US485713A

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Publication number: US485713A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-11-08
Anticipated expiration: 1909-11-08

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W. P. SHATTUGK.

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L 6 Au 0 M 0 N No. 485,713. Patented Nov. 8, 1892..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM P. SHATTUCK, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,713, dated November 8, 1892.

Application filed December 1, 1891. Serial No. 413,686. (No model.)

'toys; and the object that I have in View is to providea toy which can be made to move apparently automatically and with motions re-' sembling those of a live creature; and the invention consists generally in a toy provided with dilferential wheels or pulleys having cords attached thereto and arranged so that by pulling-upon one cord the toy will be made to move along the other cord or by releasing it will return to its former position.

The invention consists, further, in a toy of this class, provided with means for giving to its movable parts motions resembling those of an animal or living creature that the toy is intended to represent.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a verti cal section of a toy embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section at right angles to the section of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 2 represents the body of the toy, which is preferably made to represent the body of an animal, bird, or fish. As here shown,it is made to represent the body of a monkey provided with the head 3 and the tail 5. Arranged within the body is a differential pulley 7 9, the two parts of the pulley being of different diameters. This pulley is arranged upon a suitable axle 11, so as to turn freely in either direction. A cord 13 is wound upon one part of the pulley and a cord 15 upon the other, and these cords are preferably arranged to extend in opposite directions from the body of the toy. The toy is also provided with the pivoted legs and arms 17 and 19 and with the ends 21 and feet 23. The legs and arms are also preferably jointed, being formed in two parts and said parts being pivoted togther. The ends 21 are preferably provided with an opening 25, through which the cord 15 passes, and the feet 23 with the opening 27, through which the cord 13 passes. I also prefer to provide the axle 11 of the pulley with a cam or eccentric 31, and this engages a connecting-rod 33, that is con nected at its ends with the

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35 and 37 upon the pivots of the legs and arms 17 and 19 of the toy. It will be seen that the toy as thus arranged is made to represent a monkey in the act of climbing a rope. By pulling on one of the cords one cord willbe wound upon the pulley and the other will be unwound, and the difference in diameter of the two parts of the pulley will cause the toy to progress along one of the cords, so that by holding the cords in a vertical position and pulling upon one of them the figure will be caused to move up the cord and by slackening upon the cord the weight will cause it to go down again. The pulley rotates the eccentric, causes a vertical movement of the rod 33, thereby moving the legs and arms up and down and giving to these parts the appearance that the legs and arms of alive monkey would have in climbing up a rope.

It will be obvious that the figure that the toy is intended to represent may be varied Without departing from my invention, and that in a similar manner the movements of any kind of living creature may be represented and toys may be constructed intended to represent almost any kind of living creature.

I claim as my invention 1. A toy consisting of a body formed to represent a living creature,a diflerentialpulley arranged therein, cords wound upon said pulley and extending from the front and rear thereof, parts upon said body movable in relation thereto and guided by said cords, and connections between said parts and the pulley-shaft for imparting motion to said parts.

2. In a toy, the combination, with a suitable figure, of movable limbs connected there with, a diiferential pulley, cords connected with said pulley and arranged to guide said limbs, and means connecting said pulley and said movable limbs for operating said limbs.

3. In a toy, the combination, with a suitable figure formed with jointed and movable limbs, of a differential pulley connected therewith, cords upon said pulley, means for guiding said limbs, and means connected with the axis of said pulley and with said limbs for operating the same as said figure is moved along said cords.

4.. In a toy, the combination, with a suiton the same, crank-rods arranged in connection with the limbs, and a connecting-rod extending betweenthe same and engaging said cam, whereby as the pulley is exerted on one of said cords said body is caused to advance and said limbs to operate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 20 my hand this 17th day of November, 1891.

WILLIAM P. SHATTUOK.

In presence of- O. G. HAWLEY, F. S. LYON.