Pendulum
OwnerEduard Haiderinventor
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Abstract
A pendulum for suspending a swinging article from a support structure includes an elongated core having longitudinal ends, enlarged tension heads disposed on each of the longitudinal ends and operable to be engaged and supported by the article and the support structure, a plurality of stiff toroidal elements strung on the elongated core, one of the toroidal elements being a first end toroidal element which is spaced from one of the tension heads, another of the toroidal elements being a second toroidal element which is spaced from the other of the tension heads.
Claims18
A pendulum for suspending a swinging article from a support structure comprising an elongated core having a longitudinal center portion and longitudinal ends, enlarged tension heads disposed on each of said longitudinal ends and operable to be engaged and supported by said article and said support structue, a plurality of stiff toroidal elements strung on said elongated core said toroidal elements having different maximum outer diameter such that said maximum diameters of said toroidal elements progressively decrease from said center portion towards said longitudinal ends, said toroidal elements being spaced from one another, and elastic means disposed in spaces between said toroidal elements, said elastic means comprising an elastic cover disposed about said toroidal elements to enclose all of said toroidal elements within said elastic cover.
A pendulum for suspending a swinging article from a support structure comprising an elongated core having longitudinal ends, said elongated core comprising an elongated element having a generally circular cross-sectional configuration, said elongated element having a longitudinal center portion and longitudinal ends, each longitudinal end having an enlargement thereon having a transverse cross-sectional dimension which is greater than the diameter of said elongated element, tension heads disposed on each of said longitudinal ends and operable to be engaged and supported by said article and said support structure, said tension head having at least a partial spherical configuration, said tension heads having an inner opening for receiving said enlargements and for receiving a longitudinal end portion of said elongated element, said tension heads being disposed about said enlargements such that said enlargements retain said tension heads on the longitudinal ends of said elongated element as tension is applied to the pendulum via said tension heads, a plurality of stiff toroidal elements strung on said elongated core said toroidal elements having different maximum outer diameters such that said toroidal elements progressively decreases from said center portion toward said longitudinal ends, said toroidal elements being spaced from one another, elastic means in spaces between said toroidal elements, said elastic means being disposed about said toroidal elements to enclose all of said toroidal elements within said elastic means.
Pendulum apparatus for suspending a swinging article comprising a pendulum means, said pendulum means comprising an elongated core having a longitudinal center portion and longitudinal ends enlarged tension heads disposed on each longitudinal end of said elongated core, support means engaged by one of said tension heads for suspending said pendulum means, said pendulum means further comprising a plurality of spaced stiff toroidal elements strung on said elongated core said toroidal elements having different maximum outer diameters such that said maximum diameters of said toroidal elements progressively decrease from said center portion toward said longitudinal ends, said pendulum means further comprising elastic means disposed in spaces between each of said toroidal elements, said support means comprising a receiving element having a lateral slit, said lateral slit having a transverse width greater than the width of said one tension head, said receiving element having a top side and a bottom side, said pendulum means being received and disposed in said slit such that said one tension head is thereby retained on said top side of said receiving element to thereby suspend said pendulum means from said receiving element.
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