Improvements in Toys, applicable also for other Purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1898
YHDIUNAL DI BUITICATION.
Improvements in Toys, applicable also for other Purposes.
I, LAURA BIDDLE, 75, Princess Street, Leicester, Married Woman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to toys and is also applicable for other purposes.
The object of the invention is the production of a toy consisting of a figure in
the act of smoking but which may also be employed for fumigating purposes and
as an advertising medium.
The figure is provided with a pipe in its mouth which is filled with tobacco and
by means of suitable mechanism the smoke is drawn along the stem of the pipe
and is caused finally to issue from the mouth of the figure in imitation of an indi-
vidual smoking.
The invention consists of a figure of preferably grotesque appearance having in
its mouth the stem of a pipe the bowl of which is filled with tobacco.
The said stem may be connected to a feed pipe leading to a chamber, termed a
receiving chamber into which the smoke is drawn by the action of a bellows or
other suitable pump.
This receiving chamber may communicate either directly or indirectly, (in the
latter case through the medium of one or more intermediate chambers controlled
by suitable non-return valves) with a delivery chamber having connected thereto
an exhaust pipe leading also into the mouth of the figure into which the smoke is
forced by the action of the pump or bellows and caused to stream forth from the
mouth of the figure in imitation of an individual smoking.
The bellows or pump may be worked by a cam, pitman, crank or connecting rod,
receiving motion from a suitable train of mechanism actuated from a spring or
other motor.
According to a modification both the feed pipe and the delivery pipe may each
communicate with a single pipe, common to both, the said pipe leading to the
bellows into which the smoke is drawn and from which it is expelled.
These two pipes are each led past a fixed projection and adjacent thereto is a
rotary disc or wheel having a lug or projection thereon.
As this wheel revolves the lug thereon squeezes the delivery pipe against the
projection and closes the passage in it at that point while the feed pipe is supplying
the smoke to the bellows the wheel then continuing to revolve the lug thercon
would next squeeze the feed pipe and close it while the delivery pipe was dis-
charging the smoke into the mouth of the figure.
The alternate closing and opening of the pipes as described would be equivalent
to the use or employment of non-return valves. It is obvious that the invention
may be utilized for fumigating purposes generally by filling the pipe with the
required material in addition to which the figure may be mounted on a casing
which could carry advertisements.
The invention is not limited to the particular mechanism described for with-
drawing the smoke from the pipe and discharging it from the mouth of the figure

page_text: as it may be varied and modified in different ways without departing from the
main lines of the invention.
Dated this 13th day of October 1897
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Toys, applicable also for other Purposes.
I, LAURA BIDDLE, 75, Princess Street, Leicester, Married Woman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention has reference to toys and is also applicable for other purposes.
The object of the invention is the production of a toy consisting of a figure in
the act of smoking, but which may also be used for fumigating purposes and
also as an advertising medium.
The invention consists of a figure, which may, to render it more attractive, be
of grotesque appearance, having in its mouth a pipe filled with ignited tobacco,
the smoke from which, by means of suitable mechanism is caused to travel along
the stem of the pipe and finally to issue from the mouth of the figure in imitation
of an individual smoking.
The invention will be understood from the following further description having
reference to the accompanying drawing in which,
Figure 1 is an elevation of an automatic smoking toy constructed in accordance
with this invention and having one side of the casing removed to expose the opera-
tive mechanism.
Figure is a plan, drawn to a larger scale, of the wheel L and its cam piece,
the latter being shown compressing the feed pipe so as to close the passage therein
while the passage in the exhaust pipe is left open.
Figure 3 represents a diagrammatic view showing the disposition of the stem of
the tobacco pipe and the exhaust pipe inside the mouth of the figure.
A represents a figure which may be of the type shown or of grotesque appearance.
As shown in the drawing the said figure is seated on a chair A¹, the legs of
which may be firmly fixed by screws or other means to the exterior of a box or
casing B which contains the operating mechanism as hereinafter described.
The figure has in its mouth a pipe A2 filled with tobacco or suitable fumigating
material.
The stem of this pipe is connected on to a pipe C hereinafter termed the feed
pipe, which leads through an opening B¹ in the wall of the casing, through a hole
bored in a bar E screwed at E to the casing, behind a spring plate I fixed at F2
to the casing, and into a passage G* (shown by dotted lines) formed in a block G
also fixed by screws G³ to the casing.
This passage is open in one end of the block G and secured therein is the end
of a short pipe H' having attached thereto a flexible tube H, the other end of which
is passed over another short pipe H³ communicating with the interior of bellows J,
which are fixed to the bottom of the casing B.
As shown by the dotted lines, the horizontal passage G in the block G has two
branch passages G¹ G2 the former being the inlet and the latter the outlet.
In the latter the end of the exhaust pipe D is fitted.
The exhaust pipe follows a similar track to the feed pipe and rises upwardly,
passing behind a spring arm F1 (omitted in Figure 1 but shown in Figure 2),

page_text: through the block E, out through the opening B¹ in the casing, into the back of
the head of the figure A, and into the mouth of the latter by the side of the stem
of the tobacco pipe as indicated in Figure 3.
Assuming that the bellows are being worked the passage of the smoke is as
follows and shown by the arrows.
Each time the bellows are opened, as indicated, the smoke is drawn down the
bowl of the tobacco pipe A2 along its stem into the feed pipe C, through the
latter, into the passage G, through the pipes H H H and into the bellows J,
and each time the bellows are closed the smoke is expelled from the bellows
through the pipes H2 H H along to the extreme end of the passage G³ into the
exhaust pipe D into the mouth of the figure A from which it escapes in a stream S
in a manner in imitation of that of an individual smoking.
The bellows may be operated by any suitable mechanism or by that shown
consisting of a connecting rod receiving its motion through any convenient train
of or clock mechanism.
As shown in Figure 1, a connecting rod K is attached one end to a lug J¹ on the
upper movable plate of the bellows and the other end eccentrically to a spur
wheel L the arbor L' of which passes through a plate $ fixed to the casing B.
The spur wheel L gears with a similar wheel M on whose axle is a pinion M¹
gearing with a spur wheel N the spindle of which also carries a pinion N1
engaging a primary wheel O around whose arbor O¹ the main spring P may be
coiled in the well known manner and whose action when wound up by a key
applied to the square end of the said arbor is controlled by the usual ratchet
wheel P and detent P².
The arbors M3 N2 01 carrying the gear wheels M NO have bearings in two
plates R, one of which is omitted in the drawing for clearness sake, and the other
being secured to the casing by screws R¹.
It is obvious that when the main spring P is wound up to set the train of
wheels N M L in motion the connecting rod K will alternately open and close
the bellows to draw the smoke into the latter and expel it therefrom, but to
insure that the smoke be expelled through the exhaust pipe D only, means are
provided so that only one of the pipes CD has a clear and open passage through-
out its length, at the same time, that is to say when the passage is open throughout
the entire length of the feed pipe C to allow the smoke to travel freely through
it from the tobacco pipe to the bellows the exhaust pipe D is closed, and when
the passage is open and clear throughout the entire length of the exhaust pipe so
that the smoke when expelled from the bellows may issue through the mouth of
the figure A, the passage in the feed pipe is closed.
By preference this alternate opening and closing of the passages in these pipes
is effected as follows:-
On the side of the wheel L there is fixed a cam piece L' with inclined ends,
shown most clearly in Figure 2 and in dotted lines only in Figure 1.
When the connecting rod K is rising so as to open the bellows this cam piece
presses against the flexible plate F¹ and causes the latter to pip or squeeze the
exhaust pipe D between it and the plate S and thus close the passage therein so
that the vacuum in the bellows will be filled by the air and smoke passing along
the feed pipe C, but when the connecting rod descends the cam piece will press the
plate F against the feed pipe C as shown in Figure 2 flattening the latter so as to
close the passage therein and the smoke being ejected from the bellows by the
compression of the latter will have but one exit viz.: by the exhaust pipe D and out
of the mouth of the figure as indicated in Figure 1.
The parts CD respectively of the feed and exhaust pipes are of flexible or
india-rubber tubing so as to admit of being squeezed and flattened by the cam
piece L and the connecting pipe H may also be formed of india-rubber tubing
to yield to the action of the bellows.
In some cases the body of the figure itself may be sufficiently enlarged to con-
tain the operative mechanism, in which case the casing B would be unnecessary.

page_text: It is obvious that by filling the pipe with any suitable material the device may
be used for fumigating purposes and the casing may be used as an advertising
medium by placing suitable advertisements on it.
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. An automatic smoking toy consisting of a figure having a tobacco or the like
pipe in its mouth, a feed pipe connected to the stem of the said pipe and leading
into a bellows and an exhaust pipe leading from the latter to the mouth of the
said figure for the purpose described.
2. An automatic smoking toy consisting of a figure having a tobacco or like
pipe in its mouth, a feed pipe connected to the stem of the said pipe and leading
into a bellows, an exhaust pipe leading from the latter to the mouth of the figure
and means for alternately opening and closing the passages in the feed pipe and
exhaust pipe respectively for the purpose described.
3. An automatic smoking toy consisting of a figure having a tobacco or like
pipe in its mouth, a feed pipe connected to the stem of the said pipe and leading
into a bellows, an exhaust pipe leading from the latter to the mouth of the figure,
a connecting rod attached to the said bellows for actuating it and a train of clock
mechanism for operating the said connecting rod for the purposes described.
4. An automatic smoking toy consisting of a figure having a tobacco or like
pipe in its mouth, two pipes (feed and exhaust) leading from the latter to a
bellows to convey the smoke thereto and conduct it therefrom, a train of clock-
work for actuating the bellows and a rotating wheel or disc having a cam-piece
thereon arranged to alternately compress the said feed and exhaust pipes so as to
open and close the same for the purpose described.
5. The automatic smoking toy consisting of the parts constructed, arranged and
operating substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dot this 10th day of November 1897
LAURA BIDDLE,
Witness:
E. N. LEWIS,
Berridge Street Chambers, Leicester.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.