Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 9th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 22nd May, 1897
We, JOHN EDWARD ALDERMAN, of No. 4, back of No. 40, Dollnam Street,
Vauxhall, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Brakesman, and ALFRED
HENRY BARNETT, of No. 107, Bath Row, Birmingham, aforesaid, Railway
Traffic Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed new or improved toy bomb which
is constructed to be fixed to a boot heel or to the end of a walking or other stick
for the purpose of exploding paper caps and this invention is carried out as
follows: We provide two small flat metal plates or blocks which may be of
circular triangular or other form held together by an elastic band which passes
round the two blocks or plates and lies in a groove in the same. One of the said
plates or blocks is provided with a central screw or is made with projecting spikes
so as to fix to a boot heel or to the end of a walking stick or other stick. The said
elastic band is situated towards one side of the two plates or blocks so that they
can at the other side be sprung apart slightly to allow of one or more paper caps
being inserted between them.
The toy bomb above described is used as follows:-The said toy bomb is screwed
into the underside of the boot heel or is fixed to the underside of the boot heel by
the spikes of the bomb being driven into the same. One or more paper caps is or
are placed between. the two plates. The user can then walk without the caps
exploding but when it is desired to explode the caps it is only necessary to strike
the bomb forcibly against the ground by the boot heel when the cap or caps will
explode with a loud noise.
The said toy bomb can be similarly used on the end of a walking stick or other
stick and the cap or caps exploded by striking the bomb against the ground or
against a wall or any other solid substance.
Dated this 9th day of Jul 1906
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.
We, JOHN EDWARD ALDERMAN, of No. 4, back of No. 40, Dollman Street
Vauxhall, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Brakesman, and ALFRED
HENRY BARNETT, of No. 107, Bath Row, Birmingham, aforesaid, Railway
Traffic Clerk, 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 consists of the hereindescribed new or improved toy bomb which

page_text: is constructed to be fixed to a boot heel or to the end of a walking or other stick
for the purpose of exploding paper caps and this invention is carried out as we will
describe by referring to the accompanying drawing on which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a boot heel with one of our toy bombs fixed
thereto;
Fig. 2 is a plan of the toy bomb;
Fig. 3 is a general view of the said toy bomb open shewing also the paper cap to
be exploded by the same; and
Fig. 4 is a slightly modified form of the said toy bomb.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
Our said new or improved toy bomb consists of two small metal plates or blocks
marked respectively A and B which may be of circular triangular or other form
held together by an elastic band C which passes round the two blocks or plates B
towards one side and lies in a groove in the same so as to be to some extent
protected thereby. The said groove in the plate A is marked a and the groove in
the plate B is marked b. One of the plates or blocks namely that marked B is
provided with projecting spikes d, preferably three in number, so as to fix the bomb
to the boot heel or to the end of a walking stick or other stick. The elastic band C
is situated towards one side of the two plates or blocks A B so that they can at the
other side be sprung apart slightly as shewn in Fig. 3 to allow of one or more paper
caps E being inserted between them.
Instead of the prong d of the plate B being pointed as represented by Fig. 4
this prong may be screw threaded so as to screw into the boot heel or stick with
which the bomb is used.
The toy bomb above described is used as follows:-The toy bomb is screwed into
the underside of the boot heel or is fixed to the underside of the boot heel by the
spike or spikes of the bomb being driven into the same as shewn in Fig. 1. One or
more paper caps such as E is or are placed between the two plates A and B. The
user can then walk without the caps exploding but when it is desired to explode the
caps it is only necessary to strike the bomb forcibly against the ground by the boot
heel when the cap or caps will explode with a loud noise.
The said toy bomb can similarly be used on the end of a walking stick or other
stick and the cap or caps exploded by striking the bomb against the ground or wall
or any other solid substance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A toy bomb for exploding paper caps consisting essentially of two plates or
blocks adapted to receive a paper cap between them and held together by an
encircling elastic band one of the said plates or blocks being made with a epike or
spikes or with a screw for fixing the same for use in the manner and substantially
as hereinbefore set forth.
2. The toy bomb for exploding paper caps consisting essentially of the two
plates or blocks A B held together by the encircling elastic band C fitting in a
groove in each of the plates or blocks A B towards one side of the same, the plate
or block B being made with a spike or spikes or with a screw for fixing the same
for use in the manner and substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of April 1897
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.