Claims
- 1. A coupling for transmitting rotational mechanical power comprising:
- (a) a cam having an exterior peripheral surface;
- (b) a circuitous track situated on said exterior peripheral surface of the cam, the linear course of said track being undulant in relation to its axis of rotation;
- (c) a rotatable power input shaft;
- (d) a rotor in communication with the power input shaft such that the rotation of the input shaft causes the rotation of said rotor; and,
- (e) associated with said rotor, means for conveying rotational mechanical power from the input shaft to the undulant track comprising a variably extendible member being capable of making contact with the undulant track at any point in its linear course as a result of centrifugal force causing the extention of said variably extendible member.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 757249, filed Jan. 6, 1977 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,195,721, which in turn is a continuation in part of Ser. No. 652,206 filed Jan. 26, 1976.
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