Automobile driving self-taught; an exhaustive treatise on the operation, management and care of motor cars (1912)
Russell, Thomas Herbert, 1862-1947 · Chicago, Charles C. Thompson co. · leaf 200
ction Gearing. Many attempts have been made to get a variable gear formotor cars which would give an infinite variation betweenmaximum and minimum, and this has generally been doneby adopting some sort of friction drive. The friction of theperiphery of one wheel on the face of another, and sliding… … FIGS, t AND a.—A SIMPLE FRICTIONCHANGE SPEED GEAR. A, Flat faced wheel driven by D and E, Bearings carrying shaft C. engine. F, Chain- sprocket to transmit B, Friction wheel sliding across power. face A. G, Collar for moving wheel B. C, Shaft which carries friction H, Collar and spring pressing…
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