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US 5,405,465 AGranted
Method of making a magnetic toy fish
AssigneeMasudaya Corporation
InventorShigeyuki Horiuchi
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Abstract
A method is provided for making a magnetic toy fish. The method comprises conformally joining two premolded plastic half-shell sections containing a magnetic member and a counterweight, and applying sonar energy across the joints to permanently join the half-shell sections together and form the fish.
Claims12
A method of constructing a toy fish formed from two preformed half-shell sections with each half-shell section defining one half of the fish structure, which comprises:
- bringing said preformed half-shell sections into alignment with each other, sealing said two preformed half-shell sections to form air tight seal joints, said sealing being carried out by applying sonar energy to the half-shell sections across their entire lengths, at a frequency of from about 18,000 Hz to about 20,000 Hz, a pressure of from about 15 p.s.i. to about 20 p.s.i., and a welding time of from about 0.5 second to about 0.9 second to effect the air-tight seal between said half-shell sections.
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