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US 4,776,653 AGranted
Amusement device with kaleidoscope viewer
AssigneeThe Merton Company, Ltd.
InventorDeborah S. Kaplan
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Abstract
Objects that can be seen through a kaleidoscope viewing tube of an amusement device have a sufficient dimension parallel to the tube to be also viewable from a vantage point orthogonal to the tube. Movement of the objects may be accompanied by music, or other sounds, to increase the amusement value of the device.
Claims12
An amusement device with a kaleidoscope viewer, comprising:
- a viewing tube including internal mirrors for reflecting an image received at a first tube end and producing a kaleidoscopic image at a second tube end;
- a housing affixed to the second end of the viewing tube, being at least partially transparent, and containing objects arranged to move in a plane orthogonal to the viewing tube, such objects having a sufficient dimension parallel to the tube to be also viewable through a transparent part of the housing from a vantage point orthogonal to the tube;
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- means for moving the objects in such orthogonal plane.
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