US447631A

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Publication number: US447631A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-03-03
Anticipated expiration: 1908-03-03

Description

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AW. W. BROWN.

TOY PUZZLE.

Patented Mar. 3, 1891.

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VILLIAM XV. BROVN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EDlVARD MUEHSAM, OF SAME PLACE.

TOY PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,631, dated March 3, 1891.

Application iiled November l1, 1890. Serial No. 371.024. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. BROWN, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Puzzles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a toy puzzle, and has for its object to provide a simple and economic devicel which will tax the ingenuity of the manipulator and interest and amuse him; and the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and let-ters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the puzzle, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the main portion thereof.

The puzzle maybe said to consist, primarily, of a casing A and a stem B, adapted to be removed from within the casing. The casing A is preferably made of glass or other transparent or translucent material,and is shaped. to assimilate a bottle. The stem B is made in two

sections

10 and 11. The section 10 is preferably circular in cross-section, and the length of the sect-ion is preferably greater than one-half the height of the receptacle. The section 10 may be constructed of wood, metal, rubber, or any desired material, and is provided with a central bore 12, which extends from its upper end downward to within a short distance of its lower extremity. The bore 12 of the stem-section 10 is intersected by an opening or aperture 13, which opening or aperture passes through the stem-section 10 near its bottom from side to side. The opening' or aperture 13 is sufficiently large to receive a screw 14 or the equivalent thereofas, vfor instance, a rod or pin having its exterior surface roughened for a portion of its length. The upper exterior surface of the stem-section 10 is threadedand upon the upper threaded end of the Said section the up per or cap section 11 of the stem is screwed.

The cap-section is of greater diameter than the lower section 10 and is adapted to rest normally upon the mouth of the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 1. The cap-section has a recess or socket 15 produced centrallyin its under face, adapted to receive the upper end of a rod 16, which rod is passed downward through the central bore 12 of the lower stemsection to an engagement with the screw or with the roughened surface of the pin, if a pin is employed.

In placing the parts of the puzzle together the screw is first introduced into the receptacle and the section 10 of the stem is passed through the mouth of the receptacle until the aperture 13 therein is just below the neck thereof. The screw or the pin is manipulated by shaking or vibrating the bottle or receptacle until one end of said screw enters the opening 13 of the stem-section at one side, and when this is accomplished the screw or pin by being brought in engagement with one of the sides of the receptacle is pushed a sufficient distance through the opening 13 to canse it to extend beyond each side of the stem. The next step is to lock or secure the pin in this position. This is accomplished by passing the rod 16 down through the vertical bore in the stem-section 10 until the said rod is brought in engagement with the threaded surface of the screw or with the roughened surface of the pin, if such be used as a substitute for the screw. The cap-section 11 of the stem is now screwed to place upon the lower section 10, whereupon as the upper end of the rod 16 enters the socket of the cap-section the tighter the cap is screwed to place the iirmer the rod 16 presses against The joint between the two sec the screw. tions of the stem is neatly made, and the stem appears to be made of one piece of material and the screw to be loosely held in the lower section ot' the stern, as the aperture or opening 13 is preferably made of greater diameter than the greatest diameter of the screw eX- cepting the head thereof. When the parts have been put together in the manner described, the key to the puzzle is concealed from view, and when the key of the puzzle is known the stem may be quickly and conven- IOO 5 Patentl. In a toy puzzle, the combination, with a transparent or translucent bottle-like receptacle, ot a stem eonnurising,` abody-se'ction and asap-section detachably secured tothe bodyio section, the body-section being' provided with a transverse aperture and a central bore leading into the aperture, and a pin loosely fitting' into the transverse aperture of the stern, and a rod passed downward through the bore of 15 the stem and ei'lgagine; with the pin, as and for the purpose specified.

2. ln a toy puzzle, the combination, with a transparent or translucent bottle-like receptacle, of a stein consisting ot' a body-section adapted to enter the receptacle,provided with a transverse aperture near its lower end and a central bore extending downward from the top to the transverse aperture, a cap-section detachably secured to the bodysectio"n, the said cap-section having; a recess in its under face, a pin loosely fitted in the transverse aperture of the stem, and a rod located in the bore ot' the stem, one end ot which rod is in engagement with the pin, the opposite end being; adapted to enter the recess in the capsection of the stem, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

\Vl\l. lV. BROVN. Witnesses:

S. STEINHEIMER, ISRAEL JOEL.