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@uitrit tatrs gamut @ffice Leners Patent No. 81,491, dated August 25, 1868.

IMPROVED AUTOMATIC TOY.

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'ro WHOM 1r MAY ooNcEitN;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. GOODWIN, of East New York, county of Kings, and State of New York,

have inventeda newl and useful Improvement in Automaton Toys; and I hereby declare the following to be al wfull, clear, and-exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in whichy Figurel represents the legs-of a toy, made to imitate the movements of the human leg, constructed and operated on my improvedlplan.- i

Figure 2 representsthe same when dressed and attached to a. toy-carriage.

Letter A is the stud or pivot on the hip, 'towhich the leg is attached. Letters B, B, B2, B3, B,and '.B5 are the bars'orpieces composing the leg and foot. Letters C and G are the cranks and crank-shaft. Letter D represents the -frame to which the legs and body are attached.

The construction and operation ofthe movement will be understood by those skilled in the art of mechanics,

. by referring to the drawings, assisted by the following description of the manner of operating the toy.-

The legs and body are made and'joined together, substantiallyas shown in' drawings, and 'attached to a carriage with wheels, or other sui-table'support, in the manner shown. v l

p The toy is operated by drawing it on the lfloor or ground. The feet coming in-contact with the surface on which the toy is drawn, causes the legs to walk; the legs being attached to the'cranks on the revolving shaft, operate together; the traction of the foot'n contact with the oor, causes the cranks torevolve, which operates on the other leg, causing it to raise its foot,vbend its knee, raise the whole leg,'and step forward, making a-step in imitation of the motions oif, the human leg and foot.

The toy can be operated by a strin'g'or band passing over the pulleys P and P', on the shaft C and axle of the wagon, or may be operated by a'spring, in any manner that will give rotation to the shaft C and cranks C, orto'tlie axle or wheelsof the wagon. The same arrangement can be used to imitate the movements of a variety of animals, by very `slight changes in thelengths of bars and points ofattachment." A lessor greater number of bars maybe employed in 'the construction of the legs, and made to operate or walk, on the same principle.4 The points or stickers in the hccls are to prevent thefeet from slipping. v

' Having now described the construction and operation oi' my invention o'r improvement, what I claim as new; an'd desire to sccureby Letters Patent, is`

1. In the construction of the legl of a toy, adapted to imitate the movemcntssoi` the natural leg, the

attachment of the bar B* to the lower. end of the bar B1, and to the foot, at a point in advance of the point of attachment oi'bai IBa to said' foot, substantially as and fdr-the purposeshownand described.

2. The frame or hip-plate D, to which the legs are attached, and-by means of which said legs are connected with the body of the toy, substantially as described.- I l 3.- 'lh'e construction of the legs or movableipartsof the toy, substantially as described, whereby", Whenthe toy is moved over the ioor, the said parts arecaused'to imitate the movements of the corresponding parts of the natural limb which it is 4designed to represent, substantially as set forth. l 4, The legs of' a toy, made of oneV or more pieces, connectedwith cranks, or the equivalent thereof, and operatedor made to walk by contact of the feet or lower extremities with the surfaceover which the toy is propel-led or drawn.

vWM. F. GOODWIN. Witnesses: v

Moses Fos'rsn, ALEX. MAnoN.'

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