Patent · US Expired

Toy timing device with a slip-stick escapement-like mechanism

US4240525A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 7, 1979
Grant dateDec 23, 1980
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S185/01
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A toy timing device including an escapement-like mechanism regulating the movement of a movable portion toward a position on a housing toward which it is biased by the alternate slipping and sticking of parts of a rubber band extending over ribs on the movable portion as the rubber band parts move along a continuous surface on the housing.

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