US463568A - Wind toy - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. R. ZUBERBHLER.

WIND TOY.

Patented Nov. 17

Afro/Mfrs IINrrnD STATES Erice.

WIND TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,568, dated November 1"?, 189i.

Application led April 15 1891.

To all whom t may concern:

Be 'it known that I, JOHANN RUDOLF ZU- BERBHLER, of Greenville, in the county of Greenville and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and Improved Wind Toy, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel and interesting toy or device which, when arranged to be carried in the hand,will afford amusement to children, or when arranged for support in a garden or lawn will form a pleasing ornament, and Which,further, may be employed for keeping off birds from small fruit., seed-beds, and the like, or made ayailable for purposes of advertising and disp ay.

The invention is not to be confounded With windmills or wind-motors, as it is arranged solely with a view to its own rotation.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.'

Figure l is a sectional side elevation showing the toy adapted to be held in the hand by a child, who by running will cause the toy to rotate on its axis, this form being also adapted for support from a post, windoW-sill,cr other elevated point. Fig. 2 is a side view of one of the miniature sail-boats of the toy. Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly in section, showing one of such boats and its supports arranged as a garden ornament. Fig. A is an end view of one of the radialarms. Fig. 5 is a front face view thereof, and Fig. 6 is an elevation show ing the protecting-screen.

In constructing a toy in accordance with my invention a suitable central support or standard is provided, from which arms radiate and support at their outer ends suitable bases or bodies, preferably in the form of miniature boats having sails arranged in a novel manner.

In the form shown. in Fig. l the short cenn tral stud or standard a is formed on or secured to a circular board or disk a, having a peripheral liange a2 and a handle A by which the toy may be carried in thehand of a child. To the standard a radiating arms B are se cured, the inner ends of said arms being inserted in a collar awhich is held to the stud Serial No. 388,980. (No model.) v

c by a wing-nut a4. Other means, it is evident, may be employed for effecting the connection of the arms B to the stud a'. The outer end of each arm B carries a suitable sail-supporting body or base C, which is preferably in the form of a miniature boat, the end of the arm being entered in an aperture c, Fig. 2,in such boat or base and clamped by a nut b. To the masts c spars c2 are fixedly secured, the several spars being arranged centrally of the boat and in longitudinal alignment. The boats may have any preferred rig. In Figs. l, 2, and 3 they are sloop-rigged, and thus include a single mast, a bowsprit, boom, and gaff, all of which are in xed position. The sails c3 are secured to the fixed spars and given fullness at the outer edges, that they .may belly and catch the wind in whatever direction it may blow. The dotted lines below the sails in Fig. 2 indicate the amount of fullness given the sails. To the forward side of each arm B a retarder B is secured, which will prevent undue velocity of the toy. The retarder B is of novel form, being concaved transversely and ran ging longitudinally of the arm, that it may be most effective for its purpose. The arms B are preferably square in cross-section, except at the ends, where they are rounded. y

In Fig. 6 the device is arranged in the form of a garden ornament. In this form the arms -B and their boats are supported from a standard or post D, Fig. 3, which has a collar d, that is vertically adjustable by means of the setscrew d. Above the 'collar d a second collar (Z2 is loosely mounted and in said loose collar cl2 the arms B are secured. A nut da serves to retain the loose collar in place. When thus arranged as a garden or lawn ornament, a screen E, of suitable fabric, is provided, the same inclosing the standardD and arms B and extending to a level with what would about be the water-line of the boats.

Vhen the device is not to be used or when it is desired to protect it from storms, the collar d is brought lower down on its standard, the arms B and their boats being correspondingly lowered to bring them within the protection of the screen E.

In Fig. 6 the boats are schooner-rigged; but this is not essential.

Myimproved device thus described is pleas- IOO ing, useful,and ornamental, and its rctarders properly govern its movements and prevent undue velocity. The retarder S may -be closed at the wider end, it' desired.

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

l. In a Wind toy, the combination, with suitable bases or bodies mounted on pivoted arms, of sails carried by said bodies for actuating` the same and concave retarders on the forward side of the said arms, the retarders projecting above and below the plane of said arms and acting to retard the movement of the toy, substantially as described.

In a wind toy,the con1bination,\vitl1 suit- JOHANN RUDOLF ZUBERBIILEILl lVitnesses:

also. WESTMORELAND, H. J. IIAYNsWoRTH.

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