Improvements in Educational Toys.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1893-Accepted, 8th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Educational Toys.
I WALTER BUDD of No. 385 Liverpool Road, Islington in the County of
Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a mechanically operated toy for teaching children upon
the kindergarten principle a variety of subjects.
I make a box containing suitable mechanism to be operated by depressing
the end of a lever protruding from the box to rotate step by step a detachable
disc upon which the subject matter to be learned is printed in spaces arranged
radially.
The front of the box, upon which the detachable disc is fitted to a protruding
part of the internal mechanism, has hinged thereto a lid having an opening therein
to exhibit only the subject matter printed in one of the radial spaces. The said
hinged lid is made hollow and is provided with a projecting lever by which a
shutter, which normally closes part of the said opening, is operated to remove the
shutter when desired, thus exposing the whole subject matter printed in one of the
radial spaces.
By the arrangement hereinbefore described a variety a subjects may be taught.
Thus the subject matter in a simple form may consist of a word and a pictorial
representation of the article named, thus teaching spelling and meanings; the
changing word alone being visible until the shutter lever is operated, exposing
the pictorial representation of the article spelt. The subject matter may be varied
infinitely. It may consist of numeration tables, the answers being concealed until
the shutter lever is operated; or the subject matter may consist of any kind of
questions and answers or a series of pictures illustrating some pursuit of a comic
character for amusement rather than strictly educational purposes.
On the outer side of the hinged lid at the front of the box a suitable picture may
be pasted such for instance as a representation of a schoolroom and school master
the master's arm, holding a pointer, being made to rise and fall by connecting it
with the shutter movement within so as to point to the answer as the shutter is
withdrawn.
The detachable discs are rotated by an operating lever held to a normal position
by an elastic spring and having thereon a projecting pawl to engage with pins
extending within the box from a disc arranged in the form of a crown wheel.
Dated this 4th day of June 1892.
AYRTON & THOMAS,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Educational Toys.
I, WALTER BUDD, late of No. 385 but now of 485 Liverpool Road, Islington,.
in the County of Middlesex, 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 mechanically operated toy for teaching children upon
the kindergarten principle, a variety of subjects.
I
I make the toy as shown by the accompanying drawings in all the figures of
which the same part is indicated by like reference letters.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hollow hinged front of the box forming the toy.
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page_text: Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same having the front picture removed.
Figure 3 is a plan of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is an elevation of the box forming the toy, the hollow hinged front
being removed.
Figure 5 is a plan of Figure 4.
Figure 6 is a plan of one of the renewable subject discs.
Figure 7 is a front elevation of the complete toy showing the hollow hinged
front opened for placing a subject disc in position.
Figure 8 is a plan of Figure 7.
In a box A I provide one compartment B as a container for spare subject discs
and another compartment C for mechanism by means of which the subject discs
are rotated step by step to bring various subjects into view as hereinafter
described.
The mechanism consists of a crown pin wheel D operated by a pawl E pivoted to
a lever F and held by a light spring G the lever F being controlled by a spring H.
The subject discs J are placed over the spindle K the subject discs having a
central perforation of the same form so that as the spindle K is rotated step by
step the subject disc is rotated in the same nianner.
The subject disc J when placed in position as shown in Figure 7 is closed in by
the hollow hinged front L which has an opening M through which the various
subjects arranged in radial spaces may be exhibited one by one as the subject
disc J is rotated step by step. Between the two plates or sheets forming the
hollow hinged front I. I provide mechanism for operating a shutter N which closes
part of the opening M so as to conceal part of the subject matter until the shutter N
normally held in position by a spring R, is withdrawn.
To operate the shutter N I provide a lever P connected with the shutter by a
connecting rod Q, a second connecting rod S and crank T being provided to
operate the arm of a figure forming part of a picture on the outside of the hollow
hinged front L which may appropriately be a figure representing a schoolmaster in
a schoolroom with a pointer U as indicated in Figure 1.
By means of this toy a variety of subjects may be taught. Thus the subject
matter contained in the radial spaces of the subject discs in a simple form may
consist of a word and a pictorial representation of the article named for teaching
spelling and meanings, the changing word alone being visible until the shutter
lever P is operated exposing the pictorial representation of the article spelt.
The subject matter may be varied infinitely. It may consist of numeration tables
the answers being concealed until the shutter lever P is operated; or the subject
matter may consist of any kind of questions and answers the object being to
provide a toy with which by pressing on a lever F a disc may be rotated step by
step presenting at the opening M some new subject such as a question and an
answer the answer being concealed until by operating the lever P the shutter N
normally closing part of the opening M is withdrawn.
The toy may be made without any concealing shutter one lever F only being
then required, the subject discs having a series of pictures illustrating some pursuit
of a comic character for amusement rather than strictly educational purposes.
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 :-
A toy having renewable subject discs moved step by step to exhibit one of the
subjects contained in a radial space of the disc at an opening, part of which is
normally closed by a shutter to be removed for exhibiting the whole subject when
desired substantially as described.
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WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.