US1918413A - Aerial toy - Google Patents

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July 18,1933. 7 w. A, MARTIN 1,918,413

AERIAL TOY Filed April 15 1932 l7 INVENTOR.

/0 BY MALTE/z A. MART/1v ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 18, 19 33 v, UNITED STATES PATENT'TOFFFICEI ALTE A. MARTINLOF LA cnEsoEN'rA, CALIFORNIA y CTAERIAL to:

Appneatiqn filed-April: 13,

This invention relates to and ha's'for a pur pose the pro'vision of a simple and inexpensive toy which in one of its many aspects simulates an airplane of the heavier-than-air type intended tobe attached to a moving ele:

ment, such as an automobile, andwhich in its application tothe radiator cap of the'vehicle provides an attractive ornament there-i for, and responds to forward motion of the vehiele,'by rising to and maintaining a 'flying position under the action of the aircur rents thus induced. I It is a further purpose of the invention to provide an aerial toy inwhich the am plane or other object which is simulated is mounted on a horizontal axis for movement throughout a complete circular path, the,

plane of which isjparallel to the direction of forward motion of the vehicle to which the toy is attached, to the end that when the .ve I

hicle is'at rest, the airplane will be suspended in an inverted position under the action of gravity and will swing upwardly to an upright flying position in response to the action of the air currents against lifting surfaces of the airplane, induced by the motion of the vehicle.

One form of the invention will now be de scribed, and the novel featuresthereof then pointed out in claims. y 7

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a view showing in side elevation the aerial toy attached to the radiator cap of an automobile, and illustrating the tomobile is at rest;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but

illustrating the position occupied by the toy horizontal sectional view taken on the'line 44 of Figure 1 and look ingin the direction of the arrows.

-wherein correspondingreference characters designate the same parts in each of the several views, this invention in its present em bodiment comprises a supporter-bracket S constructed of relatively heavy wire to promobile;

position that the toy occupies when the au Referring specifically to the drawing,l

the automobile.

The portion 10 is-constructed to provide .two arcuate clamping'members 12 and 13, one

of which isseparable from the other 'and is detachably connectedthereto at diametrical ly opposed points by bolts 14 passing through eyes 15. formed on the members.

Nuts arethrea-ded on the bolts 14 for coaction therewith in clamping the support'to, the filling spout 17 of'an automobile radiator 18 immediately'beneath the cap 19 oflthe radiator, so asto leave'the cap free'to'be ap" plied and removedfrom the spout as'de'sired'." With the support thus applied, its portion 11 occupies an upright position, and it is to benoted that the porti'on'll is laterally offset as indicated at 20, in a direction transversely of the, automobile to which the sup-.1 port is attached. 1 The lateral offset is substantially C-shaped as viewed in the front elevation of Figure 3, and terminates at its upper end in'a horizontally disposed pivot' pin 21, thelongitudinal axis of which ex- 2 tends transversely of the length of the auto- The pin 21 providesa' pivotal mounting for the miniature airplane A or other object, and to this end, a rigid member or arm 22 in'the form of a length of stiff wire is coiled at one end tofform a sleeve 23 freely receiving'the pin, which latter has its free end bent later- 5 ally to prevent axial displacement of the sleeve fromthe pin. The opposite end of the .arm 22 is rigidly secured by staples 24 to the fuselage 25 of the airplane,and it is to be noted tha-tthe lateral offset 20 of the portion 11 of the support S is suflicient to enable the wings 26-of the airplane to clear the portion 11,-and thus render the airplane free to travela complete revolution about the axis of the pin 21. As this path of movement is parallel to the direction of forward motion of the automobile,-the airplane will be acted upon by the air currents induced by suchmotion of y tained in a level position by the induced air Figure' 2, the air currents thus induced will act upon the wings 26 to swing the airplane upwardly to and maintain it in the fiyingposition 'shown in this figureand in full lines in Figure 3.7 The airplane will thus be maincurrents, and will be confined by the rigid arms 22 and pin-21, to travel in a circular path from the inverted position to flying position in response to forward motion of the vehicle WVhen movement of the vehicle ceases,-the airplane will gravitate to inverted position, wherein it will remain until'forward motion of the vehicle is again initiated.

What, 1s clalmed 1s :1

,1. An aerial toy comprising: a support adapted to be secured tov a vehicle; a toy object; and'meaus for mounting said object on the support for rotary movement 1n a .completecircula-r path about a horlzontal axis extending transversely of the direction of tion .belowsaid axis when the vehicle is at rest; the object having alifting surface responsive to air currents induced by forward motion of the vehicle, to swing the object from said inverted position upwardly to a' flying position above said axis.

2. An aerial toy comprising} a having wings; a support; a rigid arm secured to said objectand rotatably-mounted on the support about a fixed axis; and means for port having a lateral offset therein to enable said object to travel in a complete circular toy object 1 the vehicles forward motion so that the ob I ject will be suspended in an inverted posi-' securing the support on a Vehicle; the suppath and to occupy an inverted position below said axis when the vehicle isat rest, for movement of the object to a flying position above said axis by the action of induced air currents against the wings of the object when tlie vehicle is in motion. j

3. An aerial toy comprising: a toy object; a sup port'; meanslfor mounting said object on the support for rotational movement in a complete circular path; means for securing the support to a, vehicle to suspend the object in a lowered position when the vehicle is at rest; and means fresponsiv'eto the action of air currents induced by motion of the vehicle,'to.1nove the object to a raised position.

WALTER A. MARTIN.

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