Fluid suspended self-rotating body and method
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- TURTLETECH DESIGN
- Publication Date
- 2005-10-05
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] This invention relates to self-starting and self-driving display devices, and more particularly to spinning spheres driven by radiant energy. Background technique
[0002] Various types of novel structures that move without apparent support, drive mechanism, or power input are commonly used as toys, decorative genre paintings, or advertising media. Various examples of such structures have been disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,435,086 to Huang et al., Japanese Patent Nos. 10137451, 101431101 and 10171383 to Hirose Mamoru, Japanese Patent Nos. 7210081, 7219426 and 10171383 to Taragi Hiroshi. 7239652 and German Patent Nos. DE19706736 Fushoellier, DE3725723 Steinbrinck and DE41377175 Lang. Recent embodiments have no external connections at all. If they are not firmly fixed to the external support, they require complex and bulky counter-torque generating mechanisms, such as fan blades or other internal bulky and complex systems, which consume a lot of power...