Land vehicles – Wheeled – Occupant propelled type
Patent
1981-09-08
1983-11-22
Pekar, John A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Occupant propelled type
B62M 110
Patent
active
044164645
ABSTRACT:
A spring assist drive for pedal operated vehicles such as bicycles and tricycles makes use of a wind-up spring in the train of power from the pedal operated power sprocket to the drive sprocket for the rear drive wheel. The wind-up spring is a coil spring, the inside end of which is anchored to an axle for a relatively smaller sprocket in chain driving engagement with the sprocket on the rear drive wheel. The outside end of the spring is anchored to a relatively larger sprocket and chain driven from the pedal operated power sprocket.
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patent: 1015996 (1912-01-01), Corbitt
patent: 1612739 (1926-12-01), Matsumoto
patent: 2277391 (1942-03-01), Crumble
Beehler Vernon D.
Fugate D. Lynn
Pekar John A.
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