malone

Claim 1

A MECHANICALLY RETARDED INERTIA MASS AND SUPPORT COMBINATION, COMPRISING RELATIVELY ROTATABLE WEIGHT DISK AND SUPPORT COMPONENTS RELATIVELY DISPLACEABLE BY INERTIA UPON BEING SUBJECTED TO AN ACCELERATION AND RESILIENTLY URGED TOWARD THEIR INITIAL RELATIONSHIP, SAID WEIGHT DISK COMPONENT HAVING A FLANGE PROJECTING AXIALLY THEREFROM, TORSION SPRING MEANS CONNECTING SAID COMPONENTS AND OPERABLE TO EFFECT RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID COMPONENTS FOR RESTORING THEM TO AN INITIAL RELATIONSHIP FOLLOWING RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT THEREOF, AND RETARDING MEANS FOR CHECKING ACCELERATION OF SUCH RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID WEIGHT DISK AND SUPPORT COMPONENTS EFFECTED BY THE RESTORATIVE FORCE OF SAID TORSION SPRING MEANS AND INCLUDING A FINGER ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID WEIGHT DISK FLANGE, LEAF SPRING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORT COMPONENT AND SUPPORTING SAID FINGER RESILIENTLY, A SOLENOID MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT COMPONENT AND DISPOSED DIAMETRALLY OF SAID WEIGHT DISK COMPONENT ADJACENT TO ITS FLANGE AND A PLUNGER RECIPROCABLE BY SAID SOLENOID AND CARRYING SAID LEAF SPRING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID FINGER IN A POSITION FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WEIGHT DISK FLANGE, SAID SOLENOID BEING RAPIDLY ENERGIZABLE PERIODICALLY TO MOVE SAID PLUNGER ALTERNATELY TO ENGAGE SAID FINGER WITH AND TO RELEASE IT FROM SAID SUPPORT COMPONENT FOR CHECKING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID COMPONENTS.