GB1279596A - Animated dolls - Google Patents

Abstract

1279596 Animated doll TOPPER CORP 23 Nov 1970 [9 March 1970] 55538/70 Heading A6S A doll comprises a hollow body including a head portion 10 and a torso portion 11, arms 12 movably connected to the torso 12 and legs 13 connected on the torso in any conventional way. Housed within the torso and head portions 11 and 10 is an electrically activating means which includes an arm moving mechanism 14 and below it a crying mechanism 15. Both mechanisms are actuated by a single electric motor 16, constituting one of the loads of the electrical activating means. Another load is a light source 17 located within the head 10. Mounted against the inner surface of the torso front wall, in the stomach region of the doll, is a switch means 20, and below the crying mechanism 15 are two batteries 21 constituting a power source for energising the motor 16 and light source 17. A number of doll accessories are provided which include a simulated nursing bottle 25 having a rigid nipple 26 adapted to be inserted into a hole 27 in the mouth of the doll. Simulated pills 28 are also included, each being a piece of rigid material housing its largest diameter at its centre and tapering towards its ends. The pills are adapted to be pushed into and through hole 27. Switch means 20 is located behind hole 27 and is actuated each time nipple 26 or a pill 28 is pushed through the hole. There is also provided a simulated hot water bottle 29 with a flat pin 30 projecting perpendicularly from one face and adapted to be inserted into a correspondingly shaped slot 31 in the front wall of torso 11. Hole 31 is located directly in front of switch means 20, and insertion of pin 30 serves to open the switch, which is otherwise closed. The switch means 20 includes two resilient contacts 34 which normally engage each other. Switch means 22 includes three stationary contacts 35 and 36 and a moveable contact 37 permanently connected at its centre to batteries 21. Moveable contact 37 rotates through 45‹ with each withdrawal of nipple 26 from hole 27 and each time a pill 28 is pushed through hole 27. Two parallel electrical circuits are connected to the batteries 21. If at the beginning of play, moveable contact 37 is in the broken line position in Fig. 9 none of the circuits are complete and hence the doll is at rest. The child then inserts bottle nipple 26 into the hole 27 to simulate feeding the doll and thereafter withdraws the nipple. In response of the nipple, to withdrawal of the nipple moveable contact 37 rotates 45‹ in a counter clockwise direction in Fig. 1 and comes into engagement with contact 35. A circuit is thereby completed from batteries 21, through contacts 37 and 35, wire 38, switch 20, wire 29, motor 16, and wire 40 back to batteries 21, whereupon motor 16 is energized. As a result, the doll cries and its arms move toward and away from each other making it appear that its hands are rubbing its stomach. A hot water bottle 29 can be placed on the doll's stomach, at this time pushing pin 30 through slot 31 to retain the stomachache. Pin 30, which is made of insulator material moves between contacts 34 and opens switch 20, thereby opening the circuit energizing motor 16. Consequently, the doll stops crying and rubbing its stomach. Further insertion of nipple 26 into and withdrawal from hole 27 causes rotation of contact 37 through another 45‹ movement bringing it into engagement with contacts 36. A circuit is thereby completed from batteries 21, through contact 37, one of contacts 36, wire 41, light source 17 and wire 42 back to batteries 21. As a result, the light source is energised faintly illuminating the doll's head 10, which is formed of a slightly translucent material, thus stimulating a fever. Simultaneously a circuit is completed from batteries 21, through contact 37, the other contact 36, wire 43, motor 16 and wire 40 back to batteries 21 whereupon motor 16 is energised. As a result, the doll cries and its arms move toward and away from each other. A pill 28 may be inserted into and through hole 27, causing contact 37 to rotate to a horizontal position in Fig. 9. As a result all circuits are opened, whereupon the light source is extinguished and the motor is deenergized, simulating recovery by the doll. The cycle of operations may then be repeated as above.