CN101795742A - Levitated finned ball device - Google Patents

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CN101795742A
CN101795742A CN200480023759A CN200480023759A CN101795742A CN 101795742 A CN101795742 A CN 101795742A CN 200480023759 A CN200480023759 A CN 200480023759A CN 200480023759 A CN200480023759 A CN 200480023759A CN 101795742 A CN101795742 A CN 101795742A
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A levitated finned ball device includes a ball made of a lightweight material and a base that generates laminar air flow to levitate the ball in mid-air. The ball has at least one generally semi-circular shaped fin extending therefrom. When the laminar air flow strikes the fin, it imparts motion to the ball.

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Levitated finned ball device
The cross-application of related application
The application requires the priority of the provisional application 60/480493 of submission on June 23rd, 2003.
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of device that a spheroid is suspended of being used to.Specifically, show and a kind ofly have at least a fin to float the device that amusement and pastime are provided from the lightweight spheroid that it stretches out by making.
Background technology
Can spheroid be suspended to carry out amusement and pastime with the air of aiming at spheroid.For example United States Patent (USP) 4045906 has disclosed a kind of fixedly thrust fan unit of hand-held that spheroid floats that is used to make.This spheroid can be a lightweight foamed plastics ball or a table tennis.By blower fan spheroid is suspended in the air, the then mobile fan unit of end user, thus mobile spheroid is by a certain obstacle.Similarly, United States Patent (USP) 2911745 disclosed a kind of for the purpose of performing, upwards aim at a light hollow ball or balloon and blow out one air stream and make its skyborne device that suspends.These two described prior arts all exist makes spheroid be suspended in specific vertical axial position and the shortcoming of no change.In case this spheroid floats and is suspended in the air, this spheroid is static relatively, thereby provides the amusement of minimum degree and pastime to be worth.
United States Patent (USP) 2897607 has disclosed a kind of employing one calutron and has been suspended in airborne simulation artificial satellite, and this calutron makes the air stream equiblibrium mass distribution of aiming at artificial satellite.This simulation artificial satellite is a spheroid with arc fin of a plurality of elongations, and these fins extend along periphery around this spheroid.When air impacted the arc fin, this spheroid was around the axis rotation of himself.Though this spheroid is a kind of light material, it must have a metal cap so that magnetic force can be applied to it, and this makes the weight of spheroid increase unfriendly, and causes and need spheroid be remained on very big air thrust in the air.
Therefore, need a kind of device, this device can make spheroid be suspended in the air, uses minimum Air Force just can make the spheroid motion simultaneously, thereby provides amusement and pastime to be worth.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of device that has at least a fin to float, make this spheroid motion from the spheroid that it stretches out that makes by air.
The inventive system comprises a pedestal and and be suspended in spheroid on the pedestal by Bernoulli effect.This pedestal comprises pivotable fan assembly, and this fan assembly comprises: a spheroid interface module; One blower fan, this blower fan produce one air stream; And an air stratification device, this device is derived air vertically upward towards spheroid from blower fan, and this device can be the angle of spending less than 90 with the horizontal plane of supporting blower fan.This spheroid interface module comprises and being used at spheroid less than a hoop that is fixed when suspending.This spheroid can be made by a kind of light material, such as the balloon of inflation or the ball of being made by paraffin paper, thereby only needs minimum air thrust that spheroid is suspended.At least one fin stretches out from spheroid, perhaps around latitude circle/periphery in the spheroid, perhaps places at random around spheroid.When one air impacted spheroid, this spheroid floated and can rotate or rotate brokenly and stop around its axis according to the position of fin, thereby provides amusement and pastime to be worth.This blower fan can pivot, thereby is angle ground guiding air stream with horizontal blower fan bearing-surface, continues to make spheroid to be suspended in the air simultaneously, and this counterintuitive that seems is worth thereby also increased amusement and diverted oneself.
In another embodiment, one group of lamp in the pedestal illuminates the suspension spheroid.Lamp, spheroid and fin can have more than one color, comprise fluorescence and phosphorescence look.Use ultraviolet LED to illuminate spheroid uncommon visual effect additionally is provided, have amusement and pastime value with iridescent.
Because the weight of spheroid is lighter, thereby a slow-speed of revolution blower fan just enough floats this spheroid, and therefore device of the present invention can not exert an influence to home environment aspect noise level.In addition, the high power capacity low speed blower fan of big air flow section can be spheroid provides bigger lifting region.
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Selected the preferred embodiments of the present invention for explanation and illustrative purposes, and shown that these accompanying drawings are formed the part of this specification in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the partial cross section view of levitated finned ball device of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the vertical view that is used for the spheroid of levitated finned ball device of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is an optional stabiliser bar that is used for levitated finned ball device of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the partial cross section view of another one embodiment that is used for the spheroid of levitated finned ball device of the present invention, and this spheroid has the top and the bottom of depression;
Fig. 5 is another embodiment that is used for the spheroid of levitated finned ball device of the present invention, and this spheroid has two row's fins;
Fig. 6 is another embodiment that is used for the spheroid of levitated finned ball device of the present invention, and this spheroid has fin arbitrarily;
Fig. 7 is the enlarged drawing that is connected in the monolithic fin of the spheroid that is used for levitated finned ball device of the present invention.
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Referring to accompanying drawing (wherein same label is represented same element), wherein figure 1 illustrates levitated finned ball device 1 of the present invention.Device 1 comprises spheroid 2 and pedestal 3, and this pedestal is used to make spheroid 2 to be suspended in the top of pedestal 3.
As shown in Figure 1, pedestal 3 comprises spheroid fan assembly 4 and power and control cabinet 5, and this power and control cabinet are supplied low-voltage powers by one cable bundles or lead 6 to fan assembly 4.Pedestal 3 can pivot to flow along the air of different direction guiding from fan assembly 4.Power and control cabinet 5 comprise the plug that is suitable for inserting wall outlet.Perhaps, fan assembly 4 can provide electric power by battery.Though power and control cabinet 5 are shown as the different units that is independent of pedestal 3, power and control cabinet 5 also can be integrated in the shell of pedestal 3.
Fan assembly 4 comprises spheroid interface module 7, blower fan 8 and air stratification device, and this air stratification device is vertically derived blower fans 8 with air towards spheroid 2.Blower fan 8 can be the type that is similar to the family expenses air-blow drying machine, amass but preferably have bigger air flow section, and speed is low to reduce the noise that blower fan 8 is produced.For example, a kind of typical home air-blow drying machine is with 1500 to 2400 rev/mins rotating speed operation impeller, and the rotating speed operation that the impeller of blower fan 8 can 600 to 900 rev/mins, the spheroid 2 that this rotating speed is enough caught an available hand is mentioned 12 to 24 inches.Shown in the cross-section among Fig. 1 was divided, the air stratification device comprised laminar flow pipe 9 and all laminar flow baffle plates 10, and this can guide laminar air stream 11 become parallel with baffle plate 10 and perpendicular to blower fan 8.Spheroid interface module 7 also comprises the basket ring 13 by 12 supportings of a plurality of poles, and this basket ring is supported when blower fan 8 is not activated and fixing spheroid.
As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, spheroid 2 is made by light material, preferably is paraffin paper.Can dwindle spheroid 2 so that storage and transportation, and can be when covering in two holes 19 and 20 one blow and make the spheroid expansion to another with finger.Along with air being blown in the spheroid 2, paper expands, and does not need air pressure just can keep the sphere of its shape thereby formation has enough rigidity.Also can use the needs known to the person skilled in the art or not need air pressure to keep other light material of its shape.Because spheroid is lighter, rotating speed operation and noise minimum that blower fan 8 can be very low.
Known to the person skilled in the art, spheroid 2 can be made of one or more pieces materials.Spheroid 2 shown in Fig. 1 and 2 is made of eight wedged plates 21.The every wedged plate 21 of spheroid 2 scribbles identical or different colors, can provide additional amusement and pastime to be worth.Wedged plate 21 is connected to each other, and is connected with paper disc on the bottom with the top that is positioned at spheroid 2.
Polylith fin 15 is at interval even around the middle latitude circle or the periphery of spheroid 2.Each fin and horizontal tilt one angle.Along with one air 11 guiding spheroids 2, flow by fin 15 deflections by the branch layer of air shown in the arrow 17, thereby spheroid 2 is rotatablely moved around its axis 18.
Fig. 7 shows the enlarged drawing that is connected the single papery fin 15 on the spheroid 2.Fin 15 comprises tab portion 23 and fin part 24.Tab portion 23 is used for being connected with the surface of spheroid 2.Can finish this connection with the method known to any person skilled in the art, such as viscose glue, stitching, usefulness stapler nail, shackle combination etc.The shape of tab portion 23 is generally rectangle, and the shape of fin part 24 is generally semicircle.
In another embodiment, one of use or multi-lamp illuminate spheroid 2.Preferably, use luminescent diode (LED), LED is less and can be embedded in the basket ring 13 with towards spheroid 2.All LED are powered by the lead through pole 14a by the battery (as discussed above) in power and control cabinet 5 or the pedestal 3.Lamp 14 can flash (promptly open and close) with specific or variable frequency by power and control cabinet 5 controls, and this can finish as known to the personnel that are familiar with the electronic circuit field technology.
Make the wedged plate 21 and the fin 15 of spheroid 2 have fluorescence or phosphorescence color, and use ultraviolet LED, fabulous and unusual visible light effect then will be provided, be worth so that additional amusement and pastime to be provided as lamp 14.Similarly, use red, green and blue (RGB) LED, can provide diverse visual effect according to phase relation and the relative brightness of RGB LED as lamp 14.Can be controlled phase relation and the relative brightness of RGB LED by power and control cabinet 5, this is known for the personnel that are familiar with the electronic circuit field technology.It is with concrete order or position pattern to be set that the another kind of mode of another kind of different visual effect is provided, such as by printing and be applied on the spheroid 2 in advance or directly at print pattern on the spheroid 2, on wedged plate 21.For example the spiral pattern on the wedged plate 21 of spheroid 2 can produce the pattern that passes through the wedged plate border in phase.
Power and control cabinet 5 use the ordinary electronic element known to the person skilled in the art to come to produce the electric current that is fit to as fan assembly 4.Power and control cabinet 5 can comprise button or switch 26a, the rotating speed of its control blower fan 8, promptly control high, medium and low or from high, to the rotating speed of low automatic sequence, provide jumping to produce variable air stream 11 to spheroid 2.Power and control cabinet 5 also can comprise button or switch 26b, and sequential, brightness and/or the flicker pattern of its control lamp 14 are to provide the visual effect of different spheroid 2.
Fig. 3 shows a kind of optional stabiliser bar 28, thereby when wind conditions around can't only be controlled by Bernoulli effect for spheroid 2 is strong excessively, this stabiliser bar can be used for spheroid 2.Pole 28 has a upper end and a lower end 29, and lower end 29 is suitable for fitting into central shaft installing hole 30 (see figure 1)s at pedestal 3 places.After pole 28 was injected central shaft installing hole 30, spheroid 2 placed on the pole 28 by its hole 19 and 20.Lid member 31 is arranged on the upper end of pole 28, to prevent that spheroid 2 is suspended to the length of pole 28 or more than the height.The length of pole 28 enough adapts to the vertical height of suspension spheroid 2.Used pole 28, spheroid 2 still can rotate, rise and descend along with air stream 11 in the limited range of the vertical axis of pole 28.
Fig. 4 shows the spheroid 2 ' of another scheme, and except the top and bottom notch of spheroid 2 ' adjacent perforations 19 and 20, the spheroid 2 shown in this spheroid and Fig. 1 and 2 is similar.When spheroid 2 ' when its axis rotates at a high speed, spheroid 2 ' performance is good and more stable than spheroid 2.
Fig. 5 shows the spheroid 2 of another scheme ", the latitude circle is equally spaced from opening in two row's fins 34 and spheroid are arranged, and the spheroid 2 shown in this spheroid and Fig. 1 and 2 is similar.Compare spheroid 2 with 2 ' with spheroid 2 " favourable aspect be since fin 15 in spheroid on the latitude circle, thereby be convenient to spheroid 2 " deposit and to the damage minimum of fin 15 with folding form.
Fig. 6 shows the spheroid 2 of another scheme " on the surface of '; except fin 15 is randomly dispersed in spheroid 2 " ', spheroid 2 shown in this spheroid and Fig. 1 and 2 is similar, thereby towards spheroid 2 " ' air stream 11 will make spheroid 2 " ' rotate in mode irregular and at random and stop and rolling.
The most preferred embodiment that is characterized as of the present invention described herein and describe.Therefore be appreciated that appended claim should cover in the scope of the invention, not have disclosed and unpredictalbe various embodiment of substantive difference.
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1. device, it comprises:
One spheroid of making by light material, described spheroid has an outer surface, and a slice is generally semicircular fin and stretches out from described outer surface at least; And
One pedestal, this pedestal comprise and are used to generate lamina air flow the skyborne device so that described spheroid suspends that when air impacted described fin, this device made described spheroid motion.
2. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described pedestal also comprises the device that is used for supporting described spheroid when described spheroid does not suspend.
3. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises the device of the direction that is used to change lamina air flow.
4. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described generating apparatus comprises a blower fan, an air flow point bed device, and this air stratification device is vertically derived air from described blower fan.
5. device as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that described blower fan has an impeller, and this impeller moves with 600 to 900 rev/mins rotating speed.
6. device as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described supporting arrangement comprises a hoop that forms a basket ring, and this basket ring is by many pole supportings of stretching out from described pedestal.
7. device as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, also comprises a shell, and described pedestal is contained in the described shell, and described converting means comprises the shell that can pivot.
8. device as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, described air stratification device comprises a layering gas flow tube and at least one layering blast fence.
9. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described spheroid is made by paraffin paper.
10. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid is the balloon of an inflation.
11. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid is a hollow.
12. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid is a fluorescence.
13. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid is a phosphorescence.
14. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid is colored.
15. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, has at least one pattern on the described surface of described spheroid.
16. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid has top and bottom, and a hole is at the top, and a hole is in the bottom.
17. device as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, described top and bottom notch.
18. device as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, top and bottom disc that described spheroid comprises the polylith wedged plate and is used for described polylith wedged plate is connected to described top and bottom.
19. device as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, also comprises a stabiliser bar, this stabiliser bar is used for described spheroid is remained on the lamina air flow of described generating apparatus, and wherein said pole can be inserted the described hole on described top and the bottom.
20. device as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, described stabiliser bar has a upper end and a lower end, and described lower end can be connected with described pedestal, and a lid member is used to be connected in described upper end and exceeds the length of described pole to prevent that described spheroid from suspending.
21. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid has in one the latitude circle, and the described fin of the polylith latitude circle around described that stretches out from the described outer surface of described spheroid is spaced apart and be an angle with described middle latitude circle.
22. device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described spheroid has latitude circle in, and the described fin of multi-disc latitude circle around described that two rows stretch out from the described outer surface of described spheroid is spaced apart and with described in the latitude circle be an angle, it is round also with it apart from equating with latitude around described in that each arranges described a plurality of fin.
23. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the described fin of polylith stretches out from the described outer surface of described spheroid at random.
24. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises the device that illuminates described spheroid.
25. device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, also comprises the device that illuminates described spheroid, described lighting device is embedded in the described basket ring.
26. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises at least one light source.
27. device as claimed in claim 24 is characterized in that, described lighting device comprises at least one LED.
28. device as claimed in claim 27 is characterized in that, described LED is ultraviolet LED.
29. device as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that, described lighting device comprises a red light, a green light and a blue lamp at least.
30. device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, every described fin comprises that a tab portion and that is generally rectangle is generally semicircular fin part, comprises that also the described tab portion that is used for described fin is connected to the device on the described outer surface of described spheroid.
31. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described fin is a fluorescence.
32. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described fin is a phosphorescence.
33. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described fin is colored.
34. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described generating means supplying power and control this generating means.
35. device as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, also comprises power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described blower fan supplying power and control the sequential and/or the rotating speed of this blower fan.
36. device as claimed in claim 24 is characterized in that, also comprises power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described lighting device supplying power and control this lighting device.
37. device as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that, also comprises power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described light source supplying power and control ON/OFF, sequential, phase place and/or the brightness of this light source.
38. device as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, comprises also that in described shell power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described generating means supplying power and control this generating means.
39. device as claimed in claim 24 is characterized in that, comprises also that in described shell power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described lighting device supplying power and control this lighting device.

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1. device, it comprises:
One spheroid of making by light material, described spheroid has an outer surface, and a slice is generally semicircular fin and stretches out from described outer surface at least; And
One pedestal, this pedestal comprise and are used to generate lamina air flow the skyborne device so that described spheroid suspends that when air impacted described fin, this device made described spheroid motion.
2. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described pedestal also comprises the device that is used for supporting described spheroid when described spheroid does not suspend.
3. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises the device of the direction that is used to change lamina air flow.
4. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described generating apparatus comprises a blower fan, an air flow point bed device, and this air stratification device is vertically derived air from described blower fan.
5. device as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that described blower fan has an impeller, and this impeller moves with 600 to 900 rev/mins rotating speed.
6. device as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described supporting arrangement comprises a hoop that forms a basket ring, and this basket ring is by many pole supportings of stretching out from described pedestal.
7. device as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, also comprises a shell, and described pedestal is contained in the described shell, and described converting means comprises the shell that can pivot.
8. device as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, described air stratification device comprises a layering gas flow tube and at least one layering blast fence.
9. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described spheroid is made by paraffin paper.
10. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid is the balloon of an inflation.
11. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid is a hollow.
12. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid is a fluorescence.
13. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid is a phosphorescence.
14. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid is colored.
15. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, has at least one pattern on the described surface of described spheroid.
16. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid has top and bottom, and a hole is at the top, and a hole is in the bottom.
17. device as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, described top and part portion depression.
18. device as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, top and bottom disc that described spheroid comprises the polylith wedged plate and is used for described polylith wedged plate is connected to described top and bottom.
19. device as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, also comprises a stabiliser bar, this stabiliser bar is used for described spheroid is remained on the lamina air flow of described generating apparatus, and wherein said pole can be inserted the described hole on described top and the bottom.
20. device as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, described stabiliser bar has a upper end and a lower end, and described lower end can be connected with described pedestal, and a lid member is used to be connected in described upper end and exceeds the length of described pole to prevent that described spheroid from suspending.
21. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described spheroid has in one the latitude circle, and the described fin of the polylith latitude circle around described that stretches out from the described outer surface of described spheroid is spaced apart and be an angle with described middle latitude circle.
22. device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described spheroid has latitude circle in, and the described fin of multi-disc latitude circle around described that two rows stretch out from the described outer surface of described spheroid is spaced apart and with described in the latitude circle be an angle, it is round also with it apart from equating with latitude around described in that each arranges described a plurality of fin.
23. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the described fin of polylith stretches out from the described outer surface of described spheroid at random.
24. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises the device that illuminates described spheroid.
25. device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, also comprises the device that illuminates described spheroid, described lighting device is embedded in the described basket ring.
26. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises at least one light source.
27. device as claimed in claim 24 is characterized in that, described lighting device comprises at least one LED.
28. device as claimed in claim 27 is characterized in that, described LED is ultraviolet LED.
29. device as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that, described lighting device comprises a red light, a green light and a blue lamp at least.
30. device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, every described fin comprises that a tab portion and that is generally rectangle is generally semicircular fin part, comprises that also the described tab portion that is used for described fin is connected to the device on the described outer surface of described spheroid.
31. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described fin is a fluorescence.
32. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described fin is a phosphorescence.
33. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described fin is colored.
34. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described generating means supplying power and control this generating means.
35. device as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, also comprises power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described blower fan supplying power and control the sequential and/or the rotating speed of this blower fan.
36. device as claimed in claim 24 is characterized in that, also comprises power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described lighting device supplying power and control this lighting device.
37. device as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that, also comprises power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described light source supplying power and control ON/OFF, sequential, phase place and/or the brightness of this light source.
38. device as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, comprises also that in described shell power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described generating means supplying power and control this generating means.
39. device as claimed in claim 24 is characterized in that, comprises also that in described shell power and control cabinet, this power and control cabinet are used for to described lighting device supplying power and control this lighting device.
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