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US 4,219,957 AGranted
Traveling toy
OwnerTakao Kakutainventor
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Abstract
A traveling toy wherein an eccentric vibrator is coupled to a driving shaft, a brush inclining rearwards is secured to the lower surface of the toy proper, the toy proper is oscillated by the rotation of the vibrator, and the oscillations are transmitted to the brush, thereby causing the toy to run.
Claims6
A traveling toy comprising:
- a base plate,
- a proper frame which is disposed on said base plate,
- a driving mechanism which is fixed to either of said base plate and said proper frame,
- an eccentric vibrator which is secured to a front end of a driving shaft of said driving mechanism and which is rotatably arranged,
- a brush which is disposed on a lower surface of said base plate in a manner to incline slightly rearwards,
- a steering mechanism mounted on a rear end part of said lower surface of said base plate, said steering mechanism consisting of a plate which is pivotally supported in parallel with said base plate, a rubber member which is longer than bristles of said brush, which is flexible and which is protuberantly disposed at a rear end of said plate substantially perpendicularly to said base plate, and an operating knob which serves to turn said plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.