Krupp roller
 Krupp roller |
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| Croup | |
| Manufacturer | Croup |
| Production period | 1919 to 1922 |
| Motor data | |
| Single cylinder four-stroke engine | |
| Displacement (cm³) | 191 |
| Power (kW / PS ) | 1.75 at 2,600 rpm |
| Top speed ( km / h) | 35 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 920 |
| Dimensions (L × W × H, mm): | 1300 (L) |
| Empty weight (kg) | 59.5 |
The Krupp scooter is one of the first motor scooters in Germany and is a front-wheel drive two-wheeler . He was from the Fried. Krupp Motoren- und Kraftwagenfabriken manufactured under license from 1919.
History and technology
The American manufacturer Autoped Company of Long Island City , New York , produced the scooter, originally intended as a children's scooter, from 1915 to 1921. A US patent for the "self propelled vehicle" was Arthur Hugo Cecil Gibson on July 25, 1916. For the standing of Joseph Merkel constructed single-cylinder four-stroke engine with 155 cc displacement was given an output of 1.5 hp. The engine was mounted on the left of the 10-inch front wheel; with the foldable handlebar it was possible to brake and couple. If the handlebars were pushed forward, the motor engaged. The scooter started moving by turning the throttle grip. The handlebars were pulled back to disengage the clutch and apply the band brake .
The autoped was built in different versions under license. The Imperial Motor Industries in London returned after World War II the scooter with 162-cc engine, while in Germany the scooter by Krupp as was motor rotor with 191-cc engine and seat available, and significantly improved version was created by CAS in 1921 in of Czechoslovakia .
Krupp roller
The Krupp scooter differed from the licensed autoped in particular because of the additional equipment with a seat and one more horsepower. The sales of the Krupp scooter were limited, the time for scooters had not yet come. Alfried Krupp drove one of the few copies.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Erwin Tragatsch : Motorcycles - Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, 1894–1971 , 2nd edition. Motorbuch Verlag. Stuttgart (1971), ISBN 3-87943-213-9 , p. 191.
- ↑ U.S. Patent 1192514
- ^ Hugo Wilson: The Lexicon from the motorcycle . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-01719-9 , p. 22.
- ↑ S. Ewald, G. Murrer: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle . Weltbild Verlag 1999, ISBN 3-86047-142-2 , p. 39
- ↑ CAS (1921)
- ↑ Katja Iken: Ancestor of the e-scooter flopped 100 years ago. In: Spiegel Online. September 6, 2019, accessed September 7, 2019 .
- ↑ S. Ewald, G. Murrer: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle . Weltbild Verlag 1999, ISBN 3-86047-142-2 , p. 294.
- ↑ DER SPIEGEL 49/1955, p. 24.
