DEVICE FOR CONTROLLABLY CAUSING DOLLS EYES AND TONGUES TO MOVE AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL FOR SAID DEVICE

• US 3,660,932 A
• Filed: 05/12/1969
• Issued: 05/09/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Corrado Raffeli, Giuliana Somigli
• Original Assignee: Corrado Raffeli, Giuliana Somigli
• Inventors: Raffeli, Corrado, Somigli, Giuliana
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Louis G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cutting, Robert F.
• Application Number:
  US04/823,769
• Time in Patent Office: 1,093 Days
• Field of Search: 46/169R,169A,235
• US Class Current: 446/346
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/40 movable

Abstract

A movable eye or tongue for a doll is provided on the outer surface of a hollow substantially hemispherical member rotatably attached to a hollow support in the dolls head. Electromagnetic means are provided to move the eye or tongue and advantageously comprise a multivibrator circuit supplying a coil on the support the magnetic field of which displaces a permanent magnet on the hemispherical member. The eye and mouth can be linked and can also be dependent upon a voice mechanism.

Claims

1. A movable organ for a doll, puppet or the like, said organ including a hollow substantially hemispherical member having simulated organ means on an outer surface thereof, a rear support member having said hemispherical member rotatably attached thereto and having an annular slot therein, and means for rotating said hemispherical member relative to said support member comprising a permanent magnet fixed on said hollow member, an electromagnet including an annular coil disposed within said annular slot of said support member, and means connected to said coil for supplying current thereto, said coil being disposed so that its magnetic field lies in a longitudinal plane of symmetry of the substantially hemispherical member and normal to the axis of rotation of said hemispherical member, wherein current flow in said coil generates a magnetic field which urges said permanent magnet toward field alignment with said electromagnet, thereby effecting movement of said hemispherical member, and wherein said means connected to said coil for supplying current thereto comprises multivibrator circuit means having an output circuit connected to said coil for periodically energizing said coil to move said hemispherical member.

2. A movable organ for a doll, puppet, or the like, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising additional electrical moving means, and switch means connected to said additional electrical moving means and multivibrator circuit means for simultaneously energizing said additional electrical moving means and said multivibrator circuit means.

3. A movable organ for a doll, puppet, or the like, as set forth in claim 2 in which said additional electrical moving means comprises means for generating a voice sound.

4. A movable organ for a doll, puppet, or the like, as set forth in claim 1 further comprising switch means electrically connected to said multivibrator circuit means, means mounting said switch means for movement with said support member, said switch means comprising a reversing switch means having contacts connected between said coil and said multivibrator output circuit for actuation upon movement of said doll to change the polarity of said electromagnetic field.

5. A doll, puppet or the like, having a movable organ, said organ including a hollow substantially hemispherical member having simulated organ means on an outer surface thereof;

a rear support member connected to said doll and having said hemispherical member rotatably attached thereto; and

means for rotating said hemispherical member relative to said support member comprising a permanent magnet fixed on said support member, an electromagnet including a coil, means fixedly mounting said coil to said hollow hemispherical member so that the axis of said coil intersects the longitudinal axis of said hemispherical member, and means connected to said coil for supplying current thereto to create a magnetic field which urges the electromagnet to align its field with the field of said permanent magnet whereby movement of said hemispherical member is effected.

6. A doll, puppet or the like, having a movablE organ as set forth in claim 5, in which the intersecting angle of said intersecting axes is disposed at substantially 90*, and in which said means for rotating said hemispherical member includes means for disposing said coil axis substantially vertical when said electromagnet field is zero and said doll is vertically disposed, and for disposing said coil axis at substantially 45* with a vertical line when said electro-magnet is energized and said doll is vertically disposed.

7. A doll, puppet, or the like, having a movable organ as set forth in claim 5 having three of said movable organs, in which two of said simulated organ means comprise simulated eye means, and the third simulated organ means comprises a simulated tongue, and in which said coils of said three movable organs are electrically interconnected, whereby all three of said hemispherical members move simultaneously.

8. A movable organ for a doll, puppet or the like, comprising a hollow support housing of non-magnetic material having a longitudinal axis and having an annular slot disposed in its outer periphery, a substantially hemispherical member having means fixed on said hemispherical member for simulating an organ, means rotatably supporting said hemispherical member for rotation with respect to said hollow support housing, a permanent magnet disposed on said hemispherical member, an electromagnet fixedly connected to said hollow support housing and including an annular coil wound within said housing slot and having its axis disposed parallel with said housing axis, means connected to said coil for supplying current thereto for creating a magnetic field axially thereof to cause movement of said permanent magnet, and said hemispherical member attached therewith, about said means rotatably supporting said hemispherical member, and further comprising a ferromagnetic annular ring disposed on said housing coaxially with said slot.