and other Toy Objects.
Year: 1886

page_text: and other Toy Objects.
I GEORGE COLE of the firm of George Cole & Co of 19 Nicholl Square Hamselį
Street in the City of London Merchants and Manufacturers do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVED MECHANISM FOR ACTUATING MECHANICAL
TOY FIGURES AND OTHER TOY OBJECTS 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 arrangement and application of
mechanism for actuating toy figures effigies or animals represented as in the act of
boxing, wrestling, running, leaping and the like.
And in order that my Invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into practice I will proceed to describe the accompanying Drawing which shows an
example of the manner in which my improved mechanism is arranged and con-
structed in accordance with my Invention and applied so as to actuate mechanical
toy figures.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure I shews the back elevation and Figure II the side elevation of Toy
Boxers bis a framework standing on legs b₁ a cranked axle or shaft a with
crank a (hung in a hole or groove) passes through framework b. The end of the
axle or shaft a after passing out at bottom of framework b being bent to form a
lever a¹.
From the end of lever a¹ is suspended hung (or fixed) by means of a cord (or
arm) ca ball (advantageously of India Rubber) or weight d Underneath frame-
work b is placed a baseplate or stand f which by means of an axle or shaft e¹
supports a frictional disc or table e (which may be of any shape) in such a manner
that it can be made to shake or revolve freely. The stand fis so placed that the
ball or weight & or its cord or arm c¹ is allowed to rest or partly rest upon the
frictional disc or table a A figure g is suspended or loosely hung upon one end of
a bent lever i its fulcrum being kept at On the other end of the bent lever i
is formed a loop or eyelet: into this loop or eyelet one end of a connecting rod k
is hooked the other end of the rod being bent loosely round the crank all of shaft a.

page_text: The figure h is connected in, a similar manner to crank all by means of a bent
lever and connecting rod Z.
The frictional disc or table e being shaken or made to revolve by clockwork
electricity springs or other suitable means the ball or weight, coming into contact,
is made to swing, jerk and rotate violently thereby causing accidental motion which
by means of the lever a¹ crank all connecting rods and k and bent levers ; and i
is transmitted to the figures g and h causing them to appear as in the act of
boxing.
A variety of other toy figures, animals or objects may be worked in a similar
manner causing them to appear as in the act of wrestling, dancing, running,
leaping or performing various mechanical operations in accordance with my
Invention.
The shaft a may be of any shape and suspended loosely in a groove and the
table e made advantageously large so that the cranked shaft a (or shafts) with ball
or weight d may travel up and down and along the groove and figures or animals
fixed upon the shaft a may be made to appear as in the act of walking leaping,
running and the like.
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 arrangement and construction of the driving mechanism consisting
of the parts a¹ all a cd and e arranged and combined for actuating mechanical
toy figures, effigies, animals and other objects substantially in the manner and
for the purpose hereinbefore described and represented in the Drawing hereto