Improvements in Toy Railway Engines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1896-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1996
Improvements in Toy Railway Engines.
We ARTHUR EDWARD HOLDAWAY of 34 Newport Street, New Found Pool
in the County Borough of Leicester, Coach Painter and JOHN THOMAS BIGGS
of 49 Waterloo Street, Leicester, Sanitary Engineer do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows: :-
The object of this invention is to produce a toy railway engine that will both
puff or snort and whistle in imitation of the ordinary railroad locomotive.
According to this invention we employ a pair of bellows which may be operated
by the engine when in motion so as to cause the snorting and a second pair of
bellows may be employed to effect the whistling.
The mechanism for operating the bellows for either the snorting or the whistling
may be subject to certain modifications.
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To produce the "snorting we arrange that the bellows may be actuated by a
crank on preferably the wheel axle so that at each revolution the said crank will
close the bellows and effect the snorting as hereinafter described, when the engine
is travelling either forwards or backwards, or we may connect a chain or other
means to the crank and to the bellows so as to effect the closing of the bellows
and the snorting at each revolution of the crank or wheel axle irrespective of
whether the engine is going in one direction or the other i.e. forwards or
backwards.
The nozzle of the bellows may be directed into the funnel of the engine and may
have a tube and teat or other devices combined therewith to make the snorting.
more pronounced.
To produce the whistling, the nozzle of the second pair of bellows is directed
into a whistle which may be located near the funnel and the closing of the bellows
to cause the air to pass sharply through the whistle and produce the sound may be
effected by a rod, cord or other means operated by the pulling of a knob, or ring
located in the tender or elsewhere.
The bellows are preferably automatically opened and maintained in this normal
position by a spring or equivalent means.
A hand lever connected also to the crank axle; or pedals may be employed so
that the rider may sit on the engine and propel it either by means of his hands
or feet.
Further, we may if desired arrange to produce one or more snorts at each
revolution of the wheels or crank axle.
There may also be located in close proximity to and communicating with the
funnel, a chamber in which may be contained some slow combustion or other
material or powder which may cause smoke or dust to be emitted at each
snorting.
Dated this 27th day of September 1895.
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BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Toy Railway Engines.
We, ARTHUR EDWARD HOLDAWAY of 34 Newport Street, New Found Pool,
in the County Borough of Leicester, Coach Painter and JOHN THOMAS BIGGS
of 49 Waterloo Street, Leicester, Sanitary Engineer do hereby declare the nature
of this inventiou and in what manner the same is to be performed. to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has for its object the production. of a toy railway engine which,
whether travelling in the forward or backward direction, will both puff or snort
and whistle in imitation of the ordinary railway locomotive.
The invention will be understood from the following description referring to the
drawings hereunto annexed in which,.
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Figure 1 is a vertical section of a toy engine constructed in accordance with this
invention, and
Figure 2 is a part underside plan of same.
For the purpose of causing the whistle to sound there may be placed in preferably
the upper part of the cylinder A a whistle B of any suitable construction, the
mouthpiece of which may be fixed directly over or in contact with the nozzle C¹ of
the bellows C or an equivalent air pump.
One end of the bellows may be rigidly secured by screws or other means to the
base plate D or a projection thereon, while the movable plate C2 of the bellows
is connected to a rod C3 or equivalent passing through the boiler plate D¹ and
terminating in a ring C4 which, if desired, may be substituted by a knob or other
device.
It is obvious that upon the ring C 4 being pulled in a direction away from the
boiler plate D' the bellows will be contracted and a current of air passed sharply
through the whistle B which will thereupon sound.
Springs. C 5 located between the fixed and movable plates of the bellows, and
the arms of which are let into the latter, are employed to automatically open the
bellows after they have been closed by the withdrawal of the rod C 3 as
déscribed.
In order to effect the puffing or snorting of the engine, a second air pump or
bellows E is employed, and is fixed to a projection D2 on the bed plate D and
provided with springs E' for automatically opening them. as described in reference.
to the other bellows C..
The nozzle of the bellows E is directed into the funnel. F as shown and in close
proximity to a nipple G having a contracted, opening which will cause the, air to
hiss as it passes through it.
The movable plate E2 of the bellows has one or more eyes E 3 attached thereto
in, which are fastened the ends of one or more chains E 4, flexible cords or shafts,
the opposite ends of which have rings or equivalent to fit loosely over cranks in, the.
axle H of the wheels.
Upon the chains being pulled. taut at each revolution of the axle H. (whether
the engine travels forwards or backwards) the bellows E. will be closed and a
stream of air forced sharply into the funnel aud through the contracted orifice in
the nipple G thereby producing the puffing or snorting sound before mentioned.
The nipple may consist of an india-rubber teat similar to those used with
infants feeding bottles, but with a slightly enlarged outlet orifice, or any other
suitable device may be employed which will so impede the air current as it issues
from the nozzle of the bellows as to cause it to produce the hissing noise as it
escapes through the funnel.
Other means than the chains named may be interposed between the cranked wheel
axle and the bellows to actuate the latter.

page_text: To use the engine as an imitation of the ordinary railroad locomotive it is
necessary first to withdraw for one or more times the rod C 3 to cause the whistle B
to sound, and then when the engine is set in motion either in a forward or back-
ward direction, the bellows E will be constantly actuated to produce the puffing of
the engine as already herein before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. In a toy engine the combination of a whistle and bellows and a rod and
springs or their equivalent for actuating the bellows for the purpose described.
2. In a toy engine the combination of a bellows, a cranked wheel axle and
means interposed between the said axle and the bellows to actuate the latter for
the purpose described.
3. In a toy engine the combination with the bellows and nipple or its equivalent,
of a cranked wheel axle and one or more chains or flexible cords attached to the
said axle and also to the bellows for the purpose described.
4. A toy engine having mechanism applied thereto by which it can be made to
whistle and, when set in motion, either forwards or backwards, to puff or snort in
imitation of the ordinary railroad locomotive.
T1000
J. T. BIGGS.
Witness―
E. N. LEWIS,
Berridge Street Chambers,
Leicester.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicants.