摘要 |
1,169,202. Clutch control; friction clutches. COVENTRY GAUGE & TOOL CO. Ltd. 21 April, 1967 [29 April, 1966], No. 18840/66. Headings F2C and F2L. In a multiplate friction clutch wherein interengaging clutch plates 4, 5 respectively splined to a driving hub 1 and a driven spider S, are clamped between a back plate 3 and a presser plate 7 by supplying pressure fluid to a non- rotatable servo cylinder 10 having a piston 9 which acts through a thrust bearing 8 on the presser plate 7, the inner wall 11c of the cylinder 10 forms one race of a bearing 11 between the cylinder 10 and hub 1. Pins 13 prevent rotation of the piston 9 relative to the cylinder 10 and spring washers 6 separate the clutch plates 4, 5 during disengagement. The clutch may be operated by liquid or air pressure supplied through a port 12 to the cylinder 10. |