US1518144A

US1518144A - Sand toy

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Publication number: US1518144A
Application number: US602434A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ulysses S Huggins
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-11-21
Filing date: 1922-11-21
Publication date: 1924-12-09
Anticipated expiration: 1941-12-09

Description

Dec, 9, 1924. 1,518,144

u. s.4 HuGc-ms SAND TOY 'l Filed Nov. 21, 1922 2 sheets-sheet 1 T7-: mvENToR ATToREy D neg; 9,1924.

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Patented Das. 9, 1924.. l1,518,144

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ULYSSES S. HUGGINS, F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAND TOY.

Application filed November 21, 1922. Serial No. 602,434.

To c/.ZZ whom t may concern.' the top of these legs is provided a pivot 11 Be it known that I, ULYssns S. HUcGiNs, which supports the body 12 of the man and a citizen of the United States, residing at leaves it free to swing forward between the Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and legs. Below the pivot 11 is a pin 13 which 55 State of Pennsylvania, have invented cerextends between the legs and which is tain new and useful Improvements in Sand adapted to engage the body at the recess Toys, of which the following is a speciica- 14 so as to hold the bodyin the upright tion. position shown in Figure 1. The arms 15 The object of this invention is to provide of the man are pivoted to the body on the 10 a new kind of a toy. pin 16 which extends through the body and Another object if the invention is to prothe arms are connected to the legs by the vide a toy in which the figure of a

man wire links

17, 18, one of which is provided will be operated automatically from an upon each side of the body. These links are right to bending position by the weight of fastened to the legs back of and above the 15 sand owing intermittently from a hopper holes for the pivot 11. They are fastened into a hod and will be restored to an upto the arms a short distance in front of the right position upon the dumping of the pivot pin 16 and the effect of the links is to hod. normally hold the arms in an upward posi- This and other objects of the invention tion and cause the arms to swing down as 20 will be illustrated in the drawings, described the body is tilted to the position shown in in the specification and pointed out in the Figure 2.

claims at the end thereof. Between the hands 2O of the man is pro- In the drawings,- vided a hod v21 having the bail 22 rigidly IFigure 1 is a side elevation of the toy fastened thereto. When in the upright with the figure of the man in an upright position this bail engages the extension 23 position with the hopper, valve, hod and on the valve 8 and swings it .to the posibase shown in section. tion shown in Figure 1. This uncovers the Figure 2 is a side elevation showing the bottom of the spout and permits the sand ligure of the man in the bent position with to flow into the hod. When enough sand so one of the uprights' partly broken away has accumulated to weight the body down and the valve shown in section. at the top, the body and arms swing to the Figure 3 is a front elevation of the figure position shown in Figure 2.

of a man with the hod and spout included It will be understood that the body is in the figure. f so shaped that the part represented by the 35 In the drawings, like reference numerals coat-tail 24 and below the pivot 11, weighs indicate like parts. more than the part of the body above it,

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 inand this weight is suicient to return the dicates the base and 2 indicates a circular body from the position shown in Figure 2 flange preferably of tin or other suitable after the sand is dumped from the hod and material which with the base forms a pan or hold it normally in the position shown in tank for catching the sand. Within the pan Figure 1. For this purpose a block of lead are fastened two

uprights

3 and 4 which at is fastened into the coat-tail at the bottom as the top support the hopper 5. On the botindicated at 25. tom of this hopper is provided a tapered The operation of the toy is as follows: spout 6 having a pin 7 therethrough from With the parts in the position shown in which swings the valve 8. This valve is Figure 1, sand is poured into the hopper 5 normally in the position `shown in Figure 2 and iows through the spout 6 into the h od and stops the flow of sand from the spout 21. When the hod has become lled with of the hopper. The base has an extension suihcient weight of sand it causes the figure 50 to one side as indicated at 9 on which is to tilt to the position shown 1n Figure 2 rigidly fastened the legs 10 of a man. At whereupon the sand flows out of the hod into the pan formed on the base. As soon as the .ligure is relieved from the weight of the sand the excess weight of the tail will cause the figure to again swing to the upright position. lll/Thilo the ligure is in course of swinging down and up the valve S swings to the position shown in Figure and stops the flow of sand so that no sand flows except when the hod is under the spout.

I claim:

l. In a sand mill, the combination of a hopper', a spout in the bottom thereof, a valvelnormally swung under said spout to shut ofi: the flow of sand, a base, a ligure of a man below said hopper said figure having legs rieidly supported on said base, forming a standard thereon, a body forming a lever pivoted on said legs arms pivoted on said body and adapted to swing thereon, links connecting said v swinging arms and said stationary legs for normally holding said arms up in a predetermined position and causing the arms to swing relative to the body as the body swings forward on the stationary legs.

2. In a sand mill, the combination of a base, the legs of the figure of a man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, a coat tail on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legs below said body forming a stop between said legs, a weight in said tail to over-balance and hold the body against said pin and in line with the legs.

, 3. In a sand mill, the combination yof a base, the legs of the figure of a man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, a coat tail on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legs below said body forming a stop between said legs, a weight in said tail to over-balance and hold the body against said pin and in line with the legs, arms pivoted on saidbody, links between said legs and said arms for normally holding the arms up and causing the arms to swing relative to the body as the body swings forward on the legs.

el. In a. sand mill, the combination of a base, the legs of the figure of a man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, a coat tail on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legs below said body forming a stop between said legs, a weight insaid tail to Iover-balance and hold the body against said pin and in line with the legs, arms pivoted on said body, links between said legs and said arms for normally holding the arms up and causing the arms to swing relative to the body as the ybody swings forward on the legs, a hod supported by said arms in an upright position.

5. In a sand mill, the combination of a base, the legs of the, ligure of a man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, coat tail on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legs below said body forming a stop between said legs` a weight in said tail to ovci-balance and hold the body against said pin and in line with the legs, arms pivoted ou said body, links between said legs and said arms for normally holding the arms up and causingr the arms to swing relative to the body as the body swings forward on the legs, a hod supported by said arms in an upright position, a hopper above said hod, a spout thereon discharging a load into the hod, the weight yof said load over-balancing the coat tail of the body and causing said body and arms te tilt and dump the liod.

6. In a sand mill, the combination of a base, the legs of the figure of a man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, a coat tail. on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legs below said body forming a stop between said leg? a weight in said tail to over-balance and hold the body against said pin and in line with the legs, arms pivoted ou said body, links between said legs and said arms for normally holding the arms up and causing the arms to swing relative to the body as the body swings forward on the legs, a hod supported by said arms in an upright position, a hopper above said hod, a spout there on discharging a load into the hod, the weight of said load over-balancing the coat tail of the body and causing said body and arms to tilt and dump the hod, a valve under the spout to close the spout when the body and hod are tilting.

7. In a sand mill, the combination of a base, the legs of the ligure of a man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, a coat tail on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legs below said body forming a stop between said legs, a weight in said tail to over-balance and hold the bodyagainst the pin and in liuc with the legs, arms pivoted on said body, links between said legs and said arms for normally holding the arms up and causing the arms to swing relative to the body as the body swings forward on the legs, a hed supported by said arms in an upright position, a hopper above said hod` a spout thereon discharging a load into the hod, the weight of said load over-balancing the coat tail of the body and causing said body and arms to tilt and dump the hod, a valve under the spout to close the spout when the body and hod are tilting, means for moving said valve away from the spout when the hod is in position under the spout.

8. In a sandmill, the combination of a hopper, a spout at the bottom of said hopper, a valve normally closing said spout, a figure comprising a pair of stationary uprights, a lever mounted to swing between said uprights, an arm mounted to Swing on said lever and forming an extension tllelefo, a lnl; connecting said afm with Said Stationary uprghts, said link operating to Swing said :mn eamed by -Sacl lever and shorten o1' lengthen the extension formed by it for said level, a hod Carried on the end. of Said arm, S21-irl lood being adapted to swlng Wlth. salol arm and open salcl Valve ture.

ULYS SES S. HUGGINS.