US176973A - Improvement in toy whirligigs - Google Patents

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US176973A
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  • My invention belongs to that class of toys Ausually called spinning-toys; and consists in novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.
  • the letter A indicates -av spherical ball turned from wood.
  • a is inserted in the ball in the line of its diameter, is long enough to'pass through the cup B, and forms the journals and Winding-surface.
  • the spindle rlhe spindleis turned d0wn,so as to form ashoulderV near therball, against which the cup B cornes, and itsouter end is threaded, and is provided with a nut holding the cup B on the spindle.
  • the part of the spindle Within the cup is the surface on which thestring Winds,
  • the cup B is a short cylinder, With a closed hemispherical end.
  • the handles b b are constructed on the cup opposite to each other, and are arranged in the same plane in which the holes through the cup are made for the spindle.
  • the cup and handles are constructed or cast in one piece.

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PATENT CHARLES A. LINES, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.
IMPROVEMENT IN TOY WHIRLIGIGS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,973, dated May 2, 1876 application filed October 22, 1875.
To all 'whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES A. LINES, of the city and county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and Improved Toy; and l Ado hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable oth- ,ers skilled in the artto which it pertains to 1, and more fullyillust-rates the shape of the cup. l
My invention belongs to that class of toys Ausually called spinning-toys; and consists in novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.
In the drawing, the letter A indicates -av spherical ball turned from wood.
a is inserted in the ball in the line of its diameter, is long enough to'pass through the cup B, and forms the journals and Winding-surface.A
The spindle rlhe spindleis turned d0wn,so as to form ashoulderV near therball, against which the cup B cornes, and itsouter end is threaded, and is provided with a nut holding the cup B on the spindle. The part of the spindle Within the cup is the surface on which thestring Winds,
and has a perforation, through Whichone end ofthe string passes and is fastened. The cup B is a short cylinder, With a closed hemispherical end. The handles b b are constructed on the cup opposite to each other, and are arranged in the same plane in which the holes through the cup are made for the spindle. The cup and handles are constructed or cast in one piece.
The manner ofusing my improved toyis as follows: A string, of proper length, passing through the perforation in the spindle and tied, is wound around the spindle. By quickl'y pulling the outer end of the string the spherical ball Will heerapidly revolved, and, when the string is drawn out its length, if the hand is moved toward the cup, it Will be `again Wound on the spindle, and can again be drawn out, turning the ball in the opposite direction 0I', when drawn out its length, the string may be dropped, and it will he Wound on the spindle, and revolve with it. I claim as my-invention- The toy. herein described, consisting, essenvtially, of the spherical ball B, provided with the perforated spindle a, forming the journals and Winding-surface, and the cup B, provided with the handles b b, the cup and handles con` structed in one piece, and arranged to operate substantially as specied.
' CHARLES A. LINES.
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SYLvANUs BUTLER, GEORGE TERRY.
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