New or Improved Mechanism for Transmitting Motion to Mechanical Toys or Models.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Dec., 1890-Accepted, 14th Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Mechanism for Transmitting Motion to Mechanical
Toys or Models.
I GEORGE COLE of the firm of George Cole and Company of 314 Spital Square
in the City of London Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to new or improved mechanism for transmitting motion to
mechanical toys or models and consists of a shaft with gearing apparatus suitably
mounted and suspended over a spinning top or revolving disc one end of the shaft
being provided with a cranked arm or arms and each such arm having jointed or
flexible extensions capable of falling or resting upon or being brought in contact
with the top or disc and thus being revolved and actuated by same. This vertical
shaft is provided with a pinion bevelled toothed wheel, endless screw or crank for
driving a gearing wheel or train of wheels for regulating the motion given out by
the revolving top or disc and transmitting same as required to produce rotary or
reciprocal movements to mechanical toys or models.
It is evident that the top or disc may be of any suitable shape and that the disc
may be actuated by any suitable means and placed together with the shaft either in
a horizontal or vertical position as desired.
Dated this 24th day of Moreb 1800
GEORGE COLE.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Mechanism for Transmitting Motion to Mechanical
Toys or Models.
I GEORGE COLE of the firm of George Cole and Company of 31ª Spital Square
in the City of London Manufacturer 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:-
This invention relates to new or improved mechanism for transmitting motion to
mechanical toys or models and consists of a shaft with gearing apparatus suitably
mounted and suspended over a spinning top or revolving disc one end of the shaft
being provided with a cranked arm or arms and cach such arm having jointed or
flexible extensions or connections capable of falling on or resting upon or being
brought into contact with the top or disc and thus being revolved and actuated by
friction.
This vertical shaft is provided with a pinion bevelled tooth wheel endless screw
or a crank for driving a gearing wheel or train of wheels for transmitting the
motion given out by the revolving top or disc and utilising same as required to
produce rotary or reciprocal movements in mechanical toys or models. The top or
disc may be of any suitable shape and the disc set in motion or actuated by any
suitable means.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into practice I will now proceed to describe the accompanying drawings in
illustration of same in which similar letters of reference represent the like
parts.
Figure 1 is a front view of the gearing apparatus actuated by a spinning top.
Figure 2 is a front view of a modification of Fig. 1 actuated by a revolving

page_text: It is obvious that the motor in both the above figures may be the same and that
bristles c may be substituted for jointed connections el or vice versa.
Figure 3 is a top view of the wheel and pinion used in Figure 2.
a is a main shaft free to revolve and move up and down in framework, to the
bottom end of this shaft is fixed arm or arms with flexible or jointed con-
nections c or c¹.
In Fig. e represents bristles secured to arms and in Fig. 2 a swinging ball or
pendant which are carried round by frictional contact with the top or disc. It is
obvious that various flexible materials may be substituted for the bristles c also that
the swinging ball or pendant (of any shape) may be made of any suitable material
capable of imparting the necessary amount of friction. Mounted on shaft a is
thread or worm E (Fig. 1) or pinion E' (Fig. 2) these engage in toothed wheel f
mounted on spindle . A crank may take the place of pinion E in Fig. 2 or
bevelled gearing as is well understood may be used instead of the wheel and pinion E¹
in same figure for transmitting the motion to spindle d. By this gearing apparatus
is obtained a slower and thereby al more useful and a more powerful means of
transmission than hitherto obtained in cheap mechanical toys of this kind as by it
nearly every description of automaton toys may be actuated for it is obvious that
by simply attaching the toy to spindle d motion may be imparted to all kinds of
revolving toys such as circuses roundabouts race games and the like or by the
addition of a crank etc. to spindle d reciprocatory movements may be produced to
represent various other kinds of toys such as boxing sawing hammering,
jumping etc.
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
In mechanical toys the new combination of gearing mechanism by which motion
is transmitted from a spinning top or a rotating disc by means of a vertically
mounted adjustable shaft placed over said top or disc such shaft having one or more
arms extending over the sides or top of said disc or top and one or more of these
arms having a jointed or flexible connection capable of being brought into frictional
contact with said disc or top for the purpose of being revolved by same and such
shaft being provided with a pinion endless screw toothed wheel or crank for
transmitting motion through spindle d to mechanical toys all substantially in the
manner and for the purpose as described herein and represented in accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1890.-
GEORGE.COLE.