U.S. patent application number 11/035960 was filed with the patent office on 2006-07-20 for aquarium type toy with an improved motor system.
Invention is credited to Hsieh Chien-Chih.
Application Number | 20060160459 11/035960 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 36684564 |
Filed Date | 2006-07-20 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060160459 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chien-Chih; Hsieh |
July 20, 2006 |
Aquarium type toy with an improved motor system
Abstract
An aquarium type toy with an improved motor system comprising
mainly: a box with a water tank to be loaded with liquid and toy
fishes; and a motor system mounted in the box and having a motor,
when the motor is actuated to operate, the liquid in the water tank
flows to make the toy fishes simulate swimming of real fishes in
the water.
Inventors: |
Chien-Chih; Hsieh; (His-Chih
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
LOWE HAUPTMAN BERNER, LLP
1700 DIAGONAL ROAD
SUITE 300
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314
US
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Family ID: |
36684564 |
Appl. No.: |
11/035960 |
Filed: |
January 18, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
446/153 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01K 63/003 20130101;
A01K 63/006 20130101; A63H 33/22 20130101; A63H 33/26 20130101;
A63H 23/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
446/153 |
International
Class: |
A63H 23/00 20060101
A63H023/00 |
Claims
1. An aquarium type toy with an improved motor system comprising: a
box with a water tank to be loaded with liquid and ornamental
articles; and a motor system mounted in said box and having a motor
which has thereon a rotating axle, said rotating axle is connected
with a rotary disk having magnets, and said motor system has a
housing enveloping said motor, said rotating axle and said rotary
disk having said magnets; said housing has thereon a fixed axle to
connect a fan blade set having other magnets, and has a bottom
cover connected with a bottom of said housing.
2. The aquarium type toy with an improved motor system as claimed
in claim 1, wherein said box is provided thereon with a light
emitting device to increase brightness in said water tank.
3. The aquarium type toy with an improved motor system as claimed
in claim 1, wherein said motor system has a current guide cover
connected with said housing, said current guide cover has a current
guide pipe to guide liquid flow.
4. The aquarium type toy with an improved motor system as claimed
in claim 1, wherein said rotary disk having said magnets at least
has a set of said magnets with different polarities.
5. The aquarium type toy with an improved motor system as claimed
in claim 1, wherein said fan blade set having said other magnets at
least has a set of said other magnets with different polarities.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention is related to an aquarium type toy,
and especially to an aquarium type toy with an improved motor
system; it comprises a box with a water tank, the water tank is
loaded with liquid and toy fishes, the motor system makes rotation
of its fan blades by means of a magnetic force to further render
the liquid in the water tank to flow, so that the toy fishes can
swim as real fishes in the water tank.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] The activity of breeding real fishes for appreciation in
leisure time is actually inconvenient in multiple aspects, not only
in the expenses for feeds for fishes, water grasses and nutriments
required, but also in that people in the present busy society
normally have no time to take care of fishes bred in aquaria and
works of maintenance and cleaning of the aquaria; thereby, in order
to have the leisure of breeding fishes in busy lives, inventions of
aquarium type toys were provided, the aquarium type toys seen now
in the markets often are selected by people in lieu of the leisure
activity of breeding real fishes. However, toy fishes can not swim
freely, hence designing of aquarium type toys must have the fan
blades driven by operation of a motor to induce flowing of liquid
in water tanks, so that the toy fishes can move after the liquid to
simulate the feature of swimming of real fishes in water.
Nevertheless, if it is desired that motors effect the flowing of
liquid, normally the motors must be placed in water or must contact
with water, and the liquid may penetrate in along rotating axles to
contact with motors, this can increase the probability of damage of
the motors. A conventional motor system only have its fan blades
supported by only a rotating axle, so that when the fan blades
rotate, a situation that rotation is unstable may be induced.
[0005] In order to get rid of the defects stated above, the
inventor provides the present invention after nonstop deep study
and improvement.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
an aquarium type toy that can make stable of rotation of fan blades
of an improved motor system by means of a magnetic force.
[0007] The secondary objective of the present invention is to
provide an aquarium type toy with an improved motor system, the
transmitting axle of the improved motor system is isolated from
liquid to thereby prevent contact of the motor with the liquid, so
that probability of damage of the motor can be reduced.
[0008] To achieve the above objectives of the present invention,
the motor system has a rotary disk and a fan blade set, a plurality
of magnets of different polarities are respectively provided on the
rotary disk and of the fan blade set can mutually attract having a
top surface of a housing intervene therebetween, when the motor
moves the rotary disk with some of the magnets to rotate, the
magnetic force is used to move the fan blade set with the other
magnets to rotate, and a current guide pipe of the motor system can
thus render the liquid to flow, and make the toy fishes in a water
tank to simulate swimming of real fishes.
[0009] The present invention will be apparent after reading the
detailed description of the preferred embodiments thereof in
reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0011] FIG. 2 is an anatomic perspective view showing the elements
of a conventional motor;
[0012] FIG. 3 is an anatomic perspective view showing the elements
of the embodiment of the motor system of the present invention;
[0013] FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing use of the
embodiment of the motor system under an action of a magnetic force
of the present invention;
[0014] FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing use of the
embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0015] Referring to FIG. 1 showing the appearance of an embodiment
of the present invention, the present invention comprises a box 1
and a motor system 2, a water tank 29 of the box 1 is loaded with
liquid, artificial mountain and a plurality of toy fishes, the
artificial mountain is provided on one side of it with a current
guide outlet of the motor system 2, and the top surface of the box
1 is provided with a motor switch 261; when the motor switch 261 is
actuated, the guided current outlet of the motor system 2 will
render the liquid in the water tank 29 to flow, and make the toy
fishes simulate swimming of real fishes.
[0016] Referring to FIG. 2 which is an anatomic perspective view
showing the elements of a conventional motor system 3, the
conventional motor system 3 has a motor 34 which has thereon a
rotating axle 33, the rotating axle 33 is extended through a top
surface of a housing 32 to be connected with a fan blade set 31;
and the housing 32 envelops the motor 34, the bottom of the housing
32 is connected with a bottom cover 35, when the motor 34 is driven
to make the rotating axle 33 rotate, the fan blade set 31
rotates.
[0017] Referring to FIG. 3 which is an anatomic perspective view
showing the elements of the embodiment of the motor system of the
present invention, the embodiment of the motor system comprises a
motor 26 and a rotating axle 25, the rotating axle 25 is connected
with a rotary disk 24 having magnets, and the motor system has a
housing 23 enveloping the motor 26, the rotating axle 25 and the
rotary disk 24 having the magnets; when the motor 26 is driven to
make the rotating axle 25 rotate, the rotary disk 24 having the
magnets can be rotated; the housing 23 has thereon a fixed axle 22
to limit the rotation range of a fan blade set 21 having other
magnets on a top surface of the housing 23; by virtue that the
rotary disk 24 having the magnets and the fan blade set 21 having
the other magnets can mutually attract, when the rotary disk 24
having the magnets rotates, it can bring the fan blade set 21
having the other magnets to rotate with the top surface of the
housing 23 intervening therebetween. The bottom of the housing 23
is connected with a bottom cover 27, the upper area of the housing
23 is connected with a current guide cover 28, and when the motor
system 2 is placed in water, liquid will fill up the interior of
the current guide cover 28; further by virtue that the rotary disk
24 having the magnets and the fan blade set 21 having the other
magnets mutually attract for operation with the top surface of the
housing 23 intervening therebetween, the liquid will not contact of
the motor 26 during rotation of the fan blade set 21, and a current
guide pipe 281 of the current guide cover 28 guides the liquid to
flow.
[0018] Referring to FIG. 4 which is a schematic perspective view
showing use of the embodiment of the motor system of the present
invention under an action of a magnetic force, in this embodiment
of the motor system, there is a rotary disk 24 having four magnets
241, 242, 243 and 244, wherein the magnets 241 and 243 are
magnetically north, and the magnets 242 and 244 are magnetically
south; further there is a fan blade set 21 having other four
magnets 211, 212, 213 and 214, wherein the magnets 211 and 213 are
magnetically north, and the magnets 212 and 214 are magnetically
south. The magnets 211, 212, 213 and 214 and the magnets 241, 242,
243 and 244 mutually attract, hence when the rotary disk 24 having
the four magnets 241, 242, 243 and 244 rotates, it can bring the
fan blade set 21 having the other four magnets 211, 212, 213 and
214 to rotate stably.
[0019] Referring to FIG. 5 which is a schematic perspective view
showing use of the embodiment of the present invention, when in
operation of the present invention, the current guide pipe 281 is
helpful to the liquid in the water tank 29 to flow, and makes the
toy fishes simulate swimming of real fishes. The box 1 of the
present invention is provided thereon with a light emitting device
4, when a power switch 41 of the light emitting device 4 is
actuated, the light emitting device 4 will increase brightness in
the water tank 29.
[0020] Accordingly, the present invention has the following
advantages: [0021] 1. The present invention can avoid contact of
the motor with the liquid in the water tank; thereby can avoid
damage of the motor. [0022] 2. The rotary disk and the fan blade
set of the motor system of the present invention can mutually
attract under an action of a magnetic force, this is different from
the mode of rendering fan blades to rotate by driving of a rotating
axle available in the markets; the state of rotating of the present
invention is more stable.
[0023] In conclusion, according to the description disclosed above,
the present invention surely can get the expected object thereof to
provide an aquarium type toy with an improved motor system, it can
avoid contact of the motor with the liquid in the water tank; it
can render a fan blade set to rotate more stably by the action of a
magnetic force. Having thus described the technical structure of my
invention with industrial utility value, what I claim as new and
desire to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is:
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