Materials © of Mechanical Invention Workshop and the Rube Goldberg Invention Convention, 1999.Life can definitely be a party when you supply a big bunch of brightly coloured balloons! Whether it’s birthday time or an anniversary or even to advertise your new business, balloons create fun and grab attention no matter where they are found. Rube Goldberg is a trademark of Rube Goldberg Incorporated.
Illustrations © of Rube Goldberg Incorporated. The mousetrap pulls a wire to trigger the mechanical bank, and with a tiny picture Rube Goldberg watching closely, a dog puts the coins into the bank! The ball bearings land on mousetrap number three.ġ8. As the mouse moves, two small ball bearings are released down a marble track. The dropping ball pulls an attached string up, making another mouse "go up the clock".ġ6. The pulled pencil/string lets a heavy ball drop down the tube.ġ5. The man pulls another string from a tube. The hook releases a red parachute man and he flies down the incline.ġ3. This mousetrap pulls a string which pulls a hook (paperclip).ġ2. The string triggers mousetrap number 2.ġ1. The moving mouse runs into a string, making it vibrate.ġ0. The electromagnet releases a mouse in a car down the ramp.ĩ. The paperclip is no longer in contact with another paperclip, which breaks the circuit on an electromagnet.Ĩ. The gears wind slowly wind a string that pull up a paperclip.ħ.
The record player spins the colorful gears.Ħ. The mousetrap pulls a string to turn on a toy record player. The dominoes trigger the first mousetrap.Ĥ. Release Chitty Chitty car with mouse driving it and it bumps a rubber ball.ģ. The goal of the 1999 Rube Goldberg contest at the Museum of Scientific Discovery, Harrisburg, PA was to build a machine (with at least 10 steps) to put coins into a bank.ġ. This machine was called "Hickory Dickory Dock". The basket pulls a string to turn the page of the book! The ball falls into a pink paper basket.ġ3. The wire releases a ball down a red ramp.ġ2. The cup tilts a metal scale and raises a wire.ġ1. The weight pulls a cardboard "cork" from an orange tube.ġ0. The mousetrap pulls a nail from the yellow stick.Ĩ. The ball lands on a mousetrap (on the orange box) and sets it off.Ħ. Rube's bus hits a rubber ball on a platform, dropping the ball into a large red funnel.ĥ. The falling golf ball pulls a string that releases the magic school bus (carrying a picture of Rube Goldberg) down a large blue ramp.Ĥ. The drawer pushes a golf ball off a platform, into a small blue funnel, and down a ramp.ģ. Turn the handle on a toy cash register to open the drawer.Ģ. The goal of the 1998 Rube Goldberg contest at the Museum of Scientific Discovery, Harrisburg, was to build a machine (with at least 10 steps) to turn the page of a book.ġ. This releases a ball to pick the winner!Īlexis' 1998 Machine: The Magic School Bus
Switch powers motor that spins bingo cage. Weight of sand (eventually) turns on switchĢ5. Mousetrap pulls plug from bottle, releasing sandĢ4.
Hits a set of marbles, that roll down the "pinball machine"Ģ3. Magnets travel uphill, releasing last one through yellow tube.Ģ0. Mousetrap triggers Gauss Rifle (magnetic propulsion)ġ9. Magnetic ball rolls slowly through copper pipeġ6. Mousetrap pulls nail from yellow stick, dropping a weightġ5. Paperclip from gears releases bag of ballsġ0. Spring 2006 Open House - Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyĦ. What is the Rube Goldberg Invention Convention? Rube Goldberg TM & © of Rube Goldberg, Inc.
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