US1020030A - Toy. - Google Patents

Description

G. S. ELLIOTT.

TOY;

APPLICATION IILBD JUNE 20,1911.

1,020,030. Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

GALE S. ELLIOTT, OI SAN MABCIAL, NEW MEXICO.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Application filed June 20, 1911. Serial No. 634,325.

' To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GALE S. ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Marcial, in the county of Socorro and State of New Mexico, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to im 'rovement-s 1n toys, and has for its leading o ect the provision of an improved electrically operated %he further object of my invention is the provision of a simple, inexpensive and d urable .electrically controlled toy which Wlll prove both entertaining to small children and instructive to those of more advanced years.

Other objects and advantages of my 11nproved toy will be apparent fromthe following description taken in connection with the drawings, and it will be understood that I may make any changes or modificat ons in the specific structure shown and described within the scope of the claims without departing from or exceeding the spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my complete toy illustrating the positlon occupied by the various parts as the circuit of the magnet is broken. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the invention illustrating the depressed position of the parts. Fig. 3 represents a top plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a longitudinal sectional view on the line 4-4. of ig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a similar sectional view showing the parts in depressed position, and Fig. 6 represents an end view of the toy.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the supporting wooden base of my toy while risin rom the base near one end thereof are he pair of supporting posts or brackets 2 having journaled in their upper ends the transverse shaft 3 of my devlce, the said posts or brackets 2 being connected by the cross bar 4. Secured on said shaft 3 near one end thereof is the large drum 5 to which is secured one end of the resilient or rubber band 6. Rising from the base near the opposite end thereof is a post 7 bearing on its upper end the block 8 having a slot 9 formed therein to receive the free end of the rubber band while engaged in the block 8 is the set screw 10 adapted to be forced downward into clamping engagement with the free end of the rubber band, this method of enga ing the end of the rubber band ermitting o the ad usting of the tension t ereof or of the ready replacing oi said band.

Mounted on and secured to the shaft near the opposite end from that on which the drum 5 is secured is the enlarged collar 11 having the arm 12 formed integral therewith, while secured to the outer end of said arm 12 is the weight 13 which may either be made in the form of or may be decorated with an ornamental figure 14 which will present an attractive appearance when pendulating. It will be apparent that upon the elevation of the weight and releasing thereof the weight will first swin downward and rotate the shaft 3 in one r irection, said r0 tation of the shaft causing the drum 5 to rotate and wind the band 6 thereon, the ro- 'tation of the drum thus stretching or tensing the band. When the weight has ceased its movement or swing in one direction it will naturally make a swing in the reverse direction, and this movement will be accelerated by the unwinding of the band from the drum caused by the contraction of said band.

Inasmuch as the reverse swing of the weight will be less than its original swing the movement will ordinarily continue but a short time when the weight will come to a rest. To prevent the weight from thus coming to a rest, I have provided an improved intermittently energized electromagnetic device for lifting the weight upon its reverse swing to its former position, whereby the movement of the weight will be continuous and of approximately an equal swing as long as the magnet operates. Said 'magnet 15 is supported by the members .16 :wh1ch rise from the base and has the soft metallic core 17 projecting from its forward end, while the positive and negative wires '18 of the magnet extend downward along I the supports 16 to the base and are preferably contained in grooves formed in said base in the usual. manner. One of the wires 18 projects from the base and is secured to the battery 19, a second wire 20 1eadin from the battery to the controlling switch 21 for throwing the current on and off.

Leading from the switch 21 is a wire 22 which extends with the wire 18 upward along one of the supports 2, the wire 18 having its end secured to the contact brush 23 which projects upward from the cross Y bar 4 and engages the conductin rim 24 of the insulated contact disk 25w ich is see cured on the end of the shaft 3 adjacent the drum 5. The other wire, 22, extends across to engage the contact brush 26 to closet he circuit through said spring, lug ascent;

and contact brushes to allow the current' -to flow through the magnetandenergiaej thc, Engaged on the shaft 3 is the end same. 28 of the armature 29 adapted to be attract, ed by closed.

In the operation of my .toy, when the Switch is closed the weight is lifted to bring the lug 27 into engagement with the'fbrush 5 26, when themagnetwill be energized to draw towardit the armature 29, thus rock ing the shaftvand lifting the weight. As-

the shaft is rocked the lug 27 will -move around therewith and bend inward the resilient brush, and as the armature is lifted to project radially from the shaft toward the magnet the lug willride over the. end ofthe brush which will fly up and break the circuit. As the circuit is broken the weight will pendulate onthe shaft as its pivot and rock the shaft in a reverse direction, when the lug-27 will ride undr to lie on the opposite side of the brush, the return movement of the weight caused by the band as heretofore described bringing the lug 27 into engagement with the brush 26 to again close the circuit.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, the construction and operation of my improved toy will be readily understood, and it will be seen that lhave provided a simple, and attractive toy in which the pendulating movement of the weighted arm with its ornamentation of Fig. 14 will prove attractive to younger children, while the operation of the various parts of my device andthe difference in its operation when the magnet is used and. when the magnet is not in use will serve to demonstrate certain principles of physics and my toy will therefore prove instructive to those of a more advanced age.

I claim:

l. A toy, comprising a base, supports rising therefrom, an electromagnet supported by certain of the supports, a shaft rotatably secured to the other support, a plurality of arms projecting from one side of the shaft,

the magnet 15 when the circuit a contact secured on the shaft, a con,-

in said circuit,-said circuit passing around the magnet, and resilient means for-:par-w tially controlling the rotation of. the shaft,

one of the arms of the shaft forming an armature for the magnet to en plenientally control the.movement ,cf the s aft, 2. A toy, comprising a'pivotally'support- L ed weight, a resilient device for-partially controlling the .oscillation efitheweight on 'its. ;pivot-, an electric circuitincluding an electromagnet 'for "supplementing the emtrollingaction ofthe resilient member, and

Trneans for intermittently maldng and breakin "the circuit to control theenergizing of t e magnet asthe weight oscillates. '3. A to ,cornprising apivotally supported pendu um, 'a resilient member for partially controllingthe movement of the pendulum, an electric circuit including an eleotromagnet and a source of'current supply, an armature adapted to'swing with the pendulum and be controlled by the magnet, and means for automatically controlling the energizing of the'magnet and the break ing of the electric circuit. a

4. The combination with a pivotally sup ported pendulum, of an armature ada ted,

to swing with the pendulum, a resi ient member for controlling the movement of the pendulum, and an electrical controlling member for acting in conjunction with the pendulating armature to control the movement of the pendulum supplemental to the" action of the resilient member.-

5. A toy, comprising supporting members, a shaft journaled therein, a pendulum and an armature secured to and projecting from said shaft, a drum secured on the shaft, a resilient connection having one end secured to the drum, a support engaging the other end of the resilient member, an electrical circuit including an electromagnet for attracting the armature supplemental to the contraction of the resilient

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