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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1978
Gerhard R Plamper, Valley City, OH (US);
Paul R Fortlage, Brunswick, OH (US);
Hans-Hartmut Kaesgen, Berea, OH (US);
MTD Products Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A torque converter with a clutch mechanism in combination wherein an axially movable sheave is movable toward and away from an opposed fixed sheave, the sheaves accomodating a belt therebetween, the movable sheave being movable in accordance with movement of a centrifugal speed responsive device adjacent the movable sheave to vary the effective pitch diameter of the pair of sheaves having their opposed faces engageable by the belt, and in which a clutch mechanism axially aligned with and mounted on the torque converter is actuatable to move the movable sheave from a non-driving position wherein the belt is not in driving engagement with the sheaves to a driving position wherein the belt is in driving engagement with the sheaves, the sheaves being resiliently biased axially apart and the clutch mechanism being resiliently biased away from the movable sheave.