US298575A

US298575A - William goodfellow

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Publication number: US298575A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 1901-05-13

Description

(No Model) I W. GOODFELLOW.

TOY REVOLVING BELL.

Patented May 13, 1884.

N, PETRS. Mum-1w. Wash ngton a.

' vation of the same.

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XVILLIAM GOODFELLOXV, OF SOUTH NOE\VALK, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONEIIALF TO HENRY HOFFMAN, JR, OF SAME PLACE.

TOY REVOLVING BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,575, dated May 13, 1884:.

Application filed March 18, 188-1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLLIM GOODFEL- Low, residing at South Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Revolving Bells, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to toys; and it consists in certain improvements in a bell-ring ing toy, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and simple toy which may be rung by rotating it in the hand in the same manner that revolving rattles have been made, the rotation of the toy serving to operate a springst-riker, which gives a succession of blows to the bell.

In the drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like letters indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my re volving bell-ringing toy. Fig. 2 is a side ele- Fig. 3 is a plan of the handle. Fig. at is a plan of the star-wheel, which serves to actuate the spring-striker. Fig. 5 is a plan of the spring.

A indicates the handle of my toy. It is preferably a galvanized casting, but may be struck up of metal, or constructed in other suitable manner. This piece has a projection or spindle, a, which forms the axis of the star-wheel B, and finds its hearings in perforations c in the body-piece C.

O is the body-piece of the toy, which is swiveled on the spindle a, as shown. This piece is centrally slotted for a little distance from its swiveled end, as shown in Fig. l. The star-wheel B is placed in this slot, and secured therein by passing the spindle a through its central aperture, 1/, as well as through the perforations 0", before referred to. The piece 0 is preferably a light casting. The star-wheel B is of the form shown, or other suitable form, having ratchet-teeth or projections from a central hub. The central perforation, b, is made to fit closely to the spindle a, so that soldering is usually unnecessary. If desired, the

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perforation b may be polygonal in outline, and a part of the spindle made to fit the same; 5r but this will generally be unnecessary. The star-whecl must, however, fit the spindle so closely that it will not turn thereon. The body C has a stud or post, F, extending from one side, and on the end of this post a hell, 5 D, is secured by a screw or in other similar manner.

011 the side of the body 0 opposite'the bell I rivet a fiat spring, E, having a striker or hammer, c, projecting from the side thereof, 6( which is toward the body, and in line with I the edge of the bell. \Vhen permitted to do so, this striker passes through the slot in the body 0 far enough to strike the edge of the bell, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. 6;

The operation of my device is as follows: By grasping the handle A and whirling the body which carries the bell and spring-striker in the direction of the arrow, the spring will be thrown back by the spurs of the star-wheel 7( and released and permitted to fly forward as the end of the spring passes over each spur, thus striking the bell a rapid succession of blows, producing the effect of a chime.

I claim- 7 1. The combination of a handle, a bell-carrying device, as described, a spring-striker, and mechanism, substantially as described, whereby the springstriker is made to strike the bell a succession of blows as the body is 8( revolved on the handle, as set forth.

2. The handle A, having spindle a and starwheel thereon, the body 0, slotted as described, and swiveled on said spindle, the bell D, and the spring-striker E 0, arranged as de- 85 scribed, so that the striker shall-act through the slot and strike the edge of the bell when actuated by the star-wheel, all in combination, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 9c presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM GOODFELLOlV.

\Vitnesses:

JACOB M. LAYTON, GEORGE F. BEARSE.