Torque limiting clutch

Claim 1

IN A TORQUE LIMITING OVERLOAD RELIEF CLUTCH, A DRIVING MEMBER, A DRIVEN MEMBER, A FRICTION SLIP DRIVE FROM SAID DRIVING MEMBER TO SAID DRIVEN MEMBER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FRICTION DISKS AND AN ABUTMENT ENGAGED BY AN END DISK OF SAID FRICTION DISKS, A PRESSURE PLATE ENGAGING AN OPPOSITE END DISK OF SAID FRICTION DISKS, MEANS PRELOADING SAID FRICTION DISKS TO A PREDETERMINED OPERATING PRESSURE RANGE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONED DISK SPRING ARRANGED IN SERIES, SPACER MEANS ON SAID PRESSURE PLATE ENGAGED BY AN OUTER END PORTION OF ONE OF SAID CONED DISK SPRINGS AND SPACING SAID SPRING FROM SAID PRESSURE PLATE A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE DEFLECTION TO SAID SPRING PAST CENTER UPON THE EXERTION OF PRESSURE THEREON, MEANS SPACING THE INNER AND OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID SPRINGS APART, A PRESURE MEMBER, A SPACER ON SAID PRESSURE CHAMBER FACING SAID CONED DISK SPRINGS AND ENGAGED AN OUTER EDGE PORTION OF AN END CONED DISK SPRING OPPOSITE FROM SAID PRESSURE PLATE, AND MEANS DRAWINGS SAID PRESSURE MEMBER TOWARD SAID PRESSURE PLATE TO DEFLECT SAID CONED DISK SPRINGS BEYOND A CENTER POSITION AT THE HIGH PART OF THE OPERATING PRESSURE RANGE TO SAID CLUTCH AND RETAINING SAID PRESSURE MEMBER IN FIXED SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID PRESSURE PLATE AND THEREBY MAINTAINING SAID SPRINGS LOADED IN THE OPERATING PRESSURE RANGE OF SAID CLUTCH.