Patent ID: 7108116

Claim:
A clutch actuating apparatus for engaging and disengaging a clutch, and thereby drivingly linking and unlinking an engine and a driven device, the apparatus including an axle rotatable between a clutch-engaging position and a clutch-disengaging position with a break over point therebetween, the clutch actuating apparatus comprising: (a) a body drivingly linked to the axle to cause rotation of the axle when the body is displaced; (b) means for seating against and displacing the body in a first direction, thereby rotating the axle at least to near the break over point and for unseating from the body after the axle has reached the break over point and before the axle reaches the clutch-engaging position; and (c) means for seating against and displacing the body in a second, opposite direction, thereby rotating the axle at least to near the break over point and for unseating from the body after the axle has reached the break over point.