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Worm-wheel drive

Mechanical drawing of a variable-speed gearing apparatus showing a main shaft with worm-wheel, cam-wheels, hand-wheels, belt-pulleys, and a spindle with sliding gear sleeves and clutch collars, labeled with numerous reference letters and numbers.

VARIABLE-SPEED GEARINGFrank L. Todd · August 18, 1903

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