Oval Gear

An input pink gear, rotating around fixed axis, engages with blue gears of oval shape. The latter have two pins that slide in grooves of the base. In one cycle of motion the blue gears performs two revolutions around rotary axis of the pink gear and changes its direction twice.
Red arms that always turn clockwise due to springs (not shown) in coordination with the front pin of the blue gear allow the front pin follow the straight grooves and direct the rear pin follow the circular groove.
On each side of the triangular base numbers 1, 2, …, 6 appear one after another.

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