US1652137A - Toy - Google Patents

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Patented Dec. 6, 1927.

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#Application'led Appril'l, 1926. -Serial No. 102,818?.

a A .My inventionl fifor A improvement toys:.andrelates more/:particularly to aerial swings..` L

k.The objects. of vmy'invention are to rkprovide an amusingandi instructive toy, a simple andefiicient means to lockthe 'swings to the rotating top, and a novel drivlng means-for the spindle which suppiorts .the top and l Figure '1 is a side swingsjg y .l c t ',Ifaccomplish these' objects by the device illustrated! inv the laccompanying drawings, rini'whiehV f y Y viewof Vthe toy with .parts broken away.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the device onfthe line 2-2fof Figure V1.

'Figure 3 fis a Idetail ofthe swing locking l Iligure 4 isa detaill of one of the swings, `Figure/5 is aJ-detailof the ratchet and dog. Similar characters 'of reference refer to similar parts throughoutthe several views.

The aerial sivingvwhichA is made yof sheet material includes avstandard' 1? having a. hollow base2 and-a -topstructure- 3. -The top structure is rigidly mounted on a spindle'4 WhichV islsquarein cross section: The standard 1 is a hollow cylinder and hasxaeap v5 thereon. ThefspindleAis loosely journal'e'd inv central openings inthe Icap 5 land base 2. The' base2 is: fixed. to the standard by meansl oiflugs -llthereon which. pass thru slots in the'bafse-a'nd'are bent over locking the baseand standard together;l The base 2 forms in conjunction with a. plate 6, a casing which supports :and contains the spindle driving mechanism.A lThe plate 6 `is held rigidly in the base 2 by spacers 7, 7 and lugs 8,78.'V A ytongue support 9is out Vand bent v downwardly from the plateG to lie under the center of the standard asshown in Fig-y ure 1. The plate 6 has a T-shaped slot therein, the lowerv edges 30, 310i the cross bar of the T being bent upwardly to form a support. The vertical stem of the T- slot is `in alignment Ywith the spindle open-V ings inthe cap 5 andrbase 2 and 1s posi tioned above the tongue support 9 so that the spindle 4 extends therethrough and rests ufipn the tongue 9. vThe end of the spindle as a head 11 thereon to preventits being raised through the T slot. A lug 10 is bent upwardly from -one end ofthe plate Gand passes .through a slot'in the lbase 2whereby the .lug is held firmly in place. Y.. y Loosely journaledv on the spindle ,4; and resting on lthe plate 6- is a gearpi11io1r12 Vandfcireular 'ratchet13,- .the pinion and ratchet being fixed together asa unit.

dog or pawl 15 ismounted on the spindle 4y and the ends thereof engage the teeth ofthe ratchet 13. The dog is featheredy on the spindle, i. e. is fixed to rotate with the spindle 4 but is freely slideable4 lon itudiv nally thereof.v The dog yis substantial y diamond shaped, the ends 16, 17 engaging the teeth 32 of the ratchet 13. A slot 18 is cut inthe side of the base 2 adjacent the lug`10.

An'operating lever j19 has a. vsubstantially figure-ofeight shaped slot 2()` cut therein by which the-lever is pivoted onthe lug orr pm' *.-Theftop structure-3.hasseats or eyelets f f depressed therefrom 23.. Adjacent one end of each eyelet 23 isa stop member 24 also .cut from the top 3and Vbent to lie in the vertical Aplane of the eyelet., Supported and hanging'fro'm thereyelets or seats 23 are the swings 25".V The supporting means for the swings ispreferably a malleable wire 26,1oneend of which isV bent at right angles and is'journaledin the eyeletf23, vthe other end of the wire being bent U-shaped and -passedthru spaced openings 27, 28 -inV the swing. A lug or earf29 is punched downwardly from the body of the swing which is preferably stamped `from sheet material to resemble an aeroplane. The lug 29 is bent over on the wire 26 and against the underside of the swing to fix the swing and wire` 26 together.

In assembly, the wire supports 26 are journaled in the eyelets 23 before the top 3 is mounted on the spindle 4. When the top 3 is mounted von the spindle 4 the swings and supports are locked in position and cannot be removed from the top structure. This results from the fact that the Wire 26 must be rotated in the eyelet 23 unt-il it lies substantially parallel to and across the 'top 3 in order that it can clear the lug 24: to be withdrawn from the eyelet. The standard 1 makes such movement impossible when the toy is assembled.

Rotation of lever 20 in a clockwise direc tion will rotate t-he pinion 12 and ratchet 13. The teeth 32 of the ratchet will engage the pawl 15 and rotate it and the spindle 4. When the movement of the rack 21 is halted the ratchet will also cease rotation. The pawl 15 will then ride up on the teeth 32 sliding on, and rotating with, the spindle 4 which will continue to rotate. The rack '21 may now be rotated counterclockwise to its original position, the ratchet 13 `rotating beneath the spinning pawl 15 when the spindle may againbe driven by clockwise rotation of the rack 21.

Having thus described my invention what Iclaim is:

1. In a toy aerial swing, the combination of a casing, a spindle freely journaled to rotate in said casing, a unitary pinion and ratchet loosely journaled on said spindle, a

l rack engaging said pinion and a` pawl feathered on said spindle to releaseably engage said ratchet whereby movement ot said rack in one directionwill drive said spindle thru said pawl.

`2.`In a toy aerial* swing, the combination of a rotatable top structure of sheet mate.- rial, means to rotate said top structure, an eyelet cut and depressed from the topstructure, a swing supporting wire journaled in said eyelet, and a stop menibercut from the top and bent to lie in the vertical plane of the eyelet, adjacent the eyelet to retain said wire in said eyelet when the toy is asseinbled.

3. In a toy aerial swing, the combination of a casing,a spindle freely journalled to rotate in said casing, a pinion and ratchet loosely journalled on said spindle, a rack engaging said pinion, a pawl feathered on said spindle `to releasably engage said ratchet whereby movement of said rack in one direction will drive said spindle thru said pawl, swings supported from said spinon the spindle, lever means having a toothed' segment thereon journaled in said casing and engacfing the pinion whereby thespin-z dle may tbe rotated, a dog `fixed to rotate with said spindle and slideable thereon to engage said ratchet and a top structure on said spindle outside said standard.

5. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a rotatable spindle, a

unitary pinion and ratchet loosely 'ournalled on the spindle, a pawl on the spindle and rotatable therewith and ada ted "tovengage the ratchet, a segmental rac engaging the pinion and a lever adapted to move the rack to rotate the spindle. i

(3. In a device of the character described, the combination of rotatable spindle, apinien and ratchet loosely journalled thereon, a pawl rotatable with the spindle, teeth on the pawl adapted to engage the ratchet when rotated in one direction only, a segmentali-ack engaging the pinion, a` lever on the rack, a iiguie-of-eight slot in the lever having sides adapted toliinit movement of the lever bycontact with a pinin the slot,

and af pin in the said slot to form a pivot for the lever. `1

7. In a. device of the character described, the combination of a lever pivoted intermediate itsends, a segmental rack thereon, a l" ratchet adapted to be rotated by said rack,

a pawl detachably engaging said-ratchet and rotatable therewith in one direction only, a spindle secured to said pawl and rotatable therewith and a structure carried by the spindle. 1

In testimony whereof, I havesigned my naine to this specification this29th day` of March, 1926.

THOMAS RAYMOND ARDEN.

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