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US 5,498,191 AGranted
Bubble producing toy
OwnerRobert A. DeMarsinventor
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Abstract
A hand holdable bubble producing toy that, when activated by the user, produces a stream of bubbles. Activation of the toy is accomplished by manually moving of a trigger which electrically operates a fan and a pump as well as a film producing mechanism in order to produce the dispensed bubbles and includes a collection system for recycling unused bubble solution.
Claims15
A bubble producing toy comprising:
- a housing having an internal chamber;
- a dispensing opening connecting with said internal chamber, said dispensing opening connecting to the ambient, a sleeve mounted within said dispensing opening, said sleeve having a central opening and a dispensing surface;
- a reservoir mounted on said housing, said reservoir to contain a liquid, said liquid being capable of producing air bubbles;
- a pump mounted within said housing, said pump connected to said reservoir by a tube to supply said liquid to said pump;
- a source of blown air originated from within said internal chamber, said source to be dispensed into said central opening of said sleeve into the ambient;
- a film producing mechanism mounted on said housing, said film producing mechanism including an applicating bar, said applicating bar being located against said dispensing surface, said applicating bar being movable across said dispensing surface, said liquid from said reservoir to be moved by said pump to said dispensing surface, whereby said applicating bar locates a thin film of said liquid across said dispensing surface as said applicating bar is moved across said dispensing surface which creates an air bubble upon said source flowing through said thin film mounted across said central opening.
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A bubble producing toy comprising:
- a housing having an internal chamber;
- a dispensing opening connecting with said internal chamber, said dispensing opening connecting to the ambient, a sleeve mounted within said dispensing opening, said sleeve having a central opening and a dispensing surface;
- a reservoir mounted on said housing, said reservoir to contain a liquid, said liquid being capable of producing air bubbles;
- a pump mounted on said housing, said pump being connected to said reservoir;
- a source of blown air originated from within said internal chamber, said source to be dispensed into said central opening of said sleeve into the ambient;
- a film producing mechanism mounted on said housing, said film producing mechanism including an applicating bar, said applicating bar being located against said dispensing surface, said applicating bar being movable across said dispensing surface, said liquid from said reservoir to be moved by said pump to said dispensing surface, whereby said applicating bar locates a thin film of said liquid across said dispensing surface as said applicating bar is moved across said dispensing surface which creates an air bubble upon said source flowing through said thin film mounted across said central opening;
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- said source of blown air being produced by a fan, said fan being mounted within said internal chamber of said housing, said fan being operated by an electrical motor, said pump being operable to move said liquid to be dispensed at said sleeve, said electrical motor also operating said pump.
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A bubble producing toy comprising:
- a housing having an internal chamber;
- a dispensing opening connecting with said internal chamber, said dispensing opening connecting to the ambient, a sleeve mounted within said dispensing opening, said sleeve having a central opening and a dispensing surface;
- a reservoir mounted on said housing, said reservoir to contain a liquid, said liquid being capable of producing air bubbles;
- a pump mounted on said housing, said pump being connected to said reservoir;
- a source of blown air originated from within said internal chamber, said source to be dispensed into said central opening of said sleeve into the ambient;
- a film producing mechanism mounted on said housing, said film producing mechanism including an applicating bar, said applicating bar being located against said dispensing surface, said applicating bar being movable across said dispensing surface, said liquid from said reservoir to be moved by said pump to said dispensing surface, whereby said applicating bar locates a thin film of said liquid across said dispensing surface as said applicating bar is moved across said dispensing surface which creates an air bubble upon said source flowing through said thin film mounted across said central opening;
- said applicating bar being biased into continuous contact with said dispensing surface, said applicating bar being pivotally mounted on said housing;
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- said source of blown air comprising a fan being operated by an electrical motor, a pump mounted within said housing, said pump being connected to said reservoir, said pump being operable to move said liquid to be dispensed at said sleeve, electricity being supplied to said electrical motor to operate said electrical motor, said electrical motor also operating said pump.
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A bubble producing toy comprising:
- a housing having an internal chamber;
- a dispensing opening connecting with said internal chamber, said dispensing opening connecting to the ambient, a sleeve mounted within said dispensing opening, said sleeve having a central opening and a dispensing surface;
- a reservoir mounted on said housing, said reservoir to contain a liquid, said liquid being capable of producing air bubbles;
- a pump mounted on said housing, said pump being connected to said reservoir;
- a source of blown air originated from within said internal chamber, said source to be dispensed into said central opening of said sleeve into the ambient;
- a film producing mechanism mounted on said housing, said film producing mechanism including an applicating bar, said applicating bar being located against said dispensing surface, said applicating bar being movable across said dispensing surface, said liquid from said reservoir to be moved by said pump to said dispensing surface, whereby said applicating bar locates a thin film of said liquid across said dispensing surface as said applicating bar is moved across said dispensing surface which creates an air bubble upon said source flowing through said thin film mounted across said central opening;
- a drip rod being mounted within said housing, said drip rod being connected to said sleeve, unused liquid is to be conducted by said drip rod into a catching funnel, said catching funnel being located within said internal chamber and connected to said reservoir, any unused liquid is to be caused to flow through said catching funnel back into said reservoir;
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- there being a one-way valve mounted between said catching funnel and said reservoir that only permits liquid to be conducted from said catching funnel into said reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.