Music – Instruments – Automatic
Patent
1994-09-08
1995-07-04
Gellner, Michael L.
Music
Instruments
Automatic
446298, D17 24, G10F 106
Patent
active
054302382
ABSTRACT:
A music box including a base, a seat having a casing, a spiral spring fitted within the casing, a control lever connected to the spiral spring, a drum having a first end and a second end, a gear fixedly mounted the first end of the drum, a gear train connected to the spiral spring and engaging the gear, a hitting member fixedly mounted on the seat and having a plurality of tines in contact with the drum, a frame having a first leg fixedly mounted on the hitting member and a second leg fixedly mounted on the seat, a second gear meshed with the gear, an axle extending downward and vertically through the frame to engage with the second gear, a rack having a hole at one end and a pair of prongs at another, a linking member arranged on the rack and fixedly connected with the top end of the axle at a center, a slide slidably fitted between the prongs of the rack, a crank connected with the slide at one end and with an outer portion of the linking member at another end, a shaft vertically mounted on the slide, and a doll connected with a top end of the shaft.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4197778 (1980-04-01), Komatsu et al.
patent: 5070753 (1991-12-01), Hou
patent: 5088373 (1992-02-01), Hou
patent: 5342988 (1994-08-01), Hsu et al.
Gellner Michael L.
Lei Alfred
Stanzione Patrick J.
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