Apparatus, System, and Method for Creating Spin-Art on Fabric

A system for creating a design on a material, comprising:

• a device to spin the material so that a design is
• generated on the material under the action of a centrifugal force, the device comprising:
• a housing including a base portion and a
• substantially vertical portion formed integral with the base portion, the base portion including one or more recesses in an upper surface thereof, the recesses being configured to respectively receive a rotating mechanism which is configured to engage and rotate the rotatable member around a spinning axis, and one or more power sources configured to power the rotating mechanism, the substantially vertical portion having an opening therethrough;
• a rotatable carrier assembly positioned within the vertical portion and the rotatable carrier assembly including a substantially disc-like platform to hold the material, and a substantially plate-like platform which, when pushed against the disc-like platform, holds the material in place so that during spinning, the disc-like platform and the plate-like platform rotate as a unit;
• a rotatable member positioned within the vertical portion and configured to be detachably attached to the base portion so as to engage and rotate the rotatable carrier assembly about the spinning axis, thereby allowing a coloring agent applied to the material to spread under the action of the centrifugal force;
• a lifting device configured to disengage the rotatable carrier assembly from the rotatable member and remove the rotatable carrier assembly from the device after spinning;
• and
• a disassembling device configured to separate the disc-like platform from the plate-like platform after the rotatable carrier assembly has been removed from the device.

A method of creating a design on a material by spreading a coloring agent applied to the material under the action of a centrifugal force, the method comprising:

• positioning the material on a rotatable carrier assembly of a spinning machine so that a surface of the material being exposed for viewing and another surface of the material being secured to the rotatable carrier assembly so that the material stays stationary relative to the rotatable carrier assembly during spinning, the positioning the material on a rotatable carrier assembly including positioning the material on an upper surface of a disc-like platform so that a portion of the material is stretched over the upper surface of the disc-like platform, tucking the remaining material under the disc-like platform, and moving a plate-like platform toward a bottom surface of the disc-like platform until the material is secured in between the two platforms, the two platforms moving as a unit during spinning;
• spinning the rotatable carrier assembly around a spinning axis;
• and
• applying the coloring agent onto the exposed surface of the material during spinning.

A device for creating a design on a material, the device comprising:

• a housing including a base portion and a contiguous and substantially vertical portion formed integral with and extending substantially vertically upwardly from around a top of the base portion, the base portion further including a bottom and a contiguous side wall extending substantially vertically upwardly from the bottom to merge with and around the top of the base portion, the base portion being substantially coaxially aligned with the vertical portion, the contiguous side wall including a plurality of substantially equally-spaced apart and curved protrusions extending outwardly and curving downwardly and away from the top of the base portion to the bottom of the base portion, and one or more recesses in the top of the base portion, at least one of the recesses being configured to receive a rotating mechanism configured to engage and rotate the rotatable member around a spinning axis, the substantially vertical portion having an opening therethrough;
• a rotatable carrier assembly positioned within the vertical portion and the rotatable carrier assembly including a substantially disc-like platform over which the material is positioned, the substantially disc-like platform including a substantially circular top plate with a contiguous and integrally connected and substantially cylindrically-shaped side wall depending downwardly and slightly outwardly from an outer circumferential edge of the top plate and a substantially plate-like platform which, when pushed against an interior of the substantially cylindrically-shaped side wall of the disc-like platform, holds the material in place so that during spinning the disc-like platform and the plate-like platform rotate as a unit;
• and
• a rotatable member positioned within the vertical portion and being detachably attached to the base portion so as to engage and rotate the rotatable carrier assembly about the spinning axis thereby allowing a coloring agent applied to the material to spread under the action of a centrifugal force.