Abstract: A bubble blowing assembly used to blow bubbles made of soap film. The bubble blowing assembly includes a housing. In the housing is formed an air flow chamber having a first end and a second end. A one-way valve is disposed at the first end of the air flow chamber. The one-way valve connects to a balloon or another inflatable air vessel. An arm is pivotally connected to the housing and is selectively positionable between a first position and a second position. The arm defines an aperture. When the arm is in the first position, the aperture on the arm is positioned in said reservoir. When the arm is positioned in the second position, the aperture on the arm is positioned next to the second end of the air flow chamber. An activation mechanism is provided within the housing. The activation mechanism engages both the one-way valve and the arm. When the activation mechanism is in an operating position, the activation mechanism moves both the one-way valve to its open condition and the arm to its second position.

Abstract: A bubble maker toy for producing a plurality of bubble streams from a liquid bubble solution. The bubble maker toy comprises a bubble wand and an electric fan. The bubble wand includes a plurality of bubble rings connected together by connection arms. The electric fan is configured for producing an airflow concentrated adjacent to the center of the bubble wand which forces the bubble streams outward from the center of the bubble wand and away from each other. The connection arms are arcuate in shape and connected to each other at approximately the center of the bubble wand causing the air flow produced by the electric fan to swirl in a rotating manner further forcing the bubble streams away from each other thus preventing the bubbles from sticking together or combining to form a cluster of bubbles.

Abstract: A mechanized bubble making toy with enhanced spill resistance having a hand held housing and manually operated bubble making wand movable relative to an annularly shaped reservoir of bubble forming solution is provided. The wand and an associated ring are movable between operational and loading positions. The wand ring moves through a thin slot provided within the inner circumference of the annular reservoir to thereby limit the ability of the bubble forming solution to escape. If solution escapes, a drip gutter is provided around the inner circumference of the reservoir to direct the excess solution back to the reservoir, and if excess solution drips form the wand ring, a drip string is provided to directly communicate the solution from the wand ring to the reservoir. The reservoir includes a bay shaped to ensure both that a film of solution is formed, and that substantially all solution is used.

Abstract: A doll includes a doll body having a torso rotatably supported upon the legs and lower body of the doll. The torso supports a pair of arms which in turn support a pair of bubble attachment. Each bubble attachment is snap-fit attached to the doll's arms and includes a conventional bubble ring. A pullstring mechanism is operative within the doll body and torso to provide rotation of the torso and arms of the doll back and forth in response to pullstring draw and release. A quantity of bubble-producing liquid is loaded upon the bubble attachments afterwhich the pullstring operation twirls the doll torso and arm to produce a number of bubbles.

Abstract: A spill-resistant bubble-blowing apparatus, adapted to be used with a bottle filled with bubble solution and a bubble-blowing wand disposed in the bottle and being sized to allow the bubble-blowing wand to pass through the opening in the bottle, is provided with a cap portion adapted to be coupled to a bubble-solution bottle and having an opening formed therein and an insert adapted to be disposed adjacent the cap portion. The insert has a raised portion with a perimeter that corresponds to the opening in the cap portion and a central portion with a slot formed therein, with the central portion of the insert being composed of a flexible material. The slot in the central portion is sized to allow a bubble-blowing end of a bubble-blowing wand to pass through it and has a width small enough to prevent significant passage of bubble solution through the cap portion.

Abstract: A combination bubble blower pen includes a pen body, an upper barrel connected to a top end of the pen body and holding a solution for producing bubbles, and a bubble-blowing device for insertion into the upper barrel to take the solution for blowing bubbles, the pen body having a penholder, a tapered front socket connected to the bottom end of the penholder, a writing element holder mounted in the penholder and fixedly connected to the front socket, and a writing element inserted into the writing element holder, the upper barrel having a receptacle extended from a bottom extension rod thereof and coupled to the top open head of the writing element holder, and a bellows tube connected between a bottom end of the body thereof and the top end of the penholder for enabling the upper barrel to be moved relative to the penholder to depress the top open end of the writing element holder in propelling the writing element out of the front socket for writing.

Abstract: A bubble blowing toy including a solution container holding a solution and a bubble blowing device adapted to take up the solution from the solution container and to let the received solution be blowing into a big bubble. The bubble blowing device includes an operating unit and a bubble blowing unit pivoted to the operating unit and turned by the operating unit between a closed position and an opened position. The bubble blowing unit includes two long, arms connected to the operating unit and a folding arm coupled between the long arms at one end remote from the operating unit, with at least one of the long arms being pivoted to the operating unit and the folding arm having two opposite ends respectively pivoted to the long arms at one end remote from the operating unit.

Abstract: A bubble producing device comprising a rotor defining an axis that extends longitudinally, the rotor defining a plurality of through openings spaced about an axis to dip into a bubble solution bath, and to rise above the bath as the rotor rotates; a motor driven fan directed to displace air toward openings above the bath; and a circular series of turbine vanes carried by the rotor and angled to receive air displaced by the fan, for creating torque acting to rotate the rotor.

Abstract: A bubble making toy includes a bubble making device having an impeller and a bubble wheel including a plurality of apertures. The bubble wheel rotates within a bubble making fluid reservoir for forming a film of bubble making fluid over the apertures. The impeller is arranged to rotate within an impeller housing and delivers a flow of air through the apertures for forming a substantially continuous stream of bubbles. Each of the impeller and the bubble wheel are driven from a drive axle to which at least one wheel is secured, and preferably, each are driven at a respective rotational velocity that is a respective multiple of the rotational velocity of the at least one wheel.

Abstract: A toy device that leaves a liquid footprint as the device is moved along a surface. The device includes a housing that resembles a duck. Attached to the bottom of the duck is a roller that can rotate relative to the housing, so that the toy can be pushed or pulled along a sidewalk or other similar surface. The housing is connected to a handle that allows the user, such as a small child, to move the toy along the surface. Attached to the roller are a pair of sponge pads that are constructed to resemble the feet of a duck. The sponge pads are soaked with water and leave a liquid pattern when pressed into contact with a surface. The sponge pads are located on the roller, such that a duck foot shaped pattern is left on the surface each time the user moves the duck and rotates the roller.

Abstract: An improved pressure-actuated bubble blowing toy comprising a container and an insert therein, in which the insert is composed of an cylinder, a piston, and a film forming ring connected to the upper end of the piston, and characterized by the design of the piston with a base plate having a cut portion and a plurality of raised portions on its upper surface, and the cylinder have a rail on the inner wall of its lower portion so that by aligning the cut portion of the piston with the rail, the rising and lowering of the piston can be maintained in a fixed direction without unwanted rotation, and the raised portions provide passages for liquid to enter the upper portion of the cylinder to form film on the film forming ring where the base plate is contacted with the a stop ring between the upper and lower cylinder portions of the cylinder.

Abstract: A toy device that leaves a liquid footprint as the device is moved along a surface. The device includes a housing that resembles a duck. Attached to the bottom of the duck is a roller that can rotate relative to the housing, so that the toy can be pushed or pulled along a sidewalk or other similar surface. The housing is connected to a handle that allows the user, such as a small child, to move the toy along the surface. Attached to the roller are a pair of sponge pads that are constructed to resemble the feet of a duck. The sponge pads are soaked with water and leave a liquid pattern when pressed into contact with a surface. The sponge pads are located on the roller, such that a duck foot shaped pattern is left on the surface each time the user moves the duck and rotates the roller. The duck toy also includes mechanism for allowing the user to generate sound and move the duck's head up and down to further generate bubbles.

Abstract: An improved bubble blowing device with a bubble forming ring which is hidden inside a decorative housing when not in use. When in use, the elevation angle and the positions of the bubble-forming ring can be adjusted and the bubble forming process observable by the user. The bubble blowing device is provided with a wrist strap such that it can be worn on either wrist. The lid includes a timepiece.

Abstract: A bubble producing toy includes a rod or tether having a circular ring at one end to loosely encircle the user's lower leg or ankle. A bubble producing mechanism is secured to the outer end of the rod and is operative to produce bubbles when twirled about the user's leg. The bubble producing mechanism includes a housing which carries a power wheel rotatable in response to ground engagement during twirling about the user's leg to rotate a bubble plate within the housing. The bubble plate has a plurality of openings over which bubble-producing films are formed as the plate dips into a bubble-producing solution during rotation and moves the films successively through an air passage in the housing so that bubbles are formed through a discharge end of the air passage. The rod or tether is of sufficient length to require a skipping or hopping movement of the user's free leg so as not to impede twirling of the toy.

Abstract: A bubble blowing apparatus for the automatic, self-generation of bubbles in moving air such as a wind or breeze. Such movement of ambient air causes a fan assembly to rotate which, in turn, imparts rotational movement to a bubble-wand assembly. The relationship between the fan assembly and bubble-wand assembly is such that the energy taken out of the moving air by the fan assembly improves the bubble formation characteristics of the bubble-wand assembly.

Abstract: A specimen support for optical observation or analysis is disclosed. The support comprises a disc-like member composed of a rigid material and having a plurality of holes extending therethrough, preferably in a screen of substantially equal-sized holes. When analyzing a liquid specimen, the disc is dipped in the liquid and the surface tension of the liquid will cause the liquid to bridge or span the holes. The support is then placed vertically in a tray or holder and exposed to an infrared beam that passes horizontally through the holes to generate an infrared spectrum.

Abstract: Apparatus for generating a stream or burst of air through a vehicle mounted bubble dispensing nozzle and controlled by a remote transmitter which generates signals for receipt by a receiver mounted on the vehicle for controlling the generation of the bubbles and movement of the vehicle is disclosed.

Abstract: A toy assembly that has a bubble generating machine which can be coupled to a variety of existing bicycles and tricycles. The bubble machine includes a housing which contains a pair of rings that can move in and out of a reservoir filled with bubble liquid. The rings move adjacent to a fan which blows air through the rings to create a plurality of bubbles. Both the rings and the fan are coupled to an electric motor which can be energized by depressing a button The button is also connected to an electronic assembly which emits sounds when the button is depressed. The button is typically located on the bike, so that the child can generate bubbles and noises while driving the vehicle. The assembly also includes a bracket which can be attached to the frame of a vehicle with either a pair of straps, or a pair of screws. The bracket is constructed to be attached to bikes having either tubular or rectangular frames. Extending from the bracket is an adjustable wire that couples the bubble machine to the bike.

Abstract: A toy device that leaves a liquid footprint as the device is moved along a surface. The device includes a housing that resembles a duck. Attached to the bottom of the duck is a roller that can rotate relative to the housing, so that the toy can be pushed or pulled along a sidewalk or other similar surface. The housing is connected to a handle that allows the user, such as a small child, to move the toy along the surface. Attached to the roller are a pair of sponge pads that are constructed to resemble the feet of a duck. The sponge pads are soaked with water and leave a liquid pattern when pressed into contact with a surface. The sponge pads are located on the roller, such that a duck foot shaped pattern is left on the surface each time the user moves the duck and rotates the roller.

Abstract: A toy for mounting onto a handle bar of a bicycle, tricycle or the like, that, when the bicycle is moved to pass an air flow therethrough creates a stream of soap bubbles. The toy includes a double clamp mount for fitting to the bicycle handle bar and whereto a mounting rod end for mounting the toy off-set from the side of a bicycle operator is maintained, with the opposite mounting rod end for mounting to a bubble generation assembly that includes a reservoir housing for containing a water and soap solution. The reservoir housing incorporates an upright standard whereto a propeller or rotor that has a plurality of spaced blades secured at equidistant intervals around a spindle is mounted to turn in the air stream in front of a slot that has been formed along a reservoir housing top edge. A bar is secured to extend from a trailing edge of each of the propeller or rotor blades that in turn, individually mount a bubble ring across an the end thereof.

Abstract: A device for producing bubbles from water pressure which may be used in connection with a sprinkler includes a turbine, and means for connecting a turbine to a source of pressurized water for rotating the turbine. Structures are provided which include a fan rotated by motive power from the turbine, and a container for a solution capable of forming bubbles is provided with a dipper having at least one opening positioned under motive power of the turbine to place the openings sequentially within the container and thereafter into the flow of air created by the fan.

Abstract: A bubble bath bubble toy. This toy with a rotatable hub for altering bubble size is designed to produce bubbles in clear, soapy or bubble bath water. For years children have been fascinated by the production of bubbles. This apparatus allows children to safely and easily produce bubbles on their own. With this apparatus, the user turns a crank which activates several gears turning a bubble wheel with aeration vanes. The motivation of these aeration vanes produces a mixing of air, water and bubble mixture sufficient to produce bubbles. This toy allows for the production of bubbles from previously utilized water containing some amounts of bubble fluid. This helps to limit the cost of bubble production.

Abstract: The instant invention discloses a bubble pipe with the functionality of a bubble wand. The bubble pipe employs two tubes, one slidably insertable into the second, extending the distance of a bubble formation end away from the operator. Each tube includes a plurality of orifices placed therethrough for adjusting the velocity and volume of air used in formation of a bubble.

Abstract: A bubble blower device which comprises a cyclindrical tube with a pleated periphery providing longitudinal grooves with sharp apical edges, the tube being fitted into a skirt of a cap which forms with the tube a reservoir for the bubble forming liquid which is aspirated with the tube when motivated.

Abstract: A model airplane throw toy includes a tail end carried ring which may be angularly adjusted relative to the longitudinal axis of the model airplane to provide different sizes and quantities of bubbles to be produced as the model airplane is thrown.

Abstract: Target bubble generating and target shooting systems (50, 50A, 50B, 50C) are disclosed employing a target bubble generator housing (59), a pair of left and right actuating handles (51, 55) pivotally coupled at their front ends of the left and right vertical edges of the housing (59), and a bellows assembly (116) positioned intermediate the left and right handles (51, 55) and coupled to the latter at the approximate midpoints thereof. The target bubble generating housing (59) includes a torus-shaped reservoir (81) and a vertically reciprocable bubble wand (98) having a film-forming elliptical ring structure (101) including upper and lower serrated arcuate edges (102, 104) of truncated triangular cross section to minmize disturbance of the soapy fluid in the reservoir (81) as the bubble wand (98) exits the fluid.

Abstract: A doll is provided capable of blowing bubbles. The doll has a receptacle for holding bubble making liquid attached to the doll's trunk. A bubble making tool having a ring-shaped end is attached to a moveable arm of the doll. The arm is able to pivot about the trunk so that the tool may be dipped in the liquid and raised up to a mouth opening formed in the doll. An air impeller is located in the doll's head and forces air out of the doll's mouth when a circuit is closed by the motion of the arm in bringing the tool close to the mouth opening. Bubbles are produced when the air flows through the ring-shaped end of the tool coated with a liquid film.

Abstract: A doll is provided capable of blowing bubbles. The doll has a receptacle for holding bubble making liquid attached to the doll's trunk. A bubble making tool having a ring-shaped end is attached to a moveable arm of the doll. The arm is able to pivot about the trunk so that the tool may be dipped in the liquid and raised up to a mouth opening formed in the doll. An air impeller is located in the doll's head and forces air out of the doll's mouth when a circuit is closed by the motion of the arm in bringing the tool close to the mouth opening. Bubbles are produced when the air flows through the ring-shaped end of the tool coated with a liquid film.

Abstract: A bubble-making device, includes a container with an opening, and a removable cover for closing the opening in the container in liquid sealing relation. A pair of cords extend from the underside of the cover in spaced apart relation when the cover is withdrawn, the cords engaging a retractor mechanism in the container which keeps the cords tensioned while maintaining them in spaced apart relation. A separate cord joins the pair of cords near the underside of the cover. When the container is filled with a film making liquid and the cover is withdrawn with the cords, by bending the pair of cords against a long edge of the container opening a film is formed between the cords and the opening edge. A giant bubble may then be formed by holding the film against a wind.

Abstract: A bubble forming machine that produces bubbles including a housing having an air inlet and an air and bubble outlet, a fan to create an air stream through the housing from the inlet to the outlet, a reservoir containing a bubble creating liquid such as soapy water located in the housing in the air stream near the outlet and open at the top so that air moves across the open top of the reservoir, a plurality of foraminous screens radially mounted on a rotating axis. The screens have a multiplicity of openings therein and are mounted for movement into and out of the reservoir opposite to the direction of air flow. A motor is provided for rotating the axis and thereby the screens into and out of said reservoir so that the screens pick up some of the soapy water to form a film on the openings in the screen that is blown off by the air stream to form a stream of bubbles.

Abstract: The present invention involves a toy bubble blowing machine which has a housing which forms at least a part of a toy. The housing may simulate a motor and may be mounted on a ridable toy such as a bicycle, tricycle, toy auto, or the like. The toy bubble blowing machine includes a drive axle and a motive power source connected to, and capable of, driving the drive axle. The motive power source may be a battery operated motor and batteries or may be direct drive through gears, pulleys, or otherwise from the axle of wheels on a ridable toy. The bubble blowing machine also includes a bubble wand which has a plurality of wand heads with bubble forming orifices and a central hub. The wand heads are arranged symmetrically and concentrically above the hub and a hub axle extends from the hub. A Geneva mechanism is used which has a first gear which is continuously rotatable and a second gear which is a step gear and is rotatable through an arc intermittently.

Abstract: A child's toy for forming bubbles is illustrated as comprising a tricycle mounting a reservoir for holding a bubble forming liquid, a front wheel actuated dip-arm having a film support and movable between a first position in which the film support dips into the reservoir liquid and a second position above the reservoir and an electrically operated fan for forcing air through the film to form bubbles.

Abstract: A toy bubble-blowing lawn mower is disclosed having a wheel driven impeller coupled to a propeller for generating a stream of air. The impeller is also intermittently coupled to a bubble disk in either direction of rotation of the impeller for successively moving apertures in the disk covered by a bubble-forming liquid film into alignment with the stream of air.

Abstract: This invention relates to a self-driven bubbling toy, in the form of a bubbling octopus. It comprises a blowing means to produce an air jet and a delivering means to deliver an amount of frothing liquid from a reservoir to the route of said jet to blow it into bubbles, thereby increasing the amusement of the toy. Various sound and light effects can be applied to this toy.

Abstract: A toy bubble-blowing lawn mower is disclosed having a wheel driven impeller coupled to a propeller for generating a stream of air. The impeller is also intermittently coupled to a bubble disk in either direction of rotation of the impeller for successively moving apertures in the disk covered by a bubble-forming liquid film into alignment with the stream of air.