US352401A - James fallows - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. FALLOWS.

TOY. No. 352,401.. Patented Nev. 9, 1886.

WITNE SE lNvENToR @3% 72 2@ JAMES FALLoWs, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNsYLv-ANIA.`

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,401, dated November 9, 1886.

' Application filed February 15, 1886. Serial No. 191,975. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES FALLows, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadel-v phia, in the county of Philadelphia and State -of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and I do,

hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the manufacture of that class of toys andsimilar articles that have secured thereto or mounted thereon tin figures of men, animals, &c.

The objects of my improvement are to lessen the cost of construction, to add strength and firmnessto the article, and at the same time produce atoy that will be comparatively noiseless when rolled along the door, and one that will not scratch or bruise the furniture of the room when brought in contact therewith. To accomplish these objects I make the pedestal or platform of the toy of wood, and attach the tin figures and any desired mechanism in the manner hereinafter described.

Heretofore toys of this class have always been constructed with a tin platform, in order that the surmonnting figure may be easily and cheaply secured thereto by soldering. As a consequence the toy is frail and easily broken, and when rolled along the floor produces a loud, disagreeable, rattling noise. Besides, When striking the furniture of the room, no matter how slight the blow, an unsightly vscratch or bruise is sure to follow. All of these objections are overcome by making the platform of wood and joining the parts together inA the mannerr herein shown.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy having my improvements therein. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section showing the manner of attaching the axles and the tin disks or plates to which the figures are soldered. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 4 are details of the axle bearings and supports. Fig. 5 are detailed views of the plates or disks to which the figures are soldered. Fig. 6 is a view of the axle-bearings and their connectingpiece removed from the wooden platform. y

A is the wooden platform of the toy; B, the

figure mounted thereon; C, the wheels upon which the toy rolls along the door.

c is the axle for the wheels. y

D D are the supports for the axles. These supports are made of sheet-tin corrugated to increase the strength and bent in the shape shown in Fig. 4./

d d are spurs or projections formed L:on both sides of the supports D. These spurs enter or are forced into the sides of the wooden platform A, (see Fig. 2,) thus preventing the supports from moving back or forward.

d d are narrow strips of tin-extending across the under side of the platform. These strips are soldered at the ends to the supports D D, in the position lshown in Fig. 6, thus securely connecting them together and fixing themin the proper position. To more securely fasten the. supports D D in position and provide for any shrinkage of the wooden platform, the strips d d may be made to extend only partially across, in which case they would be tacked to the under side o f the platform close to the supports D.

E E are two small disks or plates of tin secured to the wooden platform by means of a tack passing through both platform and disk. To these plates or-disks the surmonnting figure is soldered, as shown in Fig. l.

In small toys, instead of the tin plates or disks E E, a tack or rivet having alargehead may be used. These plates may also be made of brass or any metal to which solder will readily adhere, tin-plate being used simply on account of its cheapness.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In atoy,the combinatiou,with the wooden platform A and suitable supporting means therefor, substantially as described, of the me# tallic figure B, and the metallic plate or plates E, provided with tacks for insertion into or through the wooden platform, and having the metallic figure soldered to the upper surface of said plate or plates, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. y

2. The combination of the wooden pedestal or platform A, the soldering plate or plates E, secured to the platform, a surmonnting metal figure, B, the axle-supportsD, having the spur or spurs Ad and attaching-strip d, and the only partially across the underside l'of the 1o Wheels C, all. arranged substantially as'andfor Wooden platform, vsubstantially as described.

the purpose described.` In testimony whereof I aiix mysignature in 3. The Wooden platform or pedestal A, havpresence of two Witnesses. 5 ing a. surmounting figure, in combination JAMES FALLOWS with the wheels C, and supports D, having their tops bent to clasp around the edge of the Witnesses:

platform, and being provided with the attach- THOs. D. MOWLDS, ing-strips d', said attaching-strips extending OTIS EGAN.

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