Friction gear

Claim 1

A STEPLESSLY-VARIABLE FRICTION GEAR, WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, A HOUSING, AN INPUT SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN A WALL OF THE HOUSING, A FIRST HOLLOW CONE MOUNTED UPON THE INNER END OF THE INPUT SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH AND HAVING ITS CONCAVE CONICAL SIDE DIRECTED INWARDLY OF THE HOUSING, AN OUTPUT SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN A WALL OF THE HOUSING OPPOSITE THAT RECEIVING THE INPUT SHAFT, A SECOND HOLLOW CONE MOUNTED UPON THE INNER END OF THE OUTPUT SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH AND HAVING ITS CONCAVE CONICAL SIDE DIRECTED INWARDLY OF THE HOUSING, THE INPUT AND OUTPUT SHAFTS BEING MOUNTED WITH THEIR AXES MUTUALLY PARALLEL AND SPATIALLY SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER, A TRANSMISSION ROLLER HAVING ANNULAR CONTACT SURFACES ON THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, BEARING MEANS ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE TRANSMISSION ROLLER BETWEEN THE CONCAVE CONICAL SIDES OF THE RESPECTIVE HOLLOW CONES WITH ONE ANNULAR CONTACT SURFACE CONTACTING EACH HOLLOW CONE AND AT AN INCLINATION THEREBY TO GUIDE THE TRANSMISSION ROLLER AT AN INCLINATION TO THE AXES OF THE HOLLOW CONE AND SAID BEARING MEANS BEING FURTHER ADAPTED TO PERMIT ROTATION ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND AXIAL MOVEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION ROLLER IN THE DIRECTION OF ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, THE INCLINATION OF THE TRANSMISSION ROLLER BEING ADAPTED TO CAUSE SUCH ROLLER TO CONTACT THE RESPECTIVE HOLLOW CONES WITH ITS ANNULAR CONTACT SURFACES OVER TWO DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE GENERATRIX LINES OF THE HOLLOW CONES, AND WHEREIN THE BEARING MEANS INCLUDE ADJUSTMENT MEANS FOR PERMITTING ADJUSTMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION ROLLER IN THE PLANE DEFINED BY THE AXES OF THE RESPECTIVE HOLLOW CONES AND ALSO INCLUDE MOVABLE SUPPORT MEANS ADAPTED TO PERMIT TRANSLATORY MOVEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION ROLLER IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE DEFINED BY THE AXES OF THE HOLLOW CONES.