An Improved Musical Toy.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Musical Toy.
CHARLES HENRY DAVY 137 Long Acre London Printer do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The combination of a toy musical box either with a series of pictures or a wheel
of life so arranged that the figures dance or appear to dance when the music is
played. By using shifting barrels for music and shifting spindles or cylinders for
the figures-dances with several "figures" such as quadrille can be produced as
well as in the more simple form of polkas, waltzes, and the like.
13th December 1893.
CHARLES HENRY DAVY.
An Improved musical loy.
I CHARLES HENRY DAVY of 137 Long Acre, London, Printer, 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 an improved toy, in which a small musical box is
employed, and an optical apparatus combined with it in such a manner as to
present a moving picture or pictures while the music is being played.
propose to employ the well known circular toy musical box furnished with a
handle by which the mechanism is turned. On this is fitted a small optical
apparatus known as the "wheel of life" consisting of a cylinder with a series of
vertical slits, and a strip of paper or other material having a corresponding series
of small pictures one differing slightly from its neighbour, so that on revolving the
cylinder and looking through the slits a single picture seen, the figures of which
are apparently moving. This apparatus may be so arranged as to keep time with
the music, and show a set of figures dancing in accordance with the tune played.
By employing shifting barrels in the musical box and spindles of varying sizes of
optical apparatus, elaborate dances will be reproduced as well as the more simple
form of polkas, waltzes and the like.
Instead of using the ordinary circular toy musical box, I may employ one of
other form, if desired, for larger apparatus, the arrangement being similar.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying drawing. A is a toy musical box of the usual cylindrical form
with a handle a by which the mechanism is operated. The optical apparatus or
wheel of life B is carried on a spindle on the face of the musical box, and
As the wheel of life is
arranged so as to be revolved on turning the handle a.
generally required to be revolved more rapidly than the handle of the box, the
spindle is geared so as to turn more than once for each revolution of the handle.
A toothed wheel C is fixed on the spindle of the musical box geared into the
This spindle is
second wheel c on the spindle carried on the top of the box.
furnished with a larger wheel D which gears into a small one d on the spindle b
thus gearing the spindle b to a higher speed. Any other simple arrangement of
gearing may be used for this purpose.

page_text: 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 improved musical toy consisting of a small musical box having an
optical apparatus known as the wheel of life fitted to it, and adapted to be
operated along with the musical box substantially as described and for the
purposes specified.
(2.) An improved musical toy constructed and operated substantially as
described and shown in the accompanying drawing and for the purposes
specified.
Deted this 14th day of September 1894.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.