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US 5,613,890 AGranted
Motorized bubble making and propelling toy gun with lateral wiper
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 manual film producing mechanism in order to produce and dispense bubbles. The toy includes a collection system for recycling excess bubble solution and structure for supplying supplemental air for disbursement of bubbles blown.
Claims7
An improved bubble producing toy comprising:
- a housing having an internal chamber;
- a dispensing opening formed within said housing and 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 produced within said internal chamber, said source to be dispensed into said central opening of said sleeve into the ambient, said source of said 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 film producing mechanism mounted on said housing, said film producing mechanism including a wiper bar, said wiper bar being located against said dispensing surface, said wiper bar being laterally movable back and forth across said dispensing surface, said liquid from said reservoir to be moved by said pump to said dispensing surface whereby said wiper bar locates a thin film of said liquid across said dispensing surface as said wiper bar is moved laterally across said dispensing surface downstream of air flow from said source flowing through said thin film mounted across said central opening which creates air bubbles.
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