Motor driven swing

Claim 1

A SPRING OPERATED MOTOR FOR RECIPROCATION OF A DRIVING MEMBER FOR OPERATING DEVICES SUCH AS SWINGS, CRADLES, AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A FRAME, A FIRST RATCHET WHEEL CARRIED BY SAID DRIVING MEMBER AND ENGAGING SAID FIRST FRAME AND COOPERATING WITH SAID RATCHET WHEEL TO RESTRICT ROTATION THEROF IN ONE DIRECTION, A SECOND RATCHET WHEEL PIVOTALLY CARRIED BY SAID FRAME AND SPACED FROM AND AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH THE FIRST RATCHET WHEEL, A MAIN SPRING HAVING ONE END COUPLED TO THE FIRST RATCHET WHEEL AND THE OTHER END COUPLED TO THE SECOND RATCHET WHEEL, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE FIRST RATCHET WHEEL TO STORE POWER IN SAID SPRING, A FIRST CONTROL PAWL PIVOTED TO SAID FRAME AND COOPERATING WITH SAID SECOND RATCHET WHEEL AND MOVABLEE INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LAST SAID RATCHET WHEEL, A SPRING ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST CONTROL PAWL AND OPERABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SECOND RATCHET WHEEL, A DRIVING ARM ADJOINING SAID SECOND RATCHET WHEEL AND PIVOTED FOR MOVEMENT ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID SECOND RATCHET WHEEL, A SECOND CONTROL PAWL PIVOTED TO SAID DRIVING ARM AND OPERABLE TO MOVE INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SECOND RATCHET WHEEL, FIRST CAMMING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME INCLUDING SPRING MEANS URGING SAID CAMMING MEANS INTO CONTACT WITH SAID SECOND CONTROL PAWL TO MOVE THE LAST SAID PAWL INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SECOND RATCHET WHEEL WHEN SAID DRIVING MEMBER MOVES TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION IN ONE DIRECTION AND MOVES OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WHEN SAID DRIVING MEMBER MOVES IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, AND SECOND CAMMING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID DRIVING MEMBER AND ENGAGING SAID FIRST CONTROL PAWL TO MOVE IT AGAINST THE ACTION OF THE ASSOCIATED SPRING INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SECOND RATCHET WHEEL UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, SAID DRIVING MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO BE COUPLED TO A DEVICE FOR RECIPROCATION THEREOF IN A PREDETERMINED PATH WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER IN ONE DIRECTION EFFECTS ENGAGEMENT OF SAID SECOND CONTROL PAWL WITH SAID SECOND RATCHET AND RELEASE OF THE FIRST CONTROL PAWL TO PERMIT TRANSMISSION OF POWER FROM SAID MAIN SPRING TO SAID DRIVING MEMBER DURING A PORTION OF ITS MOVEMENT IN SAID OTHER DIRECTION WHEREUPON SAID SECOND CAMMING MEANS EFFECTS ENGAGEMENT OF SAID FIRST CONTROL PAWL WITH SAID SECOND RATCHET WHEEL AND SAID SECOND CONTROL PAWL MOVES OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST CAMMING MEANS AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SECOND RATCHET WHEEL, THE PERIODIC TRANSMISSION OF POWER THUS IMPARTED TO SAID DRIVING MEMBER EFFECTING CONTINUED RECIPROCATION OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER AND OF THE DEVICE COUPLED THERETO.