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Show CESIUM POMP MAKES CHS New York, Dec. 2. A revolutionary revolution-ary type of automobile transmission, which does away with the shifting of gears, has been devised. From drawings draw-ings and specifications filed In the patent office at Washington it is learned that the device consists of driving and driven fanlike members, inclosed in a fluid tight case, in which there is also a quantity of oil. The driving member of the device is rotated by the engine of the automobile. auto-mobile. When this member, which is In reality a centrifugal pump impeller, impel-ler, attains a Sufficient speed, it picks up the liquid and throws it against me driven member, which is thus forced to revolve and transmit its power to the rear wheels. Simply for the purpose of a rough illustration, the device may be likened to two fans, one of which is operated, by power and the other of which faces it with no power connection. Tho driven fan ; would force the air against the other fan and cause it to revolve. In the case of the new transmission, oil forced into action takes the place of air. In the new transmisison there are two driven members, one for the forward for-ward speeds of the car and the other for tho reverse. Carlton R. Radcliffe, 550 West 157th street, inventor of the transmission, describes those parts of the device as follows in his letters patent: "Speaking in general terms, the present invention consists of an impeller im-peller of a centrifugal pump, secured to a rotable shaft and operated by means of any suitable source of power. pow-er. The impeller, hereinafter to. be referred to as the driving member, is inclosed in a fluid tight casting. Within the casing are losely mounted two series of varies, which vanes are similar to the vanes of a turbine. One series of these vanes Is provided for the ahead direction and tho other for tho reverse direction. "The casing is filled with a suitable fluid medium, and it will be seen tjiat in rotating the shaft and the impeller secured thereto, a motion Is imparted to the fluid, which enters the vanes of tho impeller,' partakes of the rotation rota-tion of the same, and leaves the vanes with a considerable amount of kinetic energy, due to its velocity of whirl and radial velociay. The kinetic energy en-ergy of the fluid is then used for doing useful work that is, to rotate tho driven member. The jets or streams of liquid, flowing from the vanes of the impeller, impings one or the other series of vanes and transmit rotation to the driven member. It is obvious that the directions in which these two series of vanes discharge the fluid are opposite to each other, therefore their blades are bent in opposite directions. But, since the driving member rotates always in the same direction, It is necessary to provide for the reverse vanes a plurality of deflectors, in order or-der to change tho direction of the fluid, when It is intended to reverse the direction of rotation of the driven member." The device is so constructed that in ordinary operation a forward motion of the car is obtained when the motor is started. For the purpose of deflecting deflect-ing the moving liquid to the vanes of the reverse driven member there is provided a guide wheel or deflector loosely mounted in the case. This H H guide wheel is held against motion by tf a brake when a reverse action is de- sired, and in this position it guides i the liquid to the vanes of the reverse member. s -oo Our idea of a selfish person is one j1 MM who is unable to remember a favor. 1 , I |
