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US 5,682,692 AGranted
Structure of a miniature animated display
OwnerMing Yu Huanginventor
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Abstract
A miniature animated display that operates by driving a steel bar with a motor. The steel bar causes the animation motion by means of the swing base and the U-shaped pedestal installed on the hinged assembled end formed by the two ends of the elastic steel bar. The orientation of the U-shaped pedestal is adjusted according to the position of the inner surface of the sliding path so that the circular magnet thereon is affixed on the inner surface of the sliding path.
Claims2
A miniature animated display comprising a base with a bottom plate and a sliding path and additional scenery in a circular shape;
- a motor with a rotatable hemispherical joint axle installed within said base;
- an elastic steel bar is positioned on said hemispherical joint axle by a coupling groove of a fixing means so that the elastic steel bar rotates with the hemispherical joint axle;
- two ends of said elastic steel bar are bent upward, and are under tension;
- a swing base is attached to each end of the steel bar, a nose portion is included on each end of each said swing base;
- a U-shaped pedestal is attached to said nose portions of said swing base by a coupling opening and a hole;
- a substrate which is fixed on an inner face of said sliding path;
- a coupling plate positioned between an ice layer and said substrate, said coupling plate is driven by said hemispherical joint axle of said motor;
- a nose portion of said coupling plate is received in a hole in an irregular plate, said irregular plate includes a slot that receives a fixing column of said substrate wherein;
- said irregular plate and said elastic steel bar rotate in conjunction with rotation of said motor to drive circular magnets installed on said U-shaped pedestals and circular magnets installed on said irregular plate, so that figures attached to said magnets are moved on the ice layer and the sliding path by the magnetic force of the moving magnets.
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