Certain Improvements in Toy Hoops.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Aplication, 20th July, 1894-Accepted, 25th Aug.,
1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Toy Hoops.
I, CHARLES LEA, of Bank Villas, Church Street, Silverdale, in the County of
Stafford, Inventor and Patentee, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described aud
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has reference to children's toy hoops and the object of my invention
is to so arrange and combine a bell or bells with the toy hoop as to cause the bell or
bells to ring when the hoop is bowled along thus, by making the bowling of the hoop
more attractive, I render the same very useful for inducing healthy exercise.
My said invention is carried out in various ways as I will now describe by
referring to the accompanying drawings on which
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of one form of my combined bell and hoop; Fig. 2 is a
sectional side elevation of the same and Figs. 3 and 3* shew the bell part of the
same on an enlarged scale;
Fig. 4 is a front elevation and Fig. 5 is a side view of another arrangement of my
invention provided with several bells and Fig. 7 shews a further modification of the
same.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawing.
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According to one arrangement of carrying out my invention which is illustrated
by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 3* 1 provide a bell A of the well known kind shewn by
Figs. 3 and 3, which is caused to ring by the turning of the centre spindle Con
which is mounted a large spur wheel which gears with a small pinion d' turning
in bearings elf in the plates E and F which also support the axle C. Mounted on
the pinion d there is a crank or cam piece 9 having a pin gl on which is loosely
mounted the striker so that when the axle C is caused to revolve motion is by the
spur wheel c transmitted to the pinion d¹ which with the crank g and striker is
caused to revolve rapidly so that the striker h continues to strike the bell A rapidly
so long as the spindle C is caused to revolve. This kind of bell is well known and
I make no claim in respect of it except when combined with the hoop I as I will
now describe. The base plate E of the bell is secured to the hoop I by several wire
spokes such as those shewn in Fig. 1 and marked so that the bell A is as shewn in
Figs. 1 and 2 mounted in the centre of the hoop I. In order to cause the bell to
ring when the hoop is revolving I provide a depending lever K on the end of the
axle c which is weighted at its outer end k sufficiently to prevent the axle C
revolving, so that when the hoop is bowled along, the hoop and bell revolve round
the axle the pinion d' and striker being thereby.caused to revolve rapidly and to
ring the bell. Or instead of the weighted lever K I may weight one side of the spur
wheel c to prevent its revolving.
In the arrangement of my invention shewn by Figs. 4 and 5 I employ a bell A¹
of the well known kind provided with a loose clapper a¹ this bell A' being mounted
to hang from a cross axis L which is fixed in the middle of the hoop by the
spokes. This bell A' has or may have a short arm a projecting upwardly and
which when the hoop is revolving is struck by the strikers m carried by the spokesj
so as to cause the bell A' to ring.
In the example of my invention shewn by Fig. 6 the bells A are jointed or
otherwise fixed to the spokes j of the hoop of which it is to be understood there may
be any convenient number although on my drawings I have only shewn four.
In the arrangement of my invention shewn by Fig. 7 one or more bells A³ is or
are fixed directly to the inside of the hoop itself and in this case there are no spokes

page_text: although if preferred spokes and bells such as those above described may be added
to the hoop shewn by Fig. 7.
The hoop I to which the bell is or bells are applied as stated above may either
be made with a propelling handle N fixed by side rods n¹ n' to the axle L (see the
dotted lines in Figs. 4 and 5) or made without any propelling handle and side rods.
The accompanying drawings illustrate what I consider to be the best way of
carrying my invention into practice but it is to be understood that my invention is
not limited to the precise details shewn as it will be evident that these may be
varied without departing from the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a toy hoop of one or more bells mounted within the same
so as to ring or sound when the hoop is bowled along, substantially as described.
2. The combination with a toy hoop of the bell A fixed by spokes at the centre
of the Loop, the centre spindle C provided with large spur wheel c¹ mounted within
the bell, the pinion gearing with spur wheel c and provided with revolving
striker h and the depending weighted lever K fixed on the centre spindle C
so as to prevent the centre spindle C revolving with the hoop and thus ensure the
striker to revolve and ring the bell when the hoop is bowled along, substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. The combination with a toy hoop of the bell A fixed by spokes at the centre
of the hoop, the centre spindle C provided with large spur wheel c¹ mounted within
the bell and weighted below the axle to prevent the spur wheel c¹ revolving, the
pinion d' gearing with spur wheel c¹ and provided with revolving striker / which by
the spur wheel c not revolving is caused to revolve and ring the bell when the loop
is bowled along, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination with a toy hoop of spokes j and bells A' fixed upon the same
substantially as herein before described with reference to Fig. 6 so as to sound when
the hoop is bowled along.
5. The combination with a toy hoop of bells A' fixed and arranged inside the
hoop substantially as herein before described with reference to Fig. 7 so as to sound
when the hoop is bowled along.
Dated this 17th day of July 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.