Patent ID: 6027343
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: G09B,Y10S

Abstract:
A touch controlled multiple functional terrestrial globe comprising:a ball being a transparent round ball with a hollow inner space, a world map being depicted on the surface of the ball;a palm-shaped supporting frame formed by a front and a rear mold plates with a shape correspondent to a palm, in an assembled structure of the palm-shaped supporting frame, a thumb portion being transversally extended in a lower side of the ball, other fingers being located on lateral and upper sides of the ball so as to form an opening section as a receiving space the size of which is sufficient to receive the ball;a ball driving device firmly secured to an axial rod through a positioning piece, the axial rod being engaged with an under-pan and a belt disk, the under-pan serving to locate the ball, while the belt disk being connected to another belt disk under a central shaft of a decelerated motor through a belt, therefore, by starting the decelerated motor, the ball is driven to rotate;a light source engaged on the axial rod through a spring for being screwedly connected by a threaded tube, while a bulb base is mounted on the top of the threaded tube for being installed with a bulb to emit light;a seat installed on a lower portion of the palm-shaped supporting frame and formed by a conductive upper cover and a conductive lower cover, a touch controlled sensing circuit system being installed therewithin and including a switch sensor for controlling the ON-OFF states of the bulb which can be connected to the bulb base through a circuit, and an AC motor actuator and switch sensor for control the ON-OFF of the decelerated motor, the AC motor actuator and the switch sensor being connected to the decelerated motor through another circuit, a metal piece being connected to the upper cover through a touch controlled wire, when a finger touches the seat, the circuit will be conducted, then a four stage control of the light source and a power switching of the decelerated motor being performed sequentially.