US122317A - Improvement in toys - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
- A63H17/00—Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor
- A63H17/26—Details; Accessories
- A63H17/34—Arrangements for imitating the noise of motors
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- Figure 1 represents a hollow tube constructed of some light material, and is furnished with a leaden rocker at the base of sufficient weight to overbalance the other end.
- a quantity of leaden shot is placed within the tube for the purpose of counterbalancing theleaden rocker.
- the interior of the tube is furnished with two shelves for the purpose of retaining the shot at either end of the puzzle.
- the lower shelf A havin g but a small aperture, the shot can only escape when the puzzle is held with the aperture below; then hold it at such an inclination that the shot will roll to the other end of the tube, when, by turning over the puzzle, (exactly half way aronnd,) the shot becornes secured by the shelf B, Fig. 2, and they counterbalance the weight of the rocker and the puzzle lies at rest.
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UNITED STATES PATENT DEEICE- ALEXANDER W. HALL, CHARLES F. RITGHEL, AND SAMUEL LOYD, OF," NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO SAMUEL LOYD, OF SAME PLACE.
IMPROVEMENT IN TOYS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,317, dated January 2, 1872 antedated December 16, 1871.
We, ALEXANDER W. HALL, CHARLES F. RITGHEL, and SAMUEL Lori), of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Gravity Toys, of which the following is a specification:
The nature and object of our invention relates to the construction of a gravity toy or puzzle for the amusement of both young,` and old, and is so constructed that a person initiated in the secret can make it either lie down or rise at will, while a person unacquainted with its principles will nd great difficulty and amusement in endeavoring to overcome its irrepressible disposition to rise. The following is a description of the accompanying drawing:
Figure 1 represents a hollow tube constructed of some light material, and is furnished with a leaden rocker at the base of sufficient weight to overbalance the other end. A quantity of leaden shot is placed within the tube for the purpose of counterbalancing theleaden rocker. The interior of the tube is furnished with two shelves for the purpose of retaining the shot at either end of the puzzle. The lower shelf A, havin g but a small aperture, the shot can only escape when the puzzle is held with the aperture below; then hold it at such an inclination that the shot will roll to the other end of the tube, when, by turning over the puzzle, (exactly half way aronnd,) the shot becornes secured by the shelf B, Fig. 2, and they counterbalance the weight of the rocker and the puzzle lies at rest.
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We claim as our invention- The combination of the tube C, the leaded A. F. OUSHMAN. (14.3)
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| US20180099337A1 (en) * | 2016-10-08 | 2018-04-12 | Ray Fitzgerald Woods | Devices for Broken Drill Bit Removal |
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| US20180099337A1 (en) * | 2016-10-08 | 2018-04-12 | Ray Fitzgerald Woods | Devices for Broken Drill Bit Removal |
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