Centrifugal clutch with latch operated weights

Claim 1

A MULTI-SPEED CLUTCH COMPRISING: (A) AN INPUT DRUM; (B) A DRIVEN OUTPUT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A FRAME MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID ASSEMBLY, A CLUTCHING SURFACE SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME MEMBER IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRUM, SAID FRAME MEMBER FURTHER HAVING A PORTION REMOVED FROM SAID CLUTCHING SURFACE; (C) A WEIGHT INCLUDING TAB MEMBERS ON EACH SIDE THEREOF, SAID FRAME MEMBER INCLUDING ELONGATED SLOTS FORMED THEREIN WITH SAID TAB MEMBERS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOTS SO THAT SAID WEIGHT IS LINEARLY MOVABLE THE LENGTH OF SAID SLOTS IN RESPONSE TO CENTRIFUGAL FORCE; (D) SPRING MEANS ENGAGING SAID REMOVED PORTION OF SAID FRAME MEMBER SO AS TO BIAS SAID SURFACE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRUM WITH A FORCE WHICH INCREASES AS SAID SPRING MEANS IS DEFORMED, SAID SPRING MEANS ALSO ENGAGING SAID WEIGHT, SAID WEIGHT INCREASINGLY DEFORMING SAID SPRING MEANS AS IT MOVES IN RESPONSE TO CENTRIFUGAL FORCE; (E) AND STOP MEANS ADAPTED SELECTIVELY TO STOP CENTRIFUGALLY CAUSED MOVEMENT OF SAID WEIGHT AT DIFFERENT PREDETERMINED POSITIONS THEREBY TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF DEFORMATION OF SAID SPRING MEANS WHEREBY SAID CLUTCHING SURFACE SLIPS ON SAID DRUM TO VARY THE TORQUE CAPABILITY OF SAID CLUTCH DEPENDENT ON SAID SELECTIVE STOP MEANS.