US1427789A - Mechanical toy - Google Patents

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yJ. DYMNICKI.

MECHANICAL TOY.

APPLlcATfoN FILED luNE 7. |921.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.4

BY AT ORNEY.'

1. DYMNICKI.

MECHANICAL TOY.

APPLICATION FILEDJUNEL1921.

1,427,789, Patenasept. 5, 1922.

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Fidia JOSEEH DYMNICKI, OF NEVJ LNDON, CONNETICUT.

A MECHANICAL rox.

Application filed .Tune

To all w hom t may concern.

Be it known that I, .Iosnrni DYMNrcnI, citizen of Poland, residing at `New London, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanical toys, and it has for an object to provide a novel form of toy consisting of a manikin adapted to simulate a person dancing and playing a musical instrument, and during the operation of which musical sounds will be emitted.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. l` of the drawings is a rear elevation of a toy constructed according to the invention, the body casing being in vertical section.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of one of the musical attachments.

Fig. 4 is a detail rear elevation of certain of the parts of the toy.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the toy, showing also the supporting means of the manikin.

Fig. 6 is a side view thereof.

'Fig 7 is a detail face view ofthe disk forming part of the other musical attachment.

Fig. 8 is an edge view thereof.`

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 2.

In constructing my improved toy I provide a casing 10 shaped in approximate accordance to the trunk and head of a human body. Fixed in this casing is a frame 11 which supports a reducing or clock train of gears 12 driven in a well known manner by a clock spring contained in a drum-13, the clock spring being adapted to be wound as usual by a key 14.

Upon one of the arbors 16 of the clock train 12 is fixed a crank arm 17 to which is connected the upper end of a link 18 which is adapted to impart movement to the legs of the toy. The legs are indicated generally at 1921.. Serial No. 475,634.

20, being jointed at the `kneesand ankles as at 21 and 22, and being pivoted at their` upper ends on a horizontalrod 23 carried byy the casing 10.

Projecting rearwardly from. the upper ends of the legs are lugs 24 having pins 25 fixed thereto and engaging in slots 26 in the ends of an oscillatory lever 27 fulcrumed between its ends as at 28 to a boss 29 on the casing. rIhe lower end of the link 18 connects to one of the lugs 24.

Mounted exteriorly on the casing 10 is a similitude 8O of a violin, which is held in the manner usual toviolinists when playing, the neck of the violin being engaged by the left hand of the manikin. The right hand of the manikin carries a bow 33 which is adapted to be drawn back and forth across the violin 80.

To this end the right arm 84 is jointed at the elbow as shown and is fixed to a shaft 35 journaled in the shoulder portion of the casing 10, the arm projecting laterally through a vertical slot 36 in the casing 10. Upon the shaft 35 is a crank arm 37 which is connected by a link 38 to a second crank arm 39 on another of the arbors 40, of the clock train 12.

I also provide a pair of devices adapted to sound musical notes. One of these devices comprises a series of wires 43 extending between cross frames 44 fixed to casing 10 and adapted to be engaged by a picker 45 projecting from the end of a crank arm 46 i'lxed to the opposite end of arbor 16 to that on which the before mentioned crank arm 17 is mounted. i

The other device comprises a hooked finger 50 fixed to the main arbor 51 of the clock train 12 and adapted to engage a series of note strips 52 projecting outwardly from a disk 53 suitably supported by the fra-me 11.

The casing 10 is preferably xed to rigid cross bars 55 in a cabinet 56 in which the manikin is thereby supported, this cabinet preferably having glass walls.

When the clock spring is wound up and the clock train rotates the legs 20 will have an oscillatory forward and backward Inovement imparted thereto, by crank arm 16, link 18 and lever 27.

Also the arm 84 will be oscillated in a manner to move the bow 38 across the violin 80, by means of link 38 and crank arm 37.

As the clock train rotates, the picker l5 will revolve with arm 46 and engage the wires 43, causing musical sounds to be given off, while the hooked linger 50 will also revolve and engage the note strips 52.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows 1. A toy comprising a body casing, power mechanism therein, a support for said casing, legs hinged to said casing, lugs projecting rearwardly :from said legs, a lever fulcrumed between its ends in said casing and having slot and pin connections at opposite ends with said lugs, whereby oscillation of said lever causes said legs to oscillate, and means forming an operative connection between said power mechanism and lever.

2. A. toy comprising a manilin carrying,` a musical instrument, said manikin having the legs thereof and one of the arms oscillatable7 a musical instrument located within the manikin, power mechanism located within the manikin and means driven by said power mechanism for oscillating said arm and legs, and operating said musical instrument.

In testimony whereof I have aHiXed my signature.

JOSEPH DYMNICKI.

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