Patent ID: 6508691
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A built-up spinning top, comprising:a fixing plate provided with a long opening having an open end, said long opening being provided along a longitudinal inner edge with a row of continuously arranged teeth; a turning wheel including an axially extended supporting shaft, a tooth gear fixed to a position near a middle point of said supporting shaft, an upper and a lower catch plate connected to said supporting shaft to separately locate above and below said tooth gear with a space between said upper and lower catch plates slightly larger than a thickness of said fixing plate, and a handle-engaging disc formed from a plurality of laminated sub-discs and connected to said supporting shaft to locate below said lower catch plate; and an actuating handle having an end provided with a curved recess, said curved recess having openness slightly larger than said handle-engaging disc for freely detachably engaging with one side of said handle-engaging disc at any time; said turning wheel being connected to said fixing plate at said long opening with said tooth gear meshing with said teeth provided in said long opening and said upper and said lower catch plates located above and,below said fixing plate, respectively; said actuating handle being adapted to extend below said fixing plate to engage the end having said curved recess with one side of said handle-engaging disc of said turning wheel connected to said fixing plate at said long opening and thereby move said turning wheel back and forth along said long opening; and said turning wheel being moved along said long opening on said fixing plate turning at the same time due to meshing of said tooth gear with said teeth in said long opening, such that said turning wheel keeps revolving on said supporting shaft on a plane surface when it is moved by said actuating handle beyond said open end of said long opening to separate from said fixing plate.