GB1506000A - Doll - Google Patents

Abstract

1506000 Dolls MEGO CORP 3 April 1975 [3 Sept 1974] 13741/75 Heading A6S A doll whose movements simulate fighting comprises relatively - rotatable upper 13 and lower 16 torsos, with arms 14, 15 rotatably mounted in the upper torso by shafts 40, 41, a mechanism within the torsos being connected to the shafts such that either or both of the arms is capable of swinging simultaneously with the relative rotation of the torsos. A shaft 24 is fixed to the lower torso 16 and rotatably secured to the upper torso 13. Rotatable on the shaft 24 is a pinion 22 fixed to a sleeve 28 that carries a projection 29 held between ribs 30, (31 Fig. 3 not shown) within the upper torso 13. A push button (20 Fig. 2 not shown) protrudes from the lower torso 16 and carries a rack 21 engaging the pinion 22, so that on depressing the push button the upper torso 13 is rotated relative to the lower. The shaft 24 has fixed at its upper end a cup gear 50 meshing with arm pinions 44, 46 secured to the shafts 40, 41 so that on rotation of the upper torso 13 the arms 14, 15 simultaneously swing. A spring 60 returns the pinion on releasing the push button 20. The arm pinions 44, 46 may be rotatable on the shafts 40, 41 and fixed thereto by a friction arrangement as in Fig. 4 to permit relative adjustment of the arms 14, 15; in Fig. 4 the arm pinion 46 is held against a shoulder 51 on the shaft 41 by a push nut 53 and spring washer 52. In another embodiment the arm pinions 44, 46 may be disengaged from the cup gear 50, as in Fig. 5, where a detent spring 74 may engage either of two grooves 72, 73 to hold the arm pinion 44 in or out of engagement with the cup gear.