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Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Jan., 1890-Accepted, 8th Feb.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Toy.
THOMAS PATON WOOD, Goods Audit Office, Central Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Clerk, and EDMUND ELKANAH HOYLE, 23 Grey Street Newcastle-on-Tyne, Solicitor,
do hereby declare-the-nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The object of our invention is to provide a toy which when thrown or run along
any surface-which is flat or nearly so will return of its own accord to the spot from
which it started or thereabouts and which can be used as a motor for other toys, e.g., a
stone-crusher engine, churn or grindstone.
In order to carry my invention into practice, I take a suitably shaped body,
preferably a short cylindrical one, of suitable material preferably of card-board or tin
and either closed at each end or having cross-pieces thereon.
Inside of the said body, from the centre of each end, 1 stretch a piece or pieces of
elastic or elastic material and to this-the middle of it preferred, I suspend a leaden
or other weight, which when the said body is caused to revolve, or run along any
surface, that is flat or nearly so, will cause the elastic material to twist turn or
stretch after which operation the body will revolve back again or return along the
surface, of its own accord.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1889.
THOMAS PATON WOOD.
EDMUND E. HOYLE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Toy.
THOMAS PATON Wood, Goods Audit Office, Central Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Clerk, EDWARD ELKANAH HOYLE, 23 Grey Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Solicitor,
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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a toy which when thrown or run along
any surface-which is flat or nearly so-will return of its own accord to the spot from
which it started, or thereabouts, and which can be used as a motor for other toys, e.g.,
a stone crusher engine, churn, "return mouse" &c. In the annexed drawing, half
of a cylinder is cut away so as to show more clearly the interior of the toy or motor.
In order to carry my invention into practice I take a suitably shaped body A pre-
ferably a short cylindrical one of suitable material, preferably of cardboard or tin and
either closed at each end or having crosspieces thereon. Inside of the said body A
from the centre of each end B I stretch a piece or pieces of elastic or elastic
material B, B, and to this-the middle of it preferred-I suspend by some rigid
material Ca leaden or other weight D with end-pieces D', D' attached; each end-
piece containing a hole E through which the elastic B' B₁ passes or the weight D can
be hung on the elastic B¹ B' by means of the holes E & E in each endpiece and the
rigid material C fixed to the elastic B B only. When the said body A is caused to
revolve or run along any surface which is flat or nearly so, the weight D with end-
pieces D, D attached and rigid piece C will cause the elastic material B' B' to twist,
turn and stretch after which operation the body A will revolve back again or return
along the surface of its own accord : This toy can be spirally coloured with toy-bells
fixed to each end or ornamented in any suitable manner.

page_text: 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 general arrangement, construction and combination of the various parts forming
a toy or motor substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of January 1890
THOMAS PATON WOOD.
EDMUND ELKANAH HOYLE.