MOTOR-CAR DESIGN
Big Change Foreshadowed
A simple device patented by a Cheshire engineer at Wallasey may revolutionise the design of motor cars, and possibly of ships and aeroplanes. Its inventor claims that the device will do the work of a clutch and gear, and will cost substantially less to manufacture than either of these units at the present time. The model of the invention consists of two steel cones covered with brake-lining placed side by side so that the apex of each cone is in a line with the base of the other , the adjacent surfaces being parallel but not touching one another. One cone is coupled to the engine and the other to the shaft. A small wheel with a heat-proof tyre transmits the’ drive from one cone to the other by means of a lever and spring. The wheel can be moved either towards the apex of the driving-cone or in the other direction, and this movement results in changing the gear ratio. The inventor states that an almost infinite number of variations between the ratio of 5 to 1 and 1 to 6 can be obtained on cones less than a foot long.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 234, 15 September 1934, Page 11
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196MOTOR-CAR DESIGN Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 234, 15 September 1934, Page 11
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