| 11. | The anchor has slanted pallets on the arms which alternately catch on the teeth of the escape wheel, receiving impulses.
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| 12. | As the powered escape wheel rotates clockwise, the entrance tooth slides across the sloping impulse plane of the entrance pallet.
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| 13. | This turns the pallets about their axis, which places the exit pallet into the path of the rotating escape wheel.
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| 14. | There are actually two escape wheels mounted on the same shaft and two surfaces on each of the two pallet pins.
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| 15. | For example, the driven escape wheels are smaller than the drivers and a sprung setting for the detent is introduced.
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| 16. | Instead of using teeth, the escape wheel has round pins that are stopped and released by a scissors-like anchor.
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| 17. | An impulse from the escape wheel to the impulse roller is nearly dead-beat, meaning little sliding action needing lubrication.
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| 18. | Chronometer escape wheels and passing springs are typically gold due to the metal's lower slide friction over brass and steel.
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| 19. | Despite being locked at rest most of the time, the escape wheel rotates typically at an average of 10 rpm or more.
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| 20. | This means that the pin holds the stop which holds the pallet in just the right place to engage cleanly with the escape wheel.
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