A NEW OR IMPROVED TOY PICTURE Book
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Cornelius Hermann Bacmeister, of Mark Lane, in the
City of London, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED TOY PICTURE
Book." A communication from abroad by Theodor Brand, of Sonneberg
(Thüringen), Germany.
Sealed the 27th January 1880, and dated the 31st July 1879.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Cornelius Hermann Bacmeister
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st July 1879.
CORNELIUS HERMANN BACMEISTER, of Mark Lane, in the City of London.
A NEW OR IMPROVED TOY PICTURE BOOK." [A communication from abroad by
Theodor Brand, of Sonneberg (Thüringen), Germany.]
This Invention relates to an improved toy picture book for children, which may
be employed, not only as a source of amusement, but also serve for educational
purposes; and the said Invention consists in the combination with a book con-
taining pictures or representations of animals, birds, or human figures of apparatus
for producing sounds in imitation of the cries of animals, the notes of birds, or the
human voice according to the subjects illustrated.
The sounds are produced by apparatus of the kind ordinarily applied to speaking
toys, such as bellows, provided with whistles, reeds, trumpets, or the like, the same
being contained within a box or receptacle shaped to resemble a book, to which
box are attached the leaves upon which the animals, birds, or human figures are
depicted. A cord is led through the side of the box from each of the sounders, and
as each one of the pages is opened the cord attached to the corresponding sounder
is pulled to produce the cry or note of the animal or bird represented. -The-box is
perforated at the top and bottom sides. for the emission of sound; one or more
animals or birds may be represented upon a single page, each provided with its
corresponding sounder and cord.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Cornelius Hermann Bacmeister in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 31st January 1880.
CORNELIUS HERMANN BACMEISTER, of Mark Lane, in the City of London.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED TOY PICTURE BOOK." A. communication from abroad by
Theodor Brand, of Sonneberg (Thüringen), Germany.
This Invention relates to an improved toy picture book for children, which may
be employed not only as a source of amusement, but also serve for educational
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page_text: purposes; and the said Invention consists in the combination with a book con-
taining pictures or representations of animals, birds, or human figures, of apparatus
for producing sounds in imitation of the cries of animals, the notes of birds, or the
human voice, according to the subjects illustrated.
The sounds are produced by apparatus of the kind ordinarily applied to speaking
toys, such as bellows provided with whistles, reeds, trumpets, or the like, the same
being contained within a box or receptacle shaped to resemble a book, to which
box are attached the leaves upon which the animals, birds, or human figures are
depicted. A cord is led through the side of the box from each of the sounders, and
as each one of the pages is opened the cord attached to the corresponding sounder
is pulled to produce the cry or note of the animal or bird represented. The box is
perforated at the top and bottom sides for the emission of sound. One or more
animals or birds may be represented upon a single page, each provided with its
corresponding sounder and cord.
But to make the Invention communicated to me better understood, I will proceed
to describe the same by reference to, the accompanying Drawing in which Figure 1 is
a plan of the improved toy picture book constructed according to this Invention,
the book being shewn open; and Figure 2 is an end view of the same.
A is the box or receptacle shaped to resemble a book, and containing the
apparatus such as bellows provided with whistles, reeds, trumpets, or the like for
producing the required sounds, such apparatus being represented by the dotted
lines; B, B, are the leaves attached to the box A; on one side of each leaf is
depicted the representation of an animal, bird, or a human figure or figures, the
side of one of the leaves exposed to view in the Drawing shewing as an example
the representation of a lamb; on the side of the other leaf. exposed to view may be
printed or otherwise produced any descriptive matter appropriate to the corres-
ponding representation, either amusing or instructive as required; C, C, C, are the
cords for operating the apparatus, such cords passing through the side of the box,
there being one apparatus for each representation; and the cords may be numbered
to correspond with numbers on the representations,-so-that-if-one_of_the_pages of
the book be opened and the corresponding cord be pulled the required cry or note
will be produced. The ends or top and bottom of the box are perforated as shewn
to allow of the emission of the sounds produced when the apparatus are operated.
Having thus described the Invention communicated to ine and the best means
with which I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect, I wish it to .!
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein laid down, as
the same may be varied without departing from the peculiar character of the
Invention, but what is claimed and intended to be protected by the herein in part
recited Letters Patent is,-
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The combination with a book containing pictures or representations of animals,
birds, human figures or other representations (and with or without descriptive
matter) of apparatus for producing sounds in imitation of the cries of animals, the
notes of birds, or the human voice, according to the subjects illustrated as herein-
before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Cornelius Hermann Bacmeister, have hereto
set my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of January, in the year of our