US1346985A

US1346985A - Mechanical vehicle

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Publication number: US1346985A
Application number: US325861A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sonoda Heijiro
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-09-24
Filing date: 1919-09-24
Publication date: 1920-07-20
Anticipated expiration: 1937-07-20

Description

H. soNonA. MECHANICAL VEHICLE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1919.

1,346,985. Patented .my 2o, 1920.

HEIJ'IRO SONODA, OF YAKIMA, WASHINGTON.

MECHANICAL VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1920.

Application filed September 24, 1919. Serial No. 325,861.

To all 'wwm t may concern:

Be it known that I, HniJmo SONODA, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at ,6% Chestnut St., Yakima, in the county of Yakima and State of Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Vehicles; and I do hereby 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 toys, and particularly to a form of mechanical toy made in the form of a car to be run on a grooved wheel and balanced by side weights, and driven by a suitable form of clock work chain of wheels.

The objects of this invention are to produce a simple yet interesting toy for children, which may be operated by any suspended cord or rope between two horizontal points, the toy to be driven by a clock train of wheels incased within the body of the toy.

.With these and other objects in view I will illustrate my invention by the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l represents a side elevation of the toy complete.

Fig. 2 represents a similar side view with part of the car broken away to show the interior mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a section partly in elevation at a point approximately on a line of shaft 8 in Fi 2.

IgJike figures on diiferent views represent j like parts of the apparatus.

Numeral l shows the car, or body of the toy, which rides on a rope or cord 2, Which may be suspended in any simple manner across a space as across a cornerV of a play room. The ends of the cord may be of equal height or one end may be lower than the other to cause the car to ride more freely one Y way, as may be desired.

Attached under the car and near its middle part is a grooved or sheave wheel 3 fixed to an axle 8, the ends of which turn freely in the side walls or shell of the car, and on one side of this axle 8 adjoining the line of edge of the center Wheel 3, is a pinion wheel 6 also fixed to the axle, and meshing in the cogs of the pinion is a power wheel 7 mounted on a spindle 9 which also turns freely at both ends in the side walls of the car where suitable journal bearings may be prepared, and the same bearings also provided for the ends of the axle 8 in case the apparatus is designed as a vehicle for heavy use.

'On one end of the spindle 9 is fixed a thumb plate l0 by which the operator may wind the wheel 7, and more particularly a train of wheels is incased in the box 11. This train of wheels is not shown in detail as the construction is not new and may be obtained from any stock carried in a jewelers store and consists of a set of wheels working together by geared edges, and connected to a power spring, so that as the operator turns the plate and spindle 9 and l() the coil spring is wound up or tightened, and when the operator removes his hand from the plate the spring is released and tends to unwind as fast as the accompanying connecting wheels can be turned around together.

Extending down from each side of the car is a rod protruding also laterally as M, and with a counter-weight 5-5 on the lower end thereof for balancing purposes.

Upon shaft 8 and in sheave 3 is mounted a star wheel for the purpose of gripping into the cord 2.

In use the operator turns the spindle till the spring and train of wheels have been wound up to the desired tension, and the running wheel 3 is then placed over the cord andthe toy released from the hand, when the tension of the spring will cause the unwinding of the wheels and the transmitted motion to be given the wheel 3 so that it turns rapidly, and the car carried thereby along the 'cord or rope, primarily for amusement purposes.

While this invention is designed particularly for a toy to be constructed from tin or thin material, and cheaply, yet the design may be carried into a commercial machine and used for the carriage of passengers or freight between stations.

What I claim is:

A toy vehicle comprising a body member and a single roller for engagement with an exterior surface, said body wholly mounted above said exterior surface, and weights attached to said body straddling said surface below said surface for balancing said car.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HEIJ IRO SON ODA.