Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Special occasion ornament
Patent
1994-09-23
1996-05-21
Ryan, Patrick J.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Special occasion ornament
428 11, 428 13, 428 16, 428 19, 428900, 428919, 362 86, 362806, 24303, B32B 900
Patent
active
055187846
ABSTRACT:
A rotative animated ornament has at least one rotative component and one or more moveable components in moveable relationship to the rotative component. The rotative component can be rotated by an electrical motor, or by any other type of rotative means such as a spring motor, a gas-pressure motor or a prime mover. The one or more moveable components are actuated magnetically by one or more magnetic elements in magnetic relationship to one or more magnetically responsive elements. The magnetic elements and the magnetically responsive elements can be positioned on an ornament holder and/or on the one or more moveable components. Actuation of a moveable component occurs when rotation of the rotative component positions a magnetic element in magnetically responsive nearness to either (a) a magnetically responsive element for magnetic attraction, (b) an opposite pole of another magnetic element for higher magnetic attraction, or (c) a same pole of another magnetic element for magnetic resistance. A magnetic element and a magnetically responsive element or another magnetic element form a magnetic pair. A plurality of moveable components on a rotative component can have a design selection of magnetic pairs. Choice of one or more magnetic pairs depends on direction of movement and on magnetic force of movement desired for design objectives.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4903370 (1990-02-01), Erdmann
patent: 4923721 (1990-05-01), Gilmore
Bahta Abraham
Hinkle James A.
Ryan Patrick J.
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