Improvements in Tricycle and Toy Horses.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1893-Accepted, 17th June, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by WALDO VARIAN SNYDER, of Canton, Ohio,
United States of America, Mechanic.]
Improvements in Tricycle and Toy Horses.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
The present invention relates to tricycles or toy horses and the like and it
consists in the different parts and combination of parts hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section showing the arrangement of the mechanism
for communicating movement to the legs.
Figure 2 is a detached view of the centre-bar.
Figure 3 is an edge view showing the side projections bent in proper position for
attaching the legs.
Figure 4 is a transverse section of the body, showing the location and
arrangement of one pair of legs.
Figure 5 is a perspective view showing a portion of the centre bar, and a leg
properly attached.
Figure 6 is a detached perspective view showing the top or upper portion of one
of the legs.
Figure 7 is a detached perspective view of the leg attaching disc and its
operating arm.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of
the drawing.
A represents the body, which is preferably formed in sections or halves,
aud the sections or halves united together in any convenient and well known
manner.
For the purpose of providing a means for easily attaching the different parts
designed and calculated to communicate movements to the legs, the centre band B
is provided, which centre band is securely attached to the body A, substantially as
illustrated in Figure 4. The centre bar B, is provided with the side extensions a
which may be originally formed in the position illustrated in Figure 2 and the said
extensions are bent at right angles to the centre bar B, substantially as illustrated
in Figure 3 and are for the purpose of receiving the leg attaching discs C, which
leg attaching discs are located, when placed in proper position as illustrated in
Figures 4 and 7. The object and purpose of providing the leg attaching discs C,
is to provide a means for removably attaching the legs b and .
The pedal shaft D, is located substantially as shown in Figure 1, and is held in
proper position by means of the bracket c, which bracket is securely attached to
the centre bar B, or to the body A as desired, in any convenient and well known
manner. The pedal shaft D, is provided with the pedals d, and the sprocket
wheel F, which sprocket wheel is for the purpose of communicating rotary motion
to the compound crank-shaft H, by means of the sprocket-wheel I, and the drive
chain J, said parts being located and arranged, substantially as illustrated in
Figure 1. To the cranks e, are journalled the pitmans f, which are pivotally
attached at their top or upper ends to the arms g, which arms are preferably formed
ntegral with the discs C, but if desired the arms g, may be formed separate from
the discs C, and attached in any convenient and well known manner, as the only
object is to form said arms rigid with the discs. The discs Care cach provided

page_text: with the side extensions or studs h, which side extensions or studs are located
substantially as illustrated in Figure 4, and are for the purpose of providing a
better pivotal point for the disc C, and at the same time prevent said discs from
becoming accidentally displaced when the legs are removed as hereinafter described.
For the purpose of causing the legs band b, to move in unison with the pivotted
discs C, said discs are provided with the pins k, which pins are received into
apertures k', formed in the top or upper portion of the legs band, b. In the
drawing two pins are shown upon each disc, but it will be understood that a greater
number may be employed if desired.
The rear arms 9 are cach provided with the inclined extensions g¹ to which
inclined extensions the weighted arms g², are pivotally attached.
The inclined portions are each provided with the stop-pins 93, which stop-pins
are for the purpose of holding the weighted arms in an elevated position as
illustrated in Figure 1. The object and purpose of providing the weighted arms g
is to produce a "clicking " noise, which is designed to represent the " clicking
sound of a horses feet striking upon the ground or pavement.
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It will be undertood that by pivotally connecting the weighted arms g³, that
when the weight has struck upon the inner side of the horses body, said arms can
be turned upon their pivotal connections, and thereby providing a yielding
movement, or in other words, the downward stroke of the rear arms g, will not be
brought to a sudden stop when the weighted arms g, has struck the inner face of
the body.
In the event the body is composed of wood, or like material, a metal plate should
be attached and located so that the weighted arm will strike the plate thereby
producing a clicking sound.
For the purpose of holding the extensions a, in proper position and at the same
time preventing them from becoming bent out of a true perpendicular position, the
interposed block B, is provided, which may be located substantially as illustrated
in Figure 4. This block is to be used in the event the sides of the body are formed
of sheet metal.
It will be understood that the front or forward arms. g, need not necessarily be
provided with the inclined arms g' and the weighted arms 93, and for that reason,
they are not shown provided with said attachments, and in the event they should
be attached, the construction and arrangement may be substantially the same as
that shown in the drawing.
It will be understood that in the event the mechanism for producing the clicking
noise should be placed upon the inside of a small body mounted upon a platform,
that the drive-chain and sprocket wheels can be dispensed with, and rotary motion
communicated to the crank-shaft H, by means of the travelling, wheels.
This can be accomplished without departing from the nature of my invention in
as much as the body shown in this application is formed large enough for a rider,
while in a toy to be mounted upon a platform, the body is securely attached to the
platform, and together with the body, drawn by a cord.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this 'invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
:-
1. The combination of the body A, having fixed thereto the pedal shaft D,
provided with the pedals d, and the sprocket wheel F, the drive chain J, the
sprocket-wheel I, the compound crank-shaft H, the pitmans, the arms y, provided
with the inclined extensions g', having pivotally attached thereto the weighted
arms g² and the pins g³, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
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2. The combination of the body A, the centre-bar B, provided with the side
extensions the disc C, provided with the pins k, the legs band provided with
the apertures k', and means for communicating motion to the legs 6 and 61
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. The combination of the body A, the removable legs
and
the discs C,

page_text: provided with the arms g, and the weighted arms 93, substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
4. The combination of the body A, the pivotted legs b and the arms g, having
pivotted thereto the weighted arms g³, the pins g³, and the centre-bar B, provided
with the side extensions a, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 21st day of February 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant..