Abstract: A transmission assembly used to connect with a rotatable ornament or a toy to provide bilateral rotations for achieving their cosmetic effect comprises a casing enclosing a set of three pinions which are driven by a battery-operated electrical circuit therein. An elastic rectangular bar used to restrict the rotary extent of a first pinion will elastically obstruct the rotary movement of the pinion in order to provide continuous bilateral rotation and each turn of the bilateral rotation will exceed 360.degree. without making any noise. The noses of the spindles of the pinions are formed as tapering sockets or as tapering pointed plugs to enhance the intensity of the assembly. Most of the components in this assembly are made integrally of plastic material so as to reduce the time and cost to manufacture.

Abstract: A rocking ornament in a tray, which comprises a tray with an ornamental pattern, and the front recess portion of the tray is mounted with a rocking member; the back side of the rocking member has an elongate slot, which is to be engaged with a stud on an eccentric wheel connected with transmission device in a mechanism chamber behind the tray; the lower part of the rocking member has a through hole for receiving a screw spindle with a shaft, and the screw spindle is to be fastened to the tray as a supporting shaft to the rocking member; the rocking member can move circularly with the stud on the eccentric wheel simultaneously upon of the transmission device in the mechanism chamber driving the eccentric wheel, and then the rocking member will sway laterally and regularly.

Abstract: A Halloween toy comprises an image member received within a frame. A mechanism is provided for moving the member into and out of the frame so as to achieve a scary effect. The image member may represent a face and movement of the member may be accompanied by light and sound effects. The image member may be covered by a sheet of material such that it is not readily visible when received within the frame but becomes visible when it it projects out of the frame. The mechanism for moving the image member is designed so as to occupy only a minimum of space.

Abstract: A toy carrousel comprising a body which is formed by a stationary base part and a top part supported above the base part for rotation about a vertical axis. The base part includes a vertical shaft having an upper end reaching into the top part. The top part supports at least one decorative figure atop. The toy carrousel includes a drive mechanism provided in the base part for rotating the top part, which is formed by a motor and a train of gears to be driven by the motor to rotate the top part. The toy carrousel further includes a drive transmission mechanism provided at the upper end of the shaft for setting the decorative figure into individual motion relative to the top part upon rotation of the top part.

Abstract: A novelty illusion device producing an illusion of a shimmering floating bubble having a transparent case, an illusion object disposed within the case, an electric motor for producing rotational force, a power circuit and power source for driving the motor, and a drive shaft for transferring rotational force from the motor to the illusion object. The drive shaft is rendered virtually invisible to an observer when the drive shaft is rotating by concealing the shaft within a groove formed in the casing. The illusion object is made of a plurality of mylar strips joined at both ends to form a cage structure. Additional circuits are included to vary the movement of the illusion periodically and in response to detected sounds.

Abstract: A water filled crystal ball with undulating pivot arms is disclosed. The important parts comprise a central rotating shaft, a bushing, undulating pivot arms, and a rotating disk. It is the rotating motion of the central rotating shaft that is the driving force. It is the outer bushing which is the levering force that causes an up and down undulation of the pivot arms inside the glass sphere of the crystal ball. Decorative objects above the fixed disk are moved by a track which is fixed to the top of a rotating disk and move in a level radial back and forth fashion. This produces a scene in which there are multiple directions of motion of decorative objects within a glass sphere.

Abstract: A dummy passenger is designed to be seated on the passenger side of the front seat of a car. The dummy passenger is provided therein with driving members and circuits, which enable the dummy passenger to simulate a human being so as to give a false appearance that the driver is accompanied by somebody. The head of the dummy passenger is electrically driven to move leftwards and rightwards to give a false appearance that someone, who is seated beside the driver, is talking to the driver. The simulation is made more lively by furnishing the dummy passenger with an appropriate apparel and a wig.

Abstract: A display device suitable for attachment to headwear having a self-contained power source, a reciprocating arm powered by the self-contained power source, and a display symbol at the wagging end of the reciprocating arm. The display device may also have one or more additional reciprocating arms or an audio source, and the display symbols may be permanently attached, replaceable or interchangeable.

Abstract: A toy includes a housing having a cap disposed on the upper portion, a sliding element disposed in the housing and slidable up and down, a head or a figure fixed to the sliding element and the cap and concealed in the housing, the figure and the cap can be moved outward of the housing by a gearing such that the figure can be seen from outside of the housing, a speaker utters a sound and one or more light bulbs are energized when the figure is moved out of said housing in order to frighten other people.

Abstract: A track display apparatus comprises an elongated endless track preferably in the form of a ring. A pair of spaced apart conductive rails extend along the track and are engaged by conductive rollers which receive electrical power for a motor housing surrounded by an ornament. The ornament is advantageously Santa with his sleigh and the reindeer. Power is supplied by a power signal unit attached along the track and electrically connected to the rails and a low voltage direct current power source. A plurality of supports are connected around the track for supporting the track above the floor or around another ornament, for example, a Christmas tree.

Abstract: A system for simulating human gait embodied as a human-like model, for example, a mannequin, a scarecrow and the like depending on the intended application of the system, driven by a driving system along a pair of tracks. The driving system includes rotatable terminals for reversing the direction of advancement of the model. The model has legs which are pivotally connected to one another in a spaced alignment at a waist enabling a scissor-like action during the step-by-step advancement of the model along the tracks. The waist includes a balancing mechanism for maintaining a substantially even keel of the model during the gait-like motion. Furthermore, the legs include an upper segment pivotally connected at a knee-like joint to a lower segment such the legs have a tendency for a flexion movement and urging mechanisms for straightening them. Still further, the legs terminate in feet pivotally connected thereto which are provided with front and rear shock absorbers for smoothing the gait-like motion.

Abstract: A liquid display device comprises an elongated, transparent, cylindrical display tube containing a column of liquid and including a light-transmitting base. A pedestal supports the display tube and includes a light-transmitting top plate on which the base of the display tube is seated. An impeller within the display tube rotates the liquid within the tube. The pedestal contains a reversible motor for driving the impeller, lights for lighting the contents of the display tube through the light-transmitting base and top plate, and air pumps for forcing air into the liquid within the display tube. A series of timers controls the operation of the motor, air pump and lights to create continuously changing turbulence patterns in the liquid.

Abstract: An animation show presentation has a base turntable (15) rotatable about a base axis (30), and pedestal turntables (35, 36, 37) supported on the base turntable for independent rotation about separate pedestal axes (38, 39, 40). Animated characters (32, 33, 34) respectively mounted on the pedestal turntables have arm body part segments (59, 60, 61) whose hand ends can be extended and brought into juxtaposed positions proximate the base axis (30), under rotation of the pedestal turntables. Rotating the base turntable with the hand ends thus juxtaposed causes the characters to appear to be dancing about an optional pole (63) placed coincident with base axis (30).

Abstract: A display arrangement comprises a dancing body torso of plastics material. The lower and upper display halves of the torso are spaced apart. The upper display half is pivotally supported by a support carried by the lower display half. A motor secured to the support is coupled to the upper display half to cause it to oscillate about is pivotal axis. A support bracket secured to the support and the lower display half has a pair of feet which can be secured to a ground engaging member.

Abstract: A robotic assembly is provided that simulates the size, appearance and movement of a human torso. The torso includes a unique combination of high speed rotary and linear actuators arranged in a geometry that enables anatomically correct human-like movement, and which provides sufficient internal room and mounting surfaces for the actuators and related equipment such as hydraulic or pneumatic lines, electronic control circuits, valves, and audio playback devices. A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides up to nine degrees of freedom. The upper torso includes a pair of rotary arm actuators ("rotacs") for rotating arms up to 200 degrees. The rotacs are pivotally attached to a centrally located mounting structure for up-and-down motion (shoulder shrugging) and for forward-and-back motion (shoulder forward).

Abstract: An actuated toy device including a recognizable character such as a Santa Claus doll reclining in a bed. The doll character chest portion is moved up and down vertically by a battery-powered gear unit through a first linkage mechanism provided in a housing attached below the bed, so as to simulate breathing action by the doll. The toy device includes an audio unit mounted in the housing. Also a second linkage mechanism is provided and arranged to periodically raise the doll head and torso portions upward from a reclining position to a near sitting position and then fall back to the reclining position in the bed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a Christmas motion ornament which includes an AC motor set received inside a hollow, semi-spherical shell, a cover covered on the AC motor set, a rotary table decorated with animate toy ornaments and disposed above the cover and having a bottom gear meshed with a pinion on the output shaft of the AC motor set, and a fixed table decorated with inanimate toy ornaments and fixed to a pin dowel being protruded over the rotary table through a hole thereof.

Abstract: A motor-driven transmission mechanism including a motor having a drive gear coupled to an output shaft thereof and extended out of a hole on a slide way above a table, a first transmission block driven by the drive gear to move in the slide way back and forth alternatively, a second transmission block carried on the first transmission block, a cover covered on the table over the first and second transmission blocks, a transmission shaft having one end coupled to a set of transmission gears being meshed with parallel racks on the second transmission block and an opposite end extended out of the cover and coupled to an ornament, whereby turning the motor causes the transmission shaft to rotate the ornament back and forth alternatively.

Abstract: A swinging toy for swinging a doll includes a sound producing unit comprising of a platter, a record, a tone arm assembly. The sound producing unit is a buzzer and driven by a motor drive to produce sounds. A clock may be provided which is controlled by a control unit to turn on the motor drive once per hour. And an actuator comprising a chuck carried on a revolving rod connected to a crank through a link and driven by the platter of the sound producing unit through a transmission gear to swing the doll as the sound producing unit produces sounds is also provided.

Abstract: A toy bird capable of carrying out movement like a real bird. A body section is arranged so as to be longitudinally moved with respect to a leg section and a head section is arranged so as to be laterally moved with respect to the body section. In the body section is provided a driving unit for carrying out openable operation of a bill as well as the above-described movement of each of the body and head sections. Also, the toy body is constructed so as to generate sound like a song of a real bird. The toy bird can be actuated by an external stimulus sensor that can respond to sound, light, and the like.

Abstract: A decorative kinetic device which includes a transparent hollow dome containing a fluid and a plurality of small particles. The dome is open on its bottom and is mounted on a base having a pumping chamber formed therein. The top of the pumping chamber, which serves as the bottom of the dome, includes an intake hole and an outlet hole to provide flow paths between the dome and the pumping chamber. A pump impeller is positioned within the pumping chamber to circulate the fluid and the particles, the impeller being rotated by a motor positioned in the base below the pumping chamber. An extension member is attached to and extends vertically upward from the pump impeller into the dome and is adapted to receive a decorative object. A transport tube having an intake port and an outlet port is positioned in the dome such that the intake port is connected to the outlet hole of the pumping chamber and the outlet port of the transporting tube is positioned near the top of the dome.

Abstract: This invention relates to an action doll and in particular to an action doll which includes a base in which are mounted a motor, a transmission mechanism, a friction wheel, and a battery chamber, a bicycle having a front wheel engaged with the friction wheel and a time clock at a hind part thereof, and a doll having two feet engaged with pedals of the front wheel of said bicycle, whereby the doll may ride the bicycle as a human being and may produce music as desired hence making the toy funny and interesting.

Abstract: A figure moving article capable of accomplishing unique and unexpected movement sufficient to exhibit unexpected movements. The figure moving article includes a cylindrical container having a peripheral wall formed of a flexible material. In the container is arranged a bending structure which is actuated to cause the container to carry out bending motion. Also, a motor is received in the container in a manner to be operatively connected to the bending structure to actuate the bending structure and a motor drive circuit for driving the motor is arranged in the container. The bending structure is operatively connected to the container so as to transmit the actuation of the bending structure to the container, resulting in the container exhibiting bending movement.

Abstract: A display device has a housing in which sound (a music IC), light (light strings), and power (light string AC motors) elements are combined. At least one master light string is used as the power source, supplying the AC motor necessary power so that the motor can drive a transmission mechanism. Ornaments connected to the transmission mechanism are then movable in the display device providing an attractive and lovely scene. Separate toy figures having an independent light string AC motor may be directly connected to the light string which provides power required for the toy figures to move in a designed manner.

Abstract: A system includes a control station for remotely controlling an animated character. Radio frequencies are used to transfer audio, video and other control signals to the animated character to provide speech, hearing, vision and practically any movement in real-time. A camera is used in the head of the animated character, and microphones are used in its ears to provide vision and hearing to a monitoring operator at the control station. A speaker is co-located with the animated character to generate sound from the operator. Servo control units are included within the animated character to provide a plurality of body movements. Other aspects of the animated character includes a multi-layer skin composite to make it appear more life-like, and an audio driver circuit for controlling the mouth of the animated character in proportion to the level of an audio signal generated at the control station.

Abstract: A mobile decorative part of a Christmas tree ornament is orbited around a stationary decorative part by an electrical motor locked onto the stationary decorative part.

Abstract: A beverage advertising display is provided with a motorized simulation of a liquid pouring out of an aluminum beverage can and provided with a battery compartment for easy access and replacement of batteries. The liquid pouring simulation is achieved by rotating a tapered ribbon affixed by a disc to a rotatable shaft on a motor. The disc is concentrically affixed to a circular surface area at the top end of the ribbon. The battery compartment holds a pair of batteries inside a pair of cavities in the bottom section of the beverage container. A double-ended spring clip rotatably mounted between the cavities holds the batteries therein, provides electrical contact between the batteries to power the motor, and provides easy access to replace the batteries.

Abstract: This invention is related to an AC motor with larger torque which is adapted to plug into a lamp socket of a string-set of series connected decorative lamps directly so as to utilize the output of the AC motor to drive the transmission means of the doll apparatus to do a variety of action just in low current of the string-set. Furthermore, utilizing this doll apparatus, we can design an ornamental Santa Claus, a tree top angel, or a flying angel saving as the ornament of X'mas tree with the string-set.

Abstract: A mechanism is used for transmitting the power output of a power drive source such as a wind-up music to an ornament supported thereon. The transmission mechanism has a first drive wheel mounted on a power output shaft of the power drive source at one end of the power output shaft. A drive gear is mounted on the power output shaft of the power drive source at the other end of the power output shaft. A second frame is fixed to the first frame sopporting the power drive source. An idler gear is supported on the second frame by a first shaft and meshed with the drive gear. An output gear is supported on the second frame at the far side of the drive gear and meshed with the idler gear. A second drive wheel is supported on the second frame and securely connected to the output gear through a second shaft. A support plate having a hole formed thereon is pivoted to the first drive wheel at one end and the second drive wheel at the other end.

Abstract: A music box having a hollow base within which a power supply and a driving mechanism are installed. A platform is rotatably mounted on the base to be driven by the driving mechanism on which a music playing doll and a dancing doll are movably and rotatably mounted. Each of the dolls has a driving rod secured thereon and the driving rods are guided by an activity generation plate which is disposed under the platform and driven by the driving mechanism to move and rotate the dolls. The activity generation plate has a circumferential groove in a wavy form in a plane parallel with the activity generation plate to receive therein an offset extension of one of the driving rods so as to move the extension portion in a radial direction and thus rotate the driving rod forth and back as the activity generation plate rotates. The activity generation plate further includes several ridge portions thereon to move the other driving rod up and down when the activity generation plate rotates.

Abstract: A movable article capable of exhibiting a unique and complicated motion sufficient to attract a viewer. A motor is driven depending upon detection of sound by a sensor switch, so that the movable article may carry out a linear expanding-contracting motion in the vertical direction while simultaneously carrying out a revolving motion about a vertical axis. A position switch ensures that the movable article returns to its upright position.

Abstract: A display unit simulating a flying object and having an electric motor mounted on a support structure, a rotatably driven member drivingly engaged on the driven shaft of the motor, the driven member has a hole located adjacent its periphery, a thin, tempered wire of a small diameter is attached at one end to the driven member and the flying object is attached to the other end of the wire. One end of the wire is formed as a crank portion which is inserted loosely in the hole in the member whereby when the driven member is rotated, the wire is not bodily rotated around the member but is more slowly swung around, and the object assumes a flying fluttering motion due to the vibrations through the wire from the motor. The object is drivingly rotated in a swinging and erratic motion around the unit but at much slower rate of rotation than the motor shaft and member.

Abstract: A system includes a control station for remotely controlling an animated character. Radio frequencies are used to transfer audio, video and other control signals to the animated character to provide speech, hearing, vision and practically any movement in real-time. A camera is used in the head of the animated character, and microphones are used in its ears to provide vision and hearing to a monitoring operator at the control station. A speaker is co-located with the animated character to generate sound from the operator. Servo control units are included within the animated character to provide a plurality of body movements. Other aspects of the animated character includes a multi-layer skin composite to make it appear more life-like, and an audio driver circuit for controlling the mouth of the animated character in proportion to the level of an audio signal generated at the control station.

Abstract: A statue has a body with at least one raisable and lowerable extremity, and a motor drive connected with the extremity through a counterweight, so that the extremity is lowered under the action of its own weight and raised by the motor drive with the assistance of the counterweight.

Abstract: A figure moving article capable of accomplishing unique and unexpected movement sufficient to exhibit unexpected variation in figure. The figure moving article includes a cylindrical container having a peripheral wall formed of a flexible material. In the container is arranged a bending structure which is actuated to cause the container to carry out bending motion. Also, a motor is received in the container in a manner to be operatively connected to the bending structure to actuate the bending structure and a motor drive circuit for driving the motor is arranged in the container. The bending structure is operatively connected to the container so as to transmit the actuation of the bending structure to the container, resulting in the container exhibiting bending movement.

Abstract: The invention relates to the driving mechanism of multi-action doll. The driving mechanism comprises an eccentric roller, a cross-shaped driving component and several driving gears. The cross-shaped driving component has a rectangular hole which accommodates the eccentric roller which moves the cross-shaped driving component back and forth in a linear direction when the roller rotates in the hole. The cross-shaped driving component has racks that mesh with and rotate the driving gears when the driving component is moved by the eccentric roller. Rotation of the gears also rotates shafts on the gears which convey motion to selected portions of a moveable doll.

Abstract: A device for support and electrical control of animated figures including an enclosure which is firmly attachable onto a figure and which contains wiring from an electrical power source. A switch and plug are provided in the wiring, and a socket element is attached to a sidewall of the enclosure. If desired, a second device for support and electrical control of a figure can be plugged into the socket unit provided in the first enclosure. Thus, a separate switch exists for each device and when any switch is opened, such as in a stepwise sequence, all the device downstream from that switch are turned off.

Abstract: A movable decoration capable of being moved to exhibit unexpected motion or variation in configuration while maintaining a conventional ornamental effect in a stationary state, resulting in a viewer taking much interest and exhibiting lots of imaginative power. The movable decoration includes a power supply, to which a sensor switch is connected. Also, the decoration includes a motor connected through the sensor switch to the power supply, a drive mechanism connected to the motor so as to be actuated thereby, and a core in the form of a wire operatively connected to the drive mechanism so as to be rotated depending on actuation of the drive mechanism. On the core is loosely fitted a hollow element such as a artificial plant, a doll or the like so that it may be meanderingly moved depending on and separate from rotation of the core.

Abstract: In an artificial-flower toy apparatus operative in response to sensing of external sound, a sound-sensing operational unit is contained within a container and includes a motor which has a driving shaft. The sound-sensing operational unit senses the external sound to drive the motor. An artificial-flower dancing unit is contained within the container and includes an angularly movable shaft and at least one artificial flower which has a stem and a core rod inserted in the stem. The core rod of the artificial flower has a lower end portion which is connected to the angularly movable shaft for angular movement therewith about an axis of the angularly movable shaft. The artificial flower is mounted on the container in an upstanding manner. The angularly movable shaft is interlocked with the driving shaft of the motor for angular movement about the axis of the angularly movable shaft, so that the artificial flower is danced by the motor of the sound-sensing operational unit.

Abstract: A toy band assembly including a stage assembly, a plurality of movable toy figures, such as toy frog figures, a plurality of toy musical instruments, a sound pick-up unit, a stage lights assembly, power supply, a power supply switch, an integrated circuit, a front transmission mechanism, a front reciprocating mechanism, a rear transmission mechanism, and a rear reciprocating mechanism. When the power supply switch is switched on, light bulbs in a stage lights assembly start to flash and the sound pick-up unit picks up sound signals from the surroundings and directs electric signals to the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit electrically connects the power supply means to a front and a rear motor when sufficient electrical signal is received. The front and rear motors rotate and translate their rotations to the front and rear transmission mechanisms and to the front and rear reciprocating mechanisms.

Abstract: A display scissors having two elongate members which are movable with respect to one another. The first elongate member has one end portion configured to represent a first blade element of a scissors and an opposite end portion configured to represent a first loop element of the scissors. The first loop element is curved in a clockwise direction. The second elongate member has one end portion configured to represent a second blade element of the scissors and an opposite end portion configured to represent a second loop element of the scissors. The second loop element is curved in a counter-clockwise direction. The second blade element is positioned generally parallel to the first blade element and points in a similar direction to that of the first blade element. The display scissors includes mounting means for pivotally moving the first elongate member in one direction and simultaneously and pivotally moving the second elongate member in an opposite direction about a common axis.

Abstract: A moving display rack includes a plurality of generally bow shaped link rods used to secure a plurality of bearing boards, which are disposed at different level positions, to a base by means of fastening plates and bushings. During display, the motor which is set in the base drives the link rods to carry the bearing boards to rotate horizontally, so as to attract visitors' attention.

Abstract: A sound activated toy includes a casing having a lower receiving space and an upper receiving space, a sound activated control circuit disposed inside the lower receiving space, a motor similarly disposed inside the lower receiving space and actuated by the control circuit, and a spout enclosure provided in and communicated with the upper receiving space. The spout enclosure is disposed adjacent to the lower receiving space and has a top wall with at least one spout hole. A propeller assembly is confined inside the spout enclosure. A toy figure mechanism is disposed above the spout enclosure inside the upper receiving space. Both the propeller assembly and the toy figure mechanism are moved by the motor. When a predetermined amount of water is received in the upper receiving space and the control circuit starts to actuate the motor, movement of the propeller assembly forces water from the upper receiving space into the spout enclosure so as to generate a water spout at each spout hole.

Abstract: A figure moving article capable of giving a viewer much interest and surprise and establishing any communication with the viewer. The figure moving article is constructed so as to exhibit deformation such as torsion, bending, rotation, expansion, contraction or the like by carrying out circular movement or oscillation movement in response to the action of a viewer such as hand clapping, vibration or the like.

Abstract: Motion transmission apparatus for driving a plurality of objects along relative paths alternately in the same direction and in an opposite direction includes a plurality of toothed drive members constrained to moved in unison and intermesh respectively with a corresponding number of driven gears. Each driven gear is eccentrically connected to an associated rocker arm by a connecting rod. The rocker arms carry the objects to be moved.

Abstract: A visual display and amusement device is provided which will give an illusion that a miniature airplane model is pulling a curved banner with a message thereon about an upper transparent portion of a housing. The device will convey the message over and over again to a person viewing the device.

Abstract: A rotating drive device capable of exhibiting a variety of applications and/or diversities and being easily assembled. The rotating drive device includes a drive mechanism unit and a transmission mechanism unit operatively connected to the drive mechanism unit. The drive mechanism unit includes a casing, in which a power supply, a sensor and a motor are arranged. The drive mechanism unit also includes an output shaft which is operatively connected to the motor and through which the transmission mechanism unit is connected to the drive mechanism unit. The motor is electrically connected to the power supply and sensor so as to be actuated when the sensor detects an external stimulus. The transmission mechanism unit includes an input section operatively connected to the output shaft of the drive mechanism unit to transmit the drive force of the drive mechanism unit to the transmission mechanism unit and a plurality of output sections for transmitting the power of the transmission mechanism unit to the exterior.

Abstract: An electronic flower set including a flower set, a housing, an inner seat, a inner cover, a gear assembly, a matching plug, a first pinion, and a second pinion. The flower set has a rotatable stem. The gear assembly includes a third gear which has a circular recess and two matching holes. The third gear is formed with a stopper at a surface. The matching plug is retained in the circular recess and has a tube which is received by the central hole of the third gear and two matching holes. The first pinion has an end tube adaptable to be fixed in one of the matching holes, a sideward extending arm, and a hexagonal-shaped end tube which can be fixed in a hexagonal-shaped cavity of a head of the rotatable stem. The second pinion, which is meshed with the first pinion, includes an end tube fixable in the remaining matching holes of the matching plug, a sideward extending arm, and a round-shaped end tube which is retainable in an retaining cavity of the inner cover.

Abstract: An occupancy simulator for casting shadows on the walls of a room, the simulator having a lamp, a shutter for casting the shadow by passing through the lamp's light beam, a motor for driving the shutter, and a microprocessor for controlling the operation of both shutter and lamp so that the shadow moves first in one direction and then, after a delay, in the reverse direction in its base mode of operation. The microprocessor can be programmed to start and stop the base mode, to modify the base mode and to cycle through the base mode in response to an external signal such as from a home security system. Several occupancy simulators can be electrically tied into a supervising unit of a home security system to cycle one or more occupancy simulators in sequence through the base mode upon receiving a signal that one of the detectors of the home security system has been tripped.

Abstract: A display unit for point of sale advertising comprises a stationary object, such as a real or simulated flowering plant, mounted on a support, such as a flowerpot, and a flying object, such as a simulated butterfly, operated by driving apparatus so as to move in a randomly undulating and randomly reversible orbit around the plant, as would a real butterfly. The driving apparatus comprises an electric motor having a motor housing stationarily mounted on the flowerpot, a stator including a stationary field coil electrically energizable by alternating current mounted in the motor housing, and a rotor in the form of a bipolar permanent magnet rotatably mounted on an upright magnetizable metal shaft on the motor housing. The driving apparatus further comprises a thin resiliently flexible length of piano wire having its lower end mechanically connected to and rotatable by the permanent magnet rotor and having the simulated butterfly mechanically connected to its upper end.