Improvements in or connected with Coin Operating or other Mechanical Toys.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Coin Operating or other
Mechanical Toys.
I, CORNELIS FREDERIK ALEXANDER RÖBLL of the Lyric Club Leicester
Square in the County of Middlesex a Jonkheer of the Kingdom of Holland do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The invention relates to improvements in or connected with coin operating or
mechanical toys and has for its objects to actuate running figures or other objects
in such manner that they will gradually move in a given direction as if engaged in
a race and terminate the competition one in advance of the other and that accidentally
or irregularly so that it will be impossible to previously select the winner with any
degree of certainty whilst at the same time their movements will be rendered more
natural than heretofore; to arrange such figures in relation to surrounding objects
or scenery in such manner as to conceal the means of imparting the movements
thereto; to cause boxing figures or other objects to fall in the same accidental or
irregular manner and to provide an efficient means of obtaining the necessary motive
power.
In carrying my invention into effect I employ a suitable case and stage and I
arrange transversely thereof two or more sliding bars which I call stop bars and to
each of these stop bars I for example fix by the means hereinafter described a
running figure.
These stop bars I couple by means of a bar or yoke which at its ends is provided
with studs which work in longitudinal slots in the stop bars in order to give a
delayed motion thereto or I may attain this end by other suitable means and I
connect the yoke with a weight or spring in such manner that the stop bars together
with the figures will be gradually advanced at an equal speed.
In front of the stop bars I arrange stop plates which are carried or actuated by
the ends of a balanced rocking table in such manner that when one end of the
rocking table is depressed the corresponding stop bar will be arrested thereby
whilst the other stop bar will continue its forward movement for a short distance
thus causing one of the figures engaged in the race to pass the other and win.
I give the necessary depression to the rocking table by the aid of a coin or other
object inserted in the machine and which is accidentally or irregularly guided onto
the rocking table at one side or the other of its axis by means of a drum located
above the rocking table and mounted with capability of freely revolving upon an
axis of motion arranged immediately over but at right angles to the axis of the
rocking table.
This drum is provided with a number of compartments or pockets around its
periphery each formed with one side open in order to permit the coin or other object
to roll out thereof onto the rocking table and these open sides are arranged
alternately at each side of the drum whilst the drum is by the weight of the falling
coin or object or by other suitable means slightly turned upon its axis at each
operation of the machine and therefore the direction in which the coin or object is
ejected from the drum onto the rocking table is rendered accidental or irregular.
Or instead of arranging the axis of the drum at right angles to that of the rocking
table I arrange it parallel therewith and I form the drum with say four compart
ments and dispense with the side slots therein so that the drum will be rotated by
and discharge the coin or other object towards one end or the other of the rocking
table according to the position of the pocket into which the coin falls.
In order to retain the depressed stop plate in that position until the insertion of

page_text: employ a suitable frictional or other
the next coin or object into the machine
detent.
In lieu of the means hereinbefore described for causing the depression of the stop
plates I sometimes cover the slot or orifice through which the coin or object is
inserted with a shutter fixed upon an axis of motion and which may be moved
either to the right or left in order to uncover the slot or orifice and I connect the
axis of the shutter with the stop plates in such manner that one or other of them
will be depressed according to the direction in which the shutter is moved.
I connect each figure with its sliding stop bar by means of a horizontal support
at one end fixed to the body of the figure at the side farthest from the audience
and at the other end fixed to a horizontal sliding bar which may represent the
horizontal bar of a fence and which at one or both ends beyond the stage is con-
nected to the sliding stop bars by which arrangement the means of supporting the
figure will be concealed from the audience.
The figures I form with legs jointed at the knee and at the thigh jointed to the
body and the arms I form cranked or bent from the elbow and jointed to the body
at the shoulder and I form each leg or its axis with an offset which is by a link
connected with one of the arms either directly to the arm or through an offset
therefrom or from the axis thereof so that the legs and arms will move in unison
and I arrange these parts at the side farthest from the audience so that they are
concealed from view.
In order to give motion to the limbs of each figure as in the act of walking or
running I fix a long horizontal projecting pin or stud to one of the legs below its
axis and I fix to an offset from the axis of the other leg and above such axis a
similar pin and I impart a horizontal to and fro motion to these pins by means of a
fork or frame which is fixed to a horizontal movable bar or rod carried by or
arranged in alignment with the horizontal bar which supports the figures and I give
a to and fro motion to the fork bar by means of a wheel formed with cams pro-
jections or teeth thereon and driven by any suitable means.
When employing a quadruped as the moving figure I couple the rear and off
fore and hind legs and the off and rear fore and hind legs in the manner above
described.
In applying my invention to boxing foiling or other figures one of which is
required to fall at the termination of the fight or competition I hold the figures
erect by means of the stop bars as described in the Specification accompanying my
application for provisional protection dated the 14th day of July 1890 Number 10954
but in lieu of the stop disc therein described for arresting the forward movement
of one or other of the stop bars I employ the arrangement of stop plates hereinbefore
described.
.
In cases where I make the apparatus coin freed I arrange the mechanism so
that the spring or weight which furnishes the required motive power cannot be
wound up until a coin of predetermined kind has been inserted in the usual money
slot.
For this purpose I employ upon the exterior of the case or box a crank handle
and upon the interior thereof I arrange a toothed wheel or winding wheel which
through other toothed wheels conveys the necessary motion to the spindle which
winds up the spring or weight and between the case and the winding wheel and
fixed upon the shaft or axis of the crank handle I employ a ratchet wheel with
which engages a pawl in order to prevent the crank handle being turned backward.
In the toothed winding wheel I form a hole in which I mount with capability of
endway movement a stud or pin and in the ratchet wheel I form a similar hole so
that when both holes are in alignment the stud may be caused to enter the latter
and thus couple the toothed winding wheel and the ratchet wheel and crank handle
a spring detent or other suitable device being employed to prevent the accidental
displacement of the pin or stud.
In order to move the headed stud into position to engage the ratchet wheel of
the winding handle upon the insertion of the prescribed coin I employ a spring

page_text: arm or finger whose tail engages a detent which is by means of a link connected
with a lever which upon the insertion into the money shoot of a coin withdraws the
detent and releases the spring arm thus permitting it to force the stud into engage-
meut with the ratchet wheel of the winding handle whilst the spring arm is returned
to its normal position in engagement with the detent by means of a cam or incline
upon the winding wheel.
The crank handle may be turned a number of revolutions in order to wind up
the spring or weight and thus by a suitable arrangement of toothed gearing a
considerable power may be developed in order to wind up the spring or weight and
in order to limit the number of such turns any suitable stop mechanism is employed.
When the spring or weight is fully wound up the winding wheel and mechanism
driven therefrom will be held stationary until the headed stud is disengaged from
the ratchet wheel of the winding handle and in order to effect this disengagement I
employ a spring push pin which is carried by the winding handle or otherwise in
alignment with the hole in the ratchet wheel so that by pressing upon the push pin
the headed stud and consequently the winding wheel may be disengaged from the
ratchet wheel.
Dated this 13th day of March 1891
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Coin Operating or other
Mechanical Toys.
1, CORNELIS FREDERIK ALEXANDER RÖELL of the Lyric Club Leicester
Square in the County of Middlesex a Jonkheer of the Kingdom of Holland 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 :-
The invention relates to improvements in or connected with coin operating or
mechanical toys and has for its objects to actuate running figures or other objects
in such manner that they will gradually move in a given direction as if engaged in
a race and terminate the competition one in advance of the other and that accidentally
or irregularly so that it will be impossible to previously select the winner with any
degree of certainty whilst at the same time their movements will be rendered more
natural than heretofore; to arrange such figures in relation to surrounding objects
or scenery in such manner as to conceal the means of imparting the movements
thereto; to cause boxing figures or other objects to fall in the same accidental or
irregular manner and to provide an efficient means of obtaining the necessary
motive power.
In carrying my invention into effect I employ a suitable case and stage and I
arrange transversely thereof two or more sliding bars which I call stop bars and to
each of these stop bars I for example fix by the means hereinafter described a
running figure.
These stop bars I couple by means of a bar or yoke which at its ends is connected
with the stop bars and I connect the yoke with a weight or spring in such manner
that the stop bars together with the figures will be gradually advanced at an equal
speed.
In front of the stop bars I arrange stop plates which are carried or actuated by
the ends of a balanced rocking table in such manner that when one end of the
rocking table is depressed the corresponding stop bar will be arrested thereby whilst
the other stop bar will continue its forward movement for a short distance thus
causing one of the figures engaged in the race to pass the other and win.

page_text: give the necessary depression to the rocking table by the aid of a com or other
object inserted in the machine and which is accidentally or irregularly guided onto
the rocking table at one side or the other of its axis by means of a drum located
above the rocking table and mounted with capability of freely revolving upon an
axis of motion arranged immediately over the axis of the rocking table.
The drum is provided with a number of compartments or pockets adapted to
receive the falling coin and thus be rotated by and discharge the same towards one
end or the other of the rocking table according to the position of the particular
pocket into which the coin falls.
In order to retain the depressed stop plate in that position until the insertion
1 of the next coin or object into the machine 1 employ a suitable frictional or other
detent.
I connect each figure with its sliding stop bar by means of a horizontal support
at one end fixed to the body of the figure at the side farthest from the audience
and at the other end fixed to a horizontal sliding bar which may represent the
horizontal bar of a fence and which at one or both ends beyond the stage is connected
to the sliding stop bars by which arrangement the means of supporting the figure
will be concealed from the audience.
The figures I form with legs jointed at the knee and at the thigh jointed to the
body and the arms I form cranked or bent from the elbow and jointed to the body
at the shoulder and I form each leg or its axis with an offset which is by a
link connected with one of the arms either directly to the arm or through an offset
therefrom or from the axis thereof so that the legs and arms will move in
unison and I arrange these parts at the side farthest from the audience so that they
are concealed from view.
In order to give motion to the limbs of each figure as in the act of walking
or running fix a long horizontal projecting pin or stud to one of the legs
below its axis and I fix to an offset from the axis of the other leg and above
such axis a similar pin and I impart a horizontal to and fro motion to these pins
by means of a fork or frame which is fixed to a horizontal moveable bar or rod
carried by or arranged in alignment with the horizontal bar which supports the
figures and I give a to and fro motion to the fork bar by means of a wheel
formed with cams projections or teeth thereon and driven by any suitable means.
When employing a quadruped as the moving figure I couple the near and
off fore and hind legs and the off and near fore and hind legs in the manner
above described.
In applying my invention to boxing foiling or other figures, one of which is
required to fall at the termination of the fight or competition I hold the figures
erect by means of the stop bars as described in the Specifications filed in pursuance
of my applications for Provisional protection dated the 14th day of July 1890
No. 10954 and the 12th day of September 1890 No. 14392 but in lieu of the stop
posts or disc therein described for arresting the forward movement of one or other of
the stop bars I employ the arrangement of step plates hereinbefore described.
In cases where I make the apparatus coin freed I arrange the mechanism so that
the spring or weight which furnishes the required motive power cannot be wound
up until a coin of predetermined kind has been inserted in the usual money slot.
For this purpose I employ upon
the exterior of the case or box a crank handle
and upon the interior thereof arrange a toothed wheel or winding wheel which
through other toothed wheels conveys the necessary motion to the spindle which
winds up the spring or weight and between the case and the winding wheel and
fixed upon the shaft or axis of the crank handle I employ a ratchet wheel
with which engages a pawl in order to prevent the crank handle being turned
backward.
In the toothed winding wheel I form a hole in which 1 mount with capability of
endway movement a stud or pin and in the ratchet wheel I form a similar hole
so that when both holes are in alignment the stud may be caused to enter the
latter and thus couple the toothed winding wheel and the ratchet wheel and crank

page_text: handle a spring detent or other suitable device being employed to prevent the
accidental displacement of the pin or stud.
In order to move the headed stud into position to engage the ratchet wheel of
the winding handle upon the insertion of the prescribed coin I employ a spring
arm or finger whose tail engages a detent which is by means of a link connected
with a lever which upon the insertion into the money shoot of a coin withdraws the
detent and releases the spring arm thus permitting it to force the stud into engage-
ment with the ratchet wheel of the winding handle whilst the spring arm is
returned to its normal position in engagement with the detent by means of a cam
or incline upon the winding wheel.
The crank handle may be turned a number of revolutions in order to wind
up the spring or weight and thus by a suitable arrangement of toothed gearing a
considerable power may be developed in order to wind up the spring or weight
and in order to limit the number of such turns any suitable stop mechanism is.
employed.
When the spring or weight is fully wound up the winding wheel and mechanism
driven therefrom will be held stationary until the headed stud is disengaged from
the ratchet wheel of the winding handle and in order to effect this disengagement I
employ a spring push pin which is carried by the winding handle or otherwise in
alignment with the hole in the rachet wheel so that by pressing upon the push pin
the headed stud and consequently the winding wheel may be disengaged from the
ratchet wheel.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to
describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a vertical section taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 2 illustrating a
mechanical toy constructed according to my invention in which representations of
human figures are engaged in a contest some parts of the machine which are not
essential to the understanding of the invention being broken away and the winning
figure only being shown.
Figure 2 is an end view thereof partly in section but showing both figures.
Figure 3 is a plan thereof also showing both figures.
Figure 4 is an elevation representing part of a machine constructed according to
my invention in which two boxing figures are engaged in a contest.
Figure 5 is a sectional end view thereof.
Figure 6 is an elevation representing part of a machine constructed according to
my invention in which racing horses are engaged in a contest and
Figure 7 is an end view thereof.
In the several figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3 a represents the case of the machine, b represents
the ground line or platform which is supported upon side beams a' and b¹ represents
the vertical posts of a fence carried by the stage b.
Transversely of the stage and immediately beneath the floor 6 are arranged
two sliding stop bars d which are mounted in guides d* fixed to the stage
floor and to each of these stop bars d is fixed by the means hereinafter described
a running figure c.
Motion is given to the stop bars d through a yoke or bar d¹ which at its ends
engages loops d** fixed to the underside of the stop bars d and the yoke d' is
provided with a loose link or offset d¹ fitted with a downwardly projecting
stud dwhich is connected with an endless chain k receiving motion by the
means hereinafter described so that the figures will be gradually advanced at
an equal speed.
The yoke bar d' is provided with a vertical stud d'*** which travels in a long guide
slot 6* formed in the stage floor b and it is fitted with springs d***** which press

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upon the loose link or offset №* and act to hold the yoke bar d¹ normally at right
angles to the stop bars d.
In front of the stop bars d is arranged a stop plate e or it might be two separate
plates which is carried or otherwise actuated by a balanced rocking table e
mounted upon an axis of motion e³ carried by a bracket e* from the stage b in such
manner that when one end of the rocking table el is depressed the corresponding
stop bar d will be arrested thereby whilst the other stop bar d will continue its
forward movement for a short distance thus causing one of the figures engaged in
the race to pass the other and win.
The necessary depression is given to the rocking table e¹ by the aid of a coin (or
it might be any other suitable article) inserted in the machine and passing through
the money shoot a' and which coin is accidentally or irregularly guided onto the
rocking table e¹ at one side or other of its axis e by means of a drum f located
above the rocking table el and fixed upon a shaft ¹ mounted with capability of
freely revolving in bearings f* formed in the walls of a hopper f** into which
the coin is conducted by the money shoot a³.
The drum is divided by partitions into a number of compartments or
pockets adapted to receive the falling coin and the drum f will thus be
rotated by and discharge the coin towards one end or the other of the rocking
table according to the position of the particular pocket into which the
coin falls.
In order to retain the depressed end of the stop plate e in that position until the
insertion into the machine of the next coin, so that it will with certainty arrest one
of the stop bars d and allow the other to pass, a frictional detent e' is employed
which bears with a light pressure upon a curved plate e fixed upon one of the
sides e* of the rocking table e¹.
The rocking table e is formed with vertical sides e¹ to form a suitable receptacle
to receive and laterally confine the coin and this receptacle which is open at its
ends is divided into two parts or compartments by a central partition el** which
also serves to connect the sides and the position of the rocking table e¹ with
relation to the hopper ** is so arranged that the coin cannot roll off the table e¹
until it is fully depressed, or nearly so when the coin will be conducted to the
money compartment q by guides or shoots q' q'-
Each figure c is connected with its sliding stop bar d by means of a horizontal
support at one end fixed to the body of the figure c at the side farthest from the
audience and at the other end fixed to a horizontal sliding bar which in this case
represents the horizontal bar of a fence and is supported in guides carried by the
posts with capability of sliding therein and this sliding bar 6 is beyond the
wings b** of the stage fixed to vertical posts d³ carried by the stop bars d by which
arrangement of parts the means of supporting the figures c will be concealed from
the audience.
The figures c are formed with legs c' jointed together at the knee at c₁* and jointed
to the body by the thigh at ** and the arms are formed cranked or bent from
the elbow and jointed to the body by the shoulder at ** and each leg is provided
with a pin c*** set off from the axis c** and which is by a link c connected with
one of the arms whilst the other leg c¹ is similarly connected with an offset c***
from the axis of the other arm c² so that the legs and arms will move in unison and
these connections are arranged at the side farthest from the audience so that they
are concealed from view.
In order to give motion to the limbs of each figure cas in the act of walking
or running and as the figures advance with. the stop bars d a horizontal projecting
pin or stud c**** is fixed to one of the legs c below its axis c** and to the other
leg (or it might be to an offset from the axis thereof) and above its axis c¹** is
fixed a similar pin or stud c****, and a horizontal reciprocating movement is
timparted to these pins or studs cl**** by the following means :-
The horizontal rail or bar 6 of the fence is formed tubular and with a slot **

page_text: extending along the rear side thereof and within the hollow rail or bar 6' or it
might be otherwise carried at the rear thereof and in alignment therewith is
arranged a rod from which projects through the slot * of the bar 6 a fork or
frame g which embraces the pins or studs c**** and a to and fro motion is given
to each fork bar g by means of a waved wheel or cam wheel h which is at its
periphery embraced by two antifriction rollers or they might be studs g³ carried by
an offset from the fork bar g.
The cam wheels h are each loosely mounted upon a square shaft h¹ which at one
end is mounted in a fixed bearing h¹ formed in a fixed standard carried by
the stage b and held against end way movement by collars h¹** fixed thereon and
the shaft is driven through a toothed wheel /* fixed thereon by the means
hereinafter described.
Each cam wheel is embraced by moveable bearings formed in the two uprights
or standards d³ of a bracket d³ which is fixed to the corresponding stop bar d
and the cam wheel h is thus caused to follow the movements of the horizontal bar or
rail and the fork bar g whilst still in its revolution imparting an endway recipro-
cating movement to the fork bar g as hereinbefore described.
In order to give motion to the shafts the toothed wheels * fixed thereon are
coupled by an intermediate wheel fixed upon a shaft i which at its ends is
mounted in bearings * and the shaft i receives motion from a toothed wheel
formed or fixed upon a spring barrel ; and which wheel gears with a pinion *
loosely mounted upon the shaft i and provided with a half clutch which engages
a half clutch 3 mounted with capability of sliding upon the shaft i but fixed
therewith as regards rotation and held up to its work by a spring 3*.
By these means the square shafts h' and cam wheels h receive motion from the
spring barrel j during the running down of the spring whilst in the reverse move-
ment of the barrel during the winding up of the spring the pinion ³ runs loosely
upon the shaft i without giving motion thereto.
The endless chain k receives the necessary motion in one direction to advance
the stop bars d and figure c and in the reverse direction to restore those parts to
their normal position by means of a chain wheel ¹ fixed upon a transverse shaft k
mounted in bearings and provided upon one end thereof with a worm wheel k³
which engages a worm / formed upon one end of a longitudinal shaft k
mounted in bearings ** and upon the other end of which is fixed a toothed
wheel which gears with the teeth j¹ of the spring barrel j.
The apparatus hereinbefore described may constitute a simple toy to be
wound up at will or it may be rendered coin freed or operating so that the
spring or weight which furnishes the required motive power cannot bc wound
up until a coin of predetermined kind has been inserted in the usual money slot.
For this purpose upon the exterior of the box or case a is employed a crank
handle which is fixed upon a shaft mounted in bearings * and immediately
within the case a and fixed upon the shaft is a ratchet wheel with which
engages a pawl *** in order to prevent the crank handle being turned backward
and the ratchet wheel is provided with an aperture * therethrough to receive
the small end of a push pin or stud which is mounted with capability of endway
movement in a bearing * provided in the case a and is normally held in its outward
position by means of a spring **.
Upon the shaft is loosely mounted a sleeve m upon one end of which is formed
a toothed wheel m¹ which gears with the teeth of the spring barrel j and upon
the other end of the sleeve m is formed a winding wheel or disc m² provided with
a hole or aperture m** corresponding with the aperture of the wheel and in
which is mounted with capability of endway movement a headed stud or pin m' so
that when both apertures or holes m*12* are in alignment the stud or pin m³ may
be caused to enter the latter and thus couple the toothed wheel m¹ winding wheel
or disc m² ratchet wheel and crank handle so as to enable the spring of the
barrel to be wound up a spring detent m** engaging a notch m³* in the stud or
pin m³ and thus preventing the accidental displacement thereof.

page_text: In order to prevent the overwinding of the main spring and to cause the hole m³*.
of the winding disc or wheel m' always to come to a given position upon the running
down or winding up of the spring a Geneva stop is employed consisting of a finger
wheel m* fixed upon the face of the wheel m' and which engages a star wheel m**
mounted upon an axis carried by a bracket m***.
In order to move the stud or pin m³ into position to engage the ratchet wheel l³
of the winding handle as represented by the dotted lines in Figure 1, upon the.
insertion of the prescribed coin into the machine an arm or finger n is employed
which is mounted upon an axis of motion n' carried by a bracket n* and is pressed
forward by a spring n³ against the stud or pin m³.
The shaft or axis n' of the arm or finger n is provided with an offset n¹* adapted
to engage a detent o mounted upon an axis of motion o¹ carried by a bracket o** and
the detento is by means of a link or connecting rod o² connected with one end of a
lever mounted upon an axis of motion o* carried by a bracket o³** from the
money shoot a² and counterbalanced by means of an adjustable weight o*** and
this lever o³ is provided with an inclined arm o**** which enters the money shoot a²
through a slot in the side thereof so that a coin inserted in the machine will act
upon the arm o***** and withdraw the detent o from the tail * of the spring arm
or finger n and permit it to act and force the stud or pin m³ into engagement with
the ratchet wheel of the winding handle whilst the spring arm or finger n is in
the revolution of the ratchet wheel returned to its normal position in engagement
with the detent o by means of a cam m²** upon the disc or wheel m².
The crank handle / may be turned a number of revolutions in order to wind up
the main spring through the barrel j and thus by a suitable arrangement of toothed
gearing between the toothed wheel m¹ of the sleeve m and the teeth j¹ of the
barrel ja considerable power may be developed in order to wind up the spring or
weight.
When the spring or weight is fully wound up the winding wheel m² and mechanism
geared therewith will be held stationary by the pawl 12** until the headed stud or
pin m³ is disengaged from the ratchet wheel 2 and in order to effect this disengage-
ment, the spring push pin 13 must be pressed in when the headed stud or pin m³ and
consequently the winding wheel m² will be disengaged from the ratchet wheel /*
when the main spring will drive the barrel j in the opposite direction and thereby
cause the stop bars d and figures c to advance and also give motion to the co-acting
mechanism.
It might sometimes happen that a person operating the machine would press in
the pin or stud m³ and release the ratchet wheel before winding up the main
spring and therefore in order to prevent the pin or stud m³ being held out of
engagement with the ratchet wheel by the detent o until the main spring has
been partially wound up or by slightly modifying the parts it might be until the
main spring is entirely wound up the dent o after being raised by the weight of the
coin sufficiently to free the tail or offset n¹* of the spring arm or finger n is prevented
rising to the full extent of its traverse (when the coin would be discharged) by
means of a spring detent which is fixed upon one end of a shaft or axis of motion p
upon the other end of which is fixed an offset p which is acted upon by a cam
upon the spring barrel to hold the detent p over the detent o but after the cam 22
has passed the detent is withdrawn by its spring and permits the detent o again
to act.
In the example given at Figures 4, and 5 the invention is shown applied to boxing
figures c (or they might be foiling or other figures) one of which is required to fall
at the termination of the combat and the figures are mounted upon vertical rods
and are assumed to have imparted thereto an oscillating movement and to be raised
when required by the means described in the Complete Specification filed by me in
pursuance of my application for Letters Patent No. 14392, dated 12th day of
September 1890, and I have not thought it necessary therefore to give a particular
description of these details nor have I shown the application of the spring and
. winding mechanism hereinbefore described thereto as these devices have no special

page_text: application to the boxing figures although any competent mechanic with the aid of
my hereinbefore recited Specfication would be able readily to apply them thereto.
In this example (Figures 4 and 5) the stop, bars d are controlled by a plate e.
carried by a rocking table e' in the manner described with respect to Figures 1, 2.
and 3 and the table e' is assumed to be similarly acted upon by a coin directed upon
one or the other end by a drum f. but in this case the arms of the figures care.
both connected by links with one leg, c' at the thigh and; only one legis
provided with a pin or stud c¹**** and this is acted upon in the advance of the figure.c
by a stop.g' upon the rail which in this case is fixed and represents the rope of a
boxing ring.
In the example given at Figures 6 and 7 racing horses are substituted for human;
figures and the limbs thereof are jointed and connected in a peculiar manner but
the means for giving motion to the horses are similar to those shown and described
with respect to.. Figures 1, 2 and 3 and I have therefore only shown such parts as.
are intimately connected with the horses c.
In this case the legs c¹ of the horse are jointed at c¹** to the body and the long:
studs or pins **** embraced by the fork ¹ are located upon the near and off fore!
legs above and below the joints or axes c** and the fore and hind legs.e are
coupled by means of links at one end mounted upon, the pins or studs c
at the other end connected with the hind legs at c¹*** above and below the axis c
thereof:
1****
and
1**
The arms of the rider c** are jointed to the body at c* and the whip arm c* is
coupled by a link c* with one of the hind legs of the horse so that the rider will
whip the horse, and in order to render the effect more realistic the head c** of the
horse e is jointed at c* to the neck, and is coupled by a link with one of the
studs or pins c****, and a movement will be thus imparted to the head and will be
conveyed to the guiding or driving arm by the reins.
It will be evident that by increasing. the number of the stop plates and drums f
and employing a bifurcated shoot or hopper f** and correspondingly increasing the
number of stop bars d and co-acting parts, I may employ more than two competing.
figures or objects c, that is to say I may employ two or more pairs thereof.
In my Provisional Specification I described the employment of a drum. arranged.
with its axis at right angles to that of the rocking table for directing the coin into
the latter, and I also therein,described a device connected with the money slot. for
depressing the rocking table, but I have found that such devices do not possess
such an amount of utility as to render it advisable to retain the same and I have
therefore omitted to more fully describe and I do hereby disclaim such arrangements..
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. In a mechanical toy the combination of two or more stop bars capable of
differential motion, means for traversing the stop bars, a rocking table adapted
to be depressed by a coin or the like, a stop plate or plates carried by the rocking
table and adapted to arrest. one or other of the stop bars and a frictional or
other detent for holding. either end of the rocking table depressed substantially as
herein shown and described.
2. In a mechanical toy the combination of a rocking, table a stop plate or, plates
carried by the table, means for holding either end of the rocking table depressed,
a drum mounted with capability of freely revolving upon an axis of motion in
the same vertical plane with the axis of and above the rocking table and divided
into several pockets or compartments and a shoot or guide arranged centrally over
the drum-to conduct a coin or the like into the same substantially as herein
shown and described.
3. In a mechanical toy the combination of two or more sliding stop bars capable
of differential motion, means for traversing the stop bars, a rocking table adapted
to be depressed by a coin or the like, a stop plate or plates carried by the rocking
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either end of the rocking table depressed, a drum mounted with capability of freely
revolving upon an axis of motion in the same vertical plane with the axis of and
above the rocking table and divided into several pockets or compartments, and a
shoot or guide arranged centrally over the drum to conduct a coin or the like into
the same substantially as herein shown and described.
4. In a mechanical toy the combination of a stage or platform two or more
sliding stop bars capable of differential motion located beneath the stage means
for traversing the stop bars, a horizontal rail located above the stage and corre-
sponding with each stop bar and carried by a vertical projection therefrom, a figure
fixed to each horizontal rail and formed with jointed limbs or parts coupled by
links eccentrically connected therewith a horizontal bar carried and concealed by
the horizontal rail means for imparting a to and fro motion to the horizontal bar,
a fork or other means upon the horizontal bar engaging studs pins or other devices
upon the figure to convey the to and fro motion of the bar thereto and means
for arresting one or other of the stop bars substantially as herein shown and
described.
5. In a mechanical toy the combination of a horizontal rail, a figure fixed thereto
and formed with jointed limbs or parts and a horizontal bar carried by and concealed
by the rail and adapted to receive a to and fro motion, a fork or other means
upon the horizontal bar engaging studs, pins or other devices upon the figure to
convey the to and fro motion of the bar thereto substantially as herein shown and
described.
6. In a mechanical toy the combination of a horizontal rail, a figure formed with
jointed limbs and means carried by the horizontal rod for actuating the limbs of
the figure substantially as herein shown and described.
7. In a mechanical toy a winding mechanism consisting of a crank handle fixed
upon a shaft, a ratchet wheel or disc fixed upon the shaft and provided with a hole
therein, a winding wheel or disc mounted independently of the ratchet wheel and
geared with the mechanism to be wound, a hole in the loose winding wheel or disc
corresponding with that in the ratchet wheel or disc, a stud mounted in such hole
and adapted to be moved by coin freed means into engagement with the hole of the
ratchet wheel, and a push piece extending to the exterior of the machine and
adapted to pass into the hole of the ratchet wheel and disengage the stud therefrom
substantially as herein shown and described.
8. In a mechanical toy a winding mechanism consisting of a crank handle fixed
upon a shaft, a ratchet wheel or disc fixed upon the shaft and provided with a
hole therein, a winding wheel or disc mounted independently of the ratchet wheel
and geared with the mechanism to be wound, a hole in the loose winding wheel or
disc corresponding with that in the ratchet wheel, a stud mounted in such hole, a
spring arm adapted to move the stud into engagement with the hole of the ratchet
wheel, a detent for holding the spring arm in its retracted position means actuated
by a coin passing into the machine for withdrawing the detent and releasing the
spring arm, a push piece extending to the exterior of the machine and adapted to
pass into the hole of the ratchet wheel and disengage the stud therefrom and a cam
upon the winding wheel or disc for restoring the spring arm to its normal position
substantially as herein shown and described.
9. The peculiar combination and arrangement of parts substantially as herein
shown and described with respect to Figures 1, 2, and 3.
Dated this 14th day of December 1891.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.