An Improved Mechanical Toy.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1895-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1895
An Improved Mechanical Toy.
I ROYER LUCKENBACH, of Sharon Hill, Delaware, County, Pa., U.S. America
Silverchaser 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 :-
My invention relates to toys, and the object thereof is to provide a toy drum-
beater, consisting of a figure, preferably that of a monkey, with internal mechanism
so constructed that by operating the same in the manner described the figure may
be made to beat the drum, or other device, the mechanism being so arranged that
at each movement or operation thereof, the regular time or marching beat is
produced, which may, however, be varied as desired.
This object I accomplish by means of the construction described in the
following Specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in
which:
Fig. 1 represents in elevation my improved toy ;
Fig. 2, a central vertical section thereof; and
Fig. 3, a section on the line x-x, Fig. 2.
Referring to the drawing, the numeral 2 designates the body of the figure, and
3, the head, and the body is preferably formed of one piece of thin metal, curved
or shaped to the required form, and preferably open at the back throughout its
length, as shown at 4, this opening being covered by a coat or skirt 5, also
composed of sheet metal, and of the general form shown.
Secured to this coat or skirt, and extending downwardly and then upwardly, as
shown, is a handle 6, adapted to be grasped in operating the device, and to the
upper curved end of this handle is secured the drum 7, or other device for the
figure to beat upon.
Within the body is secured a bracket or support 8, to which is secured an upward
extension 9, having side flanges or plates 10, between which is pivoted or mounted
a pinion 11, and between which and the support 9 is a sliding rack bar 12, designed
to operate in connection with the pinion 11, as hereinafter described.
Secured to the shaft 13, on which the pinion 11 is mounted, at each end thereof,
and outside of the plates 10, are angular or crank levers or arms 14, each of which
is bent at right angles upon itself, and each of which is secured by means of its
shortest portion to the pinion shaft 13, in such a manner that those portions of the
levers by which they are attached to the shaft are at right angles to each other, as
shown in Fig. 3.
The long portions of the levers 14, extend outwardly through large circular
holes 15 in the sides of the figure, and pass through slots 16 in the arms 17 of the
figure, which are pivoted at 18 to the body thereof. The rear ends of these arms
are carried back and curved around the edges of the body piece on each side, as
shown at 19, which is so curved at this point as to form the arc of a circle, the
radius of which is the distance between the pivot 18 and the curve 19 on the
arms 17, whereby the curved portion of the body piece serves as a guide to
movement of the arm and loops 19 and assist to retain the arm in position.
The hand of each arm of the figure is provided with a drum-stick 20, and to the
lower end of the rack-bar 12 is preferably secured a ring 21.

page_text: The operation is as follows: The handle is grasped in one hand, and the bar 12
operated by the other, being slid back and forth slowly or quickly as desired, a
moderate movement being preferable.
The pinion 11 is operated by the bar 12, and by reason of the manner in which
the levers 14 are connected therewith, the arms of the figure will be made to strike
the drum alternately, but in quick succession, each drum-stick striking the drum at
each movement of the bar 12, and the effect of the operation caused by sliding the
bar 12 back and forth regularly and in time is to produce the regular time or
marching beat of the drum and this may be quick or slow time, or varied to any
degree required.
It will thus be seen that I accomplish the object of my invention by means of a
device simple in construction and operation, which will readily attract the attention,
and which is comparatively inexpensive, and not easily injured.
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 :-
1. In a toy drum-beater, the combination, with the body of the drum-beater, the
arms of which are pivotally connected therewith, of a drum, a pinion supported in
the body and in operating connection with said arms, and a rack-bar connected with
the said portion, and extending from the body for operating the device, substantially
as shown and described.
2. In a toy drum-beater, the combination, with the body of the drum-beater, the
arms of which are pivotally connected with the body, a pinion supported within
the body and having angular or crank levers connected with the opposite ends of
its shaft, said levers being also in operative connection with the arms of the figure,
and a rack-bar for operating the pinion, extending from the body, substantially as
shown and described.
3. A toy drum-beater, consisting of a figure having arms pivoted near their
middles to the figure, and each being provided with a slot back of the pivoted
connection, a pinion supported on a shaft in the body and provided at each side
with an angular or crank lever, one part of which is secured to the shaft and the
other passed through the slot in one of the arms, and a rack-bar for operating the
pinion, substantially as shown and described.
4. A toy drum-beater, consisting of a figure having arms pivotally connected
near their middles to the body of the figure, a pinion supported within the body
and provided with crank-levers, one of which is connected with each arm by means
of a slot formed therein, and a rack-bar for operating the pinion, substantially as
shown and described.
5. A toy drum-beater, consisting of a figure, having arms pivotally connected
with the body of the figure, a pinion supported within the body of the figure and in
operative connection with the pivoted arms, and a rack-bar for operating the pinion,
substantially as shown and described.
6. The combination, in a toy, of a figure, having arms pivotally connected with
the body thereof, a pinion within the body in operative connection with the pivoted
arms, a rack-bar for operating the pinion, and a drum, supported in proximity to
the pivoted arms by a handle secured to the figure, substantially as shown and
described.
7. In a toy drum-beater, the combination of a figure, the body of which is open
longitudinally, rearwardly and curved, as shown and described, of arms pivotally
connected near their middles with the sides of the figure, and the rear ends being
each provided with a longitudinal slot and carried back and curved around the
edge of the curved body portion, a pinion supported on a shaft within the figure,
and provided on each side with an angular or crank lever, one part of which is
secured to the shaft and the other passed outwardly and through the slot in one of

page_text: the arms, a rack-bar for operating the pinion, and a drum supported in proximity
to the pivoted arms by a handle secured to the figure, substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 24th dow of Iul 1005
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38 Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.