An Improved Toy Railway and Track or Course.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Toy Railway and Track or Course.
I, DAVID CHARLES BALLINGER GRIFFITH 112 Sloane Street London S. W.
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to toy railways & tracks or courses for same and consists
in providing a platform, or track, which carries the lines or rails, said platform
being supported at or about its centre upon a support or pivot upon which it may
be caused to rock or oscillate. The platform may be made in one or more portions
preferably two halves which are hinged together so that the platform or track may
be folded up & form a box or receptacle for the various parts or pieces such as the
engine and carriages, moving figures mounted on suitable wheels or carriages stations
and tunnels when not in use. The rails upon which the train runs may have
switches so that the train or trains may run upon different tracks of rails as
desired. The stations and tunnels are fixed upon the platform by any convenient
means such as pins or pegs which are attached to the station & tunnels & enter
holes or apertures in the platform or track. It will be seen that by rocking or
oscillating the platform or track upon the support or pivot the train, carriages or
mounted figures will travel upon the rails or lines according to the direction of
inclination of the track. Any convenient mechanical means may be employed to
cause the platform to rock or oscillate.
Dated this 29th day of March 1894.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
proved Toy Railway and Track or Course.
I, DAVID CHARLES BALLINGER GRIFFITH 112 Sloane Street London S.W.
Gentleman, 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 railways and tracks or courses for same and consists
in providing a platform, or track, which carries the lines or rails, said platform
being supported at or about its centre upon a support or pivot upon which it may
be caused to rock or oscillate. The platform may be made in one or more portions
preferably two halves, which are hinged together so that the platform or track may
be folded up & form a box or receptacle for the various parts or pieces such as the
engine and carriages or figures mounted on suitable carriages, stations and tunnels
when not in use. The rails upon which the trains run may have switches so that
the train or trains may run upon different tracks of rails as desired. The stations
and tunnels are fixed upon the platform by any convenient means such as pins or
pegs which are attached to the station & tunnels & enter holes or apertures in the
platform or track. It will be seen that by rocking or oscillating the platform or
track upon the support or pivot, the train, carriages or mounted figures will travel
upon the rails or lines according to the direction of inclination of the track. Any
convenient mechanical means may be employed to cause the platform to rock or
oscillate.

page_text: In order that iny invention may be fully understood I now refer to the annexed
drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is a plan view of my invention.
Fig. 2. cross section through same.
a is a base plate upon which the rails or tracks k are attached and which are
preferably flat strips. The wheels of the train or vehicle m run outside said strip
or rail upon the plate a. o is a representation of a tunnel; and n are repre-
sentations of a platform the sliding switches or points enable the train or vehicle
to be run upon the outer or inner rails as desired. p is a hinge for enabling the
plate a to be folded if desired, the platform and tunnels being removed. The
operation of the device is as follows:-The platform is caused to rock or oscillate
on a suitable pivot or support which enters the cup 9 & by which action the trains
or vehicles are caused to travel upon the tracks or rails owing to the action of
gravity. In some cases I find it convenient to dispense with the cup q & operate
the device by holding & rocking same in the hands, when the device is of a size
sufficiently small.
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 toy railway tracks or courses, a base plate having tracks or lines attached
to same, & upon which trains or vehicles run said tracks having switches or points
and portable platforms or stations movably attached to said base plate, a cup or
socket attached to said base plate which engages upon a pivot or support upon
which the device may be rocked when desired, said base being hinged so as to form
a box when folded or closed so as to contain the various parts when desired,
,substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 4th day of October 1894
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.