Improvements in or relating to Toy Vehicles, Boats, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 4th May, 1900-Accepted, 9th June, 1900
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Toy Vehicles, Boats, and the like.
I, JOHN SHIPWAY, of 29, Brierley Street, Rosehill, Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster, Hairdressed, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to a traveling device or carriage having mechanical and
other parts relating thereto which may be constructed so as to travel on a
suspended cord elastic or wire or it may be constructed.so as to travel along the
Hoor by means of a cord or other attachment in each case producing the same
or like effect. My device or carriage for traveling on a suspended cord elastic
or wire is constructed as follows. I provide a piece of strong, wire of brass or
equivalents the same is bent like the letter V or other form the ends of which
are bent outward from each other so as to form a straight line. To these ends
I fix a box made of tin or equivalents having an opening in each end each box
being provided with a small grooved wheel the shaft of which is passed through
the sides of each box. I now provide a balance weight made of lead or equiva-
lents of suitable shape this I fix inside the wire frame like the afore said letter V
or other form. The afore said device or carriage is provided with one or more
pillars or other suitable supports for the purpose of supporting above the afore
said grooved wheels a boat which may be a rowing boat or other sailing craft.
The rowing boat is provided with a (toy) man fixed on the end of a rod made of
tin or equivalents the other end of said rod is passed through a slot in bottom
of boat. The lower end of said rod is connected by another rod to a crank fixed
on the shaft of the afore said grooved wheel the afore said (toy) man by this
means can be made to oscillate and to go through the form of plying the oars
as in rowing. Other sailing craft by a slight alteration of the mechanical parts
but with out departing from the spirit of the invention can be made to rise and
fall as in sailing. The other part relating to the afore said device or carriage is
a device for holding a suspended cord elastic or wire and is constructed as
follows. I provide a piece of wood or equivalents of suitable length and width
the ends of which are provided with cross pieces so as to form a stand which
may be in one or more parts having hinges or equivalents for the purpose of
folding. At each end of the said stand I provide poles or rods of wood or equiva-
lents each pole or rod having a spike in one end for the purpose of fixing in said
stand one pole or rod being about half the length of the other cach pole or rod
being supported with cords or wires. One of the poles or rods are fitted with a
slide made of wood or equivalent the upper end of slide being fitted with a ring
of brass or equivalent. The said pole or rod passing through the said ring and
lower end of said slide. The shortest pole or rod is fitted at the top with a ring
or loop of brass or equivalents to which one end of a cord is fixed the other end
of said cord is passed through the openings in the ends of the aforesaid tin
boxes fitted with grooved wheels, and fixed on the ends of the afore said wire
frame. The said cord is then hooked to the ring in the afore said slide. The
said slide is provided for the purpose of raising or lowering the said cord so as

page_text: to produce an inclined plane down which the afore said boat by means of the
afore said device or carriage travels at the same time producing the effect of
rowing or of rising and falling as in sailing. Another form of device or carriage
that can be drawn along the floor by means of a cord or other suitable attachment
is constructed as follows. The body of carriage or device is like the letter H in
form the ends of the parallel lines are bent over so as to come opposite to each
other through which are passed the shafts to which the wheels are fixed. The
other line of said body of carriage or device passing from one parallel line to the
other has a slot cut in the center or there about. One of the afore said shafts
being bent so as to form a crank for the purpose of driving the mechanical parts
which consist of a rod or lever made of tin or equivalents. One end of which
has a slot cut into it the other end has a hole drilled through and is fitted on to
one of the afore said shafts the slotted end of said, rod or lever is fitted on the
afore said crank. I now provide two or more pillars or other supports, thise I
fix ou each side of slot cut in the body of the afore said carriage or device. The
said pillars have holes made in the upper end so as to receive a pin. I now
provide a rowing boat or other sailing craft having a slot cut in the bottom
through which the afore said pillars are passed. The boat is now fixed to the
said pin passing through the upper end of the afore said pillars or other supports.
The boat can now rise and fall by means of a short rod fitted to a pin fixed to
the bottom of said boat. The other end of rod is fitted to a pin fixed in the end
of the afore said rod or lever having a slot cut in one end and fitted on the afore
said crank the crank revolving inside the said slot giving to the boat a motion
of rising and falling as in sailing. I provide another rod or lever made of tin
or equivalents which I pass through slot in bottom of boat and between the afore
said pillars then through slot in body of the afore said carriage or device this
rod or lever operating on same pin to which the said boat is fixed the end of
said rod or lever is fitted with a pin to which is fitted a rod made of tin or equiva-
lents the other end of said rod being fitted on the afore said crank which gives
the rod or lever passing through boat bottom an oscillating motion the (toy) man
fixed on the upper end of this rod or lever when in motion goes through the form
of plying the oars as in rowing. All the mechanical parts are kept in position
by sinal collars or other means. When the afore said carriage or device is
traveling along the floor the mechanical parts by means of the afore said crank
preform their different movements at one and the same time as discribed!
Dated this 3rd day of July 1900°
Improvements in or relating to Toy Vehicles, Boats, and the like.
I, JOHN SHIPWAY, of 29, Brierley Street, Rose Hill, Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster, Hair-dresser, 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: —
It relates, to a toy travelling device, boat or carriage having mechanical and
other parts mounted in connection with it to enable it to travel on the floor or
ground the surface of a table or the like or to travel on a suspended cord; thread
of elastic or wire and my said invention consists in so constructing said toy devices,
boats or carriages and parts in connection therewith that movements are trans-
mitted thereto as well as to the figures mounted as occupants therein approxi-
mating the natural movement of a boat and its oarsman.
In order that my said invention may be readily understood I have hereunto

page_text: appended a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof to which by figures and letters
reference is made in the following description.
Fig. I is a part sectional side elevation of my toy device as mounted upon a
carriage constructed to move over the ground or the surface of a table or the
like.
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Fig. 2 is a side elevation illustrating my improved toy as mounted to travel
over a cord, wire or elastic thread.
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Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of my device construoted as here-
inafter described.
In carrying my invention into effect I mount the boat upon the pivotal bear-
ings supported by the arms e secured to the framework of the carriage d which
is arranged to travel upon the wheels ef over the surface of the ground table
or the like when drawn by the cord, chain or string g. The boat a may carry
its complement of figures hk m. The figure representing the oarsman being
pivotted at 6 upon the pin supporting the boat a while coupled to said figure
is a rod n extending downwards to be pivotally secured at o to the rod p having
its other end hinged upon the crank q secured to or formed on the axle of the
wheel e so that as this latter rotates the crank 4 will transmit oscillatory motion
to the figure through the medium of the rods p and n, and such oscillatory
motion of the figure & transmits motion to the oars which are pivotted at 3.
to the boat a and at 4 to the said figure. The same crank also takes through
a slots made in the lever t which has its fulcrum on the axle w of the wheel f
while its other end is coupled to the boat a by the intervening link v thus the
rotary motion of the said crank g is enabled to transmit oscillatory or rocking
motion to the boat a.
To enable the boat a to travel over a cord we or the like I dispense with the
wheels ef and substitute the grooved pulleys el fi to take over such cord w and
the slotted lever has its fulcrum upon one of the arms c while the link v
couples it to the boat a so that the rotary motion of the crank q on the axle of
the pulley e transmits the desired motion to said boat a as it travels by gravity
down the cord or wire w.
The cord to is fixed at one end to the standard. while the other end is secured.
to a sliding piece y mounted to be moved up and down on the standard y in
this manner when the sliding piece y is in the position shown in full lines the
boat will travel in the direction indicated by the arrow y" and will approach
the standard while when the sliding piece is moved down into the position
shown by the broken lines then the boat a will travel in the opposite direction
and approach the standard y'.
The standard and y are preferably detachably secured to the hinged or
folding base piece on which they are firmly held against the pull on the cord w
by the guy-strings >
The figure in the boat a as described in connection with Figure 2 has no
rocking or oscillatory motion transmitted to it such motion being transmitted to
the boat alone, while to transmit such motion to the figure and not to the boat
I make use of the device shown by Fig. 3, wherein the same type of pulleys e f
are used as in the arrangement shown by Fig. 2, and the crank is made to
transmit motion to the rod p and thus to the rod n for carrying same to the
figure as in the arrangement shown by Fig. 1.
In the arrangement wherein the boat a is made to move over a cord or the
like wa counterbalancing weight s is mounted beneath same to keep the boat a
in its proper position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The means or mechanism whereby toy boats or the like and the figures

page_text: contained by them may have movements transmitted thereto substantially as
herein specified:
2. The means or mechanism whereby a rocking motion. may be transmitted to
a toy boat or to the figure it contains as it travels over its supporting string
substantially as herein set forth.
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3. In a toy of the class described an adjustably mounted string arranged to
enable such toy to travel thereon too and from the user substantially as herein
specified.
4. In a toy of the class described, a counterbalancing weight to keep the moving
body in a proper relative position with. the string or the like over which it
travels substantially as herein set forth and described.
JOHN SHIPWAY.