. Mechanical appliances, mechanical movements and novelties of construction; a complete work and a continuation, as a second volume, of the author's book entitled "Mechanical movements, powers and devices" ... including an explanatory chapter on the leading conceptions of perpetual motion existing during the past three centuries. 544. RATCHET BRAKE LEVER for auto-mobiles. Miller type. By a simple motion ofthe foot the pawl locks or unlocks the brakelever, so that the brake is on and locked whenleaving the automobile alone. Saves muchtrouble in tying up horseless vehicles. 545. AUTOMOBILE CHANG
. Mechanical appliances, mechanical movements and novelties of construction; a complete work and a continuation, as a second volume, of the author's book entitled "Mechanical movements, powers and devices" ... including an explanatory chapter on the leading conceptions of perpetual motion existing during the past three centuries. 544. RATCHET BRAKE LEVER for auto-mobiles. Miller type. By a simple motion ofthe foot the pawl locks or unlocks the brakelever, so that the brake is on and locked whenleaving the automobile alone. Saves muchtrouble in tying up horseless vehicles. 545. AUTOMOBILE CHANGE SPEED GEAR. Petteler , the driving shaft with fixed gears; B, collar on spear-shaped blade rod for operatingthe plungers forclutching the for-ward m o t i o ngears; C, collarto a sliding con-ical sleeve thatoperates theplungers for theback motionthrough an 214 ROAD AND VEHICLE DEVICES, ETC. 546. AUTOMOBILE CHANGE SPEED GEAR. Dorris the upper shaft are fastened three gears corresponding to the three pinions, and in addi-tion an internal gearoutside the casing andof comparatively largediameter. A pinion ismounted upon thelower shaft, at the endthereof, adapted tomesh with the internalgear, but is normally held out of mesh by means of a coiled spring atthe end of the shaft. The pinion is mounted upon a long sleeve sur-rounding the shaft and extending through the bearing into the set of three shifting pinions is shown in the position of slow for-ward speed. By moving them to the left the second and third speedsare engaged in succession, and after the gears of the third speed areout of mesh, if the motion is still continued, the sliding pinions will abutagainst the sleeve of the reverse pinion, and shift the pinion into meshwith the internal gear against the pressure of the spring.
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