Gear engagement guide mechanism for gear-type orbiting-mass oscillator

Claim 1

AN ORBITING-MASS OSCILLATOR FOR GENERATING SONIC VIBRATIONAL ENERGY, COMPRISING: A HOUSING MEMBER HAVING A CIRCULAR BEARING RACE FORMED IN THE INNER WALLS THEREOF, A GEAR RING, SAID GEAR RING BEING MOUNTED IN SAID BEARING RACE; A ROTOR MEMBER CONTAINED IN SAID HOUSING, SAID ROTOR FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL ROLLER ADAPTED TO ROLL AROUND ON SAID BEARING RACE, THE DIAMETER OF SAID CYLINDRICAL ROLLER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID BEARING RACE, A CIRCULAR GEAR RING RUNNING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID ROLLER, SAID GEAR RING BEING ADAPTED TO MATINGLY ENGAGE THE GEAR RING MOUNTING IN SAID BEARING RACE; DRIVE MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID ROTOR TO ROLL AROUND ON SAID RACE; AND GUIDE MEANS FOR HOLDING THE GEAR TEETH OF SAID GEAR RINGS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER, SAID GUIDE MEANS COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF SPACED PIN ELEMENTS EXTENDING FROM ONE OF SAID MEMBERS ALONG AXES SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE ROTATION AXIS OF SAID ROTOR MEMBER, SAID PIN ELEMENTS BEING ARRANGED IN A CIRCLE; AND AN ANNULAR STRUCTURE HAVING A PLURALITY OF SCALLOPED SEGMENTS FORMED THEREIN ATTACHED TO THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID SEGMENTS FORMING A RING AND BEING POSITIONED TO ENGAGE SAID PIN ELEMENTS, THERE BEING ONE LESS OF SAID PIN ELEMENTS THAN OF SAID SEGMENTS, WHEREBY SAID PIN ELEMENTS SLIDABLY ENGAGE SAID SEGMENTS AS SAID ROTOR IS ROTATED TO HOLD SAID ROTOR WITH THE GEAR TEETH OF SAID GEAR RINGS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER AT ALL TIMES.