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Actuator?
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Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:10:33 GMT
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While Chris and I were pouring thru old Lego Patents...
I happened to find this interesting Lego patent from 1991...

http://www.google.com/patents?id=PzUeAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&dq=interlego#PPA2,M1
Toy actuation system - Google Patents

I wonder if that is the new part that we are seeing in the new technic line???

Anyone care to take a guess?


If so, Im sort of amazed that the time gap is so huge, but of course, a search
of many other Lego patents has shown us really cool parts that never even made
(such as monorail crosstrack, stems for the leave piece to make trees, and
decorative wall elements) into production.

Janey "Red Brick"



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In lugnet.technic, C. L. GunningCook wrote: oops, leave = leaf Janey "Red Brick" (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: Actuator?
 
(...) I think it is. (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Interesting! I wonder what happened to the flexible axles. Alexander (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: Actuator?
 
(...) It's so old, the example excavator still uses studded technic bricks... ROSCO (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: Actuator?
 
(...) Just found that same patent about one week ago too, as well as the one for the monorail (among some other interesting ones). We got some interesting discussions about these in two forums but unfortunately, they are in Portuguese (The two (...) (17 years ago, 11-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)

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