Circular butterfly

• US 4,185,826 A
• Filed: 06/27/1977
• Issued: 01/29/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ming-Shean Ueng
• Original Assignee: Ming-Shean Ueng
• Inventors: Ueng, Ming-Shean
• Primary Examiner(s): Shapiro, Paul E.
• Application Number:
  US05/810,035
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• Field of Search: 273/106 B, 46/74 D
• US Class Current: 473/588
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 65/10 Discus discs; Quoits

Abstract

A circular butterfly is a kind of throwing implement, which comprises a circular saucer having a number of radial holes and grooves, and a round hole at the middle, a number of rotatable leaves, a rotatable adjusting disk and a circular plate fixed on the said adjusting disk.

Claims

1. A throwing implement comprising, a circular saucer having a round surface, a circular rim about the outer periphery of said round surface, a lower ring surface about the inner periphery of said round surface, said lower ring surface having corrugations over at least a portion of its upper face, said lower ring surface defining a round hole in the middle of said throwing implement, a plurality of radial holes in said circular rim, and a plurality of downwardly facing U-shaped radial grooves in the lower face of said lower ring surface;

a plurality of leaves, each leaf having a leaf surface secured to an axle intermediate the ends of said axle, an outer end of each axle being mounted in one of said radial holes and an inner end of each axle being mounted in a corresponding one of said U-shaped radial grooves;

means for retaining the inner ends of said axles in said U-shaped radial grooves; and

adjusting means for changing the angle of attack of said leaves with respect to the plane of said round surface.

2. A throwing implement according to claim 1, wherein said adjusting means comprises;

an adjusting disc rotatably mounted within said round hole, having an outboard ring surface, said outboard ring surface having corrugations on its upper face and underlying the inner ends of said leaves and a center disc with a number of studs and an upper ring surface underlying said lower ring surface; and

a circular plate rotatably mounted within said round hole, having a portion overlying said lower ring surface, said portion having a single corrugation on its lower face engaging said corrugations on the upper face of said lower ring surface, and said studs on said center disc engaging said circular plate and securing the former to the latter.

3. A throwing implement according to claim 2, wherein each of said center disc of said adjusting disc and circular plate has a hole at the middle.

4. A throwing implement according to claim 1, wherein said round surface of said circular saucer has a plurality of corresponding slots having the same shape as said leaves.

5. A throwing implement according to claim 1, wherein the number of said leaves is a multiple of seven, having seven different colors which are the same as the seven original colors of sun light.

6. A throwing implement according to claim 1, wherein said adjusting means comprises;

an adjusting disc rotatably mounted within said round hole, having an outboard ring surface, said outboard ring surface having a plurality of holes and underlying the inner ends of said leaves and a center disc with a number of studs and an upper ring surface underlying said lower ring surface;

a plurality of springs, each spring having one of its ends attached to said leaf and the other end inserted into said hole of said outboard ring surface; and

a circular plate rotatably mounted within said round hole, having a portion overlying said lower ring surface, said portion having a single corrugation of its lower face engaging said corrugations on the upper face of said lower ring surface, said studs on said center disc engaging said circular plate and securing the former to the latter.

7. A throwing implement according to claim 1, wherein said leaves, each leaf has a leaf surface securred to an axle intermediate the ends of said axle, an outer end of each axle being mounted in one of said radial holes and an inner end of each axle being mounted in a corresponding one of said U-shaped radial grooves;

said inner end having an elbow perpendicular to said axle, a tapered rod end in radial direction and a leaf end pressing against the vertical ring surface about said inner periphery of said round surface; and

wherein

said adjusting means comprises;

an adjusting disc rotatably mounted within said round hole, having an outboard ring surface underlying the inner ends of said leaves, a center disc with a number of studs, a circular groove with opening facing upward, a tapered corrugation in a vertical circular rim and a number of studs and an upper ring surface underlying said lower ring surface; and

a circular plate rotatably mounted within said round hole, having a portion overlying said lower ring surface, said portion having a single corrugation on its lower face engaging said corrugations on the upper face of said lower ring surface, a tapered corrugation in a vertical circular rim overlying said tapered corrugation of said adjusting disc, both said tapered corrugations of said circular plate and said adjusting disc forming a corrugation groove to guide said tapered rod ends of said leaves, said studs on said center disc engaging said circular plate and securing the former to the latter.

8. A throwing implement according to claim 1, wherein there is a temporal adjusting means in addition to said adjusting means, said temporal adjusting means being used to change the angle of attack of said leaves during the flight motion.

9. A throwing implement according to claim 8, wherein said adjusting means comprises;

a disc rotatably mounted within said round hole, having an outboard ring surface, said outboard ring surface having a plurality of holes and corrugations on its upper face and underlying the inner ends of said leaves and a center ring with a number of studs, an upper ring surface underlying said lower ring surface, a single hole at the bottom of said center ring and a female threaded rim about the inner periphery of said center ring;

a plurality of springs, each spring having one of its ends attached to said leaf and the other end inserted into said hole of said outboard ring surface of said disc; and

an adjusting ring rotatably mounted within said round hole, having a portion overlying said lower ring surface, said portion having a single corrugation on its lower face engaging said corrugations on the upper face of said lower ring surface, said studs on said center ring of said disc engaging said adjusting ring and securing the former to the latter, and a plurality of corrugations at the middle about the inner periphery of said adjusting ring; and

wherein said temporal adjusting means comprises;

a temporal adjusting disc rotatably mounted within said round hole, having a ring surface, an outer and an inner vertical circular rims perpendicular to said ring surface, said outer vertical circular rim having a horizontal hole, said inner vertical circular rim having a male thread to match said female threaded rim of said disc in said adjusting means, and a plurality of corrugations at the upper face of said outer vertical circular rim; and

a spring having one of its ends inserted into said single hole on said center ring of said disc, and the other end inserted into said horizontal hole on said outer vertical circular rim of said temporal adjusting disc.

10. A throwing implement according to claim 8, wherein said round surface of said circular saucer has a plurality of corresponding slots having the same shape as said leaves.

11. A throwing implement according to claim 8, wherein the number of said leaves is a multiple of seven, having seven different colors which are the same as the seven original colors of sun light.