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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6969260 | Technology explorer toy Involving mysterious gravity and mystical energy, an adjustable, instrumented, structural model, incorporating an object suspended from a frame in various ways with flexible line, freely swings, falls, bounces, and vibrates when manually disturbed. Through transfers... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6939406 | Apparatus for creating unique random images An apparatus for creating a random image is disclosed. The apparatus has a first support member with a hanging applicator member movably connected thereto. The hanging applicator is provided with at least one reservoir of material to be applied to a substrate. The r... | 09/06/2005 |
| 5933970 | Powered toy hand drawing device A powered hand drawing device in which a pen is mounted in a barrel casing and operably connected through an eccentric to an electrc motor which rotates a writing tip to describe a related figure on a writing surface. The pen is removably mounted in a tub... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5357681 | Gear socket structure for a designing rule A gear socket structure for a designing rule, of which the gear socket is a round cylinder, having a given height; the wall of the gear socket is provided with two leaf springs; the top of each leaf spring has an inward catch hook; the gear socket can acc... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5279039 | Three-dimensional drawing device A three-dimensional drawing device comprising a transparent hollow globe, a powder material disposed within the globe which adheres to the inner surface of the globe, a scribe disposed within the globe which can be used to draw upon the inner surface of t... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5212874 | Three-dimensional drawing device A three-dimensional drawing device comprising a transparent hollow globe, a powder material disposed within the globe which adheres to the inner surface of the globe, a scribe disposed within the globe which can be used to draw upon the inner surface of t... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5208987 | Marking device with vibrating yieldable writing tip A marking device which includes a hand-held housing and electrically powered means for vibrating the housing. An ink cylinder having a writing tip at its end is slidably supported within a cartridge casing, and a spring biases the cylinder outwardly on th... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5134778 | Design-making instrument A design-making instrument consisting of a rotatable wheel to which a sheet of paper or other material is attached. The paper may be rotated manually, mechanically, or electrically. A pen or other drawing means is applied to the surface of the rotating pa... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5038482 | Three-dimensional drawing device A three-dimensional drawing device comprising a transparent hollow globe, a powder material disposed within the globe which adheres to the inner surface of the globe, a scribe disposed within the globe which can be used to draw upon the inner surface of t... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4970792 | Drawing machine A manually-actuated drawing toy including a pair of beams linked for alternate, reciprocal motion, each beam of the beams having at least one holder for a writing implement. A rectangular tray is provided to hold a piece of drawing paper under and in cont... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4835874 | Driven marking system for creating a plurality of varied line designs A hand-held marking device for drawing upon a paper or other surface. The device includes a housing having a hole opening to the surface and enclosing a motor, batteries for the motor, and a switch. The motor drives a gear train, which includes a pinion g... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4825556 | Apparatus for drawing compound designs, with offsetting, size-varying, skewing, and distorting adjustments This amusement device is for use with paper and one or more pens, to draw compound plural-lobe designs. It has a base and a paper carriage mounted to the base for, ideally, rotation through a complete design-drawing motion. A pen-holding arm preferably ha... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4703562 | Pendulum design machine A drawing device (1), utilizing a first pendulum (2) and a second pendulum (3), wherein a relatively frictionless ball (67) and socket (68) joint transfers the resultant motion of the pendulums to a writing instrument (75). A deformable gripping element (... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4662073 | Infinitely variable drawing instrument An infinitely variable drawing instrument for producing unlimited varieties of fanciful designs. The designs produced by the drawing instrument are of the repeated individual line type yet indexed around the circumference of a circle. After the various ap... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4635369 | Scribing device and method A scribing device and method for generating curves, the term "scribe" encompassing marking a groove on a surface such as with an awl or router, marking a surface with a writing instrument, or cutting into a surface such as with a jigsaw. In one embodiment... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4574484 | Patterngraph apparatus The apparatus serves to draw various geometric patterns on circular sheets of paper. Primarily, it consists of a base having a hand operated drive wheel that rotates a turntable, to which a piece of circular paper has been attached by pins sticking up fro... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4566195 | Magnetic drawing toy A drawing toy including a housing providing a raised support for a generally flat platen. Within the housing is a battery powered motor with the motor shaft extending up through the platen. The motor rotates a magnet beneath the platen. Magnetically coupl... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4441256 | Manipulator for creating a multiplicity of varied line designs The manipulator includes an internally toothed ring, an externally toothed wheel, and a cam arm. The wheel and arm, which function in a "master" capacity, have registerable holes for accommodating the tip of a ballpoint pen so that a primary line design i... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4419041 | Spacial mechanism and method A spacial mechanism includes an arm having first and second spaced support points. The first and second support points are supported by first and second swivel bearings. The first and second swivel bearings are supported by first and second rotary element... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4414745 | Guiding arrangement for a hand tool A guiding arrangement for a hand saw includes a support located below the saw housing, a guiding strip adjustably connected to the support and a guiding rail secured to the guiding strip. The guiding rail extends normal to the guiding strip and serves as ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4391045 | Drawing instrument or apparatus A design drawing instrument for creating a variety of decorative patterns and designs. The instrument includes a frame member having a circular opening and a multi-lobed cam-shaped internal recess therein, and a disc member having a multi-lobed cam-shaped... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4369579 | Device for drawing a pattern on a support, particularly for use as a toy The device comprises a box, a pencil-holder with a magnet, for sliding on the box, a carriage in the box, with a magnet, and means for moving the carriage for displacing the pencil-holder through the magnets. A drawing support is placed on the box, so tha... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4335515 | Drafting device for producing concentric lines An improved drafting device for use in association with drafting templates and forms, both the internal and external shapes, configurations and designs thereof; a circular disc having a rim adapted to underlie the internal or external edge of a template, ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4323100 | Router guide The present router guide has a guide plate for attachment to the base of a router with a central opening for passing the router bit. On the bottom, the guide plate has a series of openings spaced apart along a spiral of progressively increasing radius whi... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4305439 | Woodworking fixture A woodworking fixture for positioning and guiding a workpiece under a stationary routing head, whereby the workpiece is subject to a composite movement as it progresses under the routing head. The fixture comprises an indexing table having a clamp for sec... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4294297 | Router guide apparatus and method An apparatus and method for guiding a router bit relative to a guide surface on a workpiece includes a pair of guide pins adapted to be supported in generally fixed relation to the router bit and in spaced-apart relation from one another and the router bi... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4275502 | Drafting device for producing concentric lines An improved drafting device for use in association with drafting templates and forms, both the internal and external shapes, configurations and designs thereof; a circular disc having a rim adapted to underlie the internal or external edge of a template, ... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4246702 | Apparatus for use in drawing designs Apparatus for use in drawing designs has a tray dimensioned to receive a sheet of drawing paper of predetermined dimensions with the side walls of the tray having lengthwise slots. One end of a wand is insertable through a selected slot with the other end... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4211012 | Electric-signal controlled hand-held printer A character applying device which is controlled by a separate signal processor can be manually moved across a writing surface while the characters are being applied. A single-tipped marking instrument is moved with a prescribed motion parallel to the surf... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4199868 | Amusement device for tracing geometrical figures An amusement device including a base and a support carried by the base for suspending a pendulum above a marking surface. The pendulum includes a marker for tracing figures on the marking surface which is provided by a granular material contained in a bow... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4199867 | Harmonograph The invention provides a collapsible and compactable harmonograph adapted to generate compound harmonic oscillations and thereby record different, complex, consistent, geometrical patterns of diminishing scope, comprising a drawing surface suspended from ... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4192072 | Pendulum device In a kinetic sculpture apparatus, the lower end of a pendulum provides a scribe having a tapered tip that penetrates the surface of a bed of fine, particulate material to make an intricate pattern in the bed whose configuration is determined by the locati... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4162577 | Pendulum drawing machine A pendulum-actuated drawing instrument having at least two pendulums mechanically coupled with a scribing device by means of interconnected arms extending parallel to and above a support. The arms are universally pivottably connected and attached to the p... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4127377 | Stamp design kit An arts and crafts type clay stamping kit which includes a base and a receptacle on the base for receiving a batch of clay or the like. A selectively movable support arm is mounted on the base for movement at least between a first position spaced from the... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4117598 | Drawing instrument or apparatus A design drawing instrument for creating numerous decorative patterns and designs. The instrument includes a member having a circular groove therein, a guide or design plate having at least one guide track thereon, and a cursor having means for slidably e... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4067111 | Pendulum device In a kinetic sculpture apparatus, the lower end of a pendulum provides a scribe having a tapered tip that penetrates the surface of a bed of fine, particulate material to make an intricate pattern in the bed whose configuration is determined by the locati... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4037283 | Electric stippling device An electric stippling device includes a housing within which is positioned an electric motor, a rotatable eraser member operably connected to the motor for rotation therewith and a stippling shaft member operably connected to an opposite end of the motor ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3977085 | Pendulum toy A pendulum toy using a drawing pen, for making a variety of arcuate designs such as curves, spirals, and cycloids on a work sheet positioned on the surface of the top of a table.... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3958471 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing workpieces having polygonyl inner and outer contours Methodwise this disclosure relates to the manufacture of workpieces having polygonal inner or outer contours based upon radii of predetermined inner and outer circles with n being the number of angles of the desired polygon, the method including the steps... | 05/25/1976 |
