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US 2019/0105578 A1Published application
Spinner toy
OwnerTodd N. Brousinventor
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Abstract
An object spinner providing playful engagement between a threaded spindle and a spinning object providing a threaded hole to rotatably engage the threaded spindle is provided. The threaded portion of the spindle is angled to provide a moving distance along the spindle with a single rotation so that spinning object bearing the threaded hole is urges to move along the spindle with the urging of gravitational or other applied forces. A rolling element bearing using balls may maintain separation between the spinning object and a spinning nut providing the threaded hole.
Claims11
A device, comprising:
- a spindle extending along a longitudinal axis;
- the spindle having circumferential threading;
- the threading providing a ratio defined by a number of pitches per each moving distance;
- the ratio ranging between 10:1 and 5:1;
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- an object providing a threaded hole rotatably engaging the threading when either the object is urged parallel to the longitudinal axis in a horizontal orientation or urged by gravity in a vertical orientation.
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A device, comprising:
- a spindle having circumferential threading;
- the threading providing a ratio defined by a number of pitches per each moving distance;
- the ratio ranging between 5:1 and 10:1;
- a disc-shaped object providing a hub;
- a spinning nut operatively associated with the hub, wherein the spinning nut is separable from the object for replacing the object with another object;
- the spinning nut providing a threaded hole rotatably engaging the threading;
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- two endcaps, each endcap affixed to opposing distal ends of the spindle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.