Flying object
OwnerEgidio Biffiinventor
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Abstract
A toy comprising, in combination, a flying object, connected through a cable, to a device handle for rotating said object; the handle incorporates an automatic cable unwinding and rewinding device actuated by centrifugal forces.
Claims6
A flying object assembly comprising, in combination, a cable, means for connecting one end of said cable to the flying object, a drive handle for rotating the flying object through said cable, an automatic cable winding means within said handle connected to the other end of said cable for yieldingly urging said cable into a wound condition within said handle, said cable winding means arranged to respond to the centrifugal force of the flying object acting oppositely to the urging force exerted on said cable by said cable winding means for unwinding of said cable from said handle to a length proportional to the centrifugal force exerted on said cable by the flying object.
An assembly comprising, in combination, a flying object, a cable connected at one end to said flying object, a drive handle, a shaft disposed within said handle, said shaft being rotatably supported at one end in said handle for rotation relative to said handle and having its other end projecting from said handle, a cable winding sprocket rotatably mounted on the other end of said shaft for rotation relative to said shaft and connected to the other end of said cable, said sprocket having a circumferentially extending, peripheral winding groove for receiving said cable in a wound up condition, a helical return spring for said sprocket, said spring disposed in encircling relationship with said shaft within the interior of said handle, said spring being secured at one end to said cable winding sprocket and at its other end to said shaft, a cylindrical cap having a side wall and secured to the other end of said shaft in enclosing relationship with said cable winding up sprocket, said cap side wall having a hole for guidably accommodating said cable between said sprocket and said flying object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.