Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
I, JOHN AUGUSTUS WEITZEL, residing at North Mary Street, Lancaster, in
the County of Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America,
Manufacturer of Metal Goods, 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 toy cars which are designed for use as toys, and also as
advertising devices, and the invention is fully disclosed in the following specification,
of which the accompanying drawing forms a part. in which :-
Fig. 1, is a side view of my improved toy, and of the car, showing also the method
of operating the same;
Fig. 2, an end view of the car; and,
Fig. 3, a side view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modified form of construction.
In the practice of my invention, I provide a representation of a car which is
shown at 5, in Fig. 1, and said car is preferably composed of two similar side
pieces 6, and 7, which are formed from paste board or any suitable material, and
each side is so formed as to represent the side of a complete car, and each is
provided with downwardly directed bearings 8, which are provided at their lower
sides with representations of wheels as shown at 9, and between these wheels 9, are
suitable pulleys 10, which are shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and one of which is
shown in full lines in Fig. 2. These pulleys are mounted in yokes 11, one side of
which is extended upwardly as shown at 12, in Fig. 2, and in dotted lines in Fig. 1,
and secured to one of the sides of the car.
I also provide a trolley arm 13, which passes downwardly into the car, and is
secured to one of the sides thereof, and which projects upwardly as shown in
Figs. 1, and 2, and which carries at its upper end a trolley 14, which consists of a
pulley mounted in a suitable yoke at the upper end of said arm.
I also provide two end pieces or supports 16, and 17, and these end pieces or
supports are connected by two cords or wires 18, and 19, and the upper cord 18, is
passed through the yoke in which the trolley or pulley 14, is mounted, and the
lower part 19, is passed through the yoke in which the pulleys 10, are mounted,
and beneath said pulleys.
The car rests on the cord 19, and by raising one of the end pieces or supports 16,
and 17, it may be made to move from one end to the other as will be readily under-
stood, and in this operation, the trolley arm 13, serves as a support for the car, and
retains it in position.
This device may be used simply as a toy, or it may be used in store windows and
other places for advertising and other purposes, and in this event, suitable means
may be provided for raising and lowering the end supports so as to cause the car to
move back and forth across the window.
In Fig. 3, I have shown a modified form of construction, in which the car 5, rests
on the bottom cord or wire 19, and is held in place by a depending arm 20, provided
with a weight 21, and the arm 20, is secured to the car in any desired manner, and
said arm 21, may consist of two vertical pieces if desired, between which the cord
or wire 19, passes, and the operation with this form of construction will be
substantially the same as that herein before described, the opposite ends of the wire
or cord 19, being raised and lowered so as to cause the car to move from one end to
the other.

page_text: When this device is used as an advertising medium, any suitable advertisement
may be placed on the sides of the car, and said advertisement may be placed
thereon, when the device is intended for a toy.
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 toy car, constructed and operated as herein described, the same consisting
of two side picces, each of which represents the side of a car, and between the lower
edges of which are mounted two pulleys or wheels, said car being adapted to be
supported on a cord or wire on which said pulleys or wheels rest, and to be moved
from one end to the other of said cord or wire by raising and lowering said ends,
substantially as shown and described.
2. A toy trolley car consisting of two side pieces, each of which represents the
side of a car, and between the bottom of which are mounted a plurality of pulleys,
said car being provided at its upper side with a trolley arm, in which is mounted a
pulley and two cords connected with suitable end pieces or supports which are
adapted to be raised and lowered, one of which serves as a support for the pulleys
in the bottom of the car, and the other for the pulley in the trolley arm, substan-
tially as shown and described.
3. A toy car constructed as herein described, and provided with pulleys or
wheels in the bottom thereof, said car being also provided with a trolley arm, and
two cords or wires connected with suitable end pieces or supports, one of said cords
or chains serving as a support for the pulleys or wheels in the bottom of the car,
and the other of which supports said trolley arm, substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 8th day of February 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.