US1655416A

US1655416A - Mechanically-operated figure toy

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Publication number: US1655416A
Application number: US149108A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gallo John; Jesse B Rollins
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1926-11-18
Filing date: 1926-11-18
Publication date: 1928-01-10
Anticipated expiration: 1945-01-10

Description

Patented Jan. 10, 1928.

UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GALLO, OF REVERE, AND JESSE B. ROLLINS, OF EVERETT,

MASSACHUSETTS.

MECHANICALLY-OPERATED FIGURE TOY..

Application filed November 18, 1926. Serial No. 149,108.

tempo of which can be readily adjusted to accord with that of the'music being reproduced by the machine.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy figure embodying our improvements. Figure 2 is a detail view of the adjusting mechanism, mainly in section. r Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same upside down. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the brace member of the toy.

The body portion 1 of the toy is the image ot a man having one or both arms 2 pivoted thereto at 3 and holding in the hand a baton 4 with which the figure beats the time. 5 designates the record of a talking machine, which rests upon a rotatable table 6 carried by the spindle 7. The finger is designed to be mounted upon this spindle and is maintained in an upright position by means of a brace preferably composed of heavy wire,

and consisting of two angular spaced legslO, and an arm 11 at the juncture thereof, the latter being a folded portion of the wireand designed to be thrust friction-tight into a socket 12 attached to the back of the Figure 1. v

For swinging the arm or arms 2 up and down in a manner to simulate beating time,

i a rubbertired wheel 13 is arranged to rest upon the record 5 and to have a crank fl-l within the hollow hgure which. is connected by a pitman 15 to, a crank 16 rigid with the arm spindle 3; whereby the rotation of the record COllllllUlllCEltQS a similar motion to the wheel 13 and an oscillating motion to the arm or arms 2. The pitman 15 is preterably of wire bent .into an eye 19 at each end for mounting upon the

cranks

14, 16, and each eye is a helix of a few coils to keep the same in place upon the associated crank.

Since the toy rests upon the end of the spindle? the height'of which varies somewhat in different makes of talking machines, the portion of the wheel-spindle 20 adjacent the wheel 13 passes through a 21 in order that the Wheel can rest in each record which will inve'ntion, We have hereunto vertical slot case upon the record The only etfect upon the operation of the arm or arms 2' is to cause them to swing either higher or lower, while still maintaining the same length of stroke.

For enabling the time-beating to be varied in order to correspond with the tempo of the music being produced by the records, the pivotal plate 22, into an indentation 23 of which the end of the spindle 7 enters, is slidablycarried by an elongated plate and longitudinally adjusted relative thereto by means of a screw 25 turning in a threaded boss 26 attached to the plate and rota table in an ear 27 on the plate 22, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and The indentation 23 of the plate 22 having been set upon the spindle T and the figure suitably braced by the legs 10, and the record 5 set in motion reproducing music, the screw 25 is turned in the proper, direction until the wheel 18 rests upon that portion of the rotate it at a speed adapted to swing the arms 2 to synchronize with the tempo ofthe music.

VVh-at we claim as our invention is:

1. In a toy figure adapted to have its arm swung through the agency of a wheel resting upon the record of a talking machine, the combination therewith of two relatively'movable plates on one of which is mounted the wheel and the toy figure and the other of which engages the record-spindle, and a screw for relatively adjusting said plates for varying the position of said wheel radially upon the record.

2. A toy figure comprising a movable arm, a wheel adapted to rest upon the record of a talking machine and having operative con ill! nection with the movable arm, of two relatively slidable plates on one of which is mounted the wheel and the toy figure, and the other of which has an indentation entered by the end of the record-spindle, and an'adjusting screw for varying the relatiye positions of said plates and the radial location of said wheel on said record. 7 In testimony that we claim the foregoing set our hands this 2nd day of October, 1926.

JOHN GALLO. JESSE B. ROLLINS.