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US 4,394,804 AGranted
Rotor driven buoyant toy
OwnerNilson V. Ortizinventor
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Abstract
An inverted generally saucer-shaped buoyant toy, containing a battery powered motor, driving a paddle wheel-type rotor, generates movement of the toy with respect to the body of water in which it floats.
Claims3
A floatable toy simulating a space saucer for placement in and movement in water, comprising:
- an endless ring body having a planar horizontal bottom surface and an inner peripheral surface normal to its bottom surface;
- a hollow housing extending diametrically across and projecting above said body,
- said housing having a horizontal bottom wall secured to said inner peripheral surface in upwardly spaced relation with respect to said body bottom surface;
- motor means within said housing including a reversible motor having a drive shaft projecting downwardly through said housing bottom wall;
- a reversing switch mounted on said housing and having a control button projecting above the upper limit of said housing;
- a battery within said housing and operatively connected with said motor through said switch;
- and,
- paddle wheel means axially secured to said drive shaft and loosely received by the inner peripheral surface of said body for moving said toy.
5 more elements
The toy according to claim 2 in which said paddle wheel means comprises:
- a disk having a planar central portion and having a plurality of radially extended equally spaced planar fins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.