US985301A - Aerial toy. - Google Patents

Description

F. A. TERRY.

AERIAL TOY.

12111101111011 111.1111 nus, 1910.

' 985,301. Patented Febj28, 1911.

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H nrramsrs FRANKLIN ADELBEBT 'rnnnr, or can rmincrsco, CALIFORNIA.

. UNITED srnrns gsfrnnr OFFICE.

.aEnIAI; roan I j I Specification of Iiettcrs Iatcnt. l i tentutl FQl). 28, 1911. Application and m a, 1910. Serial notasasez.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN-1A. TERRY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain Improvements in Aerial Toys,

' of which the following is a specification.

, near the kite. A parachute or other object My invention includes means for suspendlng a para chute or other ob ect from a string orwu'e that may be connected with a klte,

andfor automatically releasing such para-.

chute or other objcct upon reaching the proximity of the kite.

The details of construction are as hereinafter set forth, and illustrated in'thc accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective viewfillustrat ing my invention as it appears.. in actual;

Fig. 2 1s a perspective, view of thesuspendin and releasing use. parachute, or toy, device. Fig. 3 is a sectiona view of said device, together with the wind-boardforming an attachment therefor.

1 indicates a string or wire connected. with a kite 2 and provided with a stop 3 located 4 is suspended from a device that is adapted to travel on the wire.-' The said device con-' sists of a block 5 rovided with hooks or screwryes 6 throng which the kite-string passes, and with an automatic suspending and releasing device 7,, constructed as follows. The same is formed ofa wire bent atone end to form a loop '8 through which the kite string 1 passes, its other end being bent. ,tWlCG at a rlght angle and the body of the wire passing through a longitudinal hole in the block-5 while its ektremity enters another hole 9 and crosses an open slot' 10 Thus,

the block may formed in the lower side of the block. Tlie bent end 9 of the wire 7 as shown in Figs. 1 andr3', whereby parachute 4 is provided with a ring through which the passes, the parachute is suspended. For holding the wire catch normally engaged with the mrachutering 4, I employ a rubber spring 11, which passes around the block lengthwise.

and is held in a-groove or slot 5! as shown. atone end the endless spring band 11' presses against the bent rear end of the catch 7 and holds it against the adjacent end portion of the blockfi. Such end of be also slotted vertically, (as

.hown at 12, in order .to furnish aguide for the bentrear end of the'wire catch in the course attached attachment, and surrounding the block and held in contact withthe catch, substantially as described.

sliding movement required for releasing the parachute.

It will now be apparent. that, if the suspending device he slid on the string toward thekite until the loop 8 of the wlre catch comes in contact with the stop 3, the said end 9 of the catch from the parachntering and thereby automatically releasing the parachute and allowing it to fall, whereupon it-will spread out in the well-known way and descend more-orless-slowly to the'earth.

For the purpose of propelling the suspending device upward on thekite-string, I employ a device in the nature of a sail,

the same being preferably constructed of cardboard or' thin wooden board, 13, and

having an open slot 14 into which one. end of the block 5',is pressed, the sides of the block being provided with transverse grooveslfi to receive the edges of the board which border its slot 14:. The board 13 is thus made easily detachable, but is held in place by friction when required for use.

My invention thus constitutes a simple, inexpensive, but. efficient means for suspending and automatically releasing a parachute or (other-small object, and thus forms a highly amusing toy.

I desire 1t to be understood that'my invention is not restricted to the particular form of string nor the particular construction and arrangement of the catch, nor the articular construction of the wind-board, it being intendedto employ any suitable means for holding and automatically releascatch will be forced backward against the tension of the spring. 11, thus releasing the that IS slidable in the block an having one ara chute cnd bent for engagement with the 1' band an endless rub Q I 986,301 J I; bordering the slot, whereby the bpard 1s held detachably by friction, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the class indicated, the combination with a block adapted to travel on' a kite-string 'and an automatic dev v vice' for susp'endin and releasin a. para- FRANKLIN ADELBERT TERRY.

5 chute, of a detachi e wind-board. aving' an htnusscs;

open slot, the "B1901: having 0p osite side Cmmms A. CLARK; grooves for recgiwmg the edges 0 the board Ronmuc W. CLARK.

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