Patent ID: 6385880
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
In a decorative liquid globe having a transparent inverted thin-walled chamber and a bottom wall,a base housing having an upper outer edge supporting said chamber, a transparent liquid completely filling and sealed within said chamber at said edge, said liquid having a visually-discernable display material suspendible throughout said chamber upon circulation of said liquid and settlable at the bottom of said chamber upon said liquid reaching a quiescent state, a pump, a motor for operating said pump, an open conduit in communication with said pump, said pump being operated to circulate liquid and suspended material in said chamber through said conduit and pump between an open-ended liquid inlet passage and an open-ended liquid outlet passage of said pump, both of said passages being in constant communication with said liquid in said chamber, said motor being isolated and sealed with respect to liquid within the chamber, and a rotatable decorative device and a journal therefor mounted within the chamber, said decorative device being independent of mechanical interconnection with said motor and said decorative device further having a portion thereof in position to enable the device to be propelled by the flow of a liquid jet exiting from the open end of the outlet passage and thereby assist in distributing display material during operation of said motor.