US1566411A - Mechanical toy - Google Patents

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Dec. 22, 1925,

1,566,411 F. L. LOPEZ 3 MECHANICAL TOY Filed Nov. 21, 1923 I I I i m YINVEIIXTOR4 fij MW Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

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FELIX LUNAB LOPEZ, OF DENBO,'PENNSYLVANIA.

MECHANICAL 'roY.

Application filed November 2 1, 1923. Serial No. 676,006.

To cZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FELIX LUNAR LOPEZ, a subject of the King of Spain, residing at Denbo, in the county of Vashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys, of which'the following is a specifica tion. y

This invention relates to mechanical toys, having more particular reference to toys of the type in which a carriage is adapted to be moved along a surface, and by rotation of itswheels cause certain parts mounted upon the carriage to move relatively to the latter, the invention having for an object the provision of a novel and inexpensive toy of this type arranged to simulate a carouse For further comprehension of the inven tion, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of theiinvention are. more particularly set forth. 4

Fig. 1 of the drawing is a horizontal sectional view of my improved toy, this view being taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2.

Fig.2 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional View taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

As here embodied my improved toy comprisesa carriage consisting of a doublewalled platform mounted on front and rear wheels 11 and 12 respectively. This carriage may have a suitable draft handle 13 attached thereto, or it may be arranged for propulsion in any desired manner. EX- tending upward through the platform 10 and suitably journaled, as in the bearing element 15, is a vertical shaft 16 which may carry a conical hood 17 on its upper end from which a number of figures 18 are suspended, these figures being caused to move around the shaft 16 as the latter rotates.

To rotate the shaft 16 I provide a fifth wheel 20 mounted on a transverse shaft 21 extending under the platform 10 and suitable supported at its ends in the side bearing elements 22. Fixed to the shaft 21 is a ratchet wheel 24 which has a one-way operative connection with a gear pinion 25 loose on the shaft 21, this operative connection being here efiected by means of springpressed pawl 26 pivoted to the pinion 25 and engaging the ratchet wheel 24. The-gear pinion 25 meshes with a large gear 28 mounted on the lower end of the vertical shaft 16.

In connection with my improved toy I preferably provide a device adapted to give a variable rotary movement to the shaft 16, and in consequence a Variable rate of travel to the'figures 18. To this end a smaller gear element 30 is fixed to the gear 28 and is adapted to be engaged at certain times, or during a certaln portion of each revolution of the shaft 16, by a gear segment 31 fixed spaced some distance from said shaft. Fixed to the platform 10, and closely surrounding the member 35 is an annular wall 35 which serves as a guide for said member. Mounted on the inner face of this member 35 are a number of devices '36 adapted to give off sounds when struck by a striker in the form of a'crosspin 37 carried by the shaft 16. Thesedevices are spaced around the member 35 at relatively varying heights, and to cause the order of engagement with the striker 37 to be varied, I arrange means to give the cylindrical member 35 a vertical movement. To this end a forked lever 40 is connected at one end'to' the member 35 as indicated at 41, this lever being fulcrumed between its ends as at 42, and having connected to its other end a vertical link 43 which extends downward and connects at its lower end to one end of a rock lever 44 fulcrumed between its ends as at 45 under the top element of the platform 10 and having its other end engaged in an irregular cam groove 46 in the periphery of a cam disk 47 to which is fixed a gear 48 meshing with a gear 49 fixed to the shaft 16, the gears 48, 49 having a variable ratio with respect to each other so that 'the order in which the devices 36 are engaged by the striker 37 will vary with each revolution of the shaft 16.

apparent that when the toy is moved along a floor or other surface, the figures 18 will be caused to swing around the shaft 16 with a variable motion, while the striker 37 will engage the devices 36 and cause various musical sounds to be given off.

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 carriage, a carousel element mounted thereon, and means for giving said carousel element a variable rotary movement as the carriage is moved along a surface, said means comprising a shaft, a gear pinion having a one-way operative connection with said shaft, a pair of gears of different diameters fixed to thecarousel element, said gear pinion meshing with one of said gears, and a gear segment fixed to the said shaft and meshing with the other of said gears.

2. A toy comprising a carriage, a carousel element including a vertical shaft mounted thereon, a pair of gears of different diameters fixed to the lower end of said shaft, a horizontal shaft, a gear pinion loose on said horizontal shaft and having a one-way operative connection with the latter, said gear pinion meshing with the larger of said gears, and a gear segment fixed on said horizontal shaft and adapted at times to engage the smaller of said gears, and means for rotating said horizontal shaft.

3. A toy comprising a carriage, a carousel element including a vertical shaft mounted thereon, a pair of gears of different diameters fixed to the lower end of said shaft, a horizontal shaft, a gear pinion loose on said horizontal shaft and having a one-way operative connection with the latter, said gear pinion meshing with the larger of said gears, and a gear segment fixed on said horizontal shaft and adapted at times to engage the smaller of said gears, and means for rotating said horizontal shaft, said means comprising a wheel fixed to said shaftand adapted to rest on the surface on which the carriage rests.

i. A toy comprising a carriage, a carousel element thereon including a vertical shaft, means for rotating said shaft, and a musical device comprising a cylindrical member surrounding and spaced from said shaft, a series of sound emitting elements on said cylindrical member, a striker on said shaft. and means for vertically oscillating said cylindrical member.

5. A toy comprising a carriage, a carousel element thereon including a vertical shaft, means for rotating said shaft, and a musical device comprising a cylindrical member surrounding and spaced from said shaft, a series of sound emitting elements on said cylindrical member, a striker on said shaft, and means for vertically oscillating said cylindrical member, said last named means comprising a lever connected to said member, a rotary cam having an operative connection with said lever, and gear connections between said cam and said vertical shaft.

6. A toy comprising a carriage, a carousel element thereon including a vertical shaft, means for rotating said shaft, and a musical device comprising a cylindrical member surrounding and spaced from said shaft, a se ries of sound emitting elements on said cylindrical member, a striker on said shaft, and means for vertically oscillating said cylindrical member, said last named means comprising a lever connected to said memher, a rotary cam having an operative con nection with said lever, and gear connections between said cam and said vertical shaft, said gear connections comprising gears having a fractional size ratio with respect to one another.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

FELIX LUNAR LOPEZ.

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