US564686A - Toy egg - Google Patents

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(No Model) J. W. GOTTSOHALK & S. P. SIPE.

TOY EGG.

No. 564.686. Patented July 28, 1896.

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JOHN WJGOTTSCHALK AND SAMUEL P. SIPE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY EGG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 564,686, dated July 28, 1896.

Application filed October 22, 1895. Serial No. 566,568. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN WV. GOTTSOHALK and SAMUEL P. SIPE, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Eggs, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to .a new and interesting toy; and it consists of the representa tion of an egg formed in two parts, so as to telescope, and, when so telescoped, give the appearance of a chicken thrusting its head out of one end of the egg and chirping.

With these ends in view our invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, we will describe its construction and operation in detail, referring to the drawing, in which we illustrate the device by a view of the casing in section, showing the interior working parts in elevation.

A is the lower portion of the egg-shell, and B the upper portion, which is adapted to fit and have a sliding movement within the lower portion A. The portion B of the shell is closed at its bottom by the partition 0, and D is a rod, which is secured to the bottom of the lower portion A, and extends up through the partition 0, and may be provided with a collar E. Upon the upper end of this rod is the representation of a chickens head F, which is so formed as to complete the upper end of the egg-shell when in the position shown in the drawing.

G is a spring coiled to the rod B between the bottom of the lower portion A and partition 0, the action of which will be to normally hold the sections of the egg-shell in the position shown.

H is a whistle, of any desired construction, arranged upon the side of the lower portion A in such manner as to emit a chirping sound when the sections A and B are telescoped by the passage of the air therethrough.

From this description it will be seen that by grasping the shell in such manner as to bring the thumb upon the bottom of the section A and the first and second fingers upon either side of the head F'and compressing the sections against the action of the spring G the 5 5 head will be thrust upward out of the section B and at the same time a portion of the air in the lower section A will be driven through the whistle, which will produce a vivid representation of a chicken thrusting its head out of an egg-shell and at the same time chirping. It has been found that this affords considerable amusement for children, and when the shell is made of material that will withstand hard usage forms a very desirable toy.

tion, which rests in the broad idea of produc- 7o ing the representation of an egg from which a chicken thrusts its head and chirps.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new and interesting is- In a toy, the representation of an egg composed of sections A, and B, the representation of a chickens head mounted upon a rod supported by the lower section, a spring arranged around the rod and adapted to hold the sections normally distended, and a whistle 8o H, by means of which a sound is emitted when the sections are compressed to thrust the head without the upper section.

In witness whereof We have hereunto affixed our signatures in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN W. GOTTSOHALK. SAML. P. SIPE.

Witnesses:

R. HOFFMAN, J AOOB S. J ONES.

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