Patents Assigned to De Efteling B.V.
  • System for the simulation of human movements in a puppet show, procedure for programming such a system and a puppet show so obtained
    Patent number: 4894936
    Abstract: System for the simulation of human movements of a puppet as used in a programmable puppet show, which puppet is provided with mutually hingeable parts of the body, in which a number of cam disks to be driven synchronously by a motor (3) are present, each of which can be followed by a roll (4) attached to one end of a lever (6), while the other end of the lever (6) is connected to a Bowden cable (11) capable of transmitting the movement of the lever (6) to a mechanical construction which can make a part of the body perform a desired movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: De Efteling B.V.
    Inventors: Marinus J. L. Van Heumen, Hendricus Smulders, Antoni N. J. Merkx