US2325689A - Animated toy - Google Patents

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Aug. 3, 1943. E. LE BLANC 2,325,689

ANIMATED TOY Filed Dec. 17 1942 X; JizuM/ar:

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Patented Aug. 3, 1943' ANIMATED T Y' V V Edmond IteBlanc MontreaLQuebec, Canada Application D cember 17 1942; Serial No. 469,283 v 2 Claims. I (et ics-42y v 2 The present invention pertains to an animated toy operating automatically after having been set in motion and giving the appearance of being operated byfigures' of human beings.

e The motive power is derived from ballsrolling down a series of chutes. At the final chute. the

ball actuates linkage which-instum operates a selective release and stop means for delivering one ball at a. time from the uppennost chute.

Parts of the apparatus areattached to light weight, articulated i figures to "present the illusion rnentionedabove. i i i chute, "while the vextremity of the lever engages tandretain thenextball. a e

"Hin edly suspended from and 23 across the I e railsla flap 29 liesloverthe chute8 to be swung by a ball rolling down thelatter. The flapis attached to an articuiatefigure 30, imparting an r animated motionthereto. -To the upper struc- T'Ihe invention is iullydisclosed way ex- 1 t f ample in the. following,descriptionand inthe accompanyingdrawing in which? Figure 1.v is a perspective viewofthedevicej Figure 2 is a detail vertical section; F'igu're 3is another detail vertical section; and Figure 4 is a detail plan view. a

* Reference to'these views will now be made b use jot like characterswhich are employed to J designate corresponding parts throughout. The framework of the toy includes a flat base a figure 32 and downwardly to apoint o'I .attach-" mer t to one of the rails3, as shown in Figure 3. 1 In theoperation of the de vice, motionmay be initiated by manually pressing the receptacle I11 downward. The link 2listhus shifted upward,

lvtrom which extend a pair oi'tuprightsl 2. Across 1 a the upper endsofthe uprightsare laid a pair of rails 3, parallel to each other and horizontal."

; Q Vertic l bars 4 are secured to the rails at one end and support one-end oia chute 5. A pair of opposed fork members 3 are mountedon the rails, and the lower end of thechute is suspended from t v Beneath the'lower end of thechute 5,. the upi rights 2 supportta slopingichute 3 having an opening 9 in its lower end. Beneath ,this end is another chute Ill having an'opening II in its extending from one of the upri ht-s2.

lower end. Beneath this end; in tum is aslopf ing platform l2 he opposite upright: has journaled; therein a 1 v drum l3 on ahorizontal axis. Radial vanes. ll. 7 e divide thedrum intoradial pockets l5. Across;

the axis of the drum isbalanced a beam l6 carr ing a receptacle l'ladjacent to the platiorm I 2.

the remaining end of the beam l6...

A link 2| is hinged at :2 ti;- thedrum l3 and .extendsupwardly. Theupper end is hingedat 23 to a lever 24 iulcrumed at 25, as shownrnore clearly in Figure 2. The lever terminates at the: lower end of chute 5 and carriesadownwardly extending stop 26 near the extremity. In the full-line positiorrjthe stophoids a rowoi balls e y :1 from remn e r the chute. As the link2l 1 a v raisedlto move the lever to the dotted-lin posi- ,A lateral extension I! from thebase carries articulated figure l3 having arms pivotedto' 45 beam journalled insaidstructure and having one tion; the :stop ermits the first ball to roll en the ture is fixed the figure 3| ofa man having the appearance of directing the proceedings.

The link 2| hasan upward extension zlf which carries the figure32 of a rooster in an aggressive position and constructed of a flexible material in sheet form. The figure hasa movable win 33.

The head of the figure is joined by a string to a rearward-fixedportionfl of. the frame, structure. The wing 33 is suspended from a string-36 extending upwardly over theupper edge or the and the figure I9 is moved as it operating the;

apparatus. i The link tilts thelever 24 to.releasel,; .the first ball 21 as previously described. This ball drops to the chute 8,thenjto chute i0, platform l2and receptacle IIjto repeat the movement of;

beam IB and the;cycle initiated thereby.- There after these cycles occur automatically until the supply of balis isexhausted;

The upward shift oi'link fl and extension 2| 7 raises the body oi thefigure 32 againstthe string 33,-therebyflausing thawing 33; to flap. The V head, however; is held nearly stationary bythe I Q string 34; so that the figure'has the appearance ofa fighting cook.

Although a specific embodiment or the invention has been illustrated and described, it will 1 be understood that various alterations in the details of construction may be made without ,de-

parting mm the scope of the invention as marcated byjthe appendedclaims. What'I claim as my invention is: a

'ture, a series ofiintercommunicating chutes supported. thereby and sloping downwardly; from each other, in downward succession, a balanced endbeneath the lower end of the lowest chute,fa

receptacle on said end oi'said'beam and adapted to receiveamemberrolling off the lowest chute, a selective release and stop member'atthe lower 1 end otthe uppermost chute, and a link connecting said beam to said stop member adapted 31. An animatedjtoy comprising a framestrucfigure.

to operate said stop lnember, a, flexible animal figure carried by said link strings'connecting parts ofrsaid figure. to said structure, whereby motions of rthe link imparts-movement to the said 2. An animated toy comprising a frame structure, a series of intercommunicating chutes sup-' portedthereby and sloping downwardly from each other in downward succession abalanced beam jouxnallediin saidstructureand having one end beneath the Tldwie r end of the {lowest chute, a receptacle on said end of said beam and adapted to receive armember rolling ofi? the lowest chute,

a selective release and stop member at the lower end' of the uppermost chute, a link connecting said beam to said stop member and adapted to,

operatesaid stop member, and an articulated figwe carried by said structure and hinged to the remaining end of .said beam, a flexible animal figure carried by said link, strings connecting parts of said figure to saidstructure, whereby motion of .the link imparts movementto the said figure; r

EDMOND LE BLANC.

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