US601555A - Tricycle-horse - Google Patents

Description

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J. N. GONE. TRICYCLE HORSE.

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i UNITED STATES PATENT rricnr JOHN N. GONE, OF MINEVILLE/NEW YORK.

TRICYCLE-HORSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,555, dated March 29, 1898.

Application led January 5I 1897.

To @ZZ whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. OONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mineville, in the county of Essex and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tricycle-Horses and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention consists of certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter more. particularly set forth and claimed.

The invention also consists of certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a cycle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a central vertical section through the same; and Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal horizontal section taken on the line a: a: of Fig. 2, looking downward.

A in the drawings represents the frame of the toy; B, the ligure, which in the present instance isahorse O, the driving-wheels, and D the steering-wheel. Said frame A may be fof any desired construction and material, but is preferably a at platform, as shown. The horse B may also be of any desired construction and material, but is preferably made of wood, as shown in the drawings, to represent as near as possible the outlines of a horse with the saddle, bridle, &c. The driving-wheels O are mounted upon the rear of the frame A in brackets a by means of a shaft a. This shaft is mounted in ball-bearings secured to the lower ends of said brackets and is rigidly secured to one of the said wheels C, which latter are preferably provided with rubber tires. The shaft CL is provided with a sprocketwheel a2, which communicates with another sprocket-wheel a3 by means of a sprocketchain a4. The sprocket-wheel asis adj ustably mounted in position upon spaced segmental rods a5, which have their respective ends secured to the under side of the horse and the upper side of the platform A. The said segments 61,5 describe an arc the center of which is the sprocket-wheel d2, so that said sprocket- Serial No. 618,040. (No model.)

wheel ai may be adj usted u p or down upon thel same to secure the desired adjustment of the cycle for children of different sizes without loosening or tightening the chain a4. The said wheel as is mounted upon a crank-axle a6, which is journaled in suitable ball-bearings mounted upon an adjustable clamp a7, which clamp is Vprovided with adjustingscrews a8, whereby it may be secured at any point upon the segmental rods a5. The outer vend of the crank-axle d is provided with the usual cranks a9 and pedals 0.10, whereby the driving-wheel O may be operated by the feet of the child seated upon the horse. The front or steering wheel D is mounted inthe lower forked end f of a vertical shaft F, which latter is mounted in the platform A by means of a suitable ball-bearing f. The said shaft F projects upward through the body of the horse B and is provided with a iiat apertured head f2, that projects through an elongated slot f3, formedl in the plate f4, secured to the under side of the head of the horse over asuitable recess f5, formed therein. The said apertured head f2 is provided with a laterally-extending pin f6, whereby said head is prevented from passing out through the slot f3. The under side of the head of the horse is beveled in opposite directions from the shaft F, so that it maybe rocked back and forth with the pin f6 as a fulcrum, said pin permitting this movement, but preventing the head of the horse passing off the head f4. The said plate f4 is provided with an auxiliary elongated slot f7, through which passes the end of a rod f8, th'e said rod being provided with a suitable laterally-projecting pin f5), similar to the pin f, whereby the rod is prevented from withdrawing from said plate f4, but at the same time is allowed to rock back and forth therein as the head of the horse is turned. This rod f8 passes through a guiding-bracket flo, secured to the shaft F, and is connected at its lower end to an auxiliary rod fu by means of a turnbuckle f 12. The office of this latter buckle is to lengthen or shorten the connection between the brake-shoe and the head of the horse, so as to get the desired pressure upon the former.

The lower end of the rod f 11 is pivotally connected to a suitable brake-shoe fls, pivoted between the bifurcated end of a screw-threaded stud fm, mounted upon the fork f, so that its free end will engage the tire upon the wheel D. A coil-springf is mounted upon the rod f8 between the bracket flo and the turnbuckle fig, so as -to normally hold the head of the horse forward and the brake-shoe out Of contact with the WheelD.

The rods f8 and f turn with the rod F, as the same is operated by the turning of the horses head to operate the steering-wheel, said rods Working through suitable segmental slots formed in the body of the horse and the platform A.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that when it is desired to turn the wheel D either to one side or the other the lhead o f the horse is simply turned in the di- -Vrection desired by pulling upon one or the other of the reins. Should it be desired to apply the brake, both sides Of the reins are pulled upon at the same time, thus turning the head of the horse back upon the fulcrum f6 and operating the rods f8 and f11 and applying the brake-shoe fw. Upon the pressure being removed from the reins the head of the horse will be automatically returned to its normal position by the spring f15. It is desirable in a device of this character to have the guiding Wheel normally held straight, so that some little pressure is required to turn the same to one side or the other. To accomplish this, I provide the shaft F with an arm f1, ad j ustably secured thereto by a screw-bolt fw. The Outer end of this arm is bifurcated and provided with an antifriction-Wheel fis. TWO flat springs G are mounted within the horse upon opposite sides of a block g, so that their free ends project forwardl upon oppositepsides Of the antifriction-wheel f 18. By this construction when the head of the horse is turned to one side or the other the said antifrictiOn-wheel]C18 engages either one or the other Of the springs G and presses the same out of its normal position. It will thus be observed' that the head of the horse is held tO one side under spring tension,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with al wheeled platform, of a figure mounted thereon and having a movable head, driving-Wheels on said platform, a shaft journaled in the platform, and connected at one end to the movable head, a steering-Wheel at the opposite end of said shaft, a brake-shoe contiguous to one of the Wheels, and a connection between said brakeshoe and the movable head, whereby the tipping of the head will effect an application of the brake-shoe, substantially as described.

2. In a toy cycle, the combination with a suitable platform,of an artificial horse mounted thereon and provided with a movable head, driving-wheels mounted on said platform, a vertical shaft mounted On said platform and connect-ed to the movable head at its upper end, a steering-wheel mounted On the lower end of said shaft, a brake-shoe mounted on saidshaft, and means connecting said brakeshoe to the movable head, whereby upon the tipping of the latter the brake is applied, substantiall y -as described.

3. In a toy cycle, the combination with a suitable supporting-platform, of an artificial horse mounted thereon and havinga movable head, driving -Wheels mounted under said platform, a vertical shaft mounted in said platform and adapted to support the movable head, so that the same may be turned from side to side and tipped back and forth, a guiding-wheel mounted at the lower end of said shaft, a brake-shoe pivotally mounted on said shaft and adapted to engage the periphery of the guiding-wheel, and a spring-pressed rod connect-ing the movable head and said brakeshoe, whereby, upon the tipping Of said head the brake is applied, and said head is returned to its normal position upon the pressure being removed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN N. OONE.l

Witnesses:

JACOB W. WRIGHT, CHESTER Il. MULHOLLAND.

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