Flying toy for propeller launching with liquid dispersing parts

Abstract

A flying toy has a handle and a driving mechanism to spin a propeller assembly for launching, the propeller assembly having blades on the top end and a freely rotatable conical sleeve on the bottom end. The handle comprises a plurality of pinch rollers surrounding the driving mechanism such that when the driving mechanism is activated to spin the blades, the pinch rollers are moved away from the conical sleeve for launching the propeller assembly. The flying toy also has a landing platform affixed to the handle, the platform having a circular trough to hold a dispensable material such as a bubble solution. The propeller assembly has a plurality of nozzles dimensioned to be seated in the trough for picking up the dispensable material so that the material can be scattered when the propeller assembly is released from the landing platform.

1 . A flying toy comprising: 
 a handle;    a landing platform disposed on one side of the handle, wherein the landing platform comprises a receptacle for accommodating a propeller assembly, wherein the landing platform comprises a circular trough, and the propeller assembly comprises a plurality of nozzles dimensioned to land in the trough.    
   
   
       2 . The flying toy of  claim 1 , wherein the flying toy is operable 
 in a first mode to launch the propeller assembly off the landing platform while the propeller assembly is located in the receptacle, and    in a second mode to receive the propeller assembly into the receptacle while the propeller assembly is in flight with a spinning motion, and wherein the fins are made of a shock absorbent material so that when the flying toy is operated in the second mode, the fins hamper a force associated with the spinning motion while the propeller assembly is received into the receptacle.    
   
   
       3 . The flying toy of  claim 2 , wherein the propeller assembly has a first end, an opposing second end and a shaft connecting the first end to the second end, the shaft defining a spinning axis of the spinning motion, the first end having a plurality of blades to produce a propeller action in air associated with the spinning motion in order to maintain the propeller assembly in the air.  
   
   
       4 . The flying toy of  claim 3 , wherein the second end has an end coupler fixedly attached to the shaft, and a sleeve disposed over the end coupler, the sleeve independently rotatable relative to the shaft, and wherein the handle comprises a driving mechanism adapted to engage with the end coupler of the propeller assembly through the receptacle so that the driving mechanism causes the blades to spin when the flying toy is operated in the first mode.  
   
   
       5 . The flying toy of  claim 4 , wherein the handle has a battery chamber to accommodate one or more batteries for providing electrical power to the driving mechanism for launching the propeller assembly.  
   
   
       6 . The flying toy of  claim 4 , wherein the sleeve of the propeller assembly has a conical shape, and wherein 
 the driving mechanism comprises a driving coupler for providing mechanical coupling between the driving mechanism and the end coupler of the propeller assembly so as to cause the blades to spin when the driving mechanism is activated; and    the handle further comprises a plurality of pinch rollers positioned in relationship to the driving coupler, the pinch rollers movable between a first position and a second position, such that 
 when the driving mechanism is activated to cause the blades to spin through the coupling between the end coupler and the driving coupler, the pinch rollers are moved into the first position to engage with the conical sleeve in order to keep the propeller assembly in a stable position while the blades are spinning, and  
 when the propeller assembly is ready to be launched, the pinch rollers are moved to the second position, allowing the propeller assembly to disengage from the driving mechanism and the landing platform.  
   
   
   
       7 . The flying toy of  claim 1 , wherein the trough is arranged to hold a dispensable material, and the nozzles comprise a mechanical structure for picking up the dispensable material.  
   
   
       8 . The flying toy of  claim 7 , wherein the dispensable material is a solution and the mechanical structure comprises a plurality of thin spines distributed in the nozzles.  
   
   
       9 . The flying toy of  claim 8 , wherein the solution comprises a bubble solution.  
   
   
       10 . A flying toy for launching a propeller assembly, the propeller assembly having a first end, an opposing second end and a shaft connecting the first end to the second end, the shaft defining a spinning axis, wherein 
 the first end comprises a plurality of blades to produce a propeller action in air associated with a spinning motion along the spinning axis for keeping the propeller assembly in the air,    the second end comprises an end coupler fixedly attached to the shaft, the propeller assembly further comprising a conical-shaped sleeve disposed over the end coupler, the sleeve independently rotatable relative to the shaft, and wherein the propeller assembly further comprises a plurality of nozzles operatively connected to the shaft and distributed over a circumference in relationship to the conical-shaped sleeve, said flying toy comprising:    a launching handle;    a driving mechanism disposed on the launching handle, the driving mechanism having a driving coupler adapted to engage with the end coupler of the propeller assembly for causing the blades to spin when the driving mechanism is activated;    a plurality of pinch rollers disposed on the launching handle around the driving coupler, the pinch rollers movable between a first position and a second position such that    when the driving mechanism causes the blades to spin through the driving coupler, the pinch rollers are moved into the first position to engage with the conical-shaped sleeve in order to keep the propeller assembly in a stable position while the blades are spinning, and    when the propeller assembly is ready to be launched, the pinch rollers are moved to the second position away from the conical-shaped sleeve, allowing the propeller assembly to disengage from the driving mechanism and the launching handle; and    a platform disposed on the launching handle adjacent to the driving mechanism, the platform having a funnel-shaped receptacle with an aperture to accommodate the pinch rollers and the driving coupler so as to allow the second end of the propeller assembly to be located in the funnel-shaped receptacle when the end coupler of the propeller assembly is coupled to the driving coupler, wherein the platform comprises a circular trough dimensioned to accommodate the nozzles when the propeller assembly is engaged with the landing platform.    
   
   
       11 . The flying toy of  claim 10 , wherein the launching handle further comprises a chamber to accommodate one or more batteries for providing electrical power to the driving mechanism.  
   
   
       12 . The flying toy of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 a gear box having a first cover and a second cover, each cover having a plurality of linear slots accommodating the plurality of pinch rollers to allow the pinch rollers to move between the first position and the second position.    
   
   
       13 . The flying toy of  claim 12 , further comprising: 
 a cam plate disposed in the gear box between the first cover and the second cover, the cam plate having a plurality of spiral shaped slots interacting with the linear slots, the cam plate having a home position, the plurality of pinch rollers disposed in the linear slots through the spiral shaped slots such that the pinch rollers are located at the second position when the cam plate is at the home position; and    a rack movable between a first rack position for activating the driving mechanism and a second rack position for deactivating the driving mechanism, the rack coupled to the cam plate such that 
 when the rack is moved from the second rack position to the first rack position, it causes the cam plate to rotate away from the home position, forcing the pinch rollers to move into the first position, and  
 when the rack is moved from the first rack position back to the second position, it allows the cam plate to return to the home position and moves the pinch rollers to the second position.  
   
   
   
       14 . A propeller assembly comprising: 
 a multi-blade propeller;    a shaft connected to the propeller, defining a spinning axis of the propeller; and    a nozzle support mounted on the shaft in relationship to the propeller, the nozzle support having a plurality of nozzles having mechanical structure for picking up a liquid when the nozzles are in contact with the liquid.    
   
   
       15 . The propeller assembly according to  claim 14 , wherein the liquid comprises a bubble solution and the mechanical structure comprises a plurality of fins for carrying out the picked up liquid.