US423905A - Mechanism for transmitting motion to tot figures and objects - Google Patents

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G. GO-LE. MECHANISM FORTBANSMITTING MOTION TO TOY FIGURES AND OBJECTS Patented Mar. 25, 1890.

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G. COLE. MECHANISM FOR TRANSMITTING MOTION TO TOY FIGURES AND OBJECTS.

, No. 423,905. Patented Mar.2.5, 1890.

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GEORGE COLE, OF LONDON, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

MECHANISM FOR TRANSMITTING MOTION TO TOY FIGURES AND OBJECTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,905, dated March 25, 1890. Application filed July 23, 1888. Serial No. 280,788. (No model.) Patented in England June 2, 1886, No. 7,400.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE COLE, of the firm of George Cole d: 00., merchants and manufacturers, of 13 and 15 Finsbury Street, London, in the county of Middlesex, England, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented certain new and Improved Mechanism for Transmitting Motion to Toy Figures and Objects, (for which I have received Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 7,400, dated the 2d day of June, 1886,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the arrangement and application of mechanism for actuating toy figures, effigies, or animals represented as in the act of boxing, wrestling, running, and the like, or other mechanical operation.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into practice, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, which show two examples of the manner in which my improved mechanism is arranged and constructed in accordance with my present invention and applied so as to actuate mechanical toy figures, in the cases shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3 these figures being represented in the act of boxing.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 shows theback elevation, and Fig. 2 the side elevation, of toy boxers actuated by a spring motor. Fig. 3 shows another arrangement in which the mefor is a free rotating top spun in a cup or bearing. Fig. 4 shows another plan for obtaining motion from a free rotating top, as hereinafter explained. Fig. 5 shows a side elevation, and Fig. 6 a plan, of the train of wheels forming the clock-work motor f, suitable for the purposes hereinafter described. Fig. 7 is a side view, and Fig. 8 a plan, of the top plate or frictional disk 6 of the top or motor, showing the projections or cross-bars 0c thereon, which may be of greater or less number, as desired.

1) is a frame-work standing on legs I). A erankedaxle or shaft a, with cranko", (hung in ahole or groove,) passes through the framework b. The end of the axle or shaft a, after passing out at the bottom of the frame-work b, is bent to form a lever or crank arm a.

From the end of lever a is suspended or hung by means of a flexible cord 0 a ball, (advantageously of india-rubber,) weight, or pendant d of any suitable shape. Underneath the frame-work Z2 (referring to Figs. 1 and 2) is placed a base-plate or stand f, which by means of an axle or shaft 6 supports a frictional disk or table e (which may be of any suitable shape) in such a manner that it can be made to revolve freely. The stand f is so placed that the ball, weight, or pendant d, or its cord 0, is allowed to rest or partly rest upon the frictional disk or table 6 or come into contact with some part of the disk 6 which may have projections or cross-plates upon itfor the purpose of such contact. Afigure g is suspended orloosely hung upon one end of a bent lever 2', its fulcrum being kept at 71. On the other end of the bent levert' is formed a loop or eyelet. Into this loop or eyelet one end of a connecting-rod 7c is hooked, the other end of the rod being bent loosely round the crank a of shaft a. The figure h is connected in a similar manner to crank a by means of a bent lever j and connecting-rod Z. The frictional disk or table (2 being made to revolve by clock-work, (in Fig. 6 is shown a springbarrel .9 and train of wheels for revolving the axis 6 at a high rate of speed, the table 6 being attached to the axis 6 and thereby revolved,) springs, or other suitable means, the ball or weight, coming into contact, is made to swing, jerk, and rotate violently, thereby causing intermittent and jerking motion, which by means of the lever to, crank 01/, connecting-rods Z and 7c, and bent levers j and i is transmitted to the figuresg and h, causing them to appear as in the act of boxing.

In Fig. 3 the parts 6, e, and 7, Figs. 1 and 2, are replaced by a free rotating top m, which is spun in the cup 0, provided for that purpose, to keep the said top in its proper position while spinning, the upper part or frictional disk n of the spinning top having the same action on the suspended ball, weight, or pendant cl as the frictional disk or table 6, Figs. 1 and 2, before described, to which similar additions maybe made. The cup 0 is advantageously made of china and mounted in the base of the frame of the toy, as shown, or-

in any suitable manner. A variety of other toy figures, animals, or ob ects may be worked in a similar manner, causing them to appear as in the actof wrestling, dancing, running, or performing other various mechanical operations in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 4 shows another modification, the action or motion of afree rotating top m (spun in a cup or holder 0) being utilized to actuate or swing in jerks the pendulum or arm 3 to and fro by means of the suspended ball, weight, or pendant d and cord 0 coming in contact with the frictional disk 12, as before described, which thus causes the jerky partial rotation of the axis 25, which motion can be readily adapted for actuating toy figures, such as sawing, playing the fiddle, or such like movements. The above arrangement is also applicable to the disk 6, described with reference to Figsl and 2. It will thus be seen that by the arranging or mounting a ball, weight, or pendant-such as cZ-suspended on a flexible cord or connection 0, in juxtaposition and acting in conjunction with a free rotating top or other motor having a like revolving disk or surface, a jerky intermittent motion is obtained and can be transmitted to actuate numerous mechanical toys.

I do not desire to claim herein separately either the motor or the free rotating top, which latter, incombination with other parts,

forms the subj ect-matter of another application by me for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 280,787.

Having fully described my inventiomwhat I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In actuating toy figures and objects, the combination of a weight cl, suspended by means of a flexible cord 0 to a crank-arm a on a crank-axle a, with a rotating frictional disk upon which the suspended Weight d comes in contact, substantially as set forth.

2. In mechanism for actuating toy figures and objects, an upright crankaxle having a crank therein hung loosely at its upper end and having its lower end formed so as to serve as a crank-arm, to the end of which latter is attached a Weight or ball by means of a flexible cord, which suspended Weight comes in contact with a frictional disk forming the top part of a spinning top or revolving motor, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE COLE.

Vitnesses:

HENRY BIRKBECK,

3i Southampton Buildings, London, W'. C.

P. WoonWARn,

28 Southampton Buildings, London, W (I.

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