Friction Cone Variator

Input: the pink shaft carrying a friction external cone.
Output: the green shaft carrying a spur gear. The yellow shaft with a gear and an internal cone can rotate on bearing of the white crank. The white crank can rotate around fixed bearing houses. The green spring creates pressure at contact place between the cones.
Turn the blue screw for changing velocity of the output shaft.
Input and output shafts are parallel.

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