About the Escapement

Time for a pendulum to go and come back is not concerned with way width and weight, but is decided by a string's length.
This is called isochrony of the pendulum.
It is said that Galileo discovered.
Specifically, the time which requires a 1m pendulum for a round trip is about 2 seconds.
If rotational movement is controlled by this reciprocating movement, the mechanism rotated at a fixed speed will be made.
This is a fundamental principle of a pendulum clock.
However, there is one problem here.
By air resistance, friction, etc., a pendulum will stop before long.
Therefore, it is required to give energy, in order not to stop a pendulum.
The escapement bears the work.

How does a escapement give a pendulum energy?
It is intelligible when an movie is seen.





25㎝ in length of a pendulum
(Periodic about 1 second)





1m in length of a pendulum
(Periodic about 2 second)


The gear currently rotated is called a escape wheel.
It is called uncle whether it strikes for the tooth of a escape wheel.
Escape wheel rotates with weight. A tooth collides with an uncle.
And it sliding ,pushes an uncle.Energy is given to a pendulum by it.
Reciprocating movement controls rotational movement and rotational movement gives energy to reciprocating movement.
Escapement is human beings' wisdom which reconciled two functions very well.



picture

The structure of a escapement wheel is the same method as fundamentally as having used it with the gear of Trevithick's Locomotive.
I don't like the method of making thickness for paper in piles.

A paper spring is used for a rachet.
Elasticity was securable beyond anticipation.


Escapement 16㎝ in diameter.


Coin is used for weight.



Recoil Anchor Escapement Paper Model

245mm/100mm/490mm (w/d/h)
A4-size paper 13sheet

For the experiment of a pendulum.
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