US1552157A

US1552157A - Spinning toy

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Publication number: US1552157A
Application number: US595138A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hofler Rudolf
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-10-17
Filing date: 1922-10-17
Publication date: 1925-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 1942-09-01

Description

R. HFLER SPINNING 'roY' Filed Oct, 17. 1922 Sqn.' 1, 1925.

Patented Sept. 1, 19215.

UNITED 1 STATES RIUIDOI.;` HFLER, 0F WIEERi-NEUSTADT, AUSTRIA.

sPrNNING Toy.

Appucauo mea acabe:L 17,' 19,22. serai No. 595,138.

To all [whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, RUDOLF `I-IFLER, a vsubject of the Republic of Austria, and residing at lViener-Neustadt, in the Provin'ce of Lower-Austria, Austria," have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Spinning Toy, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a spinning toy whose top spins about a horizontal axis, which axis operates on an inclined guide.

The invention consists in the construct-ion, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The drawing shows by way of example one mode of carrying out the present invention. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the toy, Fig. 2 a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 a section on the line a-a of Fig. 1. l

The toy may be made of any convenient material and may be taken to p-ieces. It consists of two base-rods 1, whose endsy are connected with one another by means of transverse walls 2 and 3. The rods 1 pass through lateral recesses formed in the transverse walls 2 and 3 and are secured to the latter by mea-ns of two screw-bolts 4, thus forming a rigid frame. Each base-rod 1 is provided at one end with a groove 5 for the reception of a horizontal plate 6, bridging the space between the two base-rods, and the plate 6 is marked with nine spaces 7 for skittles or nine pins 8. By means of pins 10, side-plates 9 are removably secured to the base-rods 1, the said plates formingv the lateral borders of the plate 6. The ends of the side-plates rest against the transverse wall 2 and are of the same height as the latter. The transverse wall 3 is higher than the wall 2 and is provided at both sides with a vertically adjustable bearing 11 which is open at the to-p. Similar bearings 12 are also arranged at the outside of the sideplates 9. Rods 13 of circular cross-section pass through the bearings 11 and 12 which are of different height, the said rods being adjustable in longitudinal direction and in the present case not rotatable. For this object the rods 13 are provided with a longitudinally extending groove orslot 14, in which pins 15 secured to engage and are slidable. The two rods 13 serve as bearing and guide for a to-p 16, which consists of a metal disc of suitable weight, centrally ysecured t0 a bar 17 of the side-plates 9' circularv cross-section.

The round bar 17 serving as the axis of the top is considerably v longer than the distance between the rods 13 and is'provided at each end with a ball 18, which serves as grip for actuating the y, top 16.y By means 'of pins 20, a numberof blocks 419 are removably secured tothe baserods 1, each of the said blocks being provided with a groove-21 for` the reception of transverse rails 22. The latter rest Vloosely in the grooves 21 of each pair of blocksv 19 and are provided at one or both of its narrow sides with depressions or slots 23 of different width, through which the top 16.

may pass. A plate 24 furnished with serrations 25 is secured to they top of the wall 2 and serves for engaging the top 16. As already mentioned, 'each toy is provided with nine skittles or balls, the latter may be deposited in depressions formed in the plate 6. *A

In'play, the top 16 will run down the inclined rods 13 and thereby be :guided in the desired manner by van adjustment of the rods 13, so that the top passes through the` similarly or differently adjusted depressions 23 of the obstacle rails 22 and finally knock down the Skittles. On removing ytheobstacle rails 22 an ordinary game of Skittles may be played and when removing also the Skittles a target game or agame at goal may be played. In the latter case the top 16 has to be guided in such a manner, that it will run into any of the serrations 25 of the plate 24. In order to increase the skill required of the player for guiding the top so as to knock down the skittlesor to run into any of the serrations 25, the side-plates 9 are used as the running-faces of the top, so that thelatter has to be correctly guided before it will reach the side-plates 9.

The incline of the rods ,13 may be varied, as desired, by adjusting the position of the toy. For instance they may be brought into a horizontal o-r such an inclined position that the top has to run up an incline. When rotating the top too fast, the same may be braked or stopped at one of the guide-rods 13. A 1 E I i I claim:

1. In a toy a pair of guide rails spaced l apart, a spinning member having a hori-A zontal axle to operate on the guide rails,V

Vand an obstacle member arranged in the path of the spinning member, having means to clear the latter, said obstaele member being adjustable transversely with respect to the guideV rails-,H and mea-ns to adjustably and detachably mount. said obstacle member. Y Ina toy, a base frame, a plate at one Gnd of. said frame7 game pieces :on` said pla-te, sai-d plate and said game pieces havingfmeans to detaehably position thev game pieees on theplate, guide rails, supportsV therefor rising from the base frame, and a' spinning member having an axle arranged to bear and run on the guide rails.

4;. In a toy, a base frame, a :plate at one enel of"v said frame, game pieces on said plate,V plate and said game pieces having means to detachably position the game pieees ,on the plate, guide rails, supports therefor rising from the base frame, a spinning member having an axle arranged to bear. and run on the guide rails, and means to detaeliably secure said plate to said base frame.

In testimony whereof I a-IiX my signature,

RUDOLF nomma.