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Abstract

An air flow switching apparatus includes a six-way valve, a Geneva mechanism, and a driving motor. The six-way valve includes an inlet, an outlet and four openings. The driving motor with the Genera mechanism connected with the valve vane and the air flow switching apparatus is installed within an inflatable toy. The four openings of the six-way valve are respectively connected with four airbags at a periphery of the inflatable toy and the airbags are used as limbs of the inflatable toy. When the air pump pumps air into a body, a portion of the air passes through the six-way valve into some airbags and a portion of the air is released from some airbags. The driving motor drives the valve vane to intermittently rotate via the Geneva mechanism. Therefore, the limbs generate different motions by the air to let the inflatable toy have vivid motion effect.

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