US339101A

US339101A - Chaeles a

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Publication number: US339101A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-03-30
Anticipated expiration: 1903-03-30

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(NoModel.) C' A' HOTCHKISS.

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Patented Mar. 30

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NiTn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. HOTCHKISS, OF BRIDGEIORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO IVFS, BLAKESLEE & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION formlng part of Letters Patent No. 339,101, dated March 30, 1886.

Application filed January 14, 1886. Serial No. 188.526. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GHARLns A. Ho'roHKIss. of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement relates to toy dancers.

I will describe in detail a toy dancer embodying my improvement, and then point out the novel features in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front View of a` toy dancer embodying the improvement, part of the outer covering or dress being removed. Fig. 2is a side view of the same, the outer covering or dress being partly removed. Fig. 3 isa side view ofatoy ofmodiied form embodying the improvement., the outer covering or dress being broken away.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

In Figs. l and 2, A designates a train of wheel-work, which may be of any suitable kind. It is operated by a spring. a. lt is made of such dimensions that it will fit. in a case, B, forming the body of the dancer. This case may advantageously' be made of sheet metal. The head of the dancer may be made ofcast metal. Itis fastened in an appropriate manner to the case B. lhetrain of wheelwork comprises a shaft, a, which has a crank, a2, on the front end. Hung on the crank a is a rod, a3, which at the lower end has a bifurcated portion, c". The ends ofthis bifurcated portion bend back ard as they extend downward to a point about midway between the front and back of the train of wheelwork.

They have the thighsections C of the dancers therefore also vibrates the jaw. iion of the rod a3 with the jaw-lever D is advantageous, because it prevents the rod, and consequently the bifurcated portion a, from having an excessive motion sidewise imparted to them by the revolution of the crank. Preferably the train of wheel-work will comprise a fly-wheel, a5, for carrying the crank over dead-centers.

Any desired style of human being may be represented by the dancers. Many other living creatures may be depicted, if desirable. The dancer may have any preferred style of outer covering or dress, E. A cord, G, fastened to the head of the dancer, affords provision for suspending the dancer with the feet in close proximity to a table or like article. The movements of dancing will then be simulated. lf the dancer be suspended in air or laid down on a support, it will have a very grotesque aspect.

The toy shown in Fig. 3 is -like the one shown in the other figures, except that it has two separate cranks, d2, and two rods, a3, suspended therefrom. Ithas,also,anotl1er crank, a, which is connected by a rod, a7, to the jawlever D. i

hat is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, isM

1. A peudulous figure having, in combination, a train ofwheel-work operated by a prime mover, a crank operated by said wheel-\vork, a rod connected to said crank, and legs hanging from the rod and deriving an up-anddown motion therefrom, said legs having no other support from the body, substantially as speci tied.

2. A pcndulous figure having, in combination, a train of wheel-work operated by a prime mover, a crank operated by said wheel-work, a rod connected to said crank, a `]aw-lever connected to said rod, and legs hanging from the rod, both the jaw and legs deriving motion from said rod, substantially as specified.

CHARLES A. HOTCHKISS.

YVitnesses:

DWIGHT H. TERRY, Gao. W. KEELER.

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