US1967524A - Wheeled toy - Google Patents

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H. D. ALLEN WHEELED TOY Filed July 27 Jul 24, 1934.

Patented July 24, 1934 UNITED STATES WHEELED TOY Harold D. Allen, East Hampton, Oonn., assignor to The Gong Bell Manufacturing Company, East Hampton, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application July 27, 1933, Serial No. 682,878

8 Claims.

' My invention relates to electrically driven toys and an object of my invention, among others, is the production of a toy of this type provided with means for automatically preventing consumption of electric energy when the toy is not in operation.

'One form of a toy embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained is illustrated. in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a toy embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a top view of the same. Figure 3 is a view in lengthwise section on a plane denoted by'the' dotted line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a View in front elevation of my improved toy.

:Figure 5 is a View in cross-section on a plane 20 denoted by the dotted line 55 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a detail view showing a modified form of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing the numeral 6 denotes the body of my improved toy which is constructed, preferably of metal, in the form of ashell with axles 7 supported in bearing ears 8 at the front and rear ends of the structure. Wheels 9 are-provided to support the axles and the body at the front and rear ends thereof.

A motor 10 of any desired construction is supported in any suitable manner within the body, the shaft 11 of the motor having a pinion 12 attached thereto in mesh with a gear 13 secured to the rear driving axle 7 whereby the toyvehicle may be propelled along a surface.

Bars 14 secured to opposite sides of thebody project acrossthe space therein and clips 15 are secured to the bars intermediate their ends to receive cells 16 of an electric battery of any suit- .able type, the cells being insertable through an opening in the bottom of the body or shell and into the spring clips 15 whereby they are retained in position. A conductor supporting bar 1'7 is secured at its ends to the side parts of the body, extending across the space between said sides, and a conductor 18 is supported by said bar, being insulated therefrom in any suitable manner as, for instance, by extending the rivets securing the conductor to the bar through openings in the bar enough larger than the rivets to prevent their contact with the bar. A contact 19 at the end of the conductor 18 is spring pressed against a central terminal 20 of a cell 16, and as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, the cells being electrically united in a common manner and the opposite end of the cell at the opposite end of the from the conductor 18 to one terminal of the 6 motor 10, the opposite terminal of the motor being grounded as at 23 on the body of the toy; whereby the electric circuit extends from the terminal 20 of the battery by the connection described to the motor, thence to the shell through the ground 23 and by a switch 21 to the opposite terminal of the battery, from the ground comprising the frame.

A conductor 24 extends from the conductor 18' to a terminal 25 of a conductor bar26 projecting through opposite sides of the body and insulated therefrom. A lamp supporting bar 27 is secured to the front 28 of the body and lamps 29 are secured at opposite ends of said supporting bar which resiliently presses the terminals 30 of the lamps into contact with the ends of the bar 26.

From this construction it will be noted that the electric circuit extends from the conductor 18 hereinbefore described to the bar 26, and from said bar to the central lamp terminals, and through the lamp filaments to the shells of the lamps, thereby being grounded on the lamp supporting bar attached to the vehicle body.

In playing with toys of this type a child does not appreciate the effect of a continuous drain on the battery when the toy may not be actually operated, and it is therefore my purpose, as hereinbefore set out, to provide means whereby upon contact with a foreign object, as a wall, a leg of furniture or the like, the electric circuit will be automatically broken, thereby terminating the action of the cells. In the particular construction herein shown, and which I have found to satisfactorily serve my purpose, the switch 21 hereinbefore referred to is provided in the form of a finger secured to and projecting from a switch bar 31 rotatably mounted in the side parts of the body. Switch actuating arms 32 are secured to said bar, projecting forwardly therefrom underneath the bottom edge of the front part of the body, and as shown in Fig. 3, said arms having secured thereto at their forward ends a fender 33 which is made to simulate the front fender bar of a regular automobile.

From the foregoing description it will now be observed that when the toy is driven, upon the fender 33 coming in contact with an article, the switch bar 31 will be turned in its bearings, thereby causing the switch 21 to be swung from engagement with the end of the battery '7 and consequently breaking the circuit at this point which will extinguish the lamps and also stop the operation of the motor. The contact 19 presses the cells against the end of the switch 21 and when the latter is disengaged from said cells pressure of the contact 19 will move the cells forward, the front cell coming in contact with a stop 34 supported by the bar 14, said stop being insulated from its support and as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. To start the motor in operation it is simply necessary to swing the fender on its pivot, thereby moving the switch 21 into contact with the end of the cell.

It may here be noted that the circuit is completed from the ground 23 upon the frame through the switch bar 31, which is in contact with the frame, and the actuating arms 32 and the bar 21 to the front cell 16.

In the structure shown in Fig. 6 two batteries are employed one comprising, as shown, a single cell 35 and the other comprising two cells 36. The single cell is to supply electricity to the lamps and the two cells 36 supply electricity to the motor 10. Otherwise the arrangement is practically the same as shown in preceding figures, there being, however, two switch bars 37 one for contact with the central terminal of a cell of each battery and which comprises a ground therefor. Each lamp is grounded on the frame. The circuit is from the battery to the terminal on the insulated bar 26, from said bar to the central terminal of the lamp, through the filament thereof, to the shell and thence to the frame. The circuit for the other battery comprises a ground switch bar 37, the cells, con-- ductor 18, contact 19, and Wire to the motor, from the motor to the ground.

I claim 1.v A toy vehicle including a body, an electrical device supported by said body, an electric circuit for operating said device, said circuit includin a movably mounted switch member, and means connected with said switch member and projecting outwardly of the normal dimensions of the vehicle to be carried into contact with a foreign object to operate said switch member to open said circuit.

2. A toy vehicle including a body, an electrical device supported by said body, an electric circuit for operating said device, said circuit including a movably mounted switch member, and means connected with said body and projecting as a bumper for contact with a foreign object to opcrate said switch member to open said circuit.

3. A toy vehicle including a body, an electrical device supported by said body, an electric circuit for operating said device, said circuit ineluding a cell supported by said body and a switch member movably mounted on said body for electrical contact with said cell, and means connected with said switch member and projecting outwardly of the normal dimensions of the vehicle to be carried into contact with a foreign object to operate said switch member to open said circuit.

4. A toy vehicle including a body, an electrical device supported by said body, an electric circuit for operating said device, said circuit including a cell supported by said body, a switch member movably mounted on said body for electrical contact with said cell and a bar connected with said switch for operation thereof, and a bumper secured to said bar and projecting in front of said body for operation of the switch to open said circuit.

5. A toy vehicle including a body, an electrical device supported by said body, an electric circuit for operating said device, said circuit including a movably mounted switch member, a cell for engagement by said switch member and a rotatable shaft supported by the body to which said member is secured, actuating arms secured to said shaf and a bumper secured to said actuating arms in front of said body for operation of said switch member to open said circuit.

6. A toy vehicle includ ng a body, a plurality of electrical devices supported by said body, an electric circuit including said devices, a cell and a switch member, a shaft rotatably mounted, said switch member being secured to said shaft, actuating arms projecting from said shaft, and a bumper secured to the outer ends of said shaft in front of said vehicle.

'7. A toy vehicle including a body, an electrical device supported by said body, and an electric circuit for operating said device, said circuit including a switch member having a part projecting outwardly of the normal dimensions of the vehicle and mounted for movement as a result of cessation of movement of said vehicle when said projecting part moves into engagement with a foreign object.

8. A toy vehicle including a body, an electrical device supported by said body, an electric circuit for operating said device, said circuit including a movably mounted switch member, and movably mounted means operatively connected with said switch member and projecting outwardly of the normal dimensions of the vehicle for operation thereof as a result of cessation of movement of said vehicle when said movably mounted means moves into engagement with a foreign object.

' HAROLD D. ALLEN.

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