US1012279A - Toy. - Google Patents

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G. A. RINGLER.

TOY. APPLIOATIOH FILED MAY 25, 1911.

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APPLIUATION FILED un 25, 1911,

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GEORGE A. RINGLER, OF LANCASTER, NEBRASKA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 25, 1911.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Serial No. 629,451.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. RiNoLna, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in mechanical toys.

One object of the invention is to provide a mechanical toy representing a swinging ligure and a stationary figure adapted to be automatically operated to push the swinging ligure.

Another object is to provide a toy of this character which will be strong, durable and inexpensive in construction and have a sim ple operating mechanism consisting of few parts which are not liable to get out of order.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In t-he accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved toy; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sectional view; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of t-he arms and operating devices of the stationary figure.

In the embodiment of the invention I provide a hollow base 1, the upper side of which forms a platform 2. Secured to the sides of the base 1 near one end thereof are upwardly projecting standards 3. Revolubly mounted between the upper ends of the standards 3 is a shaft l the ends of which engage suitable bearing apertures in the upper ends of the standards as shown. On the shaft 4t is arranged a roller 5 to which are connected the depending supporting rods 6 of a swing, connected at their lower ends to a swing board 7. Connected to the lower ends of the rods 6 and the adjacent portion of the swing board 7 are inclined or diverging push rods 8 the upper ends of which are bent rearwardly at an angle and secured to the rods 6, said angularly bent ends of the rods 8 forming handles 9 which are gripped by the ligure 1() in the swing, said ligure being here shown in a standing position.

Itigidly secured to the opposite end of the platform Q from the swing is a second ligure 11, in a standing position and intended to push the swinging figure in a manner hereinafter described. The arms 1Q of the ligure 11 are mounted on the outer ends of a rock shaft 13 mounted in the upper portion of the body of the ligure whereby when said rock shaft is operated, the arms will be swung upwardly and forwardly thus simulating the movement of a persons arms when pushing a swing. The arms are bent at the elbows to the proper angle for engaging the push rods 8 of the swing when the latter is swung toward the ligure 11. The parts of the arms 1Q representing the hands of the figure are so shaped as to readily engage the rods 8 so that when the arms are swung upwardly and forwardly the hand portions will slide up the inclined rods 8 thus pushing' the swing back or away from the ligure 11 with sutlicient force to cause the swing to return to a position wherein the rods 8 may again be engaged by the upward movement of the arms which will again push the swing in the manner described. To the rock shaft 13 is secured a crank arm 14 which projects outwardly and works through a suitable opening in the back of the figure 11 and connected atA its outer end by an operating rod 15 to a suitable operating mechanism arranged in the base 1.

The operating mechanism for actuating the arms of the ligure 11 comprises a spring moto 130 which may be of any suitable construction and is here shown as being provided with a winding shaft 111() which is revolubly mounted in the sides of the base 1 and has one end projecting a suitable distance beyond one side of the base and squared to receive a key whereby the spring of the motor may be wound. Revolubly mounted in the base 1 below the ligure 11 is an operating shaft 1G having fixed thereon a pinion 17 which is in operative engagement with one of the gears of the motor 13 whereby the power of the lnotor is applied to the shaft 1G for the purpose of operating the arms of the ligure 11. Formed in the shaft 16 is a crank 18 to which is connected the lower end of the operating rod 15 whereby the motion of the shaft 16 is imparted to the rock shaft 13 to operate the arms 12 of the figure 11 in the manner described.

The motor 130 is provided with an automatically operated escapement comprising a longitudinally disposed bar 19 which 1s pivotally mounted on a shaft 20 in the base 1 and has one end projecting beneath the shaft 16 as shown. In the end of the bar below the shaft 16 is arranged a stop pin 21 with which is adapted to be engaged an offset loop 22 formed in the shaft 16 whereby when said loop is engaged with the stop pin the shaft will be locked or held against operation by the motor 13. In order to release the shaft 16 to permit the same to operate the arms of the figure 11 at the proper time for engaging the push rods of the swing, I provide a tripping mechanism comprising a trip rod 23 secured at its lower end to the opposite end of the bar 19 from the stop pin 21 and projecting upwardly through the platform 2 to a position adjacent to one sideof the swing supporting roller 5. On the upper end of the rod 23 is formed a right angularly projecting linger 211 having on its outer end a depending hook 25. The finger 24 extends along one side of and lengthwise of the roller 5 and is adapted to be engaged by a crank pin 26 secured to and projecting laterally from one side of the roller whereby when the latter is turned by the movement of the swing toward the figure 1 1, said crank arm will engage the finger 24 and raise the trip rod 23 thereby causing the latter to trip the bar 19 and thus disengage the stop pin 21 from the offset or loop 22 in the; crank shaft 16 whereby the latter and the motor 13 are released and the power of the motor applied to revolve the crank shaft at the proper time for swinging the arms 12 of the ligure 11 upwardly and into engagement with the inclined push rods of the swing whereby the latter is swung back and forth in the manner described.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, lthe construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A mechanical toy comprising a swinging figure, a stationary figure, and means whereby said stationary figure is actuated to cause the same to operate said swinging ligure. Y

2. A mechanical toy comprising a base, a swing arranged thereon, a figure arranged in said swing, a stationary figure, a motor arranged in said base, means to connect the arms of said stationary figure with said motor whereby the hands on the ends of said arms are adapted to engage and push said swing, and means operated by the movement of the swing to control the movement of the motor.

3. A mechanical toy comprising a base, a swing operatively mounted on said base, a stationary figure arranged on the base at a suitable distance from the swing, a rock shaft mounted in the upper portion of the body of said figure, arms fixed on the outer ends of said shaft, a crank arm arranged on said shaft and projecting through the back of the figure, a motor arranged in said base, a crank shaft, an operating' shaft driven by said motor, means to connect said shaft with the crank arm of the rock shaft in the body of said figure whereby said shaft is actuated to swing the arms of the ligure forwardly and upwardly thus engagingthe hands of the latterv with said swing to operate the same.

1. A mechanical toy comprising a hollow base, swing supporting standards secured at their lower ends to said rods, a swing supporting roller revolubly mounted between the upper ends of said standards, a swing connected to said roller, said swing comprising depending rods, a swing board connected to the lower ends of said bars, inclined push rods secured at their lower ends to said board and having their upper ends bent rearwardly at an angle and secured to the swing rods, said angularly bent ends forming handles, a figure arranged on said swing board and having its hands engaged with said handles, a stationary ligure arranged on the platform, said figure having movable arms, and means to actuate said arms whereby the hands thereof are brought into engagement with the inclined push rods of the swing thereby operating the latter.

5. A mechanical toy of the character described comprising a hollow base, standards secured to said base, a swing supporting of said standards, a swing connected to said roller whereby the latter is turned when the swing is operated, a stationary figure arranged on the platform, said figure having movable arms adapted to be engaged with the swing whereby the latter is operated, a motor arranged in said base, a crank shaft revolubly mounted in said base and geared to said motor, an escapement arranged in saitl base, said escapement comprising a pivotally mounted bar, a stop pin in one end of said bar, an offset formed in said crank shaft and adapted to engage said pin whereby the shaft and the motor are locked against moveroller revolubly mounted in the upper ends disengaged from the crank shaft thus releas- 10 ing the latter and the motor.

In testimony whereofl I have hereunto Set my hand in presence of two subscribing witment, a trip rod connected at its lower end to one end of said bar, a trip finger arranged 0n the upper end of said rod, and a crank pin arranged in said swing supporting roller whereby when the latter is turned by the nesses.

movement of the swing toward the station- GEORGE A. RINGLER. ary ligure, said crank pin will engage the Vitnesses:

trip finger thereby operating said trip rod S. M. CARLIN,

and pivoted bar whereby the trip finger is RALPH NEIMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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