Patent ID: 9625014
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: F16H

Claim:
1. A pulley transmission, comprising: a pulley assembly mounted on an axle, said pulley assembly comprising a core pulley, first and second carousels positioned on opposite sides of and separated by said core pulley and a pulley segment set comprising a first pulley segment subset supported by said first carousel and a second pulley segment subset supported by said second carousel, pulley segments of said first pulley segment subset being slidable from a non-engaging condition towards said second carousel to an engaging condition and pulley segments of said second pulley segment subset being slidable from a non-engaging condition towards said first carousel to an engaging condition, the pulley segments of said first and second pulley segment subsets being arranged so as to interleave and form a resultant pulley that is concentric with and larger than said core pulley when in said engaging conditions.