Additions to Ordinary Spinning Tops.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Additions to Ordinary Spinning Tops.
ALFRED GOZZARD 37 Wolseley Road Sheffield. Brass Founder do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the upper end of the centre spindle of an ordinary spinning top I drill a small
hole and the end of the spindle itself is countersunk to the said hole to render it
easy to insert wires while the top is at rest or in motion and it is also bevelled to
the outside so that any devices attached to the said wires may easily osilate or
viberate if require I then attach to a wire to be inserted in the before mentioned
small hole a cross bar or bars constructed of any light material which I secure
through a small hole in the centre by means of a cap which covers loosely a head
made on the upper end of the said wire thus allowing the bar or bars to move
freely in any direction and also to go round with the top upon one or more ends of the
said cross bar or bars I place imitations of butterflies bees birds animals figures or
any such like things which move round with the top in an uncertain manner giving
the appearance of life I also insert in the before mentioned small hole wires to
which are attached different devices such as imitations of bottles jugs vases cups and
saucers bowls basins or any similar things made of card board or any other suitable
material and coloured so that the colours appear to mingle and vary as the top
rotates and I also provide a dish or stand for the top to spin upon and to keep it in
the right position and to this stand is attached one or more wires which support
imitations of flowers or other articles placed in such a position that the imitation
butterflies and other viberating devices occasionally strike against rest upon or
pass over them when being turned round by the top.
Dated this 5th day of March 1892
ALFRED GOZZARD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Additions to Ordinary Spinning Tops.
ALFRED GOZZARD 37 Wolseley Road Sheffield in the County of York Brass
Founder 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 additions to ordinary spinning tops its object being to
imitate the flying and alighting of butterflys or other insects or birds or animals
upon flowers or plants or obstacles to attain which I construct and arrange my
improvements as set forth in the accompanying drawings which refer to the
butterfly and flower imitation but it will be obvious that other insects or birds or
animals may be represented in a similar way and arranged to either come in
contact with flowers or alight upon twigs or other obstacles and it will therefore
be unnecessary to illustrate the other representations the additions in construction
if not in form will be similar.
Fig. 1 is a part sectional elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of my improved additions
shown applied to an ordinary spinning top similar letters of reference denote
corresponding parts in each view at the upper end of the centre spindle A of the
ordinary spinning top B I drill or form a small vertical hole A' and the said upper
end of the spindle A I countersink at A2 so as to render it easy to insert a pin or
wire C when the top B is spinning the upper end of the spindle A is tapered a
little on the outside so that any device attached, to or carried by the pin or wire C
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page_text: is free to oscillate or vibrate the pin or wire C is formed with a head C, and
carries a cross bar D preferably composed of cardboard the cap D' preventing the
head C of pin C passing through at each end of the bar DI attach a representation
of a butterfly. E the top B has a drum or shank around which the string is
wound for the purpose of spinning the top in the ordinary way the bottom part of
spindle A is made in peg shape and rests on a stand H has secured to it a carrier j
at the top of which is secured an imitation flower K preferably made of cardboard
the top after being spun is placed on the stand H subsequently the pin C of bar D
is placed in the hole a' the friction of the top B then turns round the spindle A and
.similarly the friction of the pin C in the spindle A carries, round the bar D
simultaneously vibrating the said bar and causing butterflys E to flicker and as the
head of the butterfly E comes in contact with the flower I it rebounds and imitates
the motion of a natural butterfly when alighting or about to alight upon a flower it
will be obvious.that where preferred any other form of insect could take the place
of the butterfly and where desired a humming top could be used to imitate a bee
which latter would take the place of the butterfly also that a number of bars D
could be employed carrying a variety of insects birds or animals and any other
form of obstacle could take the place of the flower K and more than one flower or
obstacle could be used I would have it understood that I do not claim a spinning
top such as B as this form of top is well known neither do I claim a stand H.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed ! declare that what I
claim is,
1. The combination of one or more cross bars D carrying imitations of insects
birds or animals carried upon a pin C bearing in a vertical hole formed in the
spindle A of an ordinary spinning top with an imitation flower or flowers or
obstacles K substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 6th day of December 1892.
ALFRED GOZZARD.