Counter-revolving display carousel
OwnerRobert J. Gephart, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A display device for photographs and/or other decorative and ornamental articles includes a first display assembly having a top plate and bottom plate connected together, a second display assembly located internally of the first display assembly and having a second top plate and a second bottom plate connected together, a suspension including an arrangement for rotatably suspending at least one of the display assemblies, and a stationary arrangement for rotating the bottom plate in one direction and rotating the second bottom plate in an opposite direction.
Claims19
A display device comprising:
- a first display assembly including a first top plate, a first bottom plate and means connecting said first top and first bottom plates,
- a second display assembly including a second top plate, a second bottom plate and means connecting said second top plate and said second bottom plate, said second display device located between said first top and bottom plates of said first display assembly,
- a suspension device including means rotatably suspending at least one of said display assemblies,
- drive means to rotate said first bottom plate in one direction and to rotate said second bottom plate in a direction opposite to said one direction, and
- means preventing rotation of said drive means.
A display device as defined by claim wherein said suspension device includes a hanger and a support rotatably mounted thereto and said first display assembly is suspended from said support by a plurality of linear elements connected between a periphery of said first top plate and said support.
A display device comprising first and second counter rotating concentric display assemblies, wherein said second display assembly is located internally of said first display assembly means rotatably suspending said first and second display assemblies, a motor and gear transmission for driving said first and second display assemblies in opposite directions, a chassis plate mounting said motor and gear transmission below said first and second display assemblies and a stabilizing rod secured at one end to said chassis plate and extending upward through the center of said display assemblies to a supporting means of said means rotatably suspending said first and second display assemblies where said stabilizing rod is secured to support said chassis plate and prevent said chassis plate from rotating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.