Removable toy motor module

A removable toy motor module for use with a figure toy and toy accessories, comprising:

• a hollow housing;
• a cover rotatably engaged to said housing;
• an output gear extending through an aperture in said housing;
• a shaft rotatably mounted within said housing and slidably engaged to said output gear;
• motor means located within said housing for driving said output gear;
• gear means located within said housing for operably engaging said output gear to said motor means;
• clutch means disposed about said shaft for engaging said gear means to said output gear and disengaging said gear means from said output gear, said clutch means including (a) a gear clutch drum disposed around said shaft, said gear clutch drum engaging said gear means, and (b) a clutch ratchet attached to said shaft, said clutch ratchet operably engaging said gear clutch drum;
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• spring means disposed around said shaft for biasing said output gear through said aperture in said housing.

A removable toy motor module for use with a figure toy and toy accessories, comprising:

• a hollow housing having at least one extension therefrom;
• a generally cylindrically-shaped hollow cover romovably and rotatably engaged to said housing;
• an output gear extending through an aperture in said housing, said output gear rotatably engaging said aperture;
• a shaft rotatably mounted within said housing, one end of said shaft rotatably engaging said housing and the other end of said shaft slidably engaging said output gear;
• motor means located within said housing for driving said output gear;
• a pinion gear attached to said motor;
• a first spur cluster rotatably coupled to said shaft, said first spur cluster engaging said pinion gear;
• a second spur gear cluster rotatably mounted within said housing, said second spur gear cluster engaging said first spur gear cluster;
• a gear clutch drum disposed around said shaft, said gear clutch drum engaging said second gear spur cluster;
• a clutch ratchet attached to said shaft, said clutch ratchet operably engaging said gear clutch drum;
• spring means disposed around said shaft and between said output gear and said clutch ratchet for biasing said output gear generally in a direction along the longitudinal axis of said shaft away from said clutch ratchet and through said aperture in said housing;
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• seal means disposed around said output gear for providing a seal between said output gear and said housing.