SLEEVE MEMBER 64 CONNECTED IN CONTINUOUS DRIVING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID HUB BARREL MEMBER, SAID RATCHET TEETH OF SAID DRIVE RING MEMBER BEING SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE AND DISENGAGEABLE BY THE SPLINES OF SAID SPLINED COUPLING SLEEVE MEMBER BY AXIAL DISPLACEMENT THEREOF, SAID DRIVING MEMBER BEING DISPLACEABLE TO CAUSE AXIAL DISPLACEMENT OF SAID SPLINED COUPLING SLEEVE MEMBER TO DISENGAGE THE SPLINES THEREOF FROM SAID RATCHET TEETH OF SAID DRIVE RING MEMBER WHILE REMAINING IN DRIVING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID RING GEAR MEMBER FOR PROVIDING LOW SPEED OPERATION.