Improvements in Toys or Puzzles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Toys or Puzzles.
1, MARTIN MIDDLETON WILSON of "Eithinog," Abbey Road, Llandudno,
County of Carnarvon, Principality of Wales, Kingdom of England, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an interesting toy worked on the principle of
the well known "patent whizzer." The "patent whizzer" consists of a button
having two holes in it through which two strings are passed. These strings are
joined at the ends so as to form two loops. By holding the two loops in the hands
when in a twisted condition and pulling, the button whizzes round rapidly, when it
reaches the unwound point the pill is ceased and it winds up again in the opposite
direction rapidly rotated for a fresh pull. Now by my invention I place a couple
of padded handles or pads on the strings so as to prevent them cutting the hand,
secondly I form the button into a cylinder or other nucleus and on this nucleus fix
a disc of cardboard or other material painted on one or both sides in a series of
different coloured segments and partial rings. This disc could be loose en the
button if desired. Outside this coloured disc, travelling loose on the button I may
place another partial disc and also a partial shield of black or other colour or
colours and over this again a fixed smaller disc on each side fixed to the button so
as to hold all in place. By pulling on the strings in the manner of the ordinary
button whizzer while they are twisted, the whole is caused to rotate with great
rapidity but the loose partial discs and partial shields change their positions, and
thus during the spinning a variety of coloured effects are shown. If too the outer
buttons be painted of true complementary colours, an extraordinary effect is
obtainable, namely, that while the toy is stationary the smaller discs are coloured
with parti-colours, but when they are rapidly rotated they are white or of very
light colour, much lighter than any of the colours they are painted with. The
various discs and shield can be made of cardboard, metal, wood, horn, celluloid, or
other material.
It is obvious that this invention can be varied by doing without a central button
and passing the string through the cards or some of them there being no play
either in the centre card or else in the shields, but play in each of the others, and
a heavy button could be fixed on each side of the lot. Knots can be tied on the
string to keep the whole from working apart, and even in my preferred type knots
can be placed in the strings to keep the button pretty much in the centre. I find
however that this is not as a rule desirable, as the string in such case wears out too
rapidly.
Dated the 16th day of March 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: FUZZIES.
I, MARTIN MIDDLETON WILSON of "Eithinog," Abbey Road Llandudno in
the County of Carmarvon, 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 has for its object an interesting toy worked on the principle of
the well known button whizzer.
The "button whizzer" consists of a button having two holes in it through
which two strings are passed. These strings are joined at the ends so as to form
two loops. By holding the two loops in the hands when in a twisted condition
and pulling, the button whizzer whizzes round rapidly; when it reaches the
unwound point, the pull is ceased and it winds up again in the opposite direction
and is ready for a fresh jaill,
Now my present invention is designed to enalde a horgember of colour
variations or permutations to be obtained. It will be best understood from the
following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in
which :-
Figure 1 is the main colour disc i
Figure 2, the second partial di-c;
Figure 3, the black partial shield; and
Figure 4, the central hub or nucleus; these being the elements or parts of the
toy detached,
for
Figure 5 is a face view of the toy in one of its simplest forms; and
Figure 6, a diametrical mid-section of the same.
Figure 7 is a face view of the same toy but having whole colour dises substituted
partial ones;
Figure 8. a diametrical section of same showing the finger pads for operating
the string and
Figure 9 shows an arrangement of colour spaces.
In these figures:
:-
A, are pads or padded handles on the strings a to prevent the latter cutting the 3
hand, and ease the fingers in spinning. They are fitted to the lights or loops of
the string, and may be of felt or other material. Bis the central button, cylinder
or other nucleus of metal, wood or other hard or tough material having two holes
passing through it as shown. On this nucleus 1 fix a disc of cardboard (or other
material, painted on one or both sides in a series of different coloured segments 3
and partial rings, as hereinafter set forth. This disc (can be loose on the
nucleus B if desired, as hereafter described. Outside, that is to say in front of,
this coloured disc (, travelling loose on the nucleus B, I may place a partial disc D,
formed with or without the lips d, and also a partial shield E of black or other
colour or colours (in Figures 2 and 3, the disc. D is coloured and the shield E 4
black; in Figure 5, both are black), and over this again, a retaining disc or
keeper fixed to the nucleus B so as to hold the latter in place. The back of the
disc C may be plain or coloured, in the latter case, the toy may be re-duplicated
by adding the necessary parts. It is obvious that the toy may be made with any
convenient number of these superimposed dises or shields, whether partial as 4.
shown in Figure 2, or whole as shown in Figures 7 and 8, in which latter case they
are arranged consecutively in onder of their size, or the shields may be entirely
dispensed with and the dises used only, or vice versa.
It will also be understood
that the partial dises or shields may be of any suitable diameter relative to the
main disc. The various dises and shields may be of stiff paper, or cardboard or 50
even of thin metal, wood, horn, celluloid or other material.

page_text: The strings are threaded through the holes in the nucleus B, and, by pulling on
the strings in the manner of the ordinary button whizzer, while they are twisted,
the whole is caused to rotate with great rapidity while the loose discs D and
partial shields E change their positions, and thus, during spinning, a variety of
coloured effects is shown. If, too, the outer buttons or retaining discs be painted
of true complementary colours, an extraordinary effect is obtained, namely, that,
while the toy is stationary, the small retaining discs are coloured with parti-
colours, but when they are rapidly rotated, they are white or of very light colour,
much lighter than any of the colours they are painted with.
The coloured discs have series of different coloured segments and partial rings,
as already stated, which latter may be printed on, and the disc then varnished or
glazed to bring out the colours. Where the colour spaces are arranged spirally,
as shown in Figure 9, only sectors of these spiral bands appear at the openings in
the chiclds, and, while the changes are going on, the colours may incidentally
appear to be rippling inward or outward to or from the centre in waves, giving a
beautiful dissolving effect.
When the disc C is loose on the nucleus, as above mentioned, the front black
shield E is fixed to the button-nucleus B, leaving the main disc to revolve loosely
on the said button. In this case, the retaining disc or keeper F should be fixed
to the button-nucleus at the back, instead of in the front.
It is obvious that this invention can be varied by doing without a central button
and passing the string through the discs and shields, there being no play either in
the centre or main disc or else in the shield or shields, but play in each of the
others, and a heavy button could be fixed on each side of the lot. Knots can be
tied on the string to keep the whole from working apart, and even in my preferred
type, knots can be placed in the strings to keep the button pretty much in the
centre. I find, however, that this is not as a rule desirable, as the string in such
case wears out too rapidly. The handles A allow the string to slip more or less
freely through them and so become self-adjusting or easily adjustable, and this plan
is preferable to tying the string firmly to handles with the result that, unless the
tying is done very accurately, or if one portion of the string should stretch more
than another, there is a possibility of the toy running unevenly and kicking in such
a way as to spoil the effect.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. In a spinning toy, the combination of the spinning device worked by the
twisting and untwisting of a string, a parti-coloured disc and a partial black or dark
shield E, one of the last named parts being fixed concentrically to the said spinning
device and the other mounted loosely and rotatively thereou, substantially as
described.
2. In multicolour spinning toys, the combination of a spinning device of the
character set forth, a particoloured disc attached to the spinning device and a partial
disc D and partial shield E of black or other colour or colours, travelling loose on
the spinning device aforesaid, whereby a much greater variety of effect is produced
than where all the colours are on one disc, substantially as described.
3. In multicolour spinning toys, the combination of a spinning device of the
character set forth, a particoloured disc loosely and rotatively mounted on the
spinning device, and a partial disc D aud partial shield E of black or other
colour or colours, the shield E being concentrically fixed on the spinning device and
the disc D rotatively mounted thereon, substantially as described.
4. In spinning toys with automatically variable colour effect, a spinning device
of the character set forth, a parti-coloured disc attached thereto, and a permanent
dark or black partial shield rotatively mounted on the spinning device (said shield
being equally balanced) and a keeper or retaining disc substantially as and for the
purposes described.

page_text: 5. In rotating toys with automatically variable colour effect, the combination,
with a spinning device of the character described, of a main colour disc fixed con-
centrically or mounted rotatively thereon, a dark apertured shield fixed concentrically
or rotatively mounted on the spinning device, and superimposed parti-coloured disc
or discs of fexs diameter than the shield and of different diameters-when more than
one capable of rotating independently of each other on the spinning device aud
between the shield and the main colour disc, whereby part of the several super-
imposed discs may be seen simultaneously at apertures in the shield substantially as
set forth.
6. In rotating toys with automatically variable colour effect, the combination,
with a spinning device of the character set forth, of a parti-colour disc fixed to the
spinning device, one or more black or dark partial shields, mounted rotatively on
the said spinning device, and one or more colour discs rotatively mounted on said
device and interposed between the shields and the fixed colour disc, substantially as
described.
7. In combination with the strings of a combination multiple coloured disc toy,
the handles A substantially as and for the purposes described.
8. In rotating toys with automatically variable colour-effect, the arrangement of
colours with their boundaries oblique to the circumference, substantially as set
forth, whereby, when rotated, they appear to blend gradually or softly into each
other.
9. The various combined arrangements and construction of parts forming my
improved spinning toy with automatically variable colour effect, substantially as
described.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.

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