Posted by Robert Atkinson 2 on 17/12/2019 12:20:49:
The support / bearing on the side has at least got a spring in which transfers energy into the rotor when the pin is pulled. You can see effort being applied to pull it up at the end of the "run". It is large enough to have a AAA cell and solenoid hidden inside too if heeded. The small item under the wheel is also un-explained.
Robert G8RPI.
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All of which is consistent with the device being a development of Clifford’s “escapement”
[ which, incidentally, is not an escapement in the usual sense … but I didn’t write the patent; merely quoted it ]
MichaelG.
Edited By Michael Gilligan on 17/12/2019 14:48:43