An Improved Toy.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 26th Apr., 1890
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Toy.
I, FREDERICK OAKLEY, 99 King Street East, in the City of Toronto, in the County
of York and Province of Ontario, Canada, Carpenter do hereby declare the nature of
iny invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to provide an amusing toy for children that
will embrace an alternating spinning top, a musical wind toy, and a rattle when
running.
I attain the above objects by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying
drawings, in which-
Fig. 1 represents a partial side view of my improved toy having a portion of the
casing broken away to exhibit the interior arrangement.
Fig. 2 represents the position of the said toy when in position to be operated.
On reference to the drawings in which, A, refers to the two concavo-convex plates
jointed together suitably around their circumference to form a hollow disc-shaped
body as represented.
The strings, B, are secured to the opposite sides of the said toy, the two ends of
each string being secured on a diametrical line, one on each of the opposite sides of the
centre, a, of the said disc.
A row of holes, C, is formed in the parallel sides of the plates, A, and an outer
row, D, of similar holes are formed in the bevelled portion of the said plates, A, and
near its periphery.
The fan, E, is carried inside the plates, A, on a spindle, e, which occupies the central
axis of the body of said toy, and on which the said fan, E, is loosely journalled to
revolve freely.
A musical reed, F, is secured to one or both the plates A, near or on their junction,
and a suitable opening, f, in the plate or plates admits of wind being blown through
the said reed, F, and musical sounds produced, thereby affording an additional
amusement to that of spinning the said toy by means of the strings, B.
On the outer ends, or the double of the strings, B, is provided on each a ring, G,
as a means of holding and operating the said toy during the spinning operation,
which is a succession of alternations, caused by tension on the rings, G, by an
operator. The strings, B, being twisted as shown in Fig. 2, and a tension exerted
on the rings, G, they will unwind and be reciprocally wound in the opposite source
of resistance, but the same direction of the body of the said toy-the neutral
position being that of the unwound strings, B.
During the spinning operation of the said toy, the fan, E, being loosely journalled
between the plates, A, and on the axle, a, can inove independently of the said body
formed by the said plates, A.
The friction of the fan, E, on its axle, a, will cause the said fan, E, to partake of
the same direction as the body of the toy, and on a change or reversal of the direction
the fan, E, will continue to revolvo for a short time in the direction in which it was
running first, but from the increased travel of reverse directions, and consequent
increased friction on the axle, a, the said fan, E, will rapidly come to a standstill
and rapidly unite with the body of the toy in its new direction, and continue in
varying velocities and alternating directions-the fan E, causing considerable rattle
and noise on its reversals, and when in motion.
The reversals of the fan, E, and its varying velocities also cause attractive variations
in the appearance of the toy when in motion.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. As an improved article of manufacture, a toy comprising two perforated plates
coupled together by an axle and provided with strings suitably attached for revolving
the said plates, having a fan supported between them on the said axle adapted and
constructed to move independently of the said plates, substantially as shown and
described and for the purpose specified.
2nd. The combination in a toy, of the concave perforated plates, their connecting
axle having a fan loosely mounted thereon and movable independently of the said
plates provided with strings to rotate them, also a reed or reeds conveniently carried
within the said plates, provided with suitablo external openings to operate them,
substantially as shown and described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 20th day of March 1800.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, Agents to Applicant.