Clutch with elastic washer

Claim 1

A CLUTCH COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A DRIVING SHAFT AND A DRIVEN SHAFT, A DRIVING PLATE KEYED ON SAID DRIVING SHAFT AND AN ANNULAR PRESSURE PLATE FAST FOR ROTATION WITH SAID DRIVING PLATE AND ADAPTED FOR AXIAL DISPLACEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID DRIVING PLATE, AT LEAST ONE FRICTION DISC FAST FOR ROTATION WITH SAID DRIVEN SHAFT AND NORMALLY GRIPPED BETWEEN FRICTIONAL ANNULAR AREAS OF SAID DRIVING PLATE AND SAID PRESSURE-PLATE, AN ANNULAR CLOSURE COVER FIXED BY ITS PERIPHERY ON ONE OF SAID PLATES AND COVERING THE OTHER SAID PLATE, A CONICAL ELASTIC WASHER INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID COVER AND ONE OF SAID PLATES, SAID WASHER BEING PIVOTED ON SAID COVER AT POINTS LOCATED ON A CIRCLE INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN THE EDGES OF SAID WASHER, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID WASHER ON ONE OF SAID PLATES, RADIAL SLOTS FORMED IN THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID WASHER SO AS TO FORM A PLURALITY OF OPERATING FINGERS, A DECLUTCHING RING ENGAGING THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID WASHER, THRUST-ACTUATED MEANS FOR AXIALLY DISPLACING SAID DECLUTCHING RING, SAID PRESSURE PLATE HAVING BEYOND THE OUTER CONTOUR OF THE FRICTIONAL AREA THEREOF AT LEAST THREE RADIALLY PROJECTING FEET SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR WITH SAID PRESSURE PLATE, AT LEAST THREE FLEXIBLE TANGENTIALLY-DIRECTED CONNECTING FLAT COPLANAR TONGUES COUPLING SAID PRESSURE-PLATE TO SAID COVER, EACH OF SAID TONGUES BEING FIXED AT ONE EXTREMITY TO ONE OF SAID PRESSURE-PLATE FEET AND AT THE OTHER EXTREMITY TO SAID COVER, THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID CONNECTING TONGUES LOCATED IN FRONT WITH RESPECT TO THE NORMAL FORWARD DIRECTION OF ROTATION BEING FIXED TO SAID COVER AND THE REAR EXTREMITIES OF SAID TONGUES BEING FIXED TO SAID PRESSUREPLATE FEET, SAID TONGUES BEING DISPOSED ON THE SIDE OF SAID FEET TOWARDS SAID DRIVING PLATE SO AS TO EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF SAID FRICTION-DISC, SAID PRESSUREPLATE FEET AND SAID COVER HAVING TWO SEPARATE SERIES OF RIVET HOLES SERVING RESPECTIVELY FOR THE FIXING OF SAID CONNECTING TONGUES, WHEREBY SAID CLUTCH CAN BE ADAPTED FOR EITHER DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID DRIVING SHAFT WITHOUT SPECIAL MACHINING.