Automatic swing device

• US 6,908,398 B1
• Filed: 02/23/2004
• Issued: 06/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kukutoys Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Kukutoys Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Soon-Dong
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KIEN T
• Application Number:
  US10/782,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20050148399A1
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 472118-125, 5105-109
• US Class Current: 472/119
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 13/105 pivotally mounted in a frame

Abstract

A swing device has a supporter, a seat suspended on the supporter to swing in front and back directions, a permanent magnet installed in the seat, and an electromagnet installed to face the permanent magnet in a swing path to have the same polarity as that of the permanent magnet. The electromagnet is selectively driven when the permanent magnet approaches, generating a repulsive force for the permanent magnet. The seat swings by the repulsive force. The swing device has merits in that its simple structure makes manufacturing cost reduced and that a fixed polarity of the electromagnet prevents a malfunction of the device.

Claims

1. A swing device comprising:

a supporter;

a seat suspended on the supporter to swing in front and back directions;

a permanent magnet installed in the seat; and

an electromagnet installed to face the permanent magnet in a swing path to have the same polarity as that of the permanent magnet,

wherein the electromagnet is selectively driven when the permanent magnet approaches, generating a repulsive force for the permanent magnet, and

the electromagnet includes an iron core, a primary coil wound around the iron core, a power source for supplying electric current to the primary coil, and a switching unit disposed between the primary coil and the power source so as to selectively interrupt current supply from the power source to the primary coil.

2. The swing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electromagnet further includes a secondary coil for generating induced current when the permanent magnet approaches so as to operate the switching unit, and

one end of the secondary coil diverges into two portions each connected with the primary coil and the switching unit, and the other end of the secondary coil is connected with the power source.

3. The swing device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the switching unit is a transistor.

4. A swing device comprising:

a supporter;

a seat suspended on the supporter to swing in front and back directions;

a permanent magnet installed in the seat; and

an electromagnet installed to face the permanent magnet in a swing path to have the same polarity as that of the permanent magnet,

wherein the electromagnet is selectively driven when the permanent magnet

approaches, generating a repulsive force for the permanent magnet, and

the permanent magnet is installed in a central position under the seat, and the electromagnet is installed directly under the permanent magnet to face the same with a certain distance.

5. The swing device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the permanent magnet and the electromagnet are spaced apart from each other by a certain distance in the swing direction when the seat is positioned in a center position of a swing trajectory.