Patent ID: 6185849
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A crystal ball with an assembled motive die set, comprising:a music box;a driving substrate, a portion of which is rotatably connected with the music box by a longitudinal output axle, the driving substrate comprising:a disk shaped base portion, having an annular raised portion on an outer periphery thereof,a motive gear, mounted in a center of the disk shaped base portion, operably connected to the longitudinal output axle so as to rotate the motive gear,at least one driven gear, provided on the disk shaped base portion, each driven gear driven to rotate by force provided from the motive gear, andan upper cover, fixed to the annular raised portion of the disk shaped base portion, said upper cover including at least one driven gear opening corresponding to a position of one of the driven gears; andat least one assembled motive die set, provided on the upper cover of the driving substrate, and driven by one of the driven gears of the driving substrate, wherein one of the motive die sets comprises:a die set body, having an upper disk face, a lower neck portion, and an opening defined therethrough,a rotary disk, anda claw member,wherein the lower neck portion of the die set body is positioned within one of the driven gear openings of the upper cover of the driving substrate, and wherein the rotary disk is fixed to the claw member through the opening of the die set body so that the rotary disk is disposed above the upper disk face of the die set body and rotates concurrently with the claw member with respect to the die set body, the claw member being, in turn, rotatably engaged with one of the driven gears.