Improvement in the Manufacture of India Rubber Toys.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1891-Accepted, 27th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Manufacture of India Rubber Toys.
I SAMUEL EDMOND STATHAM of Manor House Levenshulme Manchester
India Rubber Manufacturer and Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
I make of fine india rubber a tube or cord of any diameter or length and I roll
up and fix with cement the ends so as to form two shoulders or rings and I
vulcanize this tube or cord so as to obtain the necessary degree of clasticity. I
then construct of wire or other material a frame (of any shape) forming bow and
I twist the extreme ends of, it (if of metal) so as to form an eyelet, slightly open
at its extremities and I then insert the two ends of the tube or card inside the
shoulders or rings into these slits or openings by stretching them to the point of
flatness required for this purpose the tube or cord will when released immediately
contract to their former shape and fill the eyelets, while the shoulders or rings at
the ends will prevent it slipping through them when pulled back in the manner
of a bowstring and used as a catapult, thus requiring no tying and untying nor
fixing in other ways to the frames as heretofore.
In case of tube being used, the same may be lifted out of the frame again
by stretching it as heretofore described and for using it as a fountain or spray
distributor by tying it into a knot either in the middle or end or elsewhere thus
closing it hermetically and making either one or more compartments of it and
forcing into it by pressure the liquid desired until the tube stretches to the extreme
limit of its elasticity and forms reservoir under relatively strong pressure through
the contractile force of the india rubber and will when released eject its contents
either in the form of a stream or spray according to the aperture provided for its
egress.
I reserve myself the right of using the parts together or separate.
I may also insert into the tube a plug or union so as to separate one part of it
from the other.
Dated this 21st dow of Ll 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Manufacture of India Rubber Toys.
I, SAMUEL EDMOND STATHAM of the Manor House, Levenshulme Man-
chester in the County of Lancaster India Rubber Manufacturer and Engineer 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 a toy that may be used either as a catapult, or a part
thereof as a fountain or spray distributor: the object of this invention is to form
the elastic band of said catapult in a manner that it may be readily connected to
the frame of the catapult without requiring to be tied, and easily disconnected
therefrom in order to be used as a fountain or spray distributor when required.
In the drawings hereunto annexed
Fig. 1 represents section of a solid cord or elastic band b, with a shoulder b¹
formed on each end.
Fig. 2 represents section of a hollow tube or elastic band with shoulder b¹
formed on each end.

page_text: Fig. 3 represents the same with a plug 62 either formed in or connected to the
centre tube, and Fig. 4 represents the same with one end of tube filled in or
plugged
Fig. 5 represents a catapult with cord or tube applied.
C
I make of fine india rubber a tube or cord b of any diameter or length: I roll
up and fix with cement the ends of said tube or cord so as to form shoulders or
rings vulcanize this tube or cord in order to obtain the necessary degree of
elasticity. 1 construct of wire or other material a frame a of any shape that may
form a bow, and I curve or bend the ends c of said frame so as to form eyelets,
slightly open 1 insert in these eyelets the ends of the tube or cord b with the
shoulders outside the slits or openings c by stretching the ends of said bands to
the point of flatness required for this purpose, said ends will when released, imme-
diately contract to their former shape and fill the eyelets e, while the shoulders or
rings will prevent the band slipping through the eyelets c when pulled back in
the manner of a bowstring and used as a catapult by these means obviating the
necessity of either tying, or untying, or being fixed in other ways to the frame a as
heretofore.
C
When the elastic band is of a tube form as shown in Fig. 2 it may be lifted out
of the frame a by stretching the ends as hereinbefore described and said tube may
then be used as a fountain or spray distributor, by tying it into a knot either in the
middle, or end, or elsewhere thus closing it hermetically and making either one or
more compartiments, when by forcing into it by pressure the liquid desired, until
the tube stretches to the extreme limit of its elasticity and forms a reservoir under
relatively strong pressure through the contractile force of the india rubber, said
tube will when released eject its contents either in the form of a stream or spray
according to the aperture provided for its egress. Tubes of the form shown in
Figs. 3 and 4 may be used in like manner without being tied in a knot.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st. A toy that is formed of an india rubber tube with shoulders at each end
used either in combination with and forming part of a catapult, or separately as a
fountain or spray distributor for the purpose and in the manner substantially as
herein before described.
2nd. A toy that is formed of a solid india rubber band with shoulders at each
end used in combination with a catapult in which the ends of frame are formed
with eyelets in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein before
described.
Dated this 30th day of April 1891.