Amusement device featuring variable lighting effects

Claim 2

An amusement device, comprising a housing, a light source within said housing, first and second transparent turntables mounted for rotation with respect to said housing, means rotating said first and second turntables and means permitting the direction and speed of rotation of said second turntable to be varied with respect to said first turntable, including a first gear wheel mounted for rotation and having radially extending ridges on one face thereof, a shaft mounted for rotation, a second gear mounted to slide along said shaft and including teeth along the periphery thereof which mesh with said ridges of said first gear wheel such that as said second gear slides along said shaft the direction and speed of rotation of said second gear is varied, and a disk associated with at least one of said turntables, said disk provided with a cut-out pattern of predetermined configuration.

Claim 3

An amusement device as in claim 1, wherein said first turntable is provided with different colors to create lighting effects.

Claim 4

An amusement device as in claim 1, wherein said means rotating said turntables further comprises a handle mounted for movement on said housing, teeth provided along the peripheries of said turntables, teeth formed along the periphery of said first gear, and gear means operatively connecting said handle and said teeth of said first turntable through said teeth of said first gear, and gear means operatively connecting said shaft and said teeth of said second turntable.

Claim 5

An amusement device as in claim 3, wherein means permitting variation in direction and speed of rotation of said second turntable further comprises a second handle mounted for movement on said housing, and means operatively connecting said second handle to said second gear such that as said second handle is turned said second gear slides along said shaft.

Claim 6

An amusement device as in claim 4, including a transparent plate mounted within said housing, a shaft mounted to said transparent plate and extending outwardly therefrom, said first and second turntables being mounted to rotate with respect to said shaft.

Claim 7

An amusement device as in claim 5, including additional discs to be mounted upon at least one of said turntables and each such disc provided with a different cut-out pattern.

Claim 8

In an amusement device having a housing provided with a light source and first and second turntables mounted to rotate with respect to the housing, the improvement comprising a gearing mechanism for rotating both turntables while permitting the direction and speed of rotation of one of said turntables to be varied with respect to the other of said turntables, including a gear train connected to one of said turntables for rotating same, and including a first driving gear wheel provided with radially extending ridges on one face thereof, a shaft, a second driven gear wheel mounted to slide along said shaft such that the teeth thereof mesh with said ridges of said face of said first gear and with the position of said second gear being slid with respect to said first gear determining the direction and speed of rotation of said second gear, and means operatively connecting said shaft to the other of said turntables.

Claim 9

In an amusement device having a housing provided with a light source and first and second turntables mounted to rotate with respect to the housing, the improvement comprising a gearing mechanism for rotating both turntables while permitting the direction and speed of rotation of one of said turntables to be varied with respect to the other of said turntables, including a gear train connected to one of said turntables for rotating same, and including a first driving gear wheel provided with radially extending ridges on one face thereof, a shaft, a second driven gear wheel mounted to slide along said shaft such that the teeth thereof mesh with said ridges of said face of said first gear and with the position of said second gear being slid with respect to said first gear determining the direction and speed of rotation of said second gear, and means operatively connecting said shaft to the other of said turntables.

Claim 10

An amusement device as in claim 7, further comprising racks of teeth formed along the peripheries of said turntables, said gear train terminating in a third gear meshing with the teeth of one of said turntables, and wherein said means connecting said shaft and the other of said turntables comprises a fourth gear wheel affixed to said shaft meshing with the teeth of the other of said turntables.

Claim 11

An amusement device as in claim 8, further comprising a first manually operable mechanism connected to said gear train to operate same to rotate said one of said turntables and a second manually operable mechanism connected to said second gear to slide same along said shaft.

Claim 12

An amusement device as in claim 9, wherein said first and second turntables are transparent, and including at least one disk associated with one of said turntables and provided with a cut-out pattern of predetermined configuration.