Star Wheel Drive

An invention of Martin Zugel of Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Input: green disk of two pink pins.
Output: yellow disk rotating interruptedly.
In one revolution of the input, the output turns 120 deg.
Motion time is around 40% cycle time (16.7% cycle time for a standard Geneva one).
Inertia load is less than in a standard Geneva drive.

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