US1511044A - Figtjhehead - Google Patents

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R. w. ADAMS FIGUREHEAD Filed Oct. 16. 1192 2 Patented Get. 7, 1924.

UNITED STATES ROY W. ADAMS, OF NEVI BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

FIGUREHEAD.

Application filed October 16, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROY W. Annals, citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New Britain, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Figurehead, of which the following is a full and complete description.

The object of my invention is to provide anovel figurehead in the form of a winged creature which will move its wings in imitation of flight, when acted upon by a current of air.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure I shows a figurehead representing a winged creature mounted on the radiator cap of an automobile.

Figure II is a plan view of the mechanism which causes the wings of Figure I to move up and down.

Figure III is a sectional view of Figure II on the line AA.

Figures IV, V, VI, and VII are a series of side elevations showing different positions and relations of the moving parts throughout a complete cycle.

The same number is used to designate the same part in all the figures.

In the different figures; 1 is a metal plate; 3 and 3 are rectangular grooves, one in each side of plate 1; 4 and 4 are plates with projections 5 and 5 engaging grooves 8 and 3 respectively; 6 is a round bar extending through slot 2 in plate 1, connecting plates 4 and 4. The members 4, 4, and 6 form a unit which is free to slide up and down on plate 1, providing the projections 5 and 5 follow the grooves 3 and 3'. 8 and 8 are the wings supported of the bars 14 and 14 which are connected to the bar 6 by a hinge joint at 9 and 9' and fulcrumed through the holes 7 and 7 in the body 12. 10 and 11 are two sets of springs connected to the lower ends of the plates 4 and 4, and to anchor pins in plate 1.

Considering forward to mean opposite to the direction indicated by the arrows a. and backward to mean in the direction indicated by arrows at, then springs 10 are so positioned as to tend to cause a forward and downward movement of the lower ends of members 4 and 4, and the springs 11 are so ositioned as to tend to cause a backward an upward movement of the lower ends of members 4 and 4.

In the series of Figures IV, V, VI, and VII the lines 6 represent the inclination of the Serial No. 594,958.

wing surfaces. The arrows at indicate the direction of a current of air, such as wind or the impact of air upon a moving body. In Figure IV, a current of air moving in the direction indicated by the arrow at, acting upon a surface inclined so as to receive the impact of said current of air on its upper surface, its forward edge being lower than its rear edge as shown by the line 6, would cause the surface to move in a downward direction. Since the bars 14 and 14, which support the wings, are fulcrumed at 7 and 7, as shown at Figure III, a down ward motion of the wings 8 and 8 will cause an upward motion of the sliding unit composed of. the parts 4, 4, and 6. When this part of the cycle has been completed the parts will have changed from the position shown in Figure IV to the position shown in Figure V. At the position shown in Figure V the springs of the set 10 are under tension while the springs of the set 11 are released from tension by nature of their respective positions. Therefore, as soon as the parts reach the position shown in Figure V, they are pulled into the position shown in Figure VI by the springs of the set 10. This will have changed the angle of inclination of the parts 4, 4, and 6, and since the joints 9 and 9 are hinge joints and allow motion in a vertical direction only, any change of the inclination of the parts 4, 4, and 6 will cause a corresponding change or reversal in the direction of inclination of the wing surfaces 8 and 8' as indicated by the line E, Figure VI. A current of air moving in the direction indicated by the arrow a, Figure VI, would cause a wing surface, inclined as line b, to move upward with a corresponding downward movement of the parts 4, 4', and 6 to the position shown in Figure VII. Now the springs of set 10 are released from tension while the springs of set 11 are brought under tension. The parts will then be pulled into the position shown in Figure IV by the springs of set 11. This completes the cycle and the action will continue as long as a current of air strong enough to work the mechanism is supplied.

I do not, however, wish to confine or limit myself to the particular arrangement of members as shown or described herein as a greater or lesser number of some of the members could be used, and various different positionings of some of the members, particularly the springs, could be used Without departure from the spirit of myfinvention.

I claim:

A representation of a Winged figure having a hollow body, movable Wings and support members therefore extending Within said body, a fixed plate having a slot and a closed guide groove on either side of said plate, a bar in said slot having its ends operati-vely connected to saidsupport 1118111 bers, cranks connected to said bar, each crank having a pin slidable in one of said grooves, springs fixed to said plate and said cranks each said spring operative to actuate one of said pins alongits groove.

BOY W. ADAMS.

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