Horology: time measuring systems or devices – Displays or display device details – Dial or hand
Patent
1996-07-08
1998-12-08
Roskoski, Bernard
Horology: time measuring systems or devices
Displays or display device details
Dial or hand
368223, 368 45, G04B 1906
Patent
active
058480293
ABSTRACT:
A motion liquid display toy including a base, a transparent container mounted on the base and holding a liquid, a floating ornament floating in the liquid and having a magnet at the bottom, and a transmission mechanism mounted in the base and controlled to force the floating ornament to move in the liquid, wherein the transmission mechanism includes a dial horizontally disposed in the base below the transparent container and having a center hole, an output shaft protruding over the center hole of the dial, a link horizontally suspending above the dial, the link having a first end coupled to the output shaft and a second end terminating in a coupling device, and a magnetic member coupled to the coupling device of the link, the magnetic member of the transmission mechanism being turned round to act with the magnet of the floating ornament when the output shaft is turned to move the link over the dial, thereby causing the floating ornament to move forwards and backwards in the liquid, to sink or float in the liquid, and to turn round.
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