Patent ID: 8091823
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. A flapping apparatus, comprising: a pair of I-shaped plates spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the I-shaped plates facing each other and being parallel, to each other; and a pair of coupling rods coupling opposite corners of upper ends of the I-shaped plates to each other; a drive motor fastened to a portion of the frame such that a rotating shaft thereof is disposed inside the frame; a slider comprising a lateral bar to be reciprocated upwards and downwards by a convert module converting a rotating force of the drive motor into a vertical reciprocating force; a pair of connection links respectively coupled at first ends thereof to both ends of the lateral bar so as to be rotatable; a pair of actuating links respectively coupled at first ends thereof to second ends of the connection links so as to be rotatable, the actuating links being respectively coupled at second ends thereof to the coupling rods so as to be rotatable; and a pair of wings respectively attached to upper surfaces of the actuating links.