US1335571A - Toy - Google Patents

Description

J. P. FLIPPO.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1919.

L835,5?1 Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

ATTOR N EY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. FIiIPPO, OF COVINGTON', VIRGINIA.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. V30, 1920.

i Application filed May. 27, 1919. Serial No. 800,019.

To all whom it may ooncem:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. Fmrro, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Covington, county of Alleghany, and State of Virginia, have invented a new and .Improved Toy, of which-the following is a go high speed rotation and emit attractive and pleaslng sounds.

Another feature of the invention resides in the provision of a rotating element which may be ornamented by painting color schemes thereon and which rotating colored or painted part will produce a dazzling complexity of visual appearance.

With the above principal objects, and others, in view, the invention has relation to a certain combination of parts and elements, an example of which is portrayed in the following description, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the device in assembled form, Fig. 2 shows a sectional viewof the device and Fig. 3 shows a detail view of a tone producing element employed.

Referring more in particular to the drawings, wherein the same mechanical parts throughout the several views are designated by the same reference characters, the numeral 1 points out a vertically disposed spinning shaft fitted on the lower end thereof with a head 2. The head 2 and spinning shaft are integrally made from a single piece of stock material such as Wood, and a squared shoulder 3 is shaped at the top of the head. The upper end of the spinning shaft may be sharpened or finished off as designated by 4 and provided with a squared shoulder 5. The spinning shaft provided with the characteristic construction portrayed will be made of, appropriate length and can vary according to the size of the toy to be built.

A plurality of rotating arms -6 will be fitted upon the upper stem 4 of the spinni 1";

. shaft and engage the shoulder 5. The-arms 6 are centrally provided with y a square shaped aperture adapted to tightly fit the squared shaft and engage the shoulder 5.

The rotating arms 6 may be constructed of cardboard, light wood, or other suitable material and have any appropriate shape to best suit the needs of a toy of this character. The present drawings show a pair of rotating arms mounted transverselv one with the other, but it will be understood that any number of rotatin arms can be employed and secured to the spinning shaft in the manner here described.

The outer extremity of each rotating arm will be fitted with a tone producing element 7. This tonal fixture or element 7 will be a bell, whistle, or other device selected by the manufacturer. The tone producing elements will referably be attached to the underneath si e of the rotating arms by a link 8 or other means.

A power arm 9 will be made of wood, or heavy paste-board and be provided with a central aperture. This power arm will be. slidably confined upon the spinning shaft. Knobs 10 will be integrally shaped on the outer extremities of the power arm, and this member 9 will conform in contour and shape so as to appropriately fit the hand of the child or other person who will spin the toy. A cord or band 11 will be passed through a hole formed in the upper portion of the spinning shaft and each end of the cord will be securely fixed or tied to each knob 10. With the power arm in downwardly limited position the cord 11 will stand angularly from the spinning shaft as shown in dotted lines.

A rotatin disk 12 is pressed upon the s uared sho der 3 of the spinning head and a apted to rotate with the spinning shaft. This rotating disk may be built .of any suitable material similar to the material employed for constructing the other elements. The upper face of the disk may be painted may be implrinted radially thereon so as to present a azzling and commingling color ap earance when the disk is rotated.

o operate the device the child will grasp the power arm upon eachside of the spinning shaft and exert upward and downward pressure on said arm causing it to travel slidably upon the spinning shaft. This will alternately wind and unwind the cord 11 about the spinning shaft thus causing high speed rotation in first one direction and then the other of the apparatus. The rotating disk will function to nerate a gyroscopic effect which 'will ten to maintain the hand-spun top in a vertical plane for a short time after the operator has released hold upon the power arm. The rotating arms and tone producing elements will also tend to impart a gyroscopic tendency to the device. The whistles or bells attached to the rotating arms will produce sound when the device undergoes operation.

This form of toy may be known as a flipper top and may be constructed under the specifications and claims herein disclosed.

or may vary in design and operation with- -1. A hand sp un top comprising; a shaft,

a shoulder formed thereon, a head made with the spinning shaft adjacent the shoulder, a rotating disk secured to the shoulder, a shoulder formed upon the upper end of the spinning shaft, a plurality of rotating arms tightly pressed upon the upper shoulder, a power. arm employed to rotate the spinnin shaft, a cord attached to the power arm an wound on the shaft, and tone producirig elements fitted to the arms.

,2. hand spun top comprising: a shaft, a rotating disk secured to the shaft, a plurality of rotating arms fixed upon the shaft, a power arm employed to rotate the shaft,

,and tone producing elements carried by the arms.

1 JOHN P. FLIPPO.

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