AN IMPROVED AËRIAL TOY
Year: 1885

page_text: I, JOHN NEWSOM, of The American Trading Company, 99 Fenchurch Street, in
the City of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "AN IMPROVED AËRIAL TOY". to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved toy of that class wherein a screw-propeller
or device provided with helical blades or vanes is employed, which is designed to
be rapidly rotated and then released, so that the toy will fly upward a considerable
distance in the air.
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The object of my said invention is to provide a toy of the class above described,
which will be cheap, simple in construction, and very effective in its action.
My improved toy consists of a stem or rod of wood or other suitable material
and a screw-propeller or device having two or more helical or inclined blades or
vanes made of wood or other suitable material and firmly attached to the said stem
or rod at right angles thereto.
The said toy may be painted, or otherwise coloured or ornamented in any
suitable manner, if desired.
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This toy is used as follows, viz:-The stem or rod is beld vertically between the
hands and the toy is rapidly rotated by sliding the hands against each other in
opposite directions until the said stem or rod emerges from between them. The
rotation thus imparted to the screw blades or vanes causes them to act upon the
air, so that the toy ascends therein with greater or less rapidity and to a greater or
less height according to the velocity of such rotation.

page_text: An Improved Aerial Toy.
I, JOHN NEWSOM, of The American Trading Company, 99 Fenchurch Street, in
the City of London, Merchant 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 an improved toy of the kind or class wherein a screw-
propeller or a device having helical blades or vanes is arranged to be rapidly rotated
and then released, so that it will fly upward a considerable distance in the air.
The object of my said invention is to provide a toy of the class above described,
which will be cheap, simple in construction, and very effective in its action.
My improved toy consists of a stem or rod and a screw-propeller or a device
having two or more helical or inclined blades or vanes firmly attached to the upper
end of the said stem or rod at right angles, or approximately at right angles,
thereto. The said toy is made either of wood or of any other suitable material.
It may, if desired, be painted or otherwise coloured or ornamented in any
convenient manner.
My improved toy is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and
Figure 2 is a plan, drawn to an enlarged scale.
a is the stem or rod. b, b are the screw-blades or vanes, which are formed in
one piece, in which the stem a is inserted and secured by means of glue or
otherwise. The said blades may, however, be attached to the stem in any other
convenient manner.
This toy is used as follows, that is to say:-The stem or rod a is held vertically
between the palms of the hands, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 1 of the
drawing, and the toy is rapidly rotated by sliding or moving the hands in opposite
directions, or by keeping one hand stationary and moving the other hand in one or
the other direction, until the said stem or rod emerges or escapes from between the
hands. By reason of the rapid rotation thus imparted to the toy, the screw-blades
or vanes are caused to act upon the air and propel the toy through the same.
this manner the said toy can be caused to ascend in the air with greater or less
rapidity, and to a greater or less height, according to the velocity of rotation
imparted thereto.
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I have shewn the toy provided with two screw-blades or vanes, but it is obvious
that a larger number thereof may be used, if desired.
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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 toy consisting of the stem or rod having the blades or vanes
attached thereto, substantially as set forth.