Bubble making flying disk

Abstract

A toy throwing disk is configured for spinning about a rotational axis during flight and for producing bubbles during the spinning flight. The disk includes a bubble solution reservoir with outlets, aperture arrays receive bubble solution from the reservoir through conduits and cooperating with passing air during the spinning flight to convert the bubble solution into bubbles. The conduits include an adaptation of hydrostatic valving to control the delivery of the bubble solution and prevent leaking.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A toy throwing disk configured for spinning about a rotational axis during flight and for producing bubbles during the spinning flight, the disk comprising:
 a circular top panel;   a sealed reservoir disposed symmetrically about the rotational axis and comprising a plurality of outlets, the reservoir configured to receive and contain a bubble solution;   the plurality of grid pairs equally angularly spaced around and atop the circular top panel, radially-outboard of the reservoir, each of the pairs comprising two parallel panels forming a radially-disposed space there-between for receiving the bubble solution from the reservoir, the parallel panels each configured with an array of apertures for cooperating with passing air during the spinning flight to convert the received bubble solution into bubbles; and   the plurality of conduits providing fluid communication from the outlet to the space for providing the bubble solution to the arrays of apertures; whereby the conduit due to its inside diameter and length, and the bubble solution due to its viscosity, cooperate to retain the solution within the reservoir and conduit absent a sufficient circumferential force vector, and the sufficient circumferential force vector is realized only during the spinning flight so that the bubble solution is delivered to the aperture array only during the spinning flight and cannot flow from the reservoir and the conduit except during the spinning flight.   
     
     
         2 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 1  wherein the bubble solution has a viscosity of 50 to 300 cP at 20° C. 
     
     
         3 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 2  wherein the conduit has an inside diameter of 1 MM to 2 MM and a length of 8 MM to 12 MM. 
     
     
         4 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 3  wherein the radially-disposed spaces are from 0.3 to 0.7 MM wide. 
     
     
         5 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 4  wherein the apertures have a diameter of 2.5 MM to 3.5 MM. 
     
     
         6 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 5  wherein the apertures are chamfered outwardly. 
     
     
         7 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 6  wherein the apertures are continually vertically and horizontally spaced from 3.5 to 4.5 MM apart. 
     
     
         8 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 7  wherein the aperture arrays on the two parallel panels are coaxially aligned on an axis that is normal to the panels. 
     
     
         9 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 8  wherein the parallel panels are 1 to 1.5 MM thick. 
     
     
         10 . A toy throwing disk configured for spinning about a rotational axis during flight and for producing bubbles during the spinning flight, the disk comprising:
 a base disk plate comprising a domed top panel having a downwardly-hanging circular perimeter, a reservoir, a plurality of conduits projecting radially outwardly from the reservoir, the plurality of reservoir outlets comprising conduit inlets to provide fluid communication between the reservoir and the conduits;   a reservoir cover for covering and sealing the reservoir and the conduits and having a fill opening there-through for providing bubble solution to the reservoir;   a removable and replaceable cap for selectively sealing the fill opening; and   the plurality of bubble distribution armatures, each comprising a pair of parallel aperture array panels forming a radially-disposed space there-between, the plurality of radially-disposed spaces equally angularly-disposed around the domed top panel, the armatures further comprising inlets providing fluid communication between an associated one of the conduits and the armature's radially-disposed space.   
     
     
         11 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 10  wherein conduits are serpentine-shaped channels integrally-molded in the base disk plate communicating with the reservoir through the reservoir outlets. 
     
     
         12 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 11  wherein the serpentine-shaped channels are created by an easily replaceable mold insert to ease modification and optimization of the effective length of the channel. 
     
     
         13 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 12  further comprising a decal/gasket to hide and seal a seam between the reservoir cover and base disk plate. 
     
     
         14 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 13  wherein the domed top panel comprises integrally-molded features for locating and fastening the bubble distribution armatures thereto. 
     
     
         15 . The toy throwing disk of  claim 14  wherein the locating and fastening features comprise positioning nests and snap-receivers.