An Improved Wheeled or Drag Toy.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1898--Accepted, 5th Mar.,
1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Wheeled or Drag Toy.
We, JOHN UPTON BARR, Junior, of 80, Herron Avenue, Pittsburgh, United States
of America, Gentleman, WILLIAM BENJAMIN SALT, ERNEST JOHN SALT and
WILLIAM ERNEST SALT, all of Millvale Borough, Pennsylvania, United States of
America, 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:-
Our invention relates to toys, and has special reference to what are known as
drag or wheeled toys, that is, ones which can be hauled or dragged along on wheels.
The object of our invention is to provide a cheap, neat and strong toy, which
can be easily constructed and which is so arranged as to emit a noise therefrom
as it is hauled or dragged about.
In our improved wheeled or drag toy, a cylinder attached to the wheels so that
in each half revolution thereof it will be inverted, is provided at one or both ends
with a whistle, and has a sliding weight or piston within it whereby the whistle
will be sounded when the cylinder assumes an upright position and the piston
descends.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a plan or top view of our improved toy, showing the cylinder in
one position.
Figure 2 is a side view of the same, showing the cylinder in another position.
Figure 3 is a rear view of the same, looking at the position of the cylinder shown
in Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the cylinder employed, showing the weight
therein in its central position, and
Figure 5 is a cross section of the cylinder through the weight on the line 5-5,
Figure 4.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.
As illustrated in the drawing, our improved toy has somewhat the form of a
cannon, all of the parts being preferably formed of metal, although any particular
form or design can be used and any kind of material can be used as desired.
Rigidly secured upon the axle a are the wheels b, b which are preferably formed
of cast metal. The axle a is split at or about its centre, as at c, for the reception
of the cylinder d, which is rigidly secured therein, and is preferably formed of
polished sheet-metal. The cylinder d is provided at each end with the
whistles e, el made from polished sheet-metal, these whistles e, e¹ consisting
of circular concavo-convex plates f, f secured together at their circumferences
in any suitable manner, so as to form the space g between them, and having the
openings h, h formed at or about the centres opposite to each other. A weight or
piston z provided with the concave faces j, j at each end, slides within the cylinder d,
being preferably formed of lead or other suitable heavy material. Secured loosely
around the axle a by means of the loops k is the tongue 7 which is preferably
formed of metal wire bent so as to form a ring m at its forward end, to which
can be attached a cord or rope n for the purpose of hauling or dragging the toy.

page_text: The operation of our improved toy is as follows:-When the operator grasps
the rope and hauls or drags the toy, the wheels b, b will revolve, so turning the
axle a and with it the cylinder d, which causes the weight or piston i to drop
down, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, when the cylinder d assumes an upright
position, thereby causing a whistling noise to be emitted through the whistle e,
or e as the case may be, by the expulsion of air within 'the cylinder d through
the openings h, h in the said whistle. As the wheels b, further revolve, the
axle a will be turned and with it the cylinder d, until the latter again assumes an
upright position, so allowing the weight'i to drop down against the other whistle
in like manner as above described, and making a whistling noise, which is repeated
at every half revolution of the wheels b, b during the movement of the toy.
It will be seen that our improved toy is exceedingly novel in its results and will
not get out of order. It is economically constructed and is positive in its operation.
By its use no harm can come to the child handling the same and it will certainly
prove entertaining.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. In wheeled toys, the combination, with the axle carrying wheels affixed
thereon, of a cylinder secured on the said axle, a weight or piston sliding in the
said cylinder, and one or more whistles secured in the said cylinder, substantially as,
and for the purposes, set forth.
2. In wheeled toys, the combination, with the axle carrying wheels affixed
thereon, of a cylinder secured on the said axle, a weight or piston sliding within
the said cylinder, one or more whistles secured in the said cylinder, and a tongue
connected to the said axle, substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.
3. In wheeled toys, the combination, with the axle a carrying wheels b, b affixed
thereon, an opening within the said axle, a cylinder secured within the said
opening c, whistles e, el secured within each end of the cylinder d, and a weight
or piston sliding within the cylinder d, substantially as, and for the purposes,
set forth.
4. In wheeled toys, the combination, with the axle a carrying wheels b, v
affixed thereon, an opening e within the said axle, a cylinder secured within the
said opening c, whistles e, el secured within each end of the cylinder d, a weight
or piston sliding within the cylinder d, and a tongue 7 having loops k fitting
around the axle, substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.
Dated the 18th day of January 1898.
D. YOUNG, & Co.,
11 and 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.