Year: 1888

page_text: I, WILLIAM BRITAIN, of 28 Lambton Road, Hornsey Rise, in the County of
Middlesex, Mechanical Model Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to make a simple motive power that shall be
applicable to all sorts of mechanical toys.
In carrying out my invention I make a spindle with a fly wheel fixed upon it and
working in suitable bearings. I make one end of the spindle flat and to pass right
through its bearings and to press upon the rim of a wheel placed in such a position
that only one side of the end of the spindle shall press upon it. I obtain the necessary
pressure when the spindle is vertical by placing the wheel which it is to drive at its
lower end, and making the weight of the fly-wheel and spindle to rest upon it; or
by making the weight of the wheel to rest upon the upper end of the spindle. And
when the spindle is horizontal by means of a spring at the end of the spindle opposite
to that which is to press upon the wheel I connect the wheel by any suitable gear to
what ever I intend it to move and then make the fly wheel to revolve by any suitable
means. The end of the spindle pressing upon the rim of the wheel causes it to
revolve and to move whatever it is connected with.
Dated this 27th day of November 1888.

page_text: Improvements in Mechanical Toys.
I, WILLIAM BRITAIN of 28 Lambton Road, Hornsey Rise, in the County of
Middlesex, Mechanical Model 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 :-
The object of my invention is to make a simple motive power that shall be applicable
to various kinds of mechanical toys.
In the accompanying drawings Figs. 1 and 2, are elevations of the same modi-
fication, and Figs. 3 and 4 are other modifications. The letters refer to the same
parts in all the drawings.
In carrying out my invention I make a spindle a with a flywheel 6 fixed upon it
and working in suitable bearings c. c. I make one end of this spindle flat and to
pass right through its bearings and to press upon the rim of a wheel'd placed in such
a position that only one side of the end of the spindle shall press upon it. I obtain
the necessary pressure when the spindle is vertical as in Figs. 1 and 2, by placing
the wheel which it is to drive at its lower end and making the weight of the flywheel
and spindle to rest upon it, or by making the weight of the wheel to rest upon the
upper end of the spindle as in Fig. 4, and when the spindle is horizontal by means
of a spring e at the end of the spindle opposite to that which is to press upon the
wheel as in Fig. 3. I connect the wheel by any suitable gear as f. f. to whatever I
intend to move and then make the flywheel to revolve by any suitable means such as
a string and pulley as 9. g.
The end of the spindle pressing upon the rim of the
wheel causes it to revolve and to move whatever it is connected with.
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 various combinations of a spindle and wheel so arranged that one side of the
end of the spindle shall rest upon, or press against the wheel at or near its circum-
ference, so that any rotary motion given to the spindle shall be imported to the
wheel for the purpose of actuating toys; substantially and for the purpose as
herein described.