Amusement devices: toys – Rotating or having visible rotating portion – Having attached cord for imparting rotation
Patent
1997-05-07
1999-09-07
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Rotating or having visible rotating portion
Having attached cord for imparting rotation
2423908, 2424053, 119707, A63H 3300
Patent
active
059477903
ABSTRACT:
A hand-held device permits playout and retrieval of line with reduced incidence of tangling. A spool is drivingly connected a motor selectively energizable by the user. A line is receivable on the rotating spool for uptake in windings thereabout when the motor is energized during a retrieval operation. When the motor is not energized, and sufficient force is applied to the other end of the line, the spool rotates in a direction opposite to the rotational direction during uptake against the resting rotational resistance of the motor to permit unwinding and playout of the line. The device is conveniently wand-shaped, and includes a rear portion of the device defining a user grip, and a remaining head portion disposed forward of the hand when held. The spool is disposed inside the head portion. An opening provided in the head portion, is advantageously located in a position in the head portion between imaginary planes drawn through opposed ends of the spool and perpendicular to a rotational spool axis, the opening thereby orienting a portion of the line interior the device in a controlled direction relative to the spool axis irrespective of a direction of a counter force applied to the line.
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Carlson Jeffrey D.
Hafer Robert A.
Wechsler Lawrence I.
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