US3429068A

US3429068A - Winking and blinking doll eyes and actuation therefor

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Publication number: US3429068A
Application number: US388752A
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert Gardel; Egon Gorsky; Richard S Turshen
Original assignee: DOLLAC DIVISION JACOBY BENDER
Current assignee: DOLLAC DIVISION JACOBY BENDER; DOLLAC DIVISION JACOBY BENDER Inc
Priority date: 1964-08-11
Filing date: 1964-08-11
Publication date: 1969-02-25
Anticipated expiration: 1986-02-25

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Feb. 25, 1969 R. GARDEL ET AL 3,429,068

WINKING AND BLINKING DOLL EYES ANDI ACTUATION THEREFOR Filed Aug. 11, 1964 Sheet L of 5 97 6 MIVENTOPS 0P05RT GARDEL zeo/v GOPSKV ./Q/CHARD 5. TUIVS/IEA/ 1969 R. GARDEL ET AL 3,429,068

WINKING AND BLINKING DOLL EYES AND ACTUATION THEREFOR Filed Aug. 11, 1964 Sheet 3 of 5' WVENTORS. 05627 6A zaeL Feb. 25, 1969 R, DEL. ET AL WINKING' AND BLINKING DOLL EYES AND ACTUATION THEREFOR sheet Filed Aug. 11, 1964 3 6 v 3 0 332 I 3 5 a m 0 w H m a 3 3 a 3 5 ll 0 a l6 S. 5 a I lu o 1v 0 6 x 8 y 7 3 3 3 3 3 6 MIME/V7025 ROBERT GDPDEL EGO/V GORJk) excuqpo x TUAJA/'N United States Patent 3,429,068 WINKING AND BLINKING DOLL EYES AND ACTUATION THEREFOR Robert Gardel, New York, Egon Gorsky, Brooklyn, and

Richard S. Turshen, Elmont, N.Y., assignors to Dollac Division, Jacoby-Bender, Inc., Woodside, N.Y.

Filed Aug. 11, 1964, Ser. No. 388,752

US. Cl. 46169 14 Claims Int. Cl. A63h 3/40, 3/28 ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A doll is disclosed having a motor driving a sound device and an oscillatory actuator element for moving weighted eyes to open and/or closed position. The actuator comprises a cam with a double edge coacting with a cam follower carried by the eyeball. The double cam can rock the eyeball in respective rotative directions and a tip portion of the actuator member can engage a member carried by the eyeball to rock the eyeball in a single direction. Thus, reversible movement of the actuator member in its own path with respect to the eyeball can efiect double blinking.

Some of the problems in providing dolls for children is to emulate as many of the lifelike features as possible which will be attractive and pleasing to a child.

Briefly, the present invention provides a doll of the sleeping eyes type with an eye wink or blink etiect actuated by a music box, although other actuating mechanism is usable. Various modes of operation are accomplished by the gravity weight in each eye mechanism upon actuation of the eyeball by the spring wound motor of the music box and lever mechanisms of the invention as explained. The actuation is also applicable to single action winking eyes of the kind shown in copending application of Harry Brudney, Ser. No. 182,378, filed Mar. 26, 1964, and assigned to the present assignee, now Patent No. 3,216,150.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a doll with periodic winking or blinking eyes, the eyes being individual units of the sleeping type with auxiliary opening and/ or closing control.

Another object of the invention is to provide an animated doll having double action blinking eyes which can be opened when in a sleeping position and will automatically close.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cam actuated tilting lever mechanism which will selectively impart a double action blinking movement simultaneously to both eyes of an animated doll.

Another object of the invention is to provide an animated musical doll comprising double action blinking eyes having a drowsy mode of operation when the doll is lying in a reclining position, and an alert mode of operation when the doll is in a sitting or standing cross-section shown in combination with elements to 3,429,968 Patented Feb. 25, 1969 actuate a single action winking eye of the kind referred to in the copending application, or double action eye units described herein;

FIGURE 3 is a partial sectional elevational view of a portion of the back of the doll which serves as a bearing and mounting means for the music box and showing a manually operated external winding knob;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view of certain components of the actuating mechanism as they appear mounted in the head and seen from behind the eye cavities;

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the mounted components of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the cam of the actuating mechanism;

FIG. 7 is a front view in elevation of a second embodiment of a double action winking eye;

FIG. 8 is a cross sectional elevation taken substantially on lines 88 of FIG. 7 in the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 9 is a sectional plan view of FIG. 8 taken on lines 9-9 in the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the eyeball and components carried thereby;

FIG. 11 is a cross sectional elevation of another embodiment of double action blinking eye;

FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view of the blinking eye embodiment of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a cross sectional plan view taken substantially on lines 1313 of FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is a longitudinal cross section of a further modification of a double blinking eye construction;

FIG. 15 is a section through 1515 of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a view looking into the eyeball from the rear;

FIG. 17 is a partial end View of the rod and supporting sleeve; and

FIG. 18 is a cross sectional view of components of the combination showing the positions when the doll in which the eye is carried is horizontal.

Referring to FIGURES 1 through 6, reference numeral 20 designates a partial doll head having generally conventional molded eye cavities 23 comprised of yieldable material adapted to fixedly hold a sleeping eye unit 29 of a construction shown in the copending application mentioned above, or as hereinafter disclosed.

Thus, eye unit 29 comprises a rear housing 31 which closes the unit and which unit contains a rotatable eyeball 34 of the weight biased sleeping doll type, but which can be winked by spring biased rod or pin 35 carried slidably in a suitable eyelet 38 fastened to rear housing 31. Spring 36 is secured on rod 35 between the rear shell and an abutment 39 to bias the pin outwardly so as not to affect eyeball motion until pushed inwardly. The material of cavity 23 may have a cut out 42 for emergence of the rod and spring (FIG. 5).

Referring more specifically to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, manual winding knob 46 for a music box 50 is secured to winding shaft 49 which extends externally from within housing 52 of a conventional spring wound motor (not shown) of the music box. The spring motor actuates the music box and also rotates an external shaft 55 which will be understood to be secured in any suitable manner to a rotary element (not shown) of the 'motor mechanism.

Shaft 49 when assembled in the doll passes through a bearing 58 fixedly secured to housing 52 for support thereof, being carried in a bushing 61 secured in aperture 63 of the doll back.

Shaft 52 has a cam 66 fixedly secured in any desired conventional manner thereto and passes through guide slot 69 of a yoke 72 bent at the end of rockable lever 71. Shaft 52 also lends lateral support to a bar 74 by passing through aperture 73 in ear 75. Bar 74 is a support bar that carries lever 71 and is carried on a cross bar 76 supported by a rivet or eyelet 78 at the center of each rear casing and extending therefrom. A retaining sleeve 79 on the end of each eyelet holds the bar thereon, the bar having bores 80 through which the eyelets pass and notches 80a through which the pins 35 pass.

Elements

71 and 74 are yieldably secured together at their upper end portions by rivets 81 and springs 83, respectively, are carried, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, whereby lever '71 is resiliently rockable relative to bar 74.

Lever 71 carries a disc 89 as by rivet 92, and also carries as by rivets 95 a cam follower plate 98 which is engaged by cam 66 during rotation thereof.

Lever 71 is provided with an offset construction as shown to provide space for yoke 72 which serves as a guide for the lever as it is pushed counterclockwise by the cam 66 against the bias of springs 83. Thus, as cam 66 rotates each of the lobes shown moves lever 71 from the position of FIG. 1 to the position of FIG. 2. The return movement effected by springs 83 cause disc 46 to engage pins 35 so as to open or close the eyes depending on whether the pins are above or below the trunnion axes, as described in the copending application, or to achieve the effects which pertain to the double action eye units described hereinafter.

FIGURES 7-10 show in detail the mechanism of an embodiment of a double action wink eye generally designated by reference numeral 121, which has a front shell 122 and rear casing 123 and plastic rotatable eyeball 124 having lash 125 mounted on oppositely disposed trunnions 127 in the usual manner.

A plate or disc 140 is disposed at the rear of the eyeball which has an integrally molded split tail having parallel spaced tongues 143. A metal weight 147 is wrapped around the tail, the disc 140 being secured in any suitable manner, as by soldering, to the weight. Attached to the weight are laterally disposed ears 149.

Casing 123 has an eyelet 150 fixedly secured thereto and adapted to reciprocally support a control element such as rod 153 which is a reversibly oscillatory actuator, being mounted for reversible reciprocal movement with respect to the eyeball 124 in the eyelet 150.

Rod 153 terminates at its forward end in a cam 156 having a horizontal top member with spaced vertical side cam elements 159, each having a forward cam edge 162 and a rear cam edge 165, as best shown in FIG. 8, the

edges

162 and 165 being of opposing slope. The rear of the rod has a sleeve 168 fixed thereon abutted by a compression spring 171 carried on the rod and having its inner end abutting the rear of the casing, biasing the rod rearwardly for reverse movement. Spring 171 may have its outer end fastened to the rod and its inner end fastened to the housing to keep rod 153 from rotating unduly.

The front edge 157 of cam top member 156 is engageable with an abutment member such as plate 140 when the rod is pushed forward, and is cut out at 158 to accommodate the tail tongues in one position of the eyeball, as shown in FIG. 9. The

edges

162 and 165 are engageable with cam follower ears 149.

When the doll is sitting up or standing, the weight hangs in its natural downward position, as shown in FIG. 8, with the eye wide open. Pushing in rod 153 then closes the eye by engagement of edge 157 with plate 140, and as long as the rod is held in, the eye remains closed. When the rod is released, the spring returns it and the weight opens the eye.

When the doll is lying down in a sleeping position, the eye is closed due to the effect of weight 147, the tail swinging up between the cam sides 159, as shown in dotted lines (FIG. 8). When rod 153 (then vertical) is pushed, cam edges 162 engage respective ears 149, at their rearward edges, to open the eye to the full line position. However, after edges 162 pass the ears, the eyeball is free to swing back to sleeping position and this is effected by engagement of edge 157 with plate upon continued forward motion of the rod. If the rod be released, it is spring returned, and cam edges then engage the ears at their forward edges and once more the eye momentarily opens, being finally closed by the weight when the cams clear the ears as the rod retracts. Thus, a rapid double blinking effect is achieved if the rod be pushed in and released. If the rod be pushed and released slowly, as by the music box cam of FIG. 1, a slow opening and closing is effected, twice for each in and out movement of the rod, i.e., producing the double blinking effect.

The cams clear the follower ears when the rod is actuated with the doll in vertical position; the spacing of the tongues 143 permits the cams to move without interference when the doll is horizontal or when the eyeball is rotating.

FIGS. 11l3 illustrate a further embodiment comprising eyeball 175, lash 177, front housing 180, rear casing 182, a control element such as actuating rod 184, and eyelet guide 187 therefor, carried by the casing. Rod 184 is of bent wire and effects a double cam, having a downwardly extending earn 192 and an upwardly extending cam 195. The horizontal straight portion 184a of the rod shown in FIG. 11 carries a spring 196 which will be understood to bias the rod outwardly, i.e., toward the right, as viewed on that figure. The rod has a bend 198 between the horizontal portion and the earn 192, the bend being the foremost portion of the rod. A pair of guide rods 200 are carried spacedly by the rear casing, being fastened thereto in any suitable manner so that the vertical portion 204 extends therebetween to maintain the rod and cam configuration in a vertical diametric plane. It will thus be appreciated that the rod 184 may be pushed forwardly against spring 196 to the dotted position shown in FIG. 11 and then, upon release, the spring will return the rod to the solid line position. The lower extremity of rod portion 204 may be utilized for engagement by the actuating element, for example, the disc 89 of FIG. 1, if the eyes are sufficiently close together, or a bar may be used to tie the rods of a pair of eyes. Also, a bend 208 may be used for engagement with an actuator.

The eyeball has an integrally molded tail 209 around which is wrapped a metallic weight 210 and the upper legs of the weight clamp a cam follower 215 to the tail.

Tail 209 has extending spaced tongues 209a between which the cam can swing. The cam follower is dual and has respective forward and rear cam follower sides 215a and b. Suitably secured to the weight is an abutment member such as a disc 220 similar to the disc 140 hereinabove described. The eyeball is, of course, conventionally mounted on trunnions for rotative movement and is biased to open position, as shown in FIG. 11 in solid lines, by the weight.

Plate 220 can be engaged by the rod bend 198 to effect closure of the eye, when the doll is in a vertical position, by pressing the rod inwardly. Release of the rod will perrnit spring 196 to expand whence the weight will once more open the eye. In such actuation, to an extent indicated by the dotted lines in FIG. 11, the follower 215 can swing clear of the

rod cams

192 and 195.

When the doll is in a sleeping position, the double cam follower 215 is in the path of movement of the cam 192 and, therefore, inward movement of the rod will cause the eye to momentarily open by engagement of such cam with the side 215b of follower 215. Accordingly, as the rod moves in and the cams clear follower 215, the eye closes as bend 198 engages disc 220, as shown in dotted lines. However, upon release of the rod to permit expansion of spring 196, the cam engages the cam side 215a of follower 215 and once more opens the eye momentarily until such cam moves beyond the follower, whence the weight once more biases the eye to closed position, and rod 184 is once more in the full line position of FIG. 11.

In the modification shown in FIGS. 14 through 18, the construction comprises a front shell 300 and a rear shell 306 with an eyeball 306 rotatively carried on the usual trunnion mounts 309. The eyeball has an integrally molded tail having a solid portion 312 extending rearwardly in spaced tongues 315. The construction is substantially the same as hereinbefore described for the other modifications.

In the present structure the tail carries a metal weight element 318 which can be a solid piece having a rectangular opening 322 through which extend the tongues 315. Integral with the weight element is a dual cam follower 325 comprising a forward cam follower 328 and a rear cam follower 330. The weight element also carries an abutment member such as a bar or finger 333 which is centrally located and in general alignment with the dual cam follower 325- and disposed forwardly within the eyeball.

An actuating rod 335 is slidably carried at the end of the rear casing 303, the rod being generally rectangular in cross section, as shown in FIG. 15, and passing through a rectangular cut out 338, in the end Wall of casing 303, the cut out 338 being indicated in phantom on FIG. 16. Eyelet 340 is fastened at the end of the rear casing as by tongues 343 passing through respective slots punched into the casing rear wall and bent over, as shown in FIG. 14. To rigidify the sleeve with the casing, segmental radial flanges 346 on the eyelet intermediate the tongues abut the rear wall of the casing.

Rod 335 has an end portion 348 having a force-fit in a circular sleeve 350 which is slidably carried in eyelet 340 and a compression spring 353 is carried on the rod abutting the casing rear wall and the front edge of sleeve 350 in order to bias the rod rearwardly away from the eye ball, that is, in a direction to the left, as viewed on FIG. 14. The inner end of the rod is provided with a dual cam 356 having a forward cam 358 and a rear cam 360. The lowermost portion 363 of the cam has clearance with the uppermost portion of cam follower 325 so that the rod can move forwardly in order for the extremity 366 to engage the finger 333 without the engagement of any portion of cam 356 with follower 325 when the doll is in vertical position. Thus, pushing inwardly on the rod will close the eye without any interference between cam follower and cam, as in the previously described modifications. The rod, rearwardly of the cam 356, is provided with a clearance cutout 370' so that there will be no interference (FIG. 18) between ca-m follower 325 and the rod, when the rod is actuated to effect double blinking with the doll in horizontal position. The slotted tail comprising the two tongues 315 provides clearance for the rod thickness in order to avoid interference when the rod is in forward position, when the doll is horizontal, and the weight effects closing of the eyeball.

The mode of operation is the same as hereinabove described in other modifications. Thus, in the position shown in FIG. 14, inward movement of the rod will effect closing of the eye, compressing spring 353, whereupon release of the rod will permit the eyeball to move to open position by effect of the weight 318. When the doll is horizontal, and the eye is closed by weight 318, as illustrated in FIG. 18, inward movement of the rod will cause cam 358 to engage surface 330 opening the eye momentarily until the cam 356 moves beyond follower 325. At this time, tip 366 of the rod engages finger 333 (the condition shown) closing the eye and holding it closed as long as the rod is maintained in the inner position. When the rod is released and permitted to move rearwardly by action of the spring, cam 360 engages cam 328 effecting momentary opening of the eye until cam 356 clears the follower 325 in moving to the left, as viewed in FIG. 14, and weight 318 can again close the eye.

It will be appreciated that the limiting position of closure of the eye can be effected as a matter of design in several ways. For example, by having the lash engage the edge of the front shell aperture, as is sometimes done, or by having the tail engage the rod, as illustrated in FIG. 18, or by having follower 330 engage the rearward edge of cut out 370, or by providing an abutment in any suitable manner in eyelet 340, which is engaged by sleeve 350 after it has moved into the eyelet any desired distance.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, the forward ends of the rods which directly engage the plates and arms (220, 330, etc.), of the eyeballs can be foreshortened, thus sacrificing control to closing position when the eye is open, the doll being vertical. However, the cams and followers would remain operative, as described herein, and the eyeball weight would effect eye closing when the doll is horizontal after initial cam actuated opening on the forward movement of the rod.

In essence, the invention utilizes a control member or actuator which carries a V-shaped dual cam capable of clearing a cam follower carried by the eyeball when the eye is in open position, the doll being vertical. However, upon the doll being tilted or put in a sleeping position, the eye Weight bias then rotates the eye to the closed position from the open position thus placing the cam follower in the path of the cam. Accordingly, a double opening of the eye occurs as the control rod is pushed inwardly or forwardly and then released so that spring action returns it outwardly or rearwardly. Thus, the forward side of the cam coacts with the rearward surface of the follower and the rearward side of the cam coacts with the forward surface of the follower.

Any desired type of actuation for the control members may be utilized, such members being actuatable individually or tied together as by a cross bar for simultaneous action.

It will, of course, be appreciated that the invention is not limited to the type of eye wherein the weight biases the eye to open or closed position responsive to, respectively, vertical or horizontal doll position. The invention is applicable to constructions wherein the opposite effect is achieved for novelty purposes.

Having thus described the invention, we do not seek to be limited to the precise illustrations herein given, except as set forth in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A doll eye unit for a doll, comprising a front shell and a rear casing and an eyeball having a trunnion mounting means so as to be rotative between two positions; a weight fastened to said eyeball to rotatively bias said eyeball to either position responsive to a respective position of said doll; said eyeball having a cam follower, an actuator comprising a cam having angularly related edges and means mounting said actuator for reversible oscillating movement with respect to said eyeball; one such cam edge being drivingly engageable with said cam follower when moving toward said eyeball and the other cam edge been drivingly engageable with said cam follower when moving in a reversed direction away from said eyeball, whereby said eyeball is rotated by movement of said actuator in either direction of motion thereof to achieve a double blinking effect.

2. A doll eye unit for a doll comprising a front shell and a rear casing and an eyeball having a trunnion mounting means so as to he rotative between two positions, a weight fastened to said eyeball to rotatively bias said eyeball to either position responsive to a respective position of said doll; said eyeball having a cam follower, a reciprocal cam reversely movable with respect to said eyeball and having dual cam surfaces engageable, respectively, with said cam follower when moving toward said eyeball and when moving away from said eyeball to rotate said eyeball in either direction of movement of said cam, and means for guidedly supporting said cam for reciprocal movement.

3. A doll eye unit for a doll comprising a front shell and a rear casing and an eyeball having a trunnion mounting means so as to be rotative between two positions, a weight fastened to said eyeball to rotatively bias said eyeball to either position responsive to a respective position of said doll; said eyeball having a cam follower, a control element reversibly moveable with respect to said eyeball and having dual cam means respectively engageable with said cam follower when moving toward said eyeball and when moving away from said eyeball, whereby said eyeball may be rotated by movement of said control element in either direction of motion thereof, said cam means comprising a cam having a V-shape with sides alternately engageable with said follower, depending on direction of movement of said control element, and said doll eye unit comprising means for effecting reversible movement of said dual cam means.

4. A doll eye unit for a doll comprising a front shell and a rear casing and an eyeball having a trunnion mounting means so as to be rotative between two positions, a weight means fastened to said eyeball to rotatively bias said eyeball to either position responsive to a respective position of said doll; said eyeball having a cam follower, a control element movable with respect to said eyeball and having a cam means engageable with said cam follower when moving toward said eyeball and when moving away from said eyeball, whereby said eyeball may be rotated by movement of said control element in either direction of motion thereof, said control element comprising a rod-like element having said cam means being integral therewith and having oppositely sloped cam edges, means for supporting said element on said rear casing for reciprocal movement, and a spring on said element disposed for biasing said element outwardly of said casmg.

5. An opening and closing doll eye unit for a doll comprising a front shell and a rear casing and an eyeball therein having a trunnion mounting means so as to be rotative to open and closed positions, a weight means fastened to said eyeball to rotatively bias said eyeball to open or closed position responsive to the position of said doll; said eyeball having an abutment member and a cam follower, a rod movable with respect to said eyeball and having cam means engageable with said cam follower, said rod having a portion engageable with said abutment member whereby said eyeball may be rotated in a direction opposite to the weight means bias direction by movement of said rod when said doll is in one position, and whereby movement of said rod when said doll is in another position effects engagement of said cam means with said cam follower to effect opening rotation of said eyeball and whereby subsequent reverse movement of said rod effects opening rotation of said eye.

6. An opening and closing doll eye unit for a doll comprising a front shell and a rear casing and an eyeball therein having a trunnion mounting means so as to be rotative to open and closed positions, a weight means fastened to said eyeball to rotatively bias said eyeball to open or closed position responsive to the position of said doll; said eyeball having an abutment member and a cam follower, an actuator movable with respect to said eyeball and having cam means engageable with said cam follower, said actuator having a portion engageable with said abutment member whereby said eyeball may be rotated in a direction opposite to the weight means bias direction by movement of said actuator when said doll is in one position, and whereby movement thereof when said doll is in another position effects engagement of said cam means with said cam follower to effect opening rotation of said eyeball and subsequent reverse movement of said actuator effects opening rotation of said eye, said eyeball having a rearwardly extending tail, said weight means being secured thereto, said tail terminating in a pair of spaced tongues, said carn means being movable therebetween during movement of said actuator.

7. A doll eye unit comprising a front shell and a rear are casing and an eyeball therein having trunnion mounting means so as to be rotative to open and closed positions, a weight means fastened to said eyeball to rotatively bias said eyeball; a member carried by said eyeball at the rear thereof and a cam follower carried by said eyeball at the rear thereof, an actuator mounted on said casing movable forwardly and rearwardly with respect to said eyeball and having first means including cam elements angularly disposed with respect to each other and engageable with said cam follower upon forward and rearward movement of said actuator when said eyeball is in weight biased closed position, said actuator having second means including a portion engageable with said member whereby, when said eyeball is in weight biased open position, forward movement of said actuator effects such engagement to close said eyeball and wherein, when said eyeball is in weight biased closed position, forward movement of said actuator effects engagement of one of said cam elements with said cam follower to effect opening of said eyeball and continued forward movement of said actuator effects said engagement of said actuator portion with said member to close said eyeball and subsequent rearward movement of said actuator effects engagement of the other of said cam elements with said cam follower to effect opening of said eyeball, wherein said weight means finally effects closing of said eyeball when said cam elements move rearwardly beyond said cam follower in said rearward direction of movement of said actuator.

8. A doll eye unit for a doll comprising a front shell and a rear casing and an eyeball having a trunnion mounting means so as to be rotative between two positions, a weight fastened to said eyeball to rotatively bias said eyeball to either position responsive to a respective position of said doll; said eyeball having a cam follower, a control element movable with respect to said eyeball, and having a cam means engageable with said cam follower when moving toward said eyeball and when moving away from said eyeball, whereby said eyeball may be rotated by movement of said control element in either direction of motion thereof, said cam means comprising a cam having a V-shape with sides alternately engageable with said follower and being formed of an integral member having a cut out area to accommodate said cam follower in one position of said eyeball, said eyeball having a tail comprising a pair of spaced tongues, said cam being accommodated therebetween in said latter position of said eyeball.

9. A doll eye unit for a doll comprising a front shell and a rear casing and an eyeball having a trunnion mounting means so as to be rotative between two positions, a weight fastened to said eyeball to rotatively bias said eyeball to either position responsive to a respective position of said doll; said eyeball having a cam follower, a control element movable with respect to said eyeball and having a cam means engageable with said cam follower when moving toward said eyeball and when moving away from said eyeball, whereby said eyeball may be rotated by movement of said control element in either direction of motion thereof, said control element comprising a rod-like element having integral oppositely sloped cam edges, means for supporting said element on said rear casing for reciprocal movement, and a spring on said element disposed for biasing said element outwardly of said casing, said rod-like element having a V-shaped edge to effect said cam edges and a recess on the same side thereof to accommodate said cam follower in one position of said eyeball.

10. An opening and closing doll eye unit for a doll comprising a front shell and a rear casing and an eyeball therein having a trunnion mounting means so as to be rotative to open and closed positions, a weight fastened to said eyeball to rotatively bias said eyeball to open or closed position responsive to the position of said doll; said eyeball having an abutment member and a cam follower, an actuator movable with respect to said eyeball and having cam means engageable with said cam follower, said actuator having a portion engageable with said abutment member whereby said eyeball may be rotated in a direction opposite to the weight bias direction by movement of said actuator when said doll is in one position, and whereby movement of said actuator when said doll is an another position effects engagement of said cam means with said cam follower to effect opening rotation of said eyeball and whereby subsequent reverse movement of said actuator effects opening rotation of said eyeball, said actuator being carried by said rear casing for reciprocal movement, and comprising a rod, said cam means comprising a pair of spaced members on said rod each having a V-shaped edge, corresponding edges being aligned to successively engage said cam follower, said cam follower comprising oppositely extending fingers at the rear of said eyeball.

11. A doll eye unit for a doll as set forth in claim 1, said eyeball having an abutment member and said actuator having a portion engageable therewith upon movement of said actuator to rotate said eyeball from one position to another independently of the effect of said cam.

12. A doll eye unit for a doll as set forth in claim 1, said cam edges and said cam follower being spaced with respect to each other so that when said eyeball is in eye closed position as effected by said weight, engagement of said cam edges with said cam follower is effected by respective one of said cam edges upon oscillating movement of said actuator.

13. A doll eye unit for a doll as set forth in claim 1, said means mounting said actuator for reversible oscil lating movement comprising an eyelet secured to said rear casing and said actuator being supported within said eyelet and a spring encompassing said actuator and disposed within said eyelet for effecting movement in said reverse direction of said actuator.

14. A doll eye unit for a doll as set forth in claim 11, said cam edges and said cam follower being spaced with respect to each other so that when said eyeball is in eye closed position as effected by said weight, engagement of said cam edges with said cam follower is effected by respective one of said cam edges upon oscillatng movement of said actuator.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 689,668 12/1901 Derus 46-169 X 1,289,687 12/ 1918 Davidson -i 46-169 1,831,602 11/1931 Maby 46-168 2,854,788 10/1958 Boggott 46-169 3,216,150 11/1965 Brudney 46-169 3,242,611 3/1966 Henry 46-135 3,250,037 5/1966 Katz et a1 46-169 F. BARRY SHAY, Primary Examiner.

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