Abstract: A spring drive means for toys comprising a spiral spring, a winding shaft for winding the spiral spring, a driven shaft, and a clutch mechanism for coupling and decoupling the winding shaft and driven shaft and including a plate spring and a gear, said plate spring and gear being provided with respective engagement sections engageable with one another by the spring force of the plate spring and detachable from one another against the spring force of the plate spring by torque applied to the two shafts.
Abstract: A starter device for a toy equipped with a drive and having an extra structure on which an accessory or auxiliary toy can be detachably mounted. Said device comprises operating members disposed in said structure and arranged to be actuated to operate said drive of the toy to let it move when said accessory toy is mounted and fixed in position on said structure.