US895312A - Toy. - Google Patents

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PAIENTED AUG. 4, 1908.

H. STUBBRT.

TOY. APPLIGATIOX TILED MAY 17, 1907.

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To all whom it magitconcem:

Be itknown that I, HENRY Srunanr, acitizen of the United States of America, residingat New Kensington, in the county of Westmorelarrd and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Toys, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to toys of the class known as trundling toys, in which t-he revolution of an axloo eratcs movable parts of a figure supported 2 mm the axle. The primary object of the invention is to provide a trundling my vehicle of simple and inexpensive construction, comprising a platform or vehicle body supported upon axles, wheels mounted on said axles, one or more figures or automatons sup )ortcd upon the piatform, and mechanism oi novelconstrnction for operating the movable parts of said figure or figures. I

-'i further objectof the invention is to provide a wheeled toy having a platform or Specification of Letters IPatent. Application filed Hay 11 -1901. Serial No. mesa.

TOY1

Patented. Aug. 4, 1908.

i'ngs formed in o positec sides of the bodies of the figures, the inner arms of said levers extend within the hollow bodies and are loosely connected to the 11 per ends ofrods or wires 11. The lower en s-of the rods or wires extend through openings in the platform and are connected to tripping levers. located below the platform, as will bodescribed hereinafter.

To each hand of each of the two figures is is5 of said cams corresponding to the number of rods 11 employed, four being here-shown.- These cams are arranged in staggered relation to one another, so that each will be at a. distance equal to one fourth the circun1ference of the drum from the next ad lac'entcam, .75

to insure the desired alternate am successive movement of the arms of the two figures.

.To operate the arms of the figure. deslgnated by the numeral 7, two trip ing levers' 2'5 body,- in combination with two figures or 15 are employed, each consist-ingo aresilient automatons su )ported .upon said plat-form wire secured at one end to the under surface and facing each other, a chop ing table or of the platform by screws 16 or like securing block supported upon the plat orm betweenmeans. These wires are bent downward atthe two figures, and mechanism operatedby the points 17 to deflect them from the under so the revolution of one of the axles of the toy, surface of the platform, and again at the to cause the a'rms of the figures to move aloint 18 to project them below the drum .13. tcrnately. l roni the bends IS the wires incline do'wn a. A. as...

Theconstruction of the improvement wiil be fully described hercinaft er in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and its novel features will be defined in the appended claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 isai side eleva tion partly in vertical section, of a toy vehi cle embodying the invention, and Fig. 2 is a rererseor bottom plan view of the same.

The reference numeral 1 designates a platform constituting the vehicle body from opppsite sides of which depend brackets 2, provrded with suitablebearings 3 for the axles 4 and 5, u )on which are mounted wheels 6.

Upon tie platform 1 are supported two hollow figures 7 and 8 made in imitation of the human body, and arranged facing each other. Between the figures a the ping table or block 9 is supported 11 on the p atform.

The arms of each of. t 1e figures are pivotaliy secured by bell-crank levers, the horizontal arms of which ext-end through open ward to points adjacent to the drum and then'cxtcnd horizontallybelow the drum,

and are finally b'ent downward and' outward to provide shoulders 19 and horizontal arms "20, to whi'chiatter are loosely connected the lower ends of the rods 11 of the figuredesig nated as 7. T he arms of theother figure are operated by trip-levers differ-in in construction from those just descr1bed, each com-Q.......i...

prising a resilient wire 21 secured at one end to the under surface of the platform adf'acent to the end of the.latter' opposite to t rat to;

which the wires 15 are secured. Thesewire's -1 00 21 are also bent downward ad acent to their. fixed ends to deflect them beiow the under surface of the platform, and are then bent upon themselves to provide hook-shaped do s '22 to engage the cams on the drum 1 which aline therewith..- Thewires 21 then connecting rods 1 'I preferablv eniploj' keepers it to'o reinforce the dogs 22. A

The resilient tripping levers a tomato w th the levers 21,.and as illustrated bv dot:

sLtQ lines in Fig. the feetof the two f 'urcs or'amtjons' alternate or are out of horizontal alinenient.

the platform, and a The operation of the. devi e will be readily understood. The revolution of the axle 4 and drum l3 fixed thereon brings the cams 14 successively into engagement with the shoulders 19 and dogs 22 of the tripping le- -vcrs to operate the arms of the two figures, the relative arrangement of the cams and tri .in levers beine such that one arni of one of the figures is first moved, then one arm of the other figure, then the other arm of the first figure and then the remaining arm of the other figure. this succession and alt-erna-t-e movement of the. arms being continuous as long as the toy is t-rundled or propelled.

\Yhile the primary purpose of the construction, is to produce the alternate movement of the arms of the two figures to simulate the action of two persons chopping, the

invention is not restricted to the construction and details shown, but includes all such modifications and variations as may fall within the terms-and scope of the followhig claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A trundling to comprising-a platform,

axles supporting said platform, wheels erating said rods and .bell crank levers com-' prising resilient ru ning levers, each securedat one cndio said platform, and adapted to engage said cams, said tripping levers being loosely secured to s connecting rods.

2. A trundling to), comprising a wheeled vehicle having a platform, two hollow automaton figures supported on said platform facing each other and each having movable arms, bell-crank levers upon which said arms are mounted, implements attached to the hands of the figures, a table supported upon .provide equidistant peripheral cams, a pair the platform between the two figures, and means o e-rated from one of the axles of the vehicle or moving the arms of said figures alternately, comprising a drum fixed upon said axle and formed with equidistant peripheral cams, tripping levers secured below said platform and bent to engage said cams,

' and'connections between said tripping levers and bell-crank levers. A

3; A. trundling toy, comprising a wheeled vehicle having a platlorm, two hollow automaton figures supported on said platform facing each other and each having movable arms, bell-crank levers upon which said arms are mounted, implements attached to the hands of the figures, :1 table supported upon the-platform between the two figures, and means operated from one of the avlcs of the vehicle 'for moving the arms of said figures alternately, comprising a drum fixed upon said axle, and formed with equidistant peripheral cams, rods or wires loosel connected at their upper ends to said bel -crank lovers, 3. pair of resilient tripping levers secured below said platform, projected below said drum, and connected to the rods or wires of one of saidfigures, and a pair of resilient tripping levers secured below the platform and extending above said drum and provided with dogs extending below the drum, and arms loosely connected to the rods or wires of the other figure. V

4. In a trundling toy, the combination with a wheeled vehicle having a platform body, of two hollow automaton figures each having movable arms, bell-crank levers upon which said arms are mounted, rods depend ing from said bcll crank levers and extending through said platform, a drum fixed u on one of the axles of the vehicle and recesse to of tripping levers for each of said figuresadapted to engage said cams, and loosely connected to the lower ends of said depending rods, the members of each pair of tr1pping levers alternating with those of the other pair, and the feet of one of said figures being arranged out of horizontal alinement with those of the other figure.

In testimon whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. HENRY STUBERT.

' Fitnesses:v

ULYssss S. ARMSTRONG, Jossrn S. STUBER'I.

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