US359317A

US359317A - Gl fischer

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Publication number: US359317A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-03-15
Anticipated expiration: 1904-03-15

Description

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GJ. FISCHER. 'PLAY WITH ROTATING- GIG.

No. 359,317. l Patented Mar. 15,1887.

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- PLAY WITH RUTATING GIG.

No. 359,317. Patented-Mar. 15, 1887.

FFICE@ PATENT GEORG FISCHER, OF NUREMBERG, BAVARIA, GERMANY.

PLAY WITH ROTATING GIG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,317, dated March 15, 1887.

Application filed September 9, 1886. Serial No. 213,104.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORG FISCHER, manufacturer, a subject of the King of Bavaria, and aresident of Nuremberg, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire, have invented some new and useful Improvements in Plays with Rotating Gigs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gigs, and the purpose of it is to move gures by the rotating of a gig.

The object of my invention consists in an elastic friction-wheel xed in asuitable frame,

With a gig rotating on a step-bearing. The rotating gig is held by this step-bearing in a correct distancefrom the elastic friction-wheel, so that the latter revolves by the rotating gig. The friction-wheel is fastened onto its axle, and the latter is in connection with figures, which are automatically moved or turned by the rotation of the axle.

Figure I of Sheet I shows a side view of the toy with two boxers, which shall be moved. The gig is taken away in this ligure. Fig. II shows a vertical section through A B of Fig. I, the gig being in its place. Fig. III shows a horizontal section through C D of Fig. I, the gig being taken away. Figs. IV andW of Sheet II show a modification of this toy in which the figure (a bear) is not moved to and fro as in Sheet I, but only turned round its axle. Both figures showvertical sections. In Fig. V the gure is taken away from the toy.

First, the arrangement, Sheet I, shall be described.

In Fig. I a box-shaped casing, c, is placed on a foot-plate, a, by the supports b b, and is provided with two partition-walls, f and g. A rotating axle, r, provided with a crank, h, is set up on the foot-plate a and placed in the casing c. On axle?1 `sits fast a friction-wheel, f', which is provided with elastic wings f. Besides the axle r with the annexed mechanisms, the foot-plate a bears a step-bearing, a', destined for holding the rotating gig g in correct distance from the elastic friction-wheel f f. The crank h of the axle r is in connection with two figures (boxers X X) by means of the rods cl d, and the levers o o', which oscillate if 5o the crank h is turned. e z are the fulcrums (No model.)

of these levers o o', which'bear the boxer-iigures, constructed as manikins. Itis easy to see that by the rotation of the axle r these manikins are moved promiscuously. The rotation of this axle is gained by the gig and by the following-described arrangement of it: The winged wheel f f is adjustable on the axle r, and therefore Wings f can be brought in close or more distant contact with the mantle surface of the gig by raising or lowering wheel ff on axle r. By this means velocity of rotation that has to be transmitted can be regulated in the simplest way according to liking. The wings of wheel f can be of different materials and constructions. If, now, the gig g has been made rotating in the well-known manner, by using a piece of cord it is set upon the step-bearing a', and now it transmits its rotary motion to the elastic wings f, that lie against the surface of the gig. By this, as is easy to understand,the boxers X Xare moved. The gig g is held in correct position by the step-bearing a.

The best and most advantageous way of transmitting the motion is to provide wheel f with wingsf, made of birds feathers, Figs. I to IV, for they lay themselves closest to the surface of the gig and have a considerable amount of elasticity and adhesion. Instead of these radially-inserted birds feathers, wings made either of elastic thin chips, (of wood,) strips of paper, leather, or indiarubber, 85o., can be used, as is exemplied in Fig. V. This elastic friction-wheel can likewise be used Without wings, and in such a case it is made in the shape of a bell, or ring, or cylinder, or ball, &c. and the frictional surface, (the surface coming in contact with that of the gig,) consists then of as thin and elastic a material as possible.

The gig g may be of any construction orshape whatever, or it may be one of the well-known musical (humming) gigs.

Figs. IV and V show a modification of this toy. The only difference consists in the move- 9 ment of the figure. In this modification, Figs. IV and V, the gure (a bear) is not moved to and fr0, but it isV only turned round itself. Naturally the axle r is not provided with a crank on its end, but only with a central top,

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2. The friction-Wheel f', with the elastic Wings f, in combination With the rotating 15 gig held by the step-bearing a, andthe figures moved by the axle of the friction-Wheel7 for the purpose as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

GG. FISCHER.

Witnesses:

WM. EssENWnrN, SIGMUND DNKELSBIILER.