Speed responsive clutch with variable means

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FOR USE IN ORDER TO VARY THE RESPONSE TO CENTRIFUGAL FORCE OF MEMBER ROTATABLE ABOUT A CENTRAL AXIS AND BIASED INWARDLY TOWARD THAT AXIS BY SPRINGS; A WEIGHT ROTATABLE ABOUT SAID AXIS AND SELECTIVELY CONNECTABLE TO SAID MEMBER; AND A LATCH FOR CONNECTING SAID WEIGHT TO SAID MEMBER SAID WEIGHT HAVING A PAIR OF PINS EXTENDING THEREFROM SUBSTANTILLY IN A PLANE PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID LATCH HAVING AN OPENING FORMED THEREIN WITH SAID PINS EXTENDING THERETHROUGH SO THAT SAID LATCH IS LOOSELY SECURED ON SAID PINS; MEANS BIASING SAID LATCH AWAY FROM SAID MEMBER TO A POSITION LIMITED BY SAID PINS, THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF SAID LATCH BEING ADJACENT A LINE DRAWN BETWEEN SAID PINS WHEN SAID LATCH IS IN SAID POSITION LIMITED BY BOTH SAID PINS, AND MEANS FOR STRIKING SAID LATCH TO MOVE SAID LATCH ABOUT SAID PINS AWAY FROM SAID POSITION TO A SECOND POSITION, SAID WEIGHT BEING POSITIONED SO THAT SAID LATCH IN ITS SECOND POSITION IS IN INTERFERING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID MEMBER SO THAT SAID MEMBER AND SAID WEIGHT RESPOND TOGETHER TO CENTRIFUGAL FORCE AS SAID MEMBER AND SAID WEIGHT ARE ROTATED.