Torque releasing clutch mechanism with power cutoff

Claim 1

A TORQUE RESPONSIVE CLUTCH ADAPTED TO RELEASE AT A PREDETERMINED TORQUE LOAD, COMPRISING: (A) A DRIVING CLUTCH MEMBER; (B) A DRIVEN CLUTCH MEMBER AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID DRIVING CLUTCH MEMBER; (C) SAID CLUTCH MEMBERS BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER; (D) ONE OF SAID CLUTCH MEMBERS INCLUDNG AN INNER PORTION AND THE OTHER CLUTCH MEMBER INCLUDING AN OUTER PORTION HOUSING SAID INNER PORTION ON THE ONE MEMBER AND SPACED FROM SAID INNER PORTION TO FORM AN ANNULAR SPACE THREBETWEEN; (E) A PLURALITY OF TILTABLE SPRAGS MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER PORTIONS AND ADAPTED TO BE WEDGE BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS IN TILTED DRIVING POSITIONS TO TRANSMIT TORQUE IN ONE DIRECTION OF ROTATION FROM SAID DRIVING CLUTCH MEMBER TO SAID DRIVEN CLUTCH MEMBER; (F) ONE OF SAID PORTIONS HAVING A CONICAL SURFACE ENGAGING SAID SPRAGS SO THAT MOVING SAID PORTIONS AXIALLY APART WIDENS THE ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS AND ALLOWS SAID SPRAGS TO TILT TO NON-DRIVING POSITIONS WHEREIN THEY CANNOT TRANSMIT TORQUE FROM SAID DRIVING CLUTCH MEMBER TO SAID DRIVEN CLUTCH MEMBER IN SAID ONE DIRECTION OF ROTATION; AND (G) BIASING MEANS URGING SAID CLUTCH MEMBERS RELATIVELY AXIALLY TOGETHER WITH A PREDETERMINED FORCE WHEREBY SAID SPRAGS CAN TRANSMIT A PREDETERMINED MAXIMUM TORQUE PRIOR TO TILTING TO THEIR NON-DRIVING POSTIONS.