Patent ID: 6694844
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: F03G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus comprising a support frame, an axially horizontal stationary encircling, connected surface carried by said support, said surface having an interior and an exterior, an offset center, a plurality of spokes extending diametrally through said offset center of said surface through a rotatable hub at the offset center thereof, said spokes being spaced apart axially and circumferentially of the surface and being axially slidable diametrally of the surface through the hub at the surface's offset center; weighted objects on opposite ends of each of the spokes; said weights contacting the interior of said surface whereby the spokes move axially of the surface upon rotation to raise and lower the weights on the ends of extended portions of the spokes as the weights rotate on the interior of the surface, further including a plurality of arms, each comprised of two sections and attached to the hub at one end and to a spoke at the other end for rotation in a plane coincident with the hub's plane of rotation, said two sections being moveably connected at a point between the attachment to the hub and the attachment to the spoke, for movement along the plane of movement of the spoke, which allows the arm to extend and retract as the spoke slides through the hub.