Year: 1888

page_text: I, JOHN THOMAS LAWRENCE, of 112 Houndsditch in the city of London, Ware-
houseman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to novel or improved construction or airangement of
mechanical toys for children, in which toys, circular saws, rotating drills, rotating
cutters, blades, or the like can be fitted and worked by clastic or other bands from
a fly wheel and crank handle, or from a roller and band with or without multi-
plying action, in a similar manner to that of ordinary lathes, drill frames, boring
frames, circular saw frames, Lawn Mowers, and the like.
The toys are made chiefly of tin or thin brass or of a combination of such metal
and wood, and are of a cheap character. The use of said toys by children, will in
an educational sense, impart an elementary knowledge of those apparatus of larger
size and which are now in practical use.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said J. T. Lawrence.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Mechanical Toys for Children.
I, JOHN THOMAS LAWRENCE, of 112 Houndsditch, in the City of London, Ware-
houseman, 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 novel or improved construction or arrangement of
mechanical toys for children, in which toys, circular saws, rotating drills, rotating
cutters, blades, or the like can be fitted and worked by elastic, or other bands from a
fly wheel and crank handle, or from a roller and band, with or without multiplying
action, in a similar manner to that of ordinary lathes, drill frames, boring frames,
circular saw frames, Lawn Mowers and the like.
The toys are made chiefly of tin, or thin brass, or of a combination of such metal
and wood, and are of a cheap character. The use of said toys by children, will in an
educational sense, impart an elementary knowledge of those apparatus of larger size
and which are now in practical use.
Some examples of my invention are shown on the annexed sheet of drawings.
Figure 1 represents a circular saw A and frame B made of tin, or thin brass, in one
or more pieces the parts being formed by the stamping process and preferably with
projecting lips C and holes for the reception of pins D to hold the parts together,
other holes in the uprights being used for the saw spindle E, which is driven by a
band or wire chain F from a wheel G rotatable by the crank handle H. 1, I, are
distancing strips. J is a fence or guard.
Figure 2 shows a drill frame made from three pieces of tin, or thin brass A, B, C,
two portions being turned into tubular form for holding the drill stem D and the
wheel E rotatable by the handle F. G is the drill made of wire with the end swaged
as a cutter, or drill proper.
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Figure 3 represents a toy lathe made of tin, or thin brass. The frame A is bent
and held in shape by the cross pieces B, C, which serve also to carry the wire axle D
and wheel E, from which, by the band F, the spindle G is operated, said spindle G
being carried by a bent up piece of tin, or thin brass H, as shown. The top strip I
has a slot in it to give the appearance of an ordinary lathe table.
Figure 4 shows a toy Lawn Mowing Machine composed of two side strips A, B, of
tin, or thin brass connected at a distance by wires C, D. E, is a roller or it may be
small wheels which rotate when moved in contact with a table, or a seat, or on the
floor, and it or they rotate the cutters G somewhat like an ordinary Lawn Mower by
the hand or chain F. H is a front bearing roller.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
The manufacture of toys from tin, or thin brass, such as I show on the annexed
drawings and having mechanical motions as means for imparting an elementary
knowledge to children, as set forth.