A toy comprising, in combination, a flying object, connected through a cable, to a device handle for rotating said object; the handle incorporates an automatic cable unwinding and rewinding device actuated by centrifugal forces.
A toy including a movable model, components for generating and alternating a magnetic field in response to a direct current, a permanent magnet disposed in the generated magnetic field, and a component for transmitting movement of the permanent magnet in the generated magnetic field to the movable model.
A toy tethered for orbital movement and connected to one end of a cable coiled about a drum in a circular housing rotatable about one end of a hollow handle which contains a coiled torsional spring connected to said drum to yieldably resist uncoiling of said cable from said drum, the handle being held manually, and said toy having noise-generating mechanism operable as the toy is whirled about the handle through the air. One embodiment of toy comprises a toy aeroplane having a propeller supported at the front end of a shaft supported axially in the forward end of the fuselage of said aeroplane and the inner end of said shaft supporting a rotatable impeller operable against a diaphragm in said fuselage to produce a staccato-like noise resembling that of a motor. The centrifugal force generated by the toy when rotating about said handle yieldably overcomes the resistance of said spring to permit said cable to extend and cause the toy to move circularly about said handle at varying distances corresponding to the centrifugal force generated by such movement of the toy.
The invention relates to a magnetic suspension device with mechanical stabilization, for use especially with models, toys or desingn objects. The aim of the invention is to provide a simple end economical device which allows for an object to be suspended at a relatively great height in a permanent and stationary manner and without apparent support. To this end the weight (4) of an object (1) is overcome by uncontrolled magnetic repulsion (5) and the position of the suspended object (1) is stabilized by means of mechanical tensile forces (6) which are transmitted from the suspended object (1) downwards to the lower body (2) by, for example, thin threads (7). This invention allows for the magnetic suspension of, for example, model airplanes or design objects.
