Patent ID: 8771133

Claim:
A variator transmission comprising: a housing; an input shaft; an input disc mounted on the input shaft for rotation therewith; an output disc facing the input disc and arranged to rotate coaxially therewith, the input and output discs defining between them a toroidal cavity; two rollers located in the toroidal cavity; first and second roller carriage means upon which the first and second rollers respectively are rotatably mounted; end load means to urge the rollers into contact with the input and output discs to transmit drive; lever means having a pivotal axis, the two roller carriage means being mounted on the lever means on opposite sides of the pivotal axis; and pivoting means for pivoting the lever means about the pivotal axis; whereby the pivotal axis of the lever means is movable in the radial direction with respect to the rotational axis of the input and output discs and also has a component of movement in a non-radial direction.