US1674588A - Mechanical toy - Google Patents

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June' 19, 192E.

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U I ED, STATES SAMUEL I. BERGER. OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

, MECHANICAL TOY.

Application filed December 9, 1925. Sciial No; 74,236.

My present invention relates to improve ments in motor driven mechanical toys particularly to toys of the character in which the motor becomes intermittently operative to move a toy figure to assume power position from which the power stored b tween effective operations of the motor.

Objects of theinvention are to provide a toy of the character mentioned of simple and practical construction which will be rug ed and durable in use, capable of being manufactured withv comparative economy and which will prove realisticin performance, and interesting and amusing to watch.

More particularly, the toy of the present invention is one in which a toy figure stores up the power intermittently received from a spring motor and intermittently delivers it to operate mechanism totally un'connected with the motor; In a'preferred embodiment, the figure under the'impetus of the motor lifts a toy sledge or mallet and during the intervals that the motor becomes disconne'cted from the figure the mallet drops :by

gravity, and actuates other mechanical devices. Preferably the movement" of the figure in lifting the hammer is'accompanied by other realistic movement-s. For instance, where the hammer isfused to operate a toy strength testing machine which includes a graduated uprightand a bell at the top, the head of the figure willftiltforward to ,appear to observe the object to'be struck before the hammer falls and will be subsequently inclined rearward to appear to observe the scale andbellat-thke top of the upright after the blow has been delivered.

' The invention may be more fully understood from'the description in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein,

Fig. 1 is a viewin' longitudinial section or the'toyf Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on line 22 of Fi'g.1,"g

- Fig. 3 is a perspective view on a larger scale of a fragment of the guide way, and;

Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of" the head tilting mechanism.

The reference character ,10 designates a box like platform or base which constitutes a motor casing, and may be of any suitable shape, although preferably rectangular. Secured at one end thereof is the lower end of an upright 11 gradnated as indicated at the. figure is'delivered during the interva s be-.

tion of a lever 17.

12, and having a central slot or guideway 11' therein in which atravelling indicator 14 is "movable, to sound a bell 13 when it reaches the top .ofthe upright. The base or motor'casing is provided withaicoveir 15 having earslG struck: upward therefrom which serve to mount the-intermediate por- The' extremity of the longer end ofthe lever is disposed in slot 11 beneaththe movable indicator 14: and the shorter end'of the lever includes aiwidened striking portion adapted to be hit by a sledge s in the hands of a toy figure 18 fixedly secured t0 the platform '15. In this manner,

I carry out in miniature the usual .construc-' tion of a strength testingxmachine, the level when struck by'the sledge operating to propel the traveling indicator 14 upward in order to. ring the bell. Y

-The toy figure includes integral bOdya-nd leg portions formedof a pair'of complementary 'stampings 19 having their? edges'interlocked by bendable tongues'20 or similar de vices, as shown in detail and claimed in my copending application Serial No." 41,474. filed July 6th, 1925; The feet of the figure are provided with integral tongue extensions 21 engaging with the platform to secure the figure in place thereon, asin said copendin application. 'Atransverse shaft 22 forme of a stamping has "forked ends which exclose a weight 26; The figure thus appears to beyholding the sledgein its hands, and to be wleldlng the same as the transverse shaft 22 isrocked to effect swinging movement of the arms. The head 27 ofthe figure is also formed of complementary stampings held together by tongues 28 and ispivoted on a second transverse shaft 29 passed through the shoulder portions of the body sections, and the head is caused'to move in synchro nism in a manner which will be more fully hereinafter described.

The spring motor which I utilize for operating the toy isof substantially conventional construction: I Preferably the motor includes a drum shaft 30and speed-retarding counterill) end a driving gear 34.

shafts 31 and 32 journaled at their ends in the side walls of the base or motor housing 10. Rotatable on the drum shaft is an elongated cylindrical drum 33 carrying at one A coiled torsional spring 35 encircling the drum has one end afiixed to a rachet wheel 36 keyed to the shaft and its other end connected to the driving gear 34 of the drum. The usual oscillating pawl 37 prevents retrograde movement of the ratchet wheel. A key 38 disposed exteriorly of the motor casing is formed by bending the protruding end of the drum shaft into a suitably shaped loop for winding the spring. To regulate and moderate the speed of the gear under the impetus of the torsional spring, I employ a train 39 of speed reducing gears, the successive gears being mounted laterally on the two countershafts 31 and 32 and connected in a speed increasing relationship so that they present a fly wheel effect. The final gear 10 of the train is preferably in the nature of an eccentric and acts as a governor.

For effecting swinging movement of the arms of the figure, I mount a crank shaft 11 in brackets 42 struck inward from an end wall of the casing. This crankshaft includes a crank finger 43 presented in the path of a plurality of lifting. lugs 14; struck outward from the driving gear 341 so that as said gear 34 rotates the lugs successively engage the finger to rock the crank shaft. At the other end of the crank shaft, I pros vide a crank arm 45 which is connected to the lower end of an upright lifting rod 46 passing up through an opening in the base through the hollow figure toy and being engaged at its upper end with a crank arm 47 on the shaft 22. The lifting rod may be.

in the nature of a fairly stiff wire having an eye 18 at its lower end which for purposes of convenient assembly, is hooked over the crank arm, the endof which is bent down at 41 to prevent the eye coming off. As the lifting lugs successively actuate the crank shaft 41 the lifting rod is positively elevated and consequently the arms of the figure toy are caused. to lift the sledge. As the finger passes off of a lifting lug 4 1 the sledge by reason of its substantial weight drops by gravity striking the lever and impelling the traveling indicator 14 upward to strike the bell on the upright.

To effect movement of the head of the figure, the dependingneck portion 50 thereof at which it is pivoted to shaft 29 is connected tothe shaft 22 by a link 51 pivoted at its upper end eccentrically of said neck portion and at its lower end to a struck-in tongue 52 in the shaft, 22. As the shaft 22 rocks in a directionto effect elevation of the arms, the link 51 rocks the head 27 downward about its pivot 29. The effect of this cooperative action of the arms and head is to cause the figure to look downward at the lever when the hammer is raised and then to cause it to lift its head quickly and look up at the bell at the time that the indicator strikes it. drops by gravity, strikes impelling lever 17 and restores it to normal position where its longer end rests at 59 at the lower end of slot 11 and its shorter end is raised above stop lug 16.

Novel brake mechanism is employed for retaining the gear train against movement during the time that the motor is being wound. This brake consists of a substan tially L shaped lever 53 one end 54 of which is disposed horizontally within the motor.

casing and adapted to engage the teeth of one of the gears of the train. The other vertical arm of the brake lever includes an ofiset 55 having pivotal movement in the side wall of the motor casing. The vertical arm terminates in a handle end 56 passing through a suitably shaped opening 57 in the platform. The walls of this opening limit the extent of pivotal movement of the brake lever and the depending side flange 58 of the platform extends over the lever and tends to retain the brake frictionally in either position of setting.

It will thus be seen that there is herein 9 described apparatus in which the several features of this invention are embodied, and which apparatus in its action attains the various objects of the invention and is well suited to meet the requirements of practical use. As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v I

1'. In a toy of theclass described, a motor casing constituting a base, a cover for the motor casing, constituting a. platform, a toy figure fixed on the platform, said figure including a pair of arms carrying a striking implement, a shaft connecting the arms, means passing through said figure for intermittently rocking the shaft in one direction, the striking implement being operable to return the shaft after each rocking operation thereof. I

2 In a toy of the class described, a motor casing constituting a base, a cover for the motor casing, constituting a platform, a toy figure fixed on the platform, said figure including a pair of arms carrying a striking implement, a shaft fixedly connecting the arms, means for intermittently rocking the The indicator 1 1 immediately 1" loo 3. In a mechanical toy, in combination, a

spring motor, aplatform, a toy figure secured to said platform, said toy figure having a pivoted head and a pivoted arm, an implement rigid with said arm, a rock shaft in said figure to which said arm is rigidly connected, a linkage between said motor and said rock shaft to intermittently operate the l latter for raising said arm and then releasing, and linkage between said rock shaft and said pivoted head to cause the latter to move in synchronism with the movement of the arm. I

4. In a mechanical toy, in combination, a platform, a motor at one side thereof, a figure secured to said platform' and having an element mounted for reciprocatory movement, a rock shaft having an operating arm, said motor having a rotary disk'provided with one or more lifting lugs in the path of said operating arm to intermittently raise and release the same, said rock shaft having another arm connected to the reciprocating element to lift the same upon actuation by the motor and to allow thesameto return gravity after release of the rock shaft by the lifting lug.

.5. In a mechanical toy, in combination, a

casing, a spring motor therein, said motor "including a rotarydisc, a figure mounted on I said casing, said figure having a pivoted, weighted reciprocatory member, means for. raising said member by power from. said motor including one or more struck up lugs in said disk and a rock shaft having an arm in the path of movement of said lugs, a second arm on said rock shaft and linkage connecting said arm to said reciprocating mem ber whereby the reciprocating member is raised by the, action of a lug onthe rock shaft, and after said lug passes off the rock shaft arm, the weighted member will drop by gravity. o

6. In a toy, in combination, a'figure, a pair of arms pivoted at the shoulders of said figure said arms having integral extensions clenched together to represent the handie of a sledge, and having enlargements at Y the outer ends thereof clenched'together to form a sledge head and a metallic weight withinvsaid clenched head.

Signed at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey this 4th day of. December, A. D. 1925;

SAMUEL I. BERGER.

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