COMBINED LAUNCHING DEVICE FOR LAUNCHING SPINNING TOPS
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Abstract
A combined launching device for launching spinning tops, includes a first launching unit and a second launching unit. Each launching unit includes a casing. The casing accommodates a spinning top holder for holding a spinning top and a spinning mechanism, wherein the spinning mechanism is operated to spin and launch the spinning top by linearly and manually moving an operating member in a predetermined operating direction, wherein the casing of the first launching unit has a first coupler, and the casing of the second launching unit has a second coupler removably combined with the first coupler, and wherein the first launching unit is combined with the second launching unit such that the first and second spinning top holders face in the same direction and the predetermined operating direction of the operating member is the same for the first and second launching units.
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8 Claims
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1-4. -4. (canceled)
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5. A device for launching spinning tops, comprising:
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a first launcher having a first spinning top holder thereon for holding only one first spinning top and a surface with an opening therein to receive an operating member, a first spinning mechanism operatively connected between the first launcher and the holder of the first launcher, a separate second launcher having a second spinning top holder thereon for holding only one second spinning top and a surface with an opening therein to receive the operating member, a second spinning mechanism operatively connected between the second launcher and the holder of the second launcher, a first coupler formed on the surface of the first launcher with the opening of the first launcher being formed within the first coupler, a second coupler, complimentary to the first coupler, formed on the surface of the second launcher with the opening of the second launcher being formed within the second coupler, wherein the first and second launchers are movable between a first, un-coupled position where the first and second launchers are separate from and do not contact each other, and a second, coupled position where the surfaces of the first and second launchers are opposed to each other and are removably combined together by engaging the first and second couplers, the openings are linearly aligned and the holders face in the same direction, wherein, when the first and second launchers are in the first, un-coupled position, the operating member is received in the opening of the first launcher, engages the first spinning mechanism, and is moved in the opening of the first launcher relative to the first launcher to spin and launch the first spinning top, or the operating member is separately received in the opening of the second launcher, engages the separate second spinning mechanism, and is moved in the opening of the second launcher to spin and launch the second spinning top, and wherein, when the first and second launchers are in the second coupled position, the operating member is received between the couplers in both of the linearly aligned openings and simultaneously engages both of the first and second spinning mechanisms, and the operating member is moved in the openings between the couplers to spin and launch the first and second spinning tops. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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Specification