Dual plate clutch

Claim 1

A CLUTCH DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF POWER OUTPUTS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A ROTATABLE DRIVING FLYWHEEL OF THE TYPE HAVING AN EXPOSED INTERNAL CAVITY DEFINED GENERALLY BY AN INTERIOR SIDEWALL AND AN ANNULAR PERIPHERAL WALL TERMINATING IN AN OPEN MOUTH AND HAVING AN ANNULAR FLANGE EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERAL WALL; A PLURALITY OF CONCENTRICALLY ARRANGED DRIVEN SHAFTS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF SAID DEVICE AND COMPRISING A FIRST SHAFT HAVING ONE END CENTRALLY ROTATABLY JOURNALLED IN SAID FLYWHEEL AND PASSING THROUGH SAID CAVITY, A SECOND SHAFT FORMED AS A SLEEVE FITTING ABOUT SAID FIRST SHAFT, AND A THIRD SHAFT FORMED AS A SLEEVE FITTING ABOUT SAID SECOND SHAFT; TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPENING MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FLYWHEEL FLANGE AND CAVITY SIDEWALL AND CONTINUOUSLY DRIVINGLY CONNECTING THE PERIPHERAL WALL WITH SAID FIRST SHAFT; ROLLER BEARING MEANS ROTATABLY JOURNALLING ONE END OF SAID SECOND SHAFT WITHIN SAID FLYWHEEL FLANGE; FIRST AND SECOND ANNULAR PRESCOMPRISING A FRICTION DISC; FIRST AND SECOND ANNULAR PRESSURE PLATES EACH DRIVINGLY CONNECTED WITH SAID FLYWHEEL AND EACH ADAPTE FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND TO SAID FLYWHEEL; MEANS NORMALLY URGING THE PRESSURE PLATE MOST REMOTE FROM THE FLYWHEEL IN A DIRECTION TOWARD THE FLYWHEEL TO PROVIDE CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID DRIVEN DISCS; RESILIENT MEANS NORMALLY URGING SAID TWO PRESSURE PLATES TOGETHER TO PROVIDE FOR CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT OF THE OTHER OF SAID FRICTION DISCS; RELEASE MEANS ADAPTED TO BE SELECTIVELY ACTUATED FOR OVERCOMING THE EFFECTS OF SAID FIRST RESILIENT MEANS WHEREBY ONE OF SAID FRICTION DISCS MAY BE FULLY DISENGAGED; STOP MEANS ADAPTED TO PERMIT LIMITED AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID MOST REMOTE PRESSURE PLATE BY SAID FIRST RELEASE MEANS SO THAT SAID OTHER PRESSURE PLATE WILL BE CAUSED TO PART FROM SAID OTHER FRICTION DISC AND OVERCOME THE EFFECT OF SAID SECOND RESILIENT MEANS.