Improvements in Mechanical Toys.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 29th May, 1899-Accepted, 19th Aug., 1899
Improvements in Mechanical Toys.
1, GEORGE FREDERICK LÜTTICKE, of 5/6, Elisabeth-Ufer, Berlin, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
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My invention refers to the construction of pinjointed wrestling figures, made of
flat metal parts, the movements of which are rendered very natural and varied
by means of stops in the nature of punched out slits and pins or the like, limiting
motion and the imparting of motion from one point that is in this case from the
lower portion of the leg of each figure.
The one
Fig. 1 and 2 represent the figures in two different positions.
leg ff of each of the figures is arranged to revolve on the plate A on a pin b b¹.
The extended foot pieces carry, pivoted at the points cc', flat rods d d', which may be
worked by hand or otherwise. The same foot pieces are connected with each
other at the points a¹ a¹ by a spiral spring a. The legs f f carry, loosely pin-
jointed to them at the points, the bodies kk and the thighs 9 g. The
lower parts of the legs are arranged by means of pins v¹ to glide in
slits e el of the plate A. Instead of moving in slits the legs h h may be loosely
pivoted to the plate A, in which case the movements of the figures would not
be as varied as with the pin and slit arrangement.
The bodies carry, loosely pinjointed to them the pieces forming the
heads and upper parts of the arms, to which are loosely pinjointed at the points n n'
the lower parts of the arms pp, which in this instance are of one piece for
both figures, thus forming the connection between the two figures. The move-
ments of the different component parts or limbs are required to be limited so
as to avoid unnatural positions and for that purpose suitable stops are provided.
Thus the movements of the heads and upper arms are controlled in that sense
by means of the slits s and the pins passing through them. In the same
manner the limiting of motion of the parts g g and kin relation to one another
results from the action of the pins u u¹ moving in the slits t t. Again the lower
parts of the legs h h are limited in the extent of their movements by means of
the pins v gliding in the slits e e¹ of the plate A. The motion of the lower
parts of the arms p p upwards is stopped by the pins o o¹.
The inventor does not bind himself to any particular stops, as obviously the
position of the latter may be varied and depends on the particular movements,
which are sought to be created and slight deviations in this respect would not
affect the natural working of the toy. The second pair of arms are, for clearness'
sake, not shown in the drawings; they may be arranged in any suitable way.
The inventor does not confine himself to the arrangement of the rods d d for
imparting motion, but reserves to himself to adopt any other suitable device or
a motor mechanism. Nor does he confine his invention to the particular sub-
ject shown, but he may choose any other toy subject, representing two pinjointed
figures connected with each other.

page_text: 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. A toy representing two pinjointed figures of flat metal, connected with each
other and the component parts or limbs of which are controlled in the extent of
their movements in relation to one another by means of stops substantially as
shown and described.
2. A plate or the like, to which two pinjointed figures as per Claim 1 are
pivoted in combination with a connecting spring, and rods or the like, imparting
initial motion, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this Twenty-ninth day of May 1899.
GEORGE FREDERICK LÜTTICKE.