Continuously variable transmission

A continuously variable transmission comprising:

• an input shaft into which driving force from a drive source is inputted;
• a belt type continuously variable transmission mechanism that is formed from a first pulley, a second pulley, and an endless belt;
• an output shaft that outputs the driving force whose speed has been changed by the belt type continuously variable transmission mechanism;
• a first input path that transmits the driving force from the drive source to the first pulley;
• a first input switching mechanism that switches the driving force from the drive source toward the first input path side;
• a speed decreasing mechanism that is disposed in the first input path and decreases the speed of an input to the first pulley;
• a second input path that transmits the driving force from the drive source to the second pulley;
• a second input switching mechanism that switches the driving force from the drive source (E) toward the second input path side;
• a speed increasing mechanism that is disposed in the second input path and increases the speed of an input to the second pulley;
• a first output path that outputs the driving force from the second pulley;
• a second output path that outputs the driving force from the first pulley, a first output switching mechanism that is disposed in the first output path and switches the driving force from the second pulley toward the output shaft side;
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• a second output switching mechanism that is disposed in the second output path and switches the driving force from the first pulley toward the output shaft side,
• the first pulley comprises a first fixed pulley and a first movable pulley, the second pulley comprises a second fixed pulley and a second movable pulley, the first fixed pulley and the second fixed pulley are disposed at mutually diagonal positions, the first movable pulley and the second movable pulley are disposed at mutually diagonal positions,
• the first input switching mechanism is disposed on the input shaft or on a rotating shaft on a rear face of the first movable pulley of the first pulley, the second input switching mechanism is disposed on a rotating shaft on a rear face of the second fixed pulley of the second pulley or on the input shaft,
• the first output switching mechanism is disposed on a countershaft relatively rotatably fitted around an outer periphery of the input shaft on the first output path, and the second output switching mechanism and the output shaft are disposed on a rotating shaft on a rear face of the first fixed pulley of the first pulley.