Circulating toy assembly

Details Circulating toy assembly Circulating toy assembly

1997-12-30

1999-01-05

Hafer, Robert A.

Amusement devices: toys

Including unattached gravity-fed rolling, tumbling, or...

And means for automatically recycling element

446168, A63H 1108, A63H 2908

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058555013

ABSTRACT:
A circulating toy assembly has a toy piece that circulates through an elevator and an inclining track member. A swing lever is mounted between a platform provided at the top of the elevator and an entrance end of the track member for conveying the toy piece from the platform to the entrance end. The swing lever swings in a plane which is inclined downward from the platform to the entrance end. The swing lever has a toy piece receiving bucket at one end and a counterweight at another end. When the bucket receives the toy piece from the platform the bucket turns downward and toward the entrance end by gravity to deliver the toy piece to the entrance end. When the bucket is empty, the counterweight causes the swing lever to turn so that the bucket turns to the platform. The toy piece preferably has an elongated hollow body which receives a ball to roll freely therein, thereby causing the toy piece to somersault along the track member. A gate is provided adjacent to the platform to control the forward movement of the toy piece from the platform.

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