Centrifugally operated clutch mechanism

Claim 1

A CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH MECHANISM, COMPRISING A DRIVING MEMBER ADAPTED TO ROTATE IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION; MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID MEMBER AT DIFFERENT ROTATIONAL SPEEDS; A DRIVEN MEMBER COAXIAL WITH SAID DRIVING MEMBER; SUPPORTING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID ROTATABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID DRIVING MEMBER BETWEEN A FIRST AND AN ANGULARLY SPACED SECOND POSITION, SAID SUPPORTING MEANS ROTATING COUNTER TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER WHEN MOVING FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECOND POSITION THEREOF; A PLURALITY OF EQUALLY SPACED CLUTCH SHOES ARTICULATELY CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND MOVABLE BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE INTO FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVEN MEMBER TO AT LEAST CONTRIBUTE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECOND POSITION WHEREBY SAID SHOE IS ANGULARLY DISPLACED IN A CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION WITH REFERENCE TO SAID DRIVING MEMBER WHEN SAID DRIVING MEMBER ROTATES; FIRST RESILIENT MEANS FOR BIASING SAID SHOES OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVEN MEMBER; MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST RESILIENT SAID TO EACH OF SAID SHOES AND TO SAID DRIVING MEMBER, SAID ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT OF SAID SHOES BEING IN A DIRECTION TO DECREASE THE BIAS OF SAID FIRST RESILIENT MEANS THEREON WHEN SAID SUPPORTING MEANS ROTATES FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECONDANGULARLY POSITION AND SECOND RESILIENT MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND TO SAID DRIVING MEMBER FOR BIASING SAID SUPPORTING MEANS TO SAID FIRST ANGULAR POSITION.