US1149883A - Figured toy. - Google Patents

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D. C. ZIVLEY.

FIGURED TOY. APPLICATION HLED APR. 3. 1914.

1,149,883. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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it earns DENNIS CORWIN ZIVLEY, OF. EL PASO,

- FIGURED "TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Aug. if}, 1915.

. Application filed. April 3, 1914. Serial No. 829,276.

in the art to which it appertains to make.

and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in figured toys, and its primary object is the provision of a'highly amusing article, of this character, which may be manufactured and.

sold at a comparatively low cost.

The invention consist of the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein the figure is a perspective view of a toy constructed in accordance with my in vention.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, 1 designates the frame and 2 the handle of the toy. The frame 1 and the handle 2 are preferably constructed from a single length of wire, which is bent to pro vide a top bar 8, side bars 4, and the bottom bar 5. The strands of the wire are then intertwisted as at 6, to hold it in frame forming position. A further intertwisting of the strands is carried out to provide the.

handle 2. The sides 4 are bent to provide an upper pair of alined bearings 7, a lower pair of alined bearings 8, and an intermediate pairof alinedbearings 9. Compound crank shafts 10 and 11 are journaled in the bearings 7 and 9, respectively, and each is preferably formed from a single length of wire. The lengths of wire are first bent to provide the cranks 12 and 13, then inserted in the bearings 7 and 9, and then bent to provide stops 1%, which engage the inner sides of the bearings 7 and 9, and prevent endwise movement of the shafts 10 and 11. Journaled in the bearings 8 is a crank-shaft 15, which is also made from a single length of Wire. The wire from which the shaft 15 is formed is first bent to provide a crank 16, and is then inserted in the bearings 8, after which it is bent to provide the stops 17. The stops 17 engage the inner side of the bearings 8 and hold the shaft 15 from endwise movement. The shaft 15 projects beyond one of the sides 4: of the frame 1,

and said projecting portionis bent to providea hand crank 1.8 by means of which the shaft maybe rotated Figs. 19 and 20, one

representing the character known as Jeff and the other the character known. as 1 Mutt are secured to the crank 13 of the shafts 10 and 11, respectively, as shown in the drawing. These shafts and the shaft 15 are connected by a rod 21, so that motion may beimparted to. the figures l9 and 20 through the medium of the hand crank 18. The connecting rod 21 is formed from a single length of wire bent to provide bearing loops .22, 23 and 241, through the medium of which the rod is connected to the cranks 12 of the shafts 10 and 11, and the crank 16 of the shaft 15. The bearing loops 22 and 23 are elongated so as to prevent all of the shafts from arriving at a dead center at the same time.

In practice the toy may be supported in the left hand through the medium of the handle 2, and motion imparted to the figures 19 and 20 through the medium of the hand crank 18, which may be rotated by the right hand. The figures 19 and 20 may be articulated in any well known manner, and in view of the fact that the figures are fixed by their hands to the cranks of shafts adapted tobe simultaneously rotated movement may be imparted to the figures which will be of a grotesque and highly amusing nature. As all parts ofthe toy, except the figures, can be made from single lengths of wire, it may be made and sold at a comj paratively low cost.

From the foregoing it is evident that many changes might be made in the form t and arrangement of parts described with out departing from the splrit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A toy comprising a rectangular frame made from a single strand of wire, the ends of said strand being twisted together to form ahandle, integral bearings at the sides of the frame, double crank shafts mounted in said bearings, said crank shafts having stops to prevent lateral movement thereof, articulated figure connected rigidly to one of the cranks of each of said crank shafts an actuating crank shaft mounted in said frame, and a connecting rod attached to crank members on each of said shafts.

2. A toy comprising a frame formed from a single length of wire and comprising side members, a top member and a bottom memher, the latter having an integral handle formed thereon, the side members of the frame being provided with integral bearings, a pair of crank shafts mounted in said bearings and provided with stops to prevent lateral displacement, said crank shafts having two: crank members formed thereon,

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toy figures rigidly connected to said crank members in vertical alinement, and a crank in presence of two witnesses.

DENNISCORWIN ZIVLEY.

Witnesses S. R. EMERY,

PERRY CARROLL.

Commissioner of Patents,

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