Patent GB-190519728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toys and Amusement Apparatus.
Inventor: GILBERT WALTER VILLA
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 19,728. Gilbert, W. V. Sept. 29. Toy animals; tnys, driving-mechanism for; dolls; jumping toys.-The resilient device described in Specification No. 19,727, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.], is applied to toys or amusement devices, to various parts of which it imparts motions. One form of the device is shown in Fig. 1, and is preferably made of stiff cardboard, or like resilient material, which may be coated with a damp-proof composition. The device is formed with a diamond or square arched back a provided with a transverse indent b, and the sides c are internally concaved, and may be divergent, parallel, or convergent to each other. The device is shown in Fig. 6 as used to actuate the eyes &c. of a doll e, preferably made in two parts, and formed with a mouth opening e', eye sockets e', slots e<3> for the ears, and a slot for a beard i. Teeth f are attached to the sides c, so that, when the sides c are compressed and released, a vibrating movement is given to the teeth, and at the same time similar motions are given to the beard i, to the ears h through arms h<2>, and to the eyes g, which by means of crossed connexions may be given rolling motions about horizontal or vertical axes. The movements of the parts may be natural or grotesque. The device may be compressed directly, or by means of projections x<1>, or by means of a length of cane located in the neck, the movement of which is limited by stops. The lips and eyelids may also be made movable, as may also the gullet, tongue, and uvula. The tongue l, Fig. 9, is connected to an under piece l<1>, and is formed with an opening l<2> through which articles may pass to the gullet k, which is formed with a closing-piece k. The piece k<1> is closed in the normal position of the sides c. The movements of parts of dolls may be effected by two of the resilient devices, one being placed inside the other, and the inner one being arranged to operate the tongue and gullet. As applied to a cockatoo or other bird having a crest, the device may be adapted to erect a crest made of soft material, by means of a projecting arm attached to a side c. Toy fish may be provided with fins consisting of projections attached to the sides c and projecting through openings in the body. The device is made in the form of a crab, Fig. 12, which is adapted to jump. The sides c and other parts of the device are marked to represent a crab's body, and legs v are provided. On the parts c being compressed, the eyes g project from sockets, and the tongue l, which is secured to the under parts, projects through the mouth opening. On release of the parts c, the crab jumps forward. In a further modification, the sides c may be shaped as a crocodile's head, and the eyes are adapted to turn on horizontal pivots so as to close when the mouth is shut. According to the Provisional Specification, parts of the resilient device may be cut away to facilitate connexions of the operating parts, and parts of the device may be thickened in any manner. The device may be formed by bending a square, elliptic, or a circular piece of material, and its edges may be straight, convex, or undulated.