US1285515A - Mechanical doll. - Google Patents

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E. J. WHH EL MECHANICAL DQLL.

APPLICATHHI mm mm'a, 191s Paiented Nov. 19, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET T.

MECHANICAL DOLL.

Application filed May 8, 1918.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN J. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Medford, in the county of Jackson and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanical dolls and has as its primary object to provide a doll so constructed that one jointed limb member thereof, as for example, the right arm member, may be mechanically actuated when a portion of the body of the doll is pressed upon. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the doll is made to represent a soldier and the movement of the right arm member is designed to very closely resemble the movement of the arm in the act of saluting.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide actuating mechanism for the arm member of such nature as to render the movement of the arm member as nearly lifelike as possible so that the doll will not only be interesting and amusing as a toy but will also be instructive as by working it one-may readily observe the correct movements of the arm in saluting.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the doll and the actuating mechanism for thearm member that the parts will not be likely to get out of order and, furthermore, the arm member may be freely moved without resulting in injury to the parts of the mechanism provided for mechanically actuating or moving it.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the actuating mechanism that its presence will not be noticeable when the doll is'dressed and the mechanism will at the same time be so housed as to be effectually prevented from injury even though the doll be more Or less carelessly handled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and yet highly effective means for causing suitable relative movement of the forearm with relation to the upper arm when the actuating mechanism is operated so that not only is the upper arm swung forwardly and upwardly the required distance and at a relatively slow rate of speed, but also the forearm 1s swung forwardly and upwardly at the proper proportionately greater rate of speed and with Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

Serial No. 233,242.

a quick upper and return movement as in the actual movement of the right arm in saluting.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical front to rear sectional view through the body of the doll, the right arm member being raised in the position to salute and the parts of the actuating mechanism being shown in their proper positions to cause movement of the arm to its position;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the doll, the right arm being lowered and the parts of the actuating mechanism being correspondingly relatively positioned;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a portion of the mechanism;

Fig. 4; is a view in front elevation of the body portion of the doll, the View illustrating also in elevation, the arm members;

Fig. 5 is an inner side elevation of the right arm member detached from the body;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 66 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings the body or trunk of the doll is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and the same may be formed in sections as shown in the several figures of the drawings or it may be of substantially integral construction. In any event the body is hollow as indicated by the numeral 2 so as to house a portion of the mechanism provided for imparting motion to the right arm member of the doll. The left arm member is indi cated by the numeral 3 and may be connected with the body 1 in any conventional manner. The right arm member is indicated in general bv the numeral 4 and the same comprises a section 5 representing the upper arm and a section 6 representing the forearm. The right shoulder portion of the body 1 is formed with a transverse opening 7 in which is mounted for oscillatory motion, a wire or small rod indicated by the numeral 8. The outer end of this wire or rod is driven through the upper end of the upper arm section 5 and the extremity of the rod is bent downwardly at an angle as indicated by the numeral 9 and embedded in the outer surface of the said upper arm section 5. At this point it will be understood that upon oscillatory motion being imparted tothe rod 8, the upper arm section 5 of the arm member 4 will 'be swung in an upward or down- Ward direction. In order to impart such motion to the said rod 8, the inner end of the rod is provided with a downwardly and generally forwardly extending crank 10 to the end of which is pivbted one end of a rod 11,

the lower end ofthis, rod being pivoted as at 12 to the rear end of an arm 13, pivoted for rocking movement as at 14 within the hollow body of the doll as shown clearly in both Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The front of the body 1 of the doll is formed with a recess indicated by the numeral 15 and mountangles thereto and through an opening 18 in.

the front of the body of the doll which open ing communicates with the recess 15. The rear end of the arm portion 17 is pivotally connected as at 19 with the other end of the.

arm 13 heretofore referred to. The opposite end of the arm portion 16 is pivotally engaged by a hook-shaped finger 20 extending from the periphery of a washer 21 which is disposed against the outer facet of a leaf spring 22, the washer and leaf spring being both secured to the front of the body of the doll at one side of the recess 15, by means of a screw or other suitable fastening element 23 as clearly shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The leaf spring 22 is curved in a general forward direction to bear against the.

inner side or face of the arm 16 so as to normally hold this arm in an outwardlyswung position. It'will now be evident and par-. ticularly by reference to Figs. 1, 3 and 6,

of the drawings, that when pressure is exerted by the finger or thumb against the arm 16 of the actuating member, the said member will be swung upon its pivot 20 against the tension of the spring 22, in a rearward direction, thus rocking the arm 13 so as to swing its rear end upwardly as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. The upward movement of the said end of the arm 18, will, of course, cause corresponding movement of the rod 11 and as the crank arm 10 is inclined downwardly and forwardly from the inner end of the rod 8, the said rod 8 will, be rocked in a direction to cause forward and upward swinging movement of the upper arm section 5 of the arm member 4. Of course when the actuating member is relieved ofpressure, the spring 22 will immediately swing the same in an outward direction, returning it to its normal position which is the position shown in full lines in Fig. 6 and dotted lines in Fig. 1 of'the drawings. In this movement of the actuating member, the arm 13 will be rocked so as to pull downwardly upon the rod 11 and swing the said upper arm section 5 downwardly and rearwardly to a normal hanging position.

In order that the upward and forward swinging movement of the upper arm section 5 may result in a complementary move- 2 and 4 of the drawings and isled down wardly through a suitably shaped recess 26" provided for its housing in the inner side of the upper arm section 5 of the arm member 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. of the drawings. The forearm section 6 is provided at its upper end with a pivot ear- 27 which is fitted within a recess formed at the lowerend of the upper arm portion 5. The formation of this recess results in spaced portions at the said lower end of the upper arm section, and a pivot pin 28 is passed through these spaced portions .and through the said ear 27. This pin, of course, connects the forearm section for swinging movement with relation to the upper arm section. A shallow groove or channel 29 is formed in the forwardly presented edge of the ear 27 to receiveand guide the lower portion of the wire 24. An anchoring member of any suitable type indicated by the numeral30 is secured through the upper end of the forearm section 6 and has one end formed with an eye 31 to which eye is, pivotally connected. the lower end of the; said wire 24. v

From the foregoingdescription of the invention and inspection of the drawings itwill be evident that the distance between the pivot-for the upper arm section and the pivot 28 is considerably shorter than the distance between the stud 25 and the-pivot eye 31. As a consequence when the upper arm section 5 is swung forwardly and upwardly in the manner heretofore described, the fore-vv arm section will be carriedwith it butthere will be a pull exerted uponthe wire 24 caus-. ing the said forearm section 6 to. swing sharply upwardly as in the movement of the human arm in the act of saluting.

Having thus described the invention,

a limb member carried thereby for swinging movement, the body member being formed in a side with a recess, a leaf spring disposed against the said side of the member, a pivot element disposed against the leaf spring, means securing the pivot element and leaf spring in place, an actuating member connected with the pivot element and engaged by the free end of the said spring, and operative connection between the actuating member and the limb member.

8. In a mechanical doll, a body member of substantially hollow construction, a limb member connected therewith for swinging movement, a crank element associated with the limb member and lying within the body member, a rocking arm located within the body member, connecting means between the arm and the said crank element, an actuating member pivoted at a side of the body memberand having an arm portion extending into the said body member and operatively connected with the said rocking arm, and means yieldably holding the actuating member in an outwardly swung position.

4. In a mechanical doll, a body member, a limb member carried thereby for swinging movement, the body member having a recess formed in one side thereof, an actuating element located within the recess, means yieldably holding the actuating member moved outwardly, and operative connection between the actuating member and the said limb member to swing the limb member when the actuating member is moved inwardly.

5. In a mechanical doll, a body member, a limb member including an upper arm section connected for swinging movement with the body member, and a lower arm section pivotally connected with the upper arm section, means for swinging the upper arm section, the said upper arm-section being provided in its side which is presented toward the body member with a recess terminating at one end adjacent the pivotal connection between the upper and lower arm sections, and a connecting member pivotally connected at its upper end to the adjacent side of the body member and extended downwardly Within the recess and at its lower end pivotally connected to the said lower arm section.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

EDWIN J. WHITE. [1 8.]

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