A New or Improved Toy.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1892-Accepted, 7th May, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Toy.
I, CHARLES SMITH of 25 Newcastle Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex,
Printer and Publisher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, as communicated from abroad by Richard
Kyle Fox of Franklin Square, New York City, in the State of New York, one of
the United States of America, Printer and Publisher, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :--
This invention relates to a new or improved toy by means of which optical
illusions may be produced and conjuring tricks performed. By introducing a slip
of paper or the like in one side and by turning the proper roller the paper will
appear to run through the wringer and come out on the opposite side printed, or
vice versa.
According to this invention I provide a suitable framework supporting two rollers,
upon which rollers in opposite directions is closely wound a long piece of cloth or
the like, so arranged on both rollers that the general appearance of said rollers is
that they are entirely disconnected, and that they are revolved one by friction
with the other when the latter is revolved by means of a small crank.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings, of which
Figure 1 is a front view of my device, showing a printed slip of paper partially
wound upon one of the rollers.
Figure 2 is a rear view of Figure 1 showing a blank piece of paper being rolled
out from between the rollers; and
Figure 3 is a cross-section of the rollers and slips of paper on the line 3 3
Figure 2.
Similar letters refer to similar parts in all figures.
A A is the framework supported by the post. B on any suitable standard F.
D D are two rollers hung in the frame A, one end of which being adapted to
receive the removable crank-handle a. Around each of these rollers is wound in
opposite directions a strip of cloth E, long enough so that the space between said
rollers is almost completely filled by the various thicknesses of the cloth around
the rollers. By introducing a strip of paper between the rollers and turning one
of the rollers (for instance D, Figure 1) by means of the removable crank a the
printed scrap of paper as shown in Figure 1, is wound in between the rollers, but,
instead of going through, is wound up on the roller D between the different layers
of cloth E. By then introducing another scrap of paper y on the opposite side of
the roller and by placing the crank a in the end 6' of the other roller D the said
roller may be revolved so as to draw in this last scrap y of paper; but at the same
time the paper a, previously introduced, will be unwound and ejected from the
opposite side.
In operation, by introducing and concealing several printed slips x x of paper-
such as checks or the like-into one side of the machine, one after another, the
device is ready for exhibition. These slips a are concealed between the cloth E
and one roller. By then taking a number of blank slips y y and rolling them one
after another into the opposite side of the machine, as in Figure 3, the printed
slips, previously rolled upon the other roller, simultaneously roll out from the
opposite side, producing the very striking illusion of printing without the aid of
type etc.
In other words, the toy is used to make believe that the blank pieces of
paper are printed, and printed pieces made blank by the machine.

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 :-
The combination in a toy, of the frame A and the rollers D D¹ with the cloth
covering E, reversely wound on said rollers, and the removable crank a, adapted to
turn either of the rollers, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 92nd day of February 1899
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.