Improvements in Mechanical Walking Toys.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 15th May, 1889-Accepted, 29th June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mechanical Walking Toys.
We SAMUEL BEAVEN STEVENS of Huntley Boorne & Stevens "Tin Works"
Reading in the County of Berks Manufacturers and HENRY NEWMAN Musician
of Lozells Road Aston in the County of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of
this Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of Toys representing
models of walking men or women or of animals or other living things.
Selecting for description a toy representing the model of a walking man pushing
a cart. The man has his legs pivotted at their upper ends to the body and at a
point somewhat below the pivot the two legs are connected with each other by
being attached to the ends of a horizontal lever pivotted in its centre to the body.
The object of this lever is to cause the two legs to take an alternate forward and
backward motion in relation to each other as in walking.
The man's arms may be connected to the shafts or handle of a cart or other
vehicle as in the act of pushing or pulling same.
The body of the vehicle is mounted on wheels and revolving axle, the latter having
cranks formed in it so that the body of the vehicle has a rocking motion given to it
from side to side and this rocking motion is transmitted through the shafts or handle
of the cart to the body of the man thus lifting the advancing foot clear of the ground
and enabling the man to walk.
This rocking motion may also be given to the man by means of the wheels
themselves being fixed eccentric on the axle, by separate eccentrics in place of the
cranks, or by a cam or cams, so long as the man has sufficient inclination given to
that part of his body, to which the legs are pivotted, to allow the advancing foot to
clear the ground.
The body of the vehicle need not necessarily be rocked at all but the motion may be
transmitted by well known means direct from the cranks-eccentrics-eccentric
wheels or cams-to the body of the man.
The man's body may be made to rock one or more times per revolution of the
wheels of the vehicle by the means mentioned above, or cranks, eccentrics, or cams
may be mounted on a second shaft driven by the axle at a different speed.
The toy may be constructed to be pulled along by means of a string or to be
propelled by means of clockwork actuated by a spring or twisted india-rubber-or by
means of a fly wheel spun "top fashion."
Toy models of walking horses or other quadrupeds may be constructed on the same
principle, the fore and hind legs being made to rock from side to side alternately as in
the case of the horse, or simultaneously as in the case of the camel, by suitably
connecting them to a vehicle.
The toy may be used for advertising purposes by having an advertisement printed
upon the sides of the vehicle or other convenient position.
1000
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mechanical Walking Toys.
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We SAMUEL BEAVEN STEVENS of Huntley Boorne and Stevens "Tin Works'
Reading in the County of Berks Manufacturers and HENRY NEWMAN of Lozells
Road Aston in the County of Warwick Musician do hereby declare the nature of
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page_text: 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 improvements in the construction of toys representing
models of walking men or women or of animals or other living things.
Selecting for description a toy representing the model of a walking man pushing a
cart the man has his legs pivotted at their upper ends to the body and at a point
somewhat below the pivot the two legs are connected with each other by being
attached to the ends of a horizontal lever pivotted in its centre to the body.
The object of this lever is to cause the two legs to take an alternate forward and
backward motion in relation to each other as in walking.
The mans arms may be connected to the shafts or handle of a cart or other vehicle
as in the act of pushing or pulling same.
The body of the vehicle is mounted on wheels on a revolving axle the latter having
cranks formed in it so that the body of the vehicle has a rocking motion given to it
from side to side and this rocking motion is transmitted through the shafts or handle
of the cart to the body of the man thus lifting the advancing foot clear of the ground
and enabling the man to walk.
This rocking motion may also be given to the man by means of the wheels
themselves being fixed eccentric on the axle by separate eccentrics in place of the
cranks or by a cam or cams so long as the man has sufficient inclination given to that
part of bis body to which the legs are pivotted to allow the advancing foot to clear the
ground.
The body of the vehicle need not necessarily be rocked at all but the motion may be
transmitted by well known means direct from the cranks eccentrics-eccentric
wheels or cams to the body of the man.
The mans body may be made to rock one or more times per revolution of the wheels
of the vehicle by the means mentioned above or cranks eccentrics or cams may be
mounted in or on a second shaft driven by the axle at a different speed.
The toy may be constructed to be pulled along by means of a string or to be
propelled by means of clockwork actuated by a spring or twisted india rubber, or
by means of a fly wheel spun "top fashion.
Toy models of walking horses or other quadrupeds may be constructed on the
same principle the fore and hind legs being made to rock from side to side alternately
as in the case of the horse or simultaneously as in the case of the camel by suitably
connecting them to a vehicle.
The toy may be used for advertising purposes by having advertisements printed
upon the sides of the vehicle or other convenient position.
And in order that our invention may be the more easily understood and readily
carried into practice we will proceed to further describe same with reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a man and cart arranged and constructed
in accordance with our improvements.
Figure 2-end view of same looking from the back of the man.
Figure 3-section through body of man at a-b. (Fig. 1).
Figure 4-arrangement of wheels with axle placed eccentrically.
Figure 6-perspective view of cart arranged with cams on axle to give rocking
motion to man without rocking the cart.
The same letters represent the same parts in the various Figures.
A is the walking man. B the cart or trolly. C the axle of cart having cranks D D
thereon. These cranks carry the frame and body of the cart and when the latter is
advanced by means of a string (or other means as before described) the cranks cause
the cart to take a slight rocking motion and the shafts of the cart being rigidly
connected as shown to the body of the man the latter partakes also of the rocking
motion. This rocking motion is arranged by the dimensions of the cranks to be

page_text: just sufficient to cause the advancing foot x of the man to clear the ground as shown
in Figures 1 and 2.
The two legs m m of the man are coupled by means of a lever E pivotted at F
at a short distance below the main pivot G of the legs as shown or at any other
suitable distance, or it may be arranged above said pivot G instead of below same.
The object of this lever is to cause the legs to work alternately viz. to ensure
that one advances while the other leg is on the ground respectively so as to resemble
the natural action of walking.
The pivot F is fixed to the body A of the man and the ends of the lever E are in
connection with the legs m m in the manner shown, or in any other well known and
convenient manner providing for the free motion of the legs on their common pivot G.
The rocking motion of cart and man may equally well be accomplished by fitting
the axle out of centre in each wheel as shown in Figure where is the axle
and H H the wheels.
In Figure 6 is shown an arrangement whereby the rocking motion of the man may
be accomplished without rocking the cart and the man may be made to rock and
therefore to step two or more times per revolution of the wheels according to the
formation of the cam I. C is the axle and H H the wheels. Upon the axle C are
mounted two cams II which as here shown have two lobes (but they may have any
other convenient number).
These cams act upon a lover J or similar device and give a rocking motion to a
wire K forming the handle which wire passes through and is guided by a tube L
attached to the cart. The handle K as shown is fixed to the mans hands which are
rigidly attached to his body.
The cart being advanced by means of a string T (or other means as before
described) causes the man to rock from side to side and the feet alternately to be in
contact with and clear of the ground respectively and so to imitate the natural action
of walking.
We find it advantageous to attach flat soles or shoes (advantageously of lead) to the
feet of the inan as shown in Figures 1 and 2 to enable it to walk on rough surfaces
such as a table cloth or carpet or on a smooth surface such as a polished table.
The sides or other surfaces of the cart or trolly B (Figure 1) or other carriage
vehicle roller or the like may be utilised for the purpose of advertising by applying
advertisements thereto in any suitable, or convenient marner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. In mechanical walking toys causing a rocking motion from side to side so that
one foot of the toy figure may advance clear of the ground while the other is upon the
ground substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
2. In mechanical walking toys a toy figure-having its two legs m mounted on a
pivot G with a cross lever E turning on a centre F and connected to the legs-rigidly
connected to and acting in conjunction with a toy cart carriage roller or the like to
which latter a rocking motion is given by means of a cranked axle eccentric or cam
substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the drawings hereunto annexed.
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1000
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.,
Agents for the Patentees.