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US 4,364,106 AGranted
Light display device with travelling balls and compound rotation
OwnerAnthony C. Laminventor
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Abstract
A rigid assembly of hollow tubes is caused to rotate simultaneously about vertical and horizontal axes while illuminated from below by a stationary light source. Balls confined within the tubes travel within said tubes during the rotational motion.
Claims9
A display device comprising:
- a. a rigid assembly of toroidally shaped hollow tubes which confine balls adapted for continuous travel within said tubes, said assembly having a plane of symmetry perpendicular to said tubes,
- b. a pair of pivot means associated in diametric opposition with the outermost tube of said assembly and adapted to permit rotation of said assembly about a first axis perpendicular to said plane of symmetry,
- c. housing means substantially centered within said plane of symmetry,
- d. support means associated with said housing means in a manner permitting rotation of said support means about a second axis within said plane of symmetry and perpendicular to said first axis, said support means engaging said pivot means.
- e. energizing means disposed within said housing means,
- f. motion coupling means which, when activated by said energizing means, rotate said assembly about said first and second axes simultaneously, and
- g. a light source associated with said housing means and adapted to illuminate said tubes substantially uniformly with respect to said second axis.
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