An Improvement in Musical Toys.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr.,. 1889
Complete Specification Left, 1st Jan., 1890-Accepted, 8th Mar.. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Musical Toys.
ALBERT SUGDEN 3 Reaston Street New Cross London S.W. (Brassfinisher) do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I mount a drum or cylinder on a spindle or axle carrying the axle through the ends
of the drum & make the spindle a fixture to the handle so that the drum may revolve
round the axle, on this axle I mount a number of plates or bells fitted with hammers
or strikers & on the inner side of drum I arrange suitable projections so that. when
the drum is revolved the projections depress the strikers or hammers 'in such a
manner as to cause the hammers when released to strike the bells or plates so that by
this means I am able to produce set pieces of music by drawing or pushing the drum
along.
Dated this 1st day of April 1880.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Musical Toys.
ALBERT SUGDEN No. 3 Reaston Street New Cross (Brassfinisher) 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:
I mount a drum or cylinder on a spindle or axle carrying the axle through the ends
of the drum or cylinder & make the spindle a fixture to the handle so that the drum
may revolve round the axle, on this axle I mount a number of plates or bells fitted
with hammers or striker & on the inner side of drum I arrange suitable projections
so that when the drum is revolved the projections depress the strikers or hammers in
such a manner as to cause the hammers when released to strike the bells or plates—so
that by this means I am able to produce set pieces of music--by drawing or pushing
the drum along.
Two ways of carrying my invention into practice is shown in the accompanying
drawing.
Fig. 1 & 2 show one way.
A is the drum. B is a spindle passing through the drum with frame F connected
to the spindle B carrying a spindle D and mounted loose on spindle D is a spring
with strikers E, E' on the ends of the springs set to each bell or plates, connected to
the spring below spindle D is a trigger H so arranged that when the drum A is
revolved either way the projection G on the inner side of drum cause the trigger end
of spring H to lift one of the strikers E which on being released cause the bell to
ring.
The action of the spring with strikers E E¹ and trigger H shown in Fig. 2 is as
follows the drum A revolving in the direction of arrow the projection G cause the
trigger H to move forward and upwards and the spring being loose on spindle D the
heel of spring at X presses on frame F at the same time striker E' moves away from
the bell C, when the projections G has passed by the trigger, the resistance caused
by the heel X against bring the trigger to its former position at the same time
causing the striker E' to ring the bell.
And when the drum is revolved in opposite direction to arrow the heel of striker E'
become the resisting point and E the striker.
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page_text: A is the drum. B is a spindle. H is a comb or plate fitted to spindle so that
the drum A can revolve round the comb or plate.
The projections on the inner side of drum when passing the comb or plate cause the
same to sound according to the position of the projections, which projections may
be arranged to produce set music.
Fig. 5 is a general view with handle fitted to spindle B for drawing along.
It will be obvious that there may be a handle fitted to spindle B to enable the
performer to revolve the works within the drum & so obtain the same result.
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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
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