throw-down peg top THE DRAWINGS.
Year: 1888

page_text: We FREDERICK JEWELL of 11 Dennett's Grove Dennett's Road Peckham in the
County of Surrey Engineer and GEORGE COLE of 13 and 15 Finsbury Street in the
City of London Toy Manufacturer 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 thereof, that is to say :-
The invention relates to improvements upon an invention for which Provisional
Protection was granted to one of us, the said Frederick Jewell, dated May 17th 1888
No. 7338 in the specification accompanying which said application the said Frederick
Jewell described the application of musical reeds to an ordinary throw-down
peg top.
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Now the ordinary throw-down peg top although an excellent toy for outdoor use is
hardly suitable for the drawing room and we have therefore according to the present
invention applied the musical principle to a captive" peg top; that is to say to a peg
top spun by means of a length of string wound around the same as is well understood
but in which the end of such string is secured to a bale or swivel mounted with
capability of revolving around a fixed pin at the upper part of the top.
And in order that the said Invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect we will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings fully to
describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
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Figure 1 is a vertical section of a Capore PB
Figure 2 is a plan thereof.
Figure 3 is an elevation drawn at right angles to Figure 1 and Figure 4 is a
horizontal section taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 3.
In the several figures of the drawings like parts are indicated by similar letters of
referenco.
a represents the body of the top which is preferably formed of wood as shown and
represents a removable crown or cover which is preferably formed of metal.

page_text: The body a of the top is formed with an annular chamber or cavity a¹ therein in
which is fitted the reed plate e carrying two vibrating reeds or tongues c¹ which by
acting in unison form a musical chord.; or a greater or lesser number of reeds might
be employed according to circumstances.
The reed plate c is securely fixed in position upon a seat a² by means of nails pins
or screws or it might be otherwise secured in place.
The crown 6 of the top is secured in position after the introduction of the reed
plate c by means of a nut or knob 62 which screws upon one end of of a pin e the other
end of which screws into the body a of the the top.
In the upper part of the nut or knob b² is screwed a stud 63 upon which is swivelled
a bale * to which is fixed one end of the spinning string & as is usual in this class
of tops.
The crown b is formed with a number of vertical holes 6 therethrough in order to
admit a current of air to the reeds c¹ and a number of tangential or they might be
radial horizontal holes ways or conduits a are formed through the sides of the body a
of the top and lead from the cavity or chamber a¹ beneath the reed plate c through
the body a of the top to the outside thereof so that in the revolution of the top a
powerful current of air will be induced to pass therethrough and thus produce a
pleasant musical sound.
By these means we secure all the advantages attaching to the embodiment of the
musical principle in an ordinary throw-down peg top and we at the same time obtain
a simple and cheap musical toy of the peg top class which may be safely spun in an
ordinary room.
We would hero remark that we do not confine ourselves to the precise details herein
shown and described as such may be varied without departing from the peculiar
character of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is,
1. A musical top consisting of a "captive" peg top furnished with one or more
vibrating reeds and suitable holes ways or conduits to convey a current of air to and
from such reeds substantially as herein shown and described.
2. A musical top consisting of a "captive" peg top formed with a cavity a¹ within
the body a thereof and one or more outlets conduits or channels a through such body
and provided with a reed plate c carrying a vibrating reed or reeds e protected by
a crown or cover & formed with a number of air inlets holes or ways therein and held
in position by means of a knob or nut b² screwed or otherwise fixed upon one end of a
pine the other end of which is screwed into the top body ail in manner substantially
as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1888.
FREDERICK JEWELL.
GEORGE COLE.
By White & Woodington,
27, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.