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US 2006/0060105 A1Published application
Model vehicle with automated pantograph
AssigneeLionel L.L.C.
InventorsRichard Webster, Steven Greening
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Abstract
A model vehicle, such as a model electric train, includes a model pantograph. The operation of the pantograph is automated using a motor, drive train, and control circuit. An upper articulating portion of the pantograph is mounting to the model vehicle using a breakaway assembly. The upper articulating portion may also be coupled to a drive motor via an elastic coupling permitting elastic movement of the upper portion independently of the drive motor.
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A model vehicle, comprising:
- a reduced-scale model vehicle;
- a reduced-scale model pantograph mounted to the model vehicle and disposed over a roof of the model vehicle, wherein the model pantograph comprises a plurality of articulating arms;
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- a motorized drive unit mounted to the model vehicle and operably associated with the model pantograph so as to extend and retract the plurality of articulating arms from the model vehicle.
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A model vehicle, comprising:
- a reduced-scale model vehicle;
- a reduced-scale model pantograph mounted to the model vehicle and disposed over a roof of the model vehicle, wherein the model pantograph comprises a plurality of articulating arms;
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- motor means for automatically driving the model pantograph so as to extend and retract the plurality of articulating arms from the model vehicle, the motor means disposed at least partially in the model vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.