Clutch with slotted spring disc

Claim 1

IN A TRANSMISSION; DRIVE MEANS HAVING FRICTION ENGAGING MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A DRIVE; A SUPPORT HAVING A LARGE DIAMETER CIRCULAR PIVOT; SAID FRICTION ENGAGING MEANS HAVING AN APPLY MEMBER HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE DIAMETER CIRCULAR PIVOT; AN ACTUATOR HAVING A SMALL DIAMETER CIRCULAR PIVOT FOR APPLYING A FORCE; A SLOTTED CONICAL PLATE LEVER SPRING OF ANNULAR SHAPE HAVING ITS OUTER DIAMETER PIVOTED TO SAID LARGE DIAMETER CIRCULAR PIVOT, A CENTRAL PORTION ENGAGING SAID INTERMEDIATE DIAMETER CIRCUIT PIVOT AND A PORTION SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM THE INNER DIAMETER ENGAGING SAID SMALL DIAMETER CIRCULAR PIVOT; SAID ANNULAR SLOTTED CONICAL PLATE LEVER SPRING HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING SLOTS EXTENDING FROM THE INNER DIAMETER OF THE SLOTTED CONICAL PLATE SPRING TO THE INTERMEDIATE PIVOT DIAMETER; A PLURALITY OF INTERMEDIATE INWARDLY EXTENDING SLOTS EXTENDING FROM THE OUTER DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE SMALL PIVOT DIAMETER; SAID INWARDLY EXTENDING SLOTS TERMINATING IN A ROUNDED ENLARGED PORTION; THE OUTER PERIMETER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR EXCEPT FOR SAID INWARDLY EXTENIDING SLOTS; AND THE INNER PERIMETER AT THE INNER DIAMETER OF SAID SLOTTED CONICAL PLATE LEVER SPRING BEING ROUNDED BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING SLOTS ON A CURVE SUBSTANTIALLY CONCENTRIC WITH THE ROUNDED PORTION AT THE TERMINAL END OF THE INWARDLY EXTENDING SLOT TO FORM A SEMICIRCULAR REGION OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM CROSS-SECTION AREA IN ALL RADIAL SECTIONS OF THE BRIDGING AROUND THE ROUNDED ENLARGED PORTION AND ACROSS EACH OF SAID INWARDLY EXTENDING SLOTS.