Infinitely variable reciprocating transmission apparatus

A transmission, comprising:

• a shuttle formed with a shuttle race and coupled to drive an output in response to reciprocation of the shuttle along a drive path, the shuttle race being transverse relative to the drive path;
• a persuader formed with a persuader race defining a stroke path;
• a lug extends concurrently into and is reciprocated to the shuttle and persuader races, and an input coupled to impart forcible reciprocation of the lug along the stroke path of the persuader race;
• the persuader movable to change the stroke path of the persuader race relative to the drive path of the shuttle from an inoperative direction relative to the drive path isolating the shuttle race from the forcible reciprocation of the lug along the stroke path an operative direction relative to the drive path transferring the forcible reciprocation of the lug along the stroke path to the shuttle race imparting reciprocation to the shuttle along the drive path, whereby power from the input is transferred to the output along an infinitely variable torque and gearing range through the transfer of the forcible reciprocation of the lug along the stroke path of the persuader race to the shuttle at the shuttle race between the inoperative and operative directions of the stroke path of the persuader race relative to the drive path of the shuttle;
• wherein
• in the inoperative direction of the stroke path the lug reciprocates along the stroke path relative to the shuttle race and the persuader race;
• in the operative direction of the stroke path the lug reciprocates along the stroke path relative to the persuader race and reciprocally acts against the shuttle reciprocating the shuttle along the drive path;
• between the inoperative and operative directions of the stroke path the lug reciprocates along the stroke path relative to the persuader, reciprocates along the stroke path partially relative to the shuttle, and partially reciprocally acts against the shuttle partially reciprocating the shuttle along the drive path;
• the reciprocation of the lug along the stroke path relative to the shuttle infinitely decreases from the inoperative direction of the stroke path to the operative direction of the stroke path, and infinitely increases from the operative direction of the stoke path to the inoperative direction of the stroke path;
• and
• the reciprocation of the shuttle along the drive path in response to the reciprocal action of the lug against the shuttle race infinitely increases from the inoperative direction of the stroke path to the operative direction of the stroke path, and infinitely decreases from the operative direction of the stroke path to the inoperative direction of the stroke path.