TRUVIDIONAL DIDIFICATION. A Mechanical Toy.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 19th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 19th Jan., 1895
TRUVIDIONAL DIDIFICATION.
A Mechanical Toy.
WILLIAM STANLEY ADAMS 15 Airey Terrace Gateshead County Durham
Pattern Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
A mechanical toy-comprising of throwing the ball from a cup to a trough, or
through a hole in a pedestal.
The cup is attached to a lever, at the other end of which is a finger knob
fastened to it by a pin, which is worked by a centre.
The lever is placed in a box to be made of a suitable material either paper,
wood, or metal-the cup works on the top of the box.
On the top of the box is placed the pedestal to catch the ball in the trough, or
pass through the hole.
The ball must be placed in the cup at the end of the toy, and when the knob is
pressed down sharply it should throw the ball into the trough or through the hole
in the pedestal.
Dated this 30th day of October 1894.
WILLIAM STANLEY ADAMS.
I, WILLIAM STANLEY ADAMS, of 15 Airey Terrace, Gateshead in the County
of Durham, Pattern Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to a mechanical toy and I will proceed to fully explain it
with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figures 1, 2 and 3 show
respectively a side elevation, end elevation and plan view and in the following
description like marks of reference designate like parts.
Referring to the drawings it will be observed that I construct a box B with a
lid L and in the box in suitable brackets I mount a lever C at for example E.
To one end of the lever at J 1 secure by a hinged joint a spindle F with finger
knob F and to the opposite end I attach rigidly the spindle S with its cup S¹. On
the lid of the box I mount a pedestal P on which is secured a cup or trough T
and in which there is also provided a hole H large enough to enable a ball H¹ to
pass through it.
The ball H¹ may be secured to any convenient part of the toy by a light
thread.
The normal position of the mechanism of the toy is shown clearly in Figure 1
and to play the game the ball H' is put in the cup S₁ and the operator presses the
finger knob sharply down with a view to throw the ball either into the cup or
trough T or through the hole H to perform which accurately will be found a more
or less difficult and exciting operation.

page_text: The dot and pick lines in Figure 1 show the position of the mechanism of the
toy in action.
The hole in the lid through which spindle S works must be somewhat elongated
to provide for the action of this member and the joint at J should work very
freely.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A mechanical toy consisting in the combination with a hinged lever having a
spindle and finger knob at one end and a spindle and cup at the other of a pedestal
or support having a trough or cup or hole or cup and hole therein the several parts
being suitably mounted and arranged so as to constitute a game substantially as
herein set forth.
2. The combination of parts forming the mechanical toy arranged combined and
adapted to work substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 18th day of December 1894.
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
3, St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Patent Agent.