A New or Improved Mechanical Toy.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1891-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1891
[Communicated from abroad by ALBERT SILBERMANN, of 74, Blumenstrasse,
Berlin, S.O., Germany, Manufacturer.]
A New or Improved Mechanical Toy.
I, GEORGE THOMAS HYDE of 4 Moorfields, Fore Street, London E.C. 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 :-
My invention relates to a new, or improved mechanical toy, representing by.
its movements a figure, apparently revolving a ball along a rope.
In order that my said invention may be clearly understood I have appended a
sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side view of the toy representing the figure running backwards.
Fig. 2 is a back view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section of part of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the mechanical part of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a detail, hereinafter called the slide.
In carrying my invention into effect 1 provide a tube A, in the upper surface of
which, for the whole of its length is a slot k, and upon the lower surface of A,
centrally of its length is a fixed handle B. Within the tube A, is placed a slide C,
upon which is a lug, or projection, which travels within the slot k, and carries a
fork D, supporting the body of a figure H, by means of a wire E. Within the
fork D is journaled a crank shaft I, which carries on its ends the two halves of a
hollow ball G. The doll, or other figure has jointed legs, and from its feet are
prolongations s, and ¹, connected to the cranks e, and . The slide C, is adapted
to slide from end to end of A, accordingly as A. is tilted by the handle B.
The toy operates in the following manner. By holding the handle B, so that
the end of A is highest, as shewn in Fig. 1, the slide C, would slip through A,
until it reaches 11, the lowest end of A, and by the descent of C, the edges of cach
half of the ball G, resting upon A, would revolve and give motion to the crank
shaft F, and by reason of the connections ss upon ",, and the figure H, a
walking or dancing motion is given to the figure, which appears the more natural,
and consequently more amusing, by the absence of any mechanism this being
entirely hidden within the ball G. By reversing the angle of A, the figure would
return from 11 to 1, and this operation may be repeated ad lib without any greater
effort on the part of the operator, than the simple movement of the handle B, to
give the required slope to A. The dual position of the legs of the figure as
operated by the crank shaft F, as described, is more particularly shewn by the
dotted outline in Fig. 4.
The several parts of the toy as described may be made from any suitable material
or substance without departing from the principle of my invention.
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.
The improved mechanical toy consisting of the several parts enumerated,
connected, and operating in combination with each other to give, or produce

page_text: the effect set forth, substantially as and for the purposes described, and shewn
by the drawings hereunto appended.
Dated this 25th day of June 1891.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.