CA2433064A1 - A spark generating device - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
- A63H33/00—Other toys
- A63H33/36—Sparking toys
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
- B62J6/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices on cycles; Mounting or supporting thereof; Circuits therefor
- B62J6/20—Arrangement of reflectors, e.g. on the wheel spokes ; Lighting devices mounted on wheel spokes
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Abstract
A sparking device for attachment to a scooter adjacent a wheel of a scooter to provide sparks as the scooter is operated.
The device has a support for attachment to the platform of the scooter, the support carrying a drive wheel and sparking means.
The drive wheel is operably connected to the sparking means and movable between an inoperative position away from the scooter wheel and an operative position driven by the scooter wheel to operate the sparking means.
The device has a support for attachment to the platform of the scooter, the support carrying a drive wheel and sparking means.
The drive wheel is operably connected to the sparking means and movable between an inoperative position away from the scooter wheel and an operative position driven by the scooter wheel to operate the sparking means.
Description
.; This invention l,s directed toward a spark-generating device fc~r a scooter-type vehicle, and more partioulazly a two-wheel sc:ootar vehiel~ that it manually propelled by the rider.
The spark generating device is adapted to b~ movably mounted ors: the scooter platform adjacent the rear wheel og the scooter and the device can be moored by the aperator to oontact th~ rear wheel Wt~an thae scooter ie moving and the rear wtaeel is rotati,a~g. Moving th,e devic~ to contact the rear wheel of the scooter causes . ; grinding means carried by the devise to rotate and bear against flint means carried by the device to create sparks as the ,scooter ia~ moving. The device ai$o acts a brake when ~movod to contact the rotating rear wheel of the scooter.
The device can be built into the sc~oter duxing manufacture of the scooter or it can be an add-on device adapted to fit di'gferant scooters, The device can be actuated or moved by the op'eratdr in different ways, either by his foot or by a cable actuated by his hand.
Fig. i is an expladed, perspective view of the spark ge:~nQratirrg device showing its various elements;
Fig. ~ ig a detail view, in cross-section~ showing the mounting of tJne carrier on the support armsp ~'ig. 3 is a detail view of the cartxidg~a with its front corner rertioved ;
Fig. 4 is a view showing the devise on a scooter in an ini~perative position; and Fig. ~ ~.s a view of the cartridge device ~,n an operative podaition.
'The spark gtenerating d~vice 1 of the present invention ea shi3wn in l~ig'. l., is adapted to be mounted. on the platform 3 of a~
ect~oter 5 adjacent a wheel of the scooter, preferably the rear wh~sel 7 , fibs rear wheel ~ is mounted to a rear arhsel support 9 on . .. thu aoooter. The rear wheel ~upport 9 usually comprises a pair of pax~,allel wheel support members 1~., 13 fastened to the platform 3 anc'1 extending rearwardly from the rear 15 of the p~.atfora~. The rear wheel 7 is pastened between the rear free ends of the wheel su~~port members 11, i3 by an axle bolt 17.
The spark generating device 1 has support means 21. Th~~
support me~ana 21 can comprise a pair of support arms 23, Z5. Tha arms 2~, 23 each have tab means a~, 29 at their front: ends, for slidably mounting each arm 23, 25 on a support member 1.1, 1:3 respaatfvely of the rear wheel support 9. Each a~~m a3, 25 hoe a series of slots 31, 33 respectively along th~ir length. The axle bolt 17 that connect: the whQal 7 to they wheel support 9 pa~~saa~
through one of the slots 31, 33 in the arms 23~ ~:5 respecti'rsl,y to oonnact the support ~aaan~s 21 at the desired position in r~l~xtion to the rear wheel ~ on the rear wheel support 9 as will ba described. spacers 34 may bs mounted between the support arx~ 23, .
25 ass they are mounted on the wheel support members 1.1, 13.
Ths support means 21 parries a carrier 35 apt ~.ts free ~,rnd.
Tha carrier 35 has an inverted u-shape with a top plats 37 end.
side plates 39 depending down from the sides o~ th~ top plat,m 37.
Tha si~a plates 39 each have a s,at of holes 4~, along their 3;,ength.
The carrier 35 is mounted between the tree ends 43 0~ th. support a~ra~~ 23, 25 with the top pl.at~e 37 upright and abowa thi support arms 23, 25 and with tho side plates 39 adjacent the support. arms 23, 25. Th~ carrier 35 is pivotably mounted irrtar~amdiata the, ends of the side plates 3~ to the support arms 23, 25 by a pivot pity 47 passing through holes 49 at the free end of the support arms: 23, 25 and one set of holes 41 in the gads plates 39 aligned with the holes 49 in the support arms 23, 25.
spring means are connected between the carri-ar 35 and the v support means 21 to retain the carri~r 35 in an iraoperativ~, upright po~itian as shown ire F'ig. 2. Ths spring means comprises a spring 55 having a few coils 5'd encircling the pi~rot pin 47 between the side plates 39 and with one arm 59 0~ the sp~°ing , leading from the coils 57 and having its :free end anountad in a scpring receiving hole 6o in either support arm 23, 25. Tha free end of tb~ other arm s~. of the spring 55 leads from the coils 57 to another spring receiving hole 63 in one of the two plate~ 39 to be mounted therein. The spring 5S is arranged to m,aint~sin th~a carrier 35 its an upright inoperative position on the support, ax~rs _v 2.
23, ~5 as shown in Fig. ~~ If the carrier 35 is rotated clockwise about the pivot pin 47, as seen when vie~ring Fig. ~, the spring 55 w31~. return the carrier to its upright inoperative position.
The carrier 35 carries a flint cartridge s5 an8 sparking mans 67. The cartridge s5 has a pair of arms 59 by means of which the cartridge 65 is mounted on the pivot pin 47, the top '71 of ti~a cartridge 6s adjacent the top plate 37 of the carrier to retain the cartridge in place relative to the carrier. The arms 69 hav~
part-circular cut-outs 73 at thssir ends by means of which the arms snap onto the pivot pin 47 to mount the ca~rtridgc~ 67. The cartridge can be easily replaced or removed to r~aplace the flints carried by the cartridge. Th~ carrier 35 also carries a dr~,ve wheel 75 fix~d on an axle 77, the axle T7 rotatably mounted at the bottom of the cartridge 65 between the aids plates 39~, the e~xle "77 paral3,~1 to the pivot pan 47.
The spaarkinq means s7, as shown in ~°ig. 3, ~.ncludB a grinding wh'sel 81 mounted on each side of the drive wheel 75 on the axle ?7. Each grinding wheel 81 is fixed to the axle T7. The sparking means 67 further includes a flint member 85 located over each grandinq wheel ~l, us shown in l~,ig. 3, each flint member 85 mo~arrted within a tube 87 within the cartridge ss. 1~ spring 89 in the tube 87 bias the flint 85 downwardiy against the grind wheel.
I~ pin 91 ~aounted on the top of the fbint 85 rides in guide gri~ovee S3 in the walls 95 defining the sides of the tubs 87 tv rs~ain the f lint 85 within the tube.
When the device 1 ie mounted on the scooter, it is adjusted ~so that tho drive wheel 75 is closely adjacent to the rear whaal 7 of the scooter but not touching it as shown in Fig. 4. The rider cars step on top plate 37 of the oarrier 35 pushing it about th~
pi~rot pin 47, and against the gating means 53, to stove the drive why~1 ?5 against the rear wheel 7 of the scooter as shown in Fig.
5. l~s the drive wheel 75 is rotated by rotation oi" the rear wheel 7, the grind wheela~ 81 are also rotated, passing against the fl~.nts 8!S tc create sparks that fly resrwardly from the xear wha~81 T sjf tk~e scooter. Ths flints 85 are hissed against the grind 3b wrheels al during this time 1by the springs 89~ thr~ egringa continuing to bias the flints 85 against the griu~d~whaels 8a ae the flints wear down The devic~ described is adapted to mounted un ari exist.Lng scooter. The device can a~.g~~bs incorporated into a scooter wh#.le i.t is being manufactured. In this ambodimsrat~ the support ay-ms wouxd bs formed intec~ra~lly with the rear wheel support at tha scooter, the aims be~inq an extension of the wheel support.
The device has bean described as being actuated by the rider stepping on the carrier to pivot it. The aarxisr could also be actuated by a ca~b~.e extending from the handle bar of the s~ct~ot~r ~::a.
;.", to the carrier and fastened to the Carrier below the pivot ax~,:~.
pu3.l f nq of the ca3al~ wauld actuate th~ sparking a~eana .
The spark generating device is adapted to b~ movably mounted ors: the scooter platform adjacent the rear wheel og the scooter and the device can be moored by the aperator to oontact th~ rear wheel Wt~an thae scooter ie moving and the rear wtaeel is rotati,a~g. Moving th,e devic~ to contact the rear wheel of the scooter causes . ; grinding means carried by the devise to rotate and bear against flint means carried by the device to create sparks as the ,scooter ia~ moving. The device ai$o acts a brake when ~movod to contact the rotating rear wheel of the scooter.
The device can be built into the sc~oter duxing manufacture of the scooter or it can be an add-on device adapted to fit di'gferant scooters, The device can be actuated or moved by the op'eratdr in different ways, either by his foot or by a cable actuated by his hand.
Fig. i is an expladed, perspective view of the spark ge:~nQratirrg device showing its various elements;
Fig. ~ ig a detail view, in cross-section~ showing the mounting of tJne carrier on the support armsp ~'ig. 3 is a detail view of the cartxidg~a with its front corner rertioved ;
Fig. 4 is a view showing the devise on a scooter in an ini~perative position; and Fig. ~ ~.s a view of the cartridge device ~,n an operative podaition.
'The spark gtenerating d~vice 1 of the present invention ea shi3wn in l~ig'. l., is adapted to be mounted. on the platform 3 of a~
ect~oter 5 adjacent a wheel of the scooter, preferably the rear wh~sel 7 , fibs rear wheel ~ is mounted to a rear arhsel support 9 on . .. thu aoooter. The rear wheel ~upport 9 usually comprises a pair of pax~,allel wheel support members 1~., 13 fastened to the platform 3 anc'1 extending rearwardly from the rear 15 of the p~.atfora~. The rear wheel 7 is pastened between the rear free ends of the wheel su~~port members 11, i3 by an axle bolt 17.
The spark generating device 1 has support means 21. Th~~
support me~ana 21 can comprise a pair of support arms 23, Z5. Tha arms 2~, 23 each have tab means a~, 29 at their front: ends, for slidably mounting each arm 23, 25 on a support member 1.1, 1:3 respaatfvely of the rear wheel support 9. Each a~~m a3, 25 hoe a series of slots 31, 33 respectively along th~ir length. The axle bolt 17 that connect: the whQal 7 to they wheel support 9 pa~~saa~
through one of the slots 31, 33 in the arms 23~ ~:5 respecti'rsl,y to oonnact the support ~aaan~s 21 at the desired position in r~l~xtion to the rear wheel ~ on the rear wheel support 9 as will ba described. spacers 34 may bs mounted between the support arx~ 23, .
25 ass they are mounted on the wheel support members 1.1, 13.
Ths support means 21 parries a carrier 35 apt ~.ts free ~,rnd.
Tha carrier 35 has an inverted u-shape with a top plats 37 end.
side plates 39 depending down from the sides o~ th~ top plat,m 37.
Tha si~a plates 39 each have a s,at of holes 4~, along their 3;,ength.
The carrier 35 is mounted between the tree ends 43 0~ th. support a~ra~~ 23, 25 with the top pl.at~e 37 upright and abowa thi support arms 23, 25 and with tho side plates 39 adjacent the support. arms 23, 25. Th~ carrier 35 is pivotably mounted irrtar~amdiata the, ends of the side plates 3~ to the support arms 23, 25 by a pivot pity 47 passing through holes 49 at the free end of the support arms: 23, 25 and one set of holes 41 in the gads plates 39 aligned with the holes 49 in the support arms 23, 25.
spring means are connected between the carri-ar 35 and the v support means 21 to retain the carri~r 35 in an iraoperativ~, upright po~itian as shown ire F'ig. 2. Ths spring means comprises a spring 55 having a few coils 5'd encircling the pi~rot pin 47 between the side plates 39 and with one arm 59 0~ the sp~°ing , leading from the coils 57 and having its :free end anountad in a scpring receiving hole 6o in either support arm 23, 25. Tha free end of tb~ other arm s~. of the spring 55 leads from the coils 57 to another spring receiving hole 63 in one of the two plate~ 39 to be mounted therein. The spring 5S is arranged to m,aint~sin th~a carrier 35 its an upright inoperative position on the support, ax~rs _v 2.
23, ~5 as shown in Fig. ~~ If the carrier 35 is rotated clockwise about the pivot pin 47, as seen when vie~ring Fig. ~, the spring 55 w31~. return the carrier to its upright inoperative position.
The carrier 35 carries a flint cartridge s5 an8 sparking mans 67. The cartridge s5 has a pair of arms 59 by means of which the cartridge 65 is mounted on the pivot pin 47, the top '71 of ti~a cartridge 6s adjacent the top plate 37 of the carrier to retain the cartridge in place relative to the carrier. The arms 69 hav~
part-circular cut-outs 73 at thssir ends by means of which the arms snap onto the pivot pin 47 to mount the ca~rtridgc~ 67. The cartridge can be easily replaced or removed to r~aplace the flints carried by the cartridge. Th~ carrier 35 also carries a dr~,ve wheel 75 fix~d on an axle 77, the axle T7 rotatably mounted at the bottom of the cartridge 65 between the aids plates 39~, the e~xle "77 paral3,~1 to the pivot pan 47.
The spaarkinq means s7, as shown in ~°ig. 3, ~.ncludB a grinding wh'sel 81 mounted on each side of the drive wheel 75 on the axle ?7. Each grinding wheel 81 is fixed to the axle T7. The sparking means 67 further includes a flint member 85 located over each grandinq wheel ~l, us shown in l~,ig. 3, each flint member 85 mo~arrted within a tube 87 within the cartridge ss. 1~ spring 89 in the tube 87 bias the flint 85 downwardiy against the grind wheel.
I~ pin 91 ~aounted on the top of the fbint 85 rides in guide gri~ovee S3 in the walls 95 defining the sides of the tubs 87 tv rs~ain the f lint 85 within the tube.
When the device 1 ie mounted on the scooter, it is adjusted ~so that tho drive wheel 75 is closely adjacent to the rear whaal 7 of the scooter but not touching it as shown in Fig. 4. The rider cars step on top plate 37 of the oarrier 35 pushing it about th~
pi~rot pin 47, and against the gating means 53, to stove the drive why~1 ?5 against the rear wheel 7 of the scooter as shown in Fig.
5. l~s the drive wheel 75 is rotated by rotation oi" the rear wheel 7, the grind wheela~ 81 are also rotated, passing against the fl~.nts 8!S tc create sparks that fly resrwardly from the xear wha~81 T sjf tk~e scooter. Ths flints 85 are hissed against the grind 3b wrheels al during this time 1by the springs 89~ thr~ egringa continuing to bias the flints 85 against the griu~d~whaels 8a ae the flints wear down The devic~ described is adapted to mounted un ari exist.Lng scooter. The device can a~.g~~bs incorporated into a scooter wh#.le i.t is being manufactured. In this ambodimsrat~ the support ay-ms wouxd bs formed intec~ra~lly with the rear wheel support at tha scooter, the aims be~inq an extension of the wheel support.
The device has bean described as being actuated by the rider stepping on the carrier to pivot it. The aarxisr could also be actuated by a ca~b~.e extending from the handle bar of the s~ct~ot~r ~::a.
;.", to the carrier and fastened to the Carrier below the pivot ax~,:~.
pu3.l f nq of the ca3al~ wauld actuate th~ sparking a~eana .
Claims (2)
1. A sparking device for attachment to a scooter adjacent a wheel of a scooter to provide sparks as the scooter is operated, the device comprising a support for attachment to the platform of the scooter, the support carrying a drive wheel and sparking means;
the drive wheel operably connected to the sparking means and movable between an inoperative position away from the scooter wheel and an operative position driven by the scooter wheel to operate the sparking means.
the drive wheel operably connected to the sparking means and movable between an inoperative position away from the scooter wheel and an operative position driven by the scooter wheel to operate the sparking means.
2. A sparking device for attachment to a scooter adjacent the rear wheel of the scooter to provide sparks as the scooter is operated, the device comprising a support for adjustable attachment near one end to the year end of the scooter platform; a carrier pivotably connected intermediate its ends by n pivot pin to the other end of the support; a drive wheel carried by the carrier at its lower end, the drive wheel located adjacent the rear wheel of the scooter; spring means mounted between the support and the carrier for normally biasing the drive wheel in an inoperative position spaced from the rear wheel; sparking means carried by the carrier and operated by rotation of the drive wheel; the carrier pivotable by the scooter operator about the pivot pin against the spring means to move the drive wheel to an operative position against the rear wheel to rotate it and operate the sparking means.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP2179913A3 (en) * | 2008-10-22 | 2010-10-20 | Razor USA LLC | Physical effect-producing device for scooter |
| WO2010148255A1 (en) * | 2009-06-18 | 2010-12-23 | Razor Usa Llc | Marking device for a personal mobility vehicle |
| US8146947B2 (en) | 2008-10-22 | 2012-04-03 | Razor Usa, Llc | Spark generating device for scooter and removable spark generating cartridge |
| US8684243B1 (en) | 2010-05-17 | 2014-04-01 | Chalktrail.com LLC | Chalk holding devices for bicycles, scooters and skateboards |
| US8746723B2 (en) | 2011-04-08 | 2014-06-10 | Razor Usa, Llc | Sparking device for a personal mobility vehicle |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP2179913A3 (en) * | 2008-10-22 | 2010-10-20 | Razor USA LLC | Physical effect-producing device for scooter |
| US8146947B2 (en) | 2008-10-22 | 2012-04-03 | Razor Usa, Llc | Spark generating device for scooter and removable spark generating cartridge |
| US8215676B2 (en) | 2008-10-22 | 2012-07-10 | Razor Usa, Llc | Marking device for scooter and removable marking cartridge |
| US8414029B2 (en) | 2008-10-22 | 2013-04-09 | Razor Usa, Llc | Marking device for scooter and removable marking cartridge |
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| WO2010148255A1 (en) * | 2009-06-18 | 2010-12-23 | Razor Usa Llc | Marking device for a personal mobility vehicle |
| US8356840B2 (en) | 2009-06-18 | 2013-01-22 | Razor Usa, Llc | Marking device for a personal mobility vehicle |
| US8684243B1 (en) | 2010-05-17 | 2014-04-01 | Chalktrail.com LLC | Chalk holding devices for bicycles, scooters and skateboards |
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