US1618925A - Toy plane - Google Patents

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1,618,925 Feb. 22 1927 s. HARRIS TOY PLANE Filed Aug. 16, 1925 2 sheets-sheet 1 1,618,925 Feb. 22,1927. s HARRIS TOY PLANE Filed Auz. 16, 1926 2 Shana-Sheet 2 ATTOR N EY Patented Feb. 22, 1927.

UNITED STATES SMITH HARRIS, OF NORTH BENNINGTON, VERMONT.

TOY PLANE.

Application filed August 16, 1926. Serial No. 129,556.

My present invention has reference to a toy aeroplane, and my object is the provision of a toy of this character which may be cheaply constructed. and marketed and which is practically indestructible, or rather the parts constituting the same may be easily and cheaply replaced should the same become injured, and further wherein the device is of a collapsible nature, that is, certain of the parts, such as the planes, rudder and tail wings, propeller, etc., may be removed from the body so that the device will provide a small package for storage or ship ment.

A further object is the provision of a toy aeroplane which will afford amusement for children and which may be drawn along a floor or like surface by a cord attached to the plane, may be caused to travel on a cord attached to a support at desired angles or which may be suspended by a string from an upright support and caused to move in a circular direction.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the improvement further resides in certain novel features of construction, combination and operative association of parts, a satisfactory embodiment of which is illustrated by the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improvement;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof showing the manner in Which the toy may be caused to travel along a cord attached to a vertical support.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the toy.

Figure 4 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one oi the planes.

Figure 6 is a similar View of the tail wing.

Figure 7 is a view of the rudder.

Figure 8 is a detail perspective view looking toward the tail end of the body.

The body of my improvement is preferably constructed from a block of wood and is shaped to represent the stream line body of a regular aeroplane. The body, indicated by the numeral 1, is provided on its bottom with a depending lug 2 and pivotally secured to the opposite side of these lugs there are the landing wheels 3. The top of the body, directly opposite the lug 2 is provided with spaced upwardly directed ears 4 and between these ears there is pivoted a grooved wheel or pulley 5. The body is,

versely as at 11, the slots intersecting each other. The slot 11 is designed to receive therein a tail wing 12 and the slot 10 is adapted to receive therein a rudder 13. The rudder has its inner end slotted, as at 14, to receive the central portion of the tail wing 12 therein. It is, of course, to be understood that the planes, wing and rudder frictionally contact with the walls provided by the slots in which-they are received. By this arrangement it will be noted that the only breakable parts of the toy, that is the planes, tail Wing and rudder, which it should be stated are preferably of card board, may be easily replaced, and also by this construe-- tion it will be noted that these elements may be removed from the body when the device is to be packed for shipment or for storage.

On the front or nose of the plane there is a propeller 14 preferably also of wood or paste-board and this propeller has a central opening through which passes the threaded shank 15 of a screw eye 16, the shank entering the nose of the body. As disclosed by Figure 1 of the drawings, the cord may be attached to the eye 16 and the child may propel the toy on a ground surface. As disclosed by Figure 2 of the drawings the cord may be. guided through the grooved Wheel 5 and have one of its ends fixedly secured to a support, the second end of the support being gripped in the hand of the child, and by moving the last mentioned end of the cord upwardly the toy can be propelled for the length of the cord upwardly and downwardly. While not illustrated by the drawings, a cord may be tied or fastened to the grooved wheel 5 and have its other end secured to a vertical support, in which instance a whirling action is imparted to the plane to cause the same to travel in a circular direction, both backward and forward, the plane turning around at the end of each trip so that the plane always travels with its nose in a forward direction.

Having describedthe invention, I claim 2-- 1. A toy aeroplane comprising a body having 21 depending lug adjacent to its forward end, wheels journaled on the opposite sides of the lug, upstanding spaced ears on Ten the body opposite the lug, a grooved wheel journaled between the ears, a propeller pivotally supported on the nose of the body, and removable planes and a rudder for the body.

2. A toy aeroplane having its body con,- structed from a block of material and said body, adj aoent its nose, end having a depend;- ing lug, wheels journaled on the sides of the lug, said body having its top, at points opposite the lug formed with upstanding ears, a grooved wheel j ournaled between the ears, the lug and the ears being slotted in a line with the top and bottom 0t the body, re-

movable planes received in and friotionally engaging the walls of the slots the tail end of the body having longitudinal and transverse intersecting sl-ots a tail wing received in the transverse slot and friotionally contacting with the wall thereof a slotted rudder received in the longitudinal slot and receiving therein the tail wing, a propeller at the nose end of the body and a screw eye pivotal-1y connecting the propeller to the body.

In testimony whereof I a'ffix my signature.

SMITH HARRIS.

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