Trick article for illusion that stick-like thing is cut off

摘要

The trick article giving an illusive cutting of a stick-like thing such as a cigarette or pencil and restoring its initial state, according to the present invention comprising an opaque disk-like rotary member disposed rotatably on a base, transparent auxiliary rotary members movable circumferentially as interlocked with the rotary member, and a housing which encases the rotary member and auxiliary rotary members. The rotary member and auxiliary rotary members have formed therein a main channel and sub channels, respectively, in which the stick-like thing is inserted from an insertion hole formed in the housing. The auxiliary rotary members have fixed therein deceptive stick-like things identical to the front and rear end portions, respectively, of the stick-like thing. When the rotary member is in its first angular position, end portions of the actual stick-like thing are visible through windows formed in the housing. When the rotary member is quickly rotated from the first to the second angular position, the portions of the actual stick-like thing disappear but the deceptive stick-like things fixed in the auxiliary rotary members moved as interlocked with the rotary member will appear in the windows of the housing. The audience will recognize only the existence of the rotary member. Therefore, even if the rotary member is rotated along with the stick-like thing, the portions of the stick-like thing (actually, deceptive stick-like things) will still appear in the windows in the housing. So the audience will have an illusion that the stick-like thing is cut into three pieces.