(19)
(11) EP 0 320 563 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.03.1990 Bulletin 1990/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.06.1989 Bulletin 1989/25

(21) Application number: 88107685.5

(22) Date of filing: 13.05.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A63H 31/00, A63H 19/28
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE ES FR GB LI

(30) Priority: 17.12.1987 IT 2307587

(71) Applicant: RIVAROSSI NUOVA GESTIONE S.p.A.
I-22100 Como (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Rossi, Alessandro
    I-20121 Milano (IT)

(74) Representative: Luksch, Giorgio, Dr.-Ing. et al
Ing. A. Giambrocono & C. S.r.l. Via Rosolino Pilo, 19/b
20129 Milano
20129 Milano (IT)


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    (54) Transmission for model or toy motorised rail vehicles


    (57) In a transmission comprising an electric motor (2) driving at least one axle (6) assembly of the model or toy rail vehicle (locomotive or the like) by way of a worm (13) and gear wheels (27, 28), the presence of at least one rocker arm (21) supported under friction on a shaft of at least one of the gear wheels, said gear wheel (20) being engaged with a pair of gear wheels supported by the rocker arm and selectively, according to the direction of rotation of the motor, engaging an output gear wheel which transmits motion to the rail vehicle axle.
    On stoppage of the motor, the rail vehicle runs on under inertia by disengaging from the outut gear wheel the corresponding gear wheel carried by the rocker arm.







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