US1556647A - Mechanical toy - Google Patents

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Patented Oct. 13, 1925.

i :.1 STATES rnnnmaivn'sr'nnossfor NEW YORK, N. Y,

MECHANICAL rox.

Application filed January 14, 1925. Serial No. 2,242.

all whom/,fit may conce/m.:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND STRAUss,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at New York city, county of New York and State of New York, haveV invented certain new and useful Improvements inl Mechanical Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys and in particular to one made to simulate a dirigible airship which will be propelled over the ground or through the air.

A particular object of the invention is to provide a toy airship, the propeller of which will be capable of driving the same along the ground, or through the air when the toy is suspended.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toy of this character with a detachable running gear, so that it may be used without the gear to be iown in the air on the end of a string or can be used with the running gear to travel along the ground, it being understood that its propulsion is performed solely by the propeller.

A still further object is to provide a durable and amusing toy for children which can be operated by a propeller or drawn along the ground by the child, and one which will have few parts and can be manufactured at small cost.

Referring to the drawing wherein I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing my toy airship provided with the detachable running gear,

Figure 2 is a view in front sectional elevation of the toy airship with the running gear detached therefrom,

front elevation of Figure 3 is a view in the ,running gear detached from the airship; and,

Figure 4 is an enlarged partial section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1 showing the propeller driving mechanism.

Referring to the drawing in detail 5 indicates the cigar shaped body member of the toy which may be made up of two matching portions 6 soldered or otherwise suitably secured together at their edges, and enclosing a spring motor which comprises frame pieces 7 and 8 secured as by soldering in the lower piece 6 of the body portion and forming journals for a plurality of shafts, the shaft 9 carryinga drum 10 to one end of which is attached a driv- 1ng gear 1l. This gear is looselymounted on shaft 9, the latter having lixed thereto .at the opposite' end of the drum vr10, the yratchet wheel 12 whichis engaged by the usual rpawl 13 lpivoted to the adjacent part 8 of the frame, to prevent the unwinding of the spring 14 which is coiled about the drum and has one end attached thereto adjacent the gear 11, the opposite end being secured to the ratchet wheel 12 so that when the shaft 9 is wound through the medium of its exteriorly extended nger piece 15 the spring 14 is wound up, and subsequently operates the drive gear 11.

The gear 11 meshes with a pinion 16 the same being intermediate between the gear 11 and the gear 17 to transmit the power to shafts 18 and 19 which carry respectively the pinion 16 and gear 17, and are journaled in the frame pieces 7 and 8, the shaft 19 carrying adjacent its center the flanged gear 20 which drives a horizontally disposed propeller shaft 21 through the medium of the pinion 22.

The propeller shaft 21 extends through the rear end of the body 5 and carries a propeller 23.

The lower part 6 of the body has secured thereto a hollow depending portion 26 comprising side walls 23 which are grooved as at 24 and a bottom wall 25. It will be evident that the part 26 can be stamped out of a piece of metal or other suitable material and soldered or otherwise secured to the body 5. Also the grooves 24 may extend the entire length of the part 26 or only part of the length thereof, as shown in Figure l, so as to prevent any lengthwise movement of the running gear which is detachably secured to the depending part 26, and comprises a hollow frame piece 27 stamped out to provide grooves or inwardly extending projections 28, the sides of the frame piece being adapted to snap over the sides of the depending portion 26 so that the projections 28 will snap into the grooves 24 of portion 26 to hold the running gear in attachment with the toy.

The frame piece 27 at its forward end is provided with two downwardly and outwardly projection legs .29 which are attached to the axle 30 which carries at its ends the wheels 31. piece 27 is provided with a downwardly ex- The rear of the frame tending leg 32 Which carries a Wheel 33. The rear of the frame piece may carry two Wheels as at the front, but it is desirable to cut the Weight down to a minimum to allow of fast propulsion of the toy by its propeller 23, which may be made of light metal, cardboard or the like and suiiiciently large in diameter to force the toy along. The top of the body is provided Withan eye 34 to Which a string may be attached and the toy suspended; at Which time it will fly around in a circle, the running gear of course, having been detached.

It will be evident therefore that I have provided an amusing toy which can be adapted for travel in the air or along the ground, and one which Will be moved solely by the power exerted by the propeller.

Having described my invention What I claim is l A toy airship comprising a body memher having an elongated grooved depending portion, a propeller on the body member, a motor for driving said propeller, a running gear comprising a frame having resilient side Walls having elongated projected portions in said Walls adapted to snap into and be retained in said grooves, and Wheels on said running gear for permitting travel of said toy on the ground.

FERDINAND STRAUS S.

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