Patent ID: 7056182

Claim:
A bubble producing apparatus comprising: an external housing having a hollow internal chamber, a source of power, a source of bubble solution attached to the external housing, a means of pumping the bubble solution to an aperture, from which a plurality of bubbles are formed and released, a means of generating an air current, a trigger which activates the means of pumping and the generation of the air current, an internal air chamber which conveys the air current to the aperture, a film-creating apparatus comprising an aperture, a hollow ring with a hollow internal section through which the air current is directed by the internal air chamber, a plurality of holes in the hollow ring through which bubble solution is transported from the source of bubble solution to the hollow internal section of the hollow ring, by which bubble solution is expelled onto the surface of the hollow ring to create a film of bubble solution, a flat, plate-like covering which completely covers the hollow ring, thereby allowing through capillary action the creation of a film of bubble solution across the entire aperture, where the flat, plate-like covering can be opened by a user's pulling on the trigger, such that in its resting position the flat, plate-like covering seals the aperture and thereby creates a film of bubble solution across the aperture without the user having to press the trigger, a funnel and catchment basin located under the aperture which serves to catch any bubble solution not turned into bubbles and funnel the bubble solution back into the source of bubble solution, and a drip flange located under the aperture which serves to trap and direct the unused bubble solution into the funnel and catchment basin.