Year: 1895

page_text: I, CHARLES LAVINGTON FIELDER of Rosendale, Gibbon Road, Kingston-on-
Thames, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
As a mechanical toy device I propose the representation of a hen' sitting on a
nest, the top of nest being on a level or thereabouts with the upper edge' of a
box, which box may or may not have an outer lid.
The said nest has a series of false bottoms (for the purposes to be described)
arranged in a circle cn'a revolving disc immediately under the nest in such a way
that by the mechanism employed any one of such false bottoms will move into
place as part of the complete pest.
These nest bottoms' may be of variable number and their contents may be of
infinite variety, as an example I propose that the disc shall support eight false
nest bottoms, the first being empty, the second, third, fourth and fifth containing
respectively one, two, three and four miniature eggs, the sixth four newly hatched
miniature chicken, the seventh again four eggs and the eighth four newly hatched
miniature ducklings.
The hen is made mechanically to leave the nest' and 'rejoin it, disclosing at each
movement a development of the egg-laying o
'or hatching process."
The operation is attained by fixing a toothed wheel on the spindle upon which
the aforesaid disc revolves, the said toothed wheel being in engagement with a
smaller one of suitable' proportion, in' the above' case the proportion would be as
eight to one; the smaller wheel is made to perform one complete revolution'at each
pressure of a button from the outside of the box, the bitton 'being held normally
extended by a spring and connected to a cranked portion of the spindle supporting
the smaller toothed wheel to ensure the complete revolution of the crank in the
proper direction two small springs are brought into contact' with it forcing it
slightly beyond its point of serii-revolution. The 'hen is made to move off and on
the nest by another similar button connected with'a lever, and by means of a sway
bar a partially circular movement is given to her motion on and off, by which she
turns her head slightly in the respective directions.
An'automatic action of the parts is also attained in a modification by the use of
similar geared wheels and levers, being mechanical equivalents to the above
actuated by a wound spring instead of by the pressure of buttons, the necessary
intervals between the 'motions'of the parts' being obtained by the introduction of
blanks in one of the operating gear wheels.
The 'hen and chickens and duckling may or may not have their heads loose and
supported from the interior of their bodies by trembling springs" to' produce 'a
vibrating motion on the least movement.
Any other bird or animal with its young or the young of other kinds may be
substituted for the hen, eggs, chickens and ducklings.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97 Newgate Street, London; E.C., Agent for Applicant.

page_text: A Toy.
I, CHARLES LAVINGTON FIELDER of Rosendale, Gibbon Road, Kingston-on-
Thames, 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 has for object the formation of a toy, in which a hen or any bird
is represented sitting on a nest on the top of a casing, in which the mechanisın
(hereafter described) for working the toy is concealed.
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The operation of the toy as used for hen and chickens is as follows:-
On pressing a a push knob outside the casing the hen is caused to rise from,
and perch on the edge of its nest thereby revealing the latter empty. On releasing
the knob the hen returns to its nest.
Now on pressing a second push knob a concealed multiple nest carrier is caused
to rotate and brings another nest under the nest on the outside casing in the former
of which nests there is an egg.
The above operations are repeated when a nest with two eggs is disclosed.
This is repeated until four eggs have been seen. The hen after being replaced
for the Inst time is then supposed to be hatching the eggs. When the bird is
again lifted four young chickens are discovered..
A further operation of the push knobs reveals apparently the same four eggs and
on the hen being placed on them ostensibly to re-hatch chicks the further pressure
and release of the knobs brings four young ducklings into the nest, which are in
like manner displayed by the removal of the hen.
A final movement of the second knob after the hen is replaced on the nest brings
back the empty nest as at the commencement and so the whole series of movements
can be repeated indefinitely.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which,
Fig. 1 shows a plan view of my hen and nest toy with the nest carrier arranged
horizontally with part of the covering broken away to exhibit the various nests.
Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of Fig. 1 and exhibits the interior mechanism
for working the toy.
Fig. 3 shows a sectional vertical elevation of another form of iny hen and best
toy wherein the nest carrier is arranged on a vertical wheel.
Fig. 4 shows a plan view of Fig. 3 with part of the cover broken away to
display the interior mechanism,
a, is a push knob projecting outside the casing b, for effecting the raising of the
bird by means of rod 6, link d, and lever e, fulcrummed at e'.
b, is the exterior casing of the toy inside which the whole of the operating
mechanism is concealed. This mechanism is operated from outside by means of
two push knobs a, c.
c, is the second push knob for operating the nest carrier, by means of crank c',
pinion j, spur wheel k, mounted on axle, to the upper end of which the carrier
is fastened.
c', is a small crank for revolving pinion . This pinion, gears
with a spur
wheel k, about eight times larger. This is the case where eight nests are used,
when pinion is given one revolution the spur wheel is turned one eighth, and
accordingly bringing the next nest (number two) into position under the 'bird.
, is the main axle of the toy, and is suitably mounted in the casing b. The
carrier, is fastened to the opposite end of this axle. This carrier contains nests
of which all but one are concealed as shewn in Fig. 1. It may coutain any
preferred number.

page_text: Each nest is brought successively under the aperture in the top of the casing b
where the bird sits.
h, is a strip of steel forming a spring to ensure the crank c', completing each
revolution when the knob C, is pressed in.
,,, are guides to keep the various rods and spindles in position.
The push knobs a, c, are furnished with recoil springs a¹, c².
Referring to Figs. 3 and 4 a different form of mechanism is here shown for
raising the bird.
When the push knob a, is operated the end of the rod 61, first moves the angular
lever m, (fulcrummed on the oblique pivot pin m', and this lever in turn, moves the
bird slightly to the left or towards the top side of Fig. 4 and then the rod 6', in its
further progress comes into contact with the outer end of another lever n, also
fulcrummed at m', and lifts the bird off' its nest through the slope of the oblique
pivot pin m'.
The nest is supposed to be finished off with rough pieces of fibre, short straw
and the like, to conceal the joint between the two portions of same and the slit
wherein the various levers travel.
In the highest quality of toy the whole series of movements would be operated
by a coiled spring wound by a key, the introduction of an additional geared wheel
with blanks in its circumference securing the necessary pauses in the movements.
In this better class toy it is proposed that an increased effect would be obtained,
by forming the heads of hen, chicks and ducklings loose and connecting them to
their bodies by very small sensitive springs to give life to them.
For a cheaper kind of toy the spindle might be revolved by simply attaching a
button to the end obtruding outside casing the hen to be lifted off by hand, and
the number of nests might be reduced.
It will be understood that I reserve the right to apply my toy to other animals,
such as, cat with kittens, dog with pups, swans with cygnets and the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. A toy representing a bird or other animal sitting on a nest or series of movable
nests or receptacles which can be changed in succession, and in which toy the said
bird or other animal can be readily raised or removed and replaced, at will, as
herein described and set forth.
2. In a toy representing a bird or other creature sitting on a nest or other
receptacle the parts hereinafter named or their equivalents, namely the external
case b, or the rotating carrier a, the levers e, or m and n, and the actuating
mechanism operating same as herein described and set forth.
3. In a toy representing a bird or other creature sitting on a nest or other
receptacle, the push knobs a, e, springs a¹, c², guides 1, 2, 3, the crank e', pinion j,
spur wheel k, and axle f, with or without the rods band b', operating the bird and
rotating nest carrier, as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 16th day of November 1895.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97 Newgate Street, E.C., Patent Agent.