US1673435A - Top - Google Patents

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June 12, 1928.

L. V. ARONSON TOP ' Filed March 28, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet L. V. ARONSON TOP June 12, 1928. 1,673,435

Filed March 28, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 12, 1928.

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LOUISaV. ABONSON, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEYQ TOP.

Application fi1eddllarch 28, 1927. Seria1;No. 118,933.

vent the base and the illuminating means from turning. I

It is a further ob ect of the nventionto improve the structure of tops.

Further 'objectso'f the invention will ap-' pear from the following description when read in. connection with the accompanying drawingshowing an illustrative embodiment of the invention, and wherein:

,Figure 1 is a plan view.

Figure 2 is a central verticallsection.

Figure 3 is a detail plan viewo'f the illuminating means. j

Figures i and 5 are detailsections on the corresponding lines of Fig. 2,wand' l igure 6 is a perspective view. of a portion of, the illuminating means an d the stationary base. i

As shown, the devicecomprisesa revoluble' body 1 0,a base 11 and means 12to spin the j r to the base 11, being disk 3? rigidly mounted upon the sleeve 36. The disk 37 is shown top. The body 10 is shown as comprising a shell having a lower member 13 and an upper member 14 separably unitedas at 15. The separable means of the top are shown as comprising an annular shoulder 16 carried by theshell 13,,and lugs 17 bent in from the rim 18 of the shell 14 overlapping the vertical portion 19 of the shell 13, which lugs may be entered through notches 20 in the portion 19 and the shoulder 16 when the shell 1a may be revolved to bring the lugs 17 under the shoulder 16 to provide a bayonet type connection between, the. shells. It will be obvious that the entire rim 18 might be spun under the shoulder 16 it it is desired to permanently secure the shells together To spin the top there is shown a central rod 21 revolubly associated with the shell 14, and passing through a sleeve 22 carried by the shell. To set the sleeve 22 into revolution thereis shown a ratchet wheel 23 rigidly carried by the sleeve 22 and apawl 24 in 33, to the member 30.

contact with-the ratchet teeth23. The pawl i 24; may be pressed into contact with the ratchet wheel 23 by centrifugal action un der the influence ot' a momentum member 21, forming a bell cranlrwith the pawl, which pawl is carried by an element 25 of a drum 26, about which is normally coiled a flexible member 27 projecting through an opening 28 in a housing 129,,the housing 29 having an upwardly projecting. cylindrical portion 30 in which the rod 21 is journal-ed and in Which it rigidly fixed, whereby; the housing 29 and the cylindrical portion 30 may be held stationary while the drum 26 is caused to revolve by pulling upon the flexible member 27. To cause the return to normal of the flexible member27, there is shown a coiled spring 31 anchored as at 32 to the dr um, and anchored at its opposite end, asat .A'ball 34: is shown appliedto the end of the flexible member27 to prevcnt the same being drawn to the interior of thehousing 29, and to afford a grasp for manipulation.

To cause illumination of the top, during its spinning action, there is shown an an nular abradant memberf135z carriedby the shell 13 and rigid therewith, and pyrophoric element holding means'illustrated in detail in Fig. 6. As there shown,themeansior holding the pyrophoric element is shown as c mounted upon sleeve 36, rigidly connected as formed with wings 38, 39, having downturned ears it), inwhich are j'ournaled movable members 4:1, 12 carrying the pyrophoric ele nents ld; 5T0 clampthe elements 43, i l in position, there are shown eccentrics 45,

46, each having a lever 47, 4:8 projecting member 35, and'are prevented from rising out of position by means of iin gersall, 5O

projecting beneath the disk 37. The disk 37 may be held in its lowermost position by means of a spring 51 abutting against the disk and against the portion 52, housed within the shell 14 and rigid therewith. The portion 52ris shown as connected with the shell by means of a frusto-conical portion 53 having lugs 54 passingthrough perforations in the shell and bent into engagement therewith.

Operation.

the pawl 24 willbe, thrown into engagement with the teeth 23, causing revolution of the parting from the shell. f When the member 27 is 'slacked the spring 31 will rewind the same, and by successive pulls upon themember a rapid motion of the top maybe produced. "The base 11 by engagement of the teeth 55 with the spinning surface will be prevented from 20 elements stationary and in contact with the spinning abradant member, thereby providrevolution, thereby holding the pyrophoric mg a shower of sparks Within the shell.

To permit. emission of the light of the sparks the shellis shown as provided with a plurality of perforations 56. ,To cause a display. ,of colors there are provided a pluralityfof colored transparent or translucent elements 57 underlying'the perforations and secured to the interior of shell 14."

Minor changes in the physical embodiment of the invention maybe made 'withinthe scope of the appended claims without despirit of the invention. 'Ielaimi v .1, A'top comprising, in combination, a

central pin, a shell revolubly mounted on said pin, ratchet teeth carried by said shell,

actuating mechanism, carried by said pin comprising means revoluble on said pin, a pawl carried by said means, means to cause revolution of said revoluble means alterna tin in opposite direct-ions, means to, press said pawl into engagementlwith said ratchet teeth in one direetion'fof movement of said revoluble means and to allow said pawl to slip over the teeth in the opposite direction of movement thereof, and a hous'ingmeans carried by said pin to be grasped by the user to hold the pin stationary while the shell is set into motion.

2. A top comprising, in combination, a central pima shell revolubl mounted on said pin, ratchet teeth earrie by said shell,

a' housing having a portion adapted to be grasped y a user and rigidly carried by said pin, a drum in said housing revoluble on said pin,a flexible member normally wound on said drum, attached thereto and.

pin and base adapted to bear on a supporting surface, means carried by said base acting to hold said sleeve stationary during spinning of the shell, illuminating means within the shell comprising relatively rotatable members one of said members carried by the shell and the other carried by said sleeve-and said shell having'light emitting openings.

A spinning 'toy comprising, 111 com-, bination, a shell having light. 'emittin openings, mechanism to cause revolution 0 the shell, an element revolubly associated with said shell, pyrophoric sparking means associated with said element and shell com prising an abradant surface carried by one of said members and a pyrophoric elementholding means carried by the other thereof said holding means comprising a socket for the pyrophoric element and an eccentric f V pivoted adjacent the socket and adapted to be rotated to'clamp the element in adjusted position.

i LOUIS V. ARONSON.

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