New or Improved Mechanical Toy.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 6th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Mechanical Toy.
A communication from abroad by SIMON GÜNTHERMANN, of Nüremberg, Bavaria,
in the Empire of Germany, Sheet Metal Toy Manufacturer.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention has for its object a mechanical toy representing a tricycle,
velocipede or the like, which is propelled by means of a spring actuated clockwork
mechanism.
One of the novel features of the invention consists in the device for winding up
the clockwork mechanism for propelling the toy, no separate key being required, as
in toys of a similar nature. It comprises a small handle, permanently mounted on
the toy. On the same horizontal spindle as the said handle, a crown toothed
wheel is mounted, and this is adapted to gear with a pinion on the driving axle of
the toy on which the driving wheel or wheels are secured. The said crown wheel
is rotated by clockwork mechanism of any suitable construction. The steering
wheel may be permanently slightly turned out of the plane parallel with the other
wheels, so that the toy will travel in a circle, that is, round an apartment, or a
table, etcetera. When the frame is made of flexible material it can be bent so as to
turn the wheel and steer it in the direction required. A bell may be fitted on the
toy which is periodically struck by a hammer operated by one or more teeth or
projections on the driving axle. The hammer has a spring which causes it to
resume its normal position after being struck.
Dated this 30th day of September 1890.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Mechanical Toy.
A communication from abroad by SIMON GÜNTHERMANN, of Nuremberg, Bavaria,
Germany, Sheet Metal Toy Manufacturer.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Manchester, both
in the County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what mauner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention relates to moving toys, such as velocipedes, tricycles or the like.
The driving mechanism consists of a clockwork enclosed in a case 1, in which, by
rotating spindle 2, a spiral or clock spring 3 is compressed, that is to say, the
clockwork is wound up. The compressed spring 3 causes the spindle 2 to revolve,
from which the motion is transferred to the driving axle 6 by means of crown
wheel 4 and the pinion 5. The toy is then, by means of suitable arrangements, set
in motion by the revolution of this driving axle on which the driving wheel or
wheels of the toy may be secured.

page_text: One of the novel features of this invention consists in the fact that, for winding
up the toy, no separate key, as hitherto. used, is required, but the winding up is
effected by means of a convenient handle 7 which is attached to the spindle 2 and
permanently remains thereon.
The mechanism is further characterised by the construction of the toothed
wheels 4 and 5, which are fixed on spindles at right angles to one another, and one
of which, 5, is shaped like an ordinary pinion, whilst the other, 4, is of a disc shape
and is provided with teeth standing at right angles to its surface.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, 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. In mechanical toys such as velocipedes, tricycles or the like, the arrangement
of a handle 7 for winding up the clockwork, which handle rests securely on the
spindle 2 and remains permanently on the same, substantially as described.
2. The herein described arrangement of parts forming the improved mechanical
toy substantially as set forth.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co., .
Agents for the Applicant.