Patent ID: 7980957
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A novelty device comprising: a clock having moving parts including pendulum; a first concave parabolic mirror having a central axis from the center of the mirror to the focal point of the mirror and said first mirror being outwardly convex from said focal point; a second concave parabolic mirror having a central axis from the center of the mirror to the focal point of the mirror and said first mirror being outwardly convex from said focal point; said central axis of said second mirror being coincident to said central axis of said first mirror; said first concave parabolic mirror being disposed adjacent to said second concave parabolic mirror, and said outwardly convex portions from each said mirror being disposed opposite to each other; said second parabolic mirror having an aperture about and perpendicular to said central axis of said first and second mirrors, and said aperture having a perimeter, and the circumference of said perimeter forming a plane; a first illuminated object disposed between said mirrors and disposed adjacent to said first parabolic mirror within the imaginary cone formed by said perimeter of said aperture and said focal point of said second parabolic mirror, said combination thereby producing a real image being a high quality three-dimensional copy of said first illuminated object; said real image being perceptible for 360 degrees around said central axis by an observer exterior to said second mirror at an angle of perception 30 to 60 degrees above said plane looking toward said central axis, said angle of perception having an apex located at the intersection of said central axis and said plane; at least one of said moving parts of said clock periodically passing through said real image of said first illuminated object so that it appears that the said at least one moving part is improbably slicing said first illuminated object without damage to said real image, said first illuminated object or said at least one of said moving parts.