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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1979
Frank G Nicolaus, Chicago, IL (US);
Bally Manufacturing Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A mechanical governor and timer of the gear train type operative in combination with cyclically operating mechanisms, particularly game apparatus of the spinning reel type having a repetitious reversal pattern alternating in forward and reverse rotation phases in each duty cycle. Erratic timing and reel machine failure caused by localized gear and bearing wear produced in conventional timers due to the reversal pattern, is eliminated by a form of governor in which the input gear has as a part thereof an input spindle journalled in roller bearings operating in overriding clutch action in the gear hub and adapted for direct coupling with a countershaft component in the game apparatus to render the entire timing gear system unidirectional.