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US5553643:
Apparatus and method for rapidly rotating containers to produce multi-aspect designs
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Goldfarb, Adolph E.; Westlake Village, CA
Jackson, David A.; Sherman Oaks, CA
Goldfarb, Martin I.; Santa Monica, CA
Eddins, Fred D.; Mapleville, RI
Doane Jr., Linwood E.; Cumberland, RI
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| Assignee: |
Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI
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| Published / Filed: |
1996-09-10
/ 1995-02-10
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| Application Number: |
US1995000387025
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63H 33/22;
B44D 3/00;
Core:
more...
IPC-7:
B65B 1/14;
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| ECLA Code: |
A63H33/22; B44D3/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
141/034;
118/052;
141/009;
141/098;
141/100;
141/253;
434/084;
434/101;
446/236;
Original:
141/034;
141/009;
141/095;
141/100;
141/253;
118/052;
434/084;
434/101;
446/236;
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| Field of Search: |
141/009,34,98,100,104,253
446/146,236,246
118/052,317,320,500,501
434/084,101
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| Priority Number: |
| 1995-02-10 |
US1995000387025 |
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| Abstract: |
Apparatus and method for rapidly rotating a small enclosed transparent container and introducing a plurality of visually different materials into the rotating container to produce distinctive multi-aspect designs. The illustrated apparatus includes a support for releasibly holding one of the containers at a time for rotation about an axis, and a drive mechanism for causing the held container to rotate rapidly about that axis. The container has an entrance and the apparatus includes dispensers for selectively and sequentially introducing two or more of the visually different materials in flowable form into the entrance while the container is rotating. The materials have the capacity for maintaining themselves generally separate from the other materials in the rotating container. By way of example, the materials could be sands or gels of different colors or appearances. There may be a plurality of containers with a variety of different shapes. After a container is filled, it may be removed from the support, its entrance closed, and then used as jewelry for display, for play, etc.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Ashen Golant & Lippman ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Recla, Henry J.; Maust, Timothy L.
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| Designated Country: |
ES FR GB IT
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. Play apparatus for producing objects with visually multi-aspect designs, said apparatus comprising:
- a) an enclosed container having at least partially transparent walls, an axis for rotation, and an entrance at about the axis,
- b) a support for releasibly holding the container for rotation about its axis,
- c) a drive mechanism for causing the container held by the support to rotate rapidly about its axis,
- d) a plurality of dispensers for selectively introducing into the entrance of the rotating container a series of visually different flowable materials.
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