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IN A DISTRIBUTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, A MAGNETIC GENERATOR FOR PRODUCING TRIGGER PULSES FOR THE IGNITION OF THE ENGINE INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, STATOR MEANS INCLUDING MAGNETIC MEANS DISPOSED TO COMPRISE A PORTION OF A MAGNETIC CIRCUIT, SAID STATOR MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF POLE PIECES EXTENDING THEREFROM, A ROTOR COMPLETING SAID MAGNETIC CIRCUIT AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF EXTENSIONS THEREON SUCCESSIVELY ALIGNABLE WITH SAID PAIR OF POLE PIECES ON SAID STATOR MEANS TO VARY THE FLUX IN SAID MAGNETIC CIRCUIT, WINDING MEANS DISPOSED ABOUT SAID MAGNETIC CIRCUIT TO PRODUCE VOLTAGE PULSES ACCORDING TO THE CHANGING FLUX THERETHROUGH, A DISTRIBUTOR SHAFT FOR DRIVING THE COMPONENTS OF THE DISTRIBUTOR ASSEMBLY, A SLEEVE CONCENTRICALLY MOUNTED ON SAID DISTRIBUTOR SHAFT, ADVANCE MEANS COUPLING SAID DISTRIBUTOR SHAFT TO SAID SLEEVE, STOP MEANS DEFINING FORWARD AND REARWARD LIMITS OF ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF SAID ROTOR WITH RESPECT TO SAID SLEEVE, A COIL SPRING SURROUNDING SAID SLEEVE AND DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID ROTOR WITH SAID SLEEVE AND URGING SAID ROTOR TO SAID FORWARD LIMIT OF ANGULAR MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID SLEEVE, AND A MAGNET POSITIONED PROXIMATE THE PATH OF SAID EXTENSIONS ON SAID ROTOR TO RETARD SAID ROTOR JUST PRIOR TO ALIGNMENT OF A PAIR OF EXTENSIONS WITH SAID PAIR OF POLE PIECES ON SAID STATOR MEANS, SAID SPRING STORING ENERGY THEREIN AS SAID ROTOR IS RETARDED UNTIL SAID ROTOR REACHES SAID REARWARD LIMIT OF ANGULAR MOVEMENT, SAID STOP MEANS DRIVING SAID ROTOR TO MOVE SAID EXTENSIONS THEREOF AWAY FROM SAID MAGNET TO OVERCOME THE FORCE OF SAID MAGNET SO THAT SAID SPRING RELEASES THE ENERGY STORED THEREIN AND CAUSES SAID EXTENSIONS TO PASS SAID POLE PIECES AT AN ANGULAR VELOCITY GREATER THAN THE ANGULAR VELOCITY OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR SHAFT DURING A LIMITED PERIOD OF ITS ROTATION CYCLE, THEREBY PRODUCING A HIGHER VOLTAGE PULSE IN SAID WINDING MEANS THAN WOULD BE ATTAINABLE AT THE VELOCITY OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR SHAFT, WITHOUT AFFECTING PULSE FREQUENCY.