Title: Amusement device featuring variable lighting effects

Abstract: An amusement device providing a variety of lighting effects in which a housing is provided with a source of light positioned below two transparent turntables mounted for rotation, a mechanism for rotating the turntables, an independently operated mechanism for varying both the direction and speed of rotation of one of the turntables relative to the other, and a plurality of discs provided with a variety of cut-out patterns to be positioned on top of the turntables.

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Inventors: Hamano, Nubuo (Tokyo, JA)

Application Number: 732193
Filing Date: 1976-10-14
Publication_date: 1978-04-25
Assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc. (Tokyo, JA)
Primary Class(es): 472/61 40/433, 40/474, 40/581, 362/281, 446/243
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US Patent Ref:

1182266	May, 1916	Gibson	272/8.
1796903	Mar, 1931	Wheeler et al.	240/10.
2011517	Aug, 1935	Geoffrion	40/34.
3195400	Jul, 1965	Dlott	272/10.
3245163	Apr, 1966	Allen	40/34.
3526983	Sep, 1970	Klauber	40/106.

Other Refs: 424,619

Nov, 1933	UK

Primary Examiner: Pinkham, Richard C.
Assistant Examiner: Kramer, Arnold W.
Attorney: Staas & Halsey