Patent ID: 9586156
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A63H

Claim:
1. A gear mechanism for an electromechanical toy; comprising: a shuttle gear having a first and second working surface; an auxiliary gear disposed adjacent the shuttle gear and having a receiving surface for engaging the first working surface of the shuttle gear; a rotating cam plate having a cam surface and one or more follower pathways at the cam surface, the cam plate being driven by the auxiliary gear; one or more auxiliary elements operating with the cam plate, each auxiliary element including a cam follower riding back and forth along one of said follower pathways; a shuttle lock disposed adjacent the shuttle gear; an action gear disposed adjacent the shuttle gear opposite the auxiliary gear having a receiving surface for engaging the second working surface of the shuttle gear; an action element moving with the action gear; a motor driving rotation of the shuttle gear with rotation of the motor in a first and second direction driving rotation of the shuttle gear in a forward and reverse direction; and a shuttle lock cam follower in mechanical communication with the shuttle lock positioning the shuttle lock to maintain the first working surface of the shuttle gear with the receiving surface of the auxiliary gear when the shuttle lock is positioned at the shuttle gear maintaining the shuttle gear and the auxiliary gear together to rotate both in a forward and a reverse direction for rotating the cam plate back and forth for operating the auxiliary elements, the second working surface of the shuttle gear engaging with the receiving surface of the action gear when the shuttle lock cam follower no longer has the shuttle lock positioned at the shuttle gear.