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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1989
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A starter device for a toy drive mechanism that simulates manual starting of a small engine. The starter device includes an input mechanism, operable by a user, for providing a first drive force; a memory mechanism for storing the number of operations of the input mechanism by the user; a sound generating mechanism for producing sounds in response to at least one of the first drive force and a second drive force; a motor mechanism for providing the second drive force in response to at least one of an intermittent input and the number of operations of the input mechanism being a predetermined number; and a mechanism for providing the intermittent input based on operation of said input mechanism and on the second drive force.