Improvement in Toys.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1894-Accepted, 11th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Toys.
JOSEPH WALKER of 13 and 14 Augusta Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Die Sinker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to make a toy on the principle of what is commonly
known as a moving panorama, the purpose being to shew a number of pictures, or
objects, following one another in succession, the same being set in motion backwards
and forwards by means of a mechanical action, operated on by the hand from
behind, and also being illuminated by means of a lamp or candle.
In order to do this :-I make first a frame or box, preferably of card-board ;
this frame I partially cut out in its front, for the purpose of exposing the objects
to be viewed; and I construct it with a facade on its top for ornamental purposes.
I now make two rollers with grooved pulleys at their bases, these I fix vertically
on each of the front corners of the frame, and upon them is rolled the paper, cloth,
parchment, or other material carrying the pictures or objects. Close to each of
these rollers I fix an upright wire, which presses against the paper or other
material, and keeps it upright and close to the front, and also puts friction on to
prevent the rolled material getting slack or unwrapping too quickly. These wires
1 secure in their position firmly, top and bottom, by inserting them in holes pierced
in arms which extend from the metallic bearings carrying the rollers, which in their
turn are firmly clipped to the card-board frame. I now make a pulley with a
groove in and fix it to a lever arm having a handle attached to it (for the purpose
of rotating); this pulley and lever arm I now fasten to one end of an independent
spring arm, which is pivotted at the other end to the card-board box, so that when
not in use it can be pushed inside the box for convenience of packing, but on being
drawn out into position for use it engages in a socket or catch which keeps it in
position until released. I now place a flexible band around the driving pulley and
the vertical rollers carrying the pictures and in the centre of all I fix a metallic
stamping to carry a lamp or candle. Lastly I make a lid which now closes over
the exposed end of the card-board frame so as to form it into a box with the
mechanical action and arrangements inside.
The action is as follows:-
On taking off the lid and drawing out the rotating arm carrying the driving
pulley, it is snapped into position by engaging in the socket above-described
allowing thereby easy access to the rotating handle; the rollers are then wound
and unwound at will causing the pictures or objects to pass and re-pass before the
opening cut out in the frame thereby exposing the same to view. The light behind
is for the purpose of illuminating the pictures through the transparency of the
material upon which they are painted, perforated holes may also be used in the
pictures when desiring to expose the light.
Dated this 11th day of October 1893.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Toys.
I, JOSEPH WALKER, of 13 Augusta Street, in the City of Birmingham,.
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 has reference to the manner in which I construct a toy having
the form of an imitation show panorama with a moving screen containing views of
landscape and other pictures which may be readily wound off one roller on to
another, so as to be made to pass before an open portion of the front casement or
face of the box or cabinet which contains the whole arrangement, appliances and
fittings for giving motion to the screen. Behind the opening of the cabinet and
within it I place a candle holder, and a pivoted hand operated roller which roller
or driving pulley upon being drawn out tightens the driving elastic or other band
or cord thus causing the screen rollers to revolve when the handle is turned.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings-
Figure 1 is a general or front elevation of my cabinet or case.
Figure 2 is a sectional end elevation through the cabinet showing the front
plate A with its screen opening a, and the screen B in position while the candle C
and handle D upon its roller E is placed in its out position as required when
operating for traversing the screen B.
The sectional plan of my cabinet in Figure 3 illustrates my method of tightening
the driving band e, and Figure 4 shows my cabinet A A1 A2 in section with the
handle in its inner or closed position within the box with the cover or back A³
placed upon the end to enclose and protect the whole.
I cause my candle holder C¹ to be formed with a base or dish C2, the clips c¹
securely springing on to the surface of the candle C as shown in Figure 2; the
attaching pin which secures the candle holder and base to the bottom of my
cabinet I employ as the pivot or axis upon which the bracket plate F may turn
when it is required to tighten the driving band e, and when the pulley E is to be
brought into its driving or out position from that shown in Figure 4 to that shown
in Figure 3. I cause the bracket plate F to be secured in position when outside
the case or cabinet A A' A² as shown in Figure 3, by means of a catch plate G
formed with projecting sides so as to permit of the bracket F being firmly retained
while the pulley E is revolved by the handle D; the bracket plate F I construct
from metal capable of springing to the extent necessary to pass over the projecting
sides of the catch G in order to enter its recessed or central bedding groove.
I keep the travelling screen or sheet B near to the inner face of the opening a,
by means of two or more vertical guide bars or rods K K which extend from the
top A to the bottom or base A' of my cabinet, these rods being carried in pro-
jecting ears or lugs formed upon the roller spindle bracket or cap plate L shown in
detail plan and elevation at Figures 5 and 6.
I eyelet or attach my candle cup to the base A' by means of the eyelet or pin
upon which the bracket F and its self contained handle and driving roller may turn
freely.
I make an opening within the top A' of my case or cabinet immediately above
the candle cup for permitting the heat to escape, and I place a descriptive lecture
pamphlet or booklet within my cabinet for use by the operator when describing the
pictures and screens upon the panoramic sheet.
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. The combination and arrangement of a travelling screen or panoramic sheet

page_text: mounted upon vertical rollers and having guide bars or rods for pressing the sheet
outwards towards the opening and away from the rollers substantially as herein-
before described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction and arrangement of a toy panoramic show in which the
rollers containing or carrying the picture sheet or screen are rotated by means of
an operating handle and driving wheel carried upon a pivoted bracket plate which
is capable of being withdrawn beyond the case or cabinet, substantially as and for
the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
3. In a toy panoramic show cabinet case or box such as A A¹ A2 A³ A' A³, the
construction of a pivoted driving wheel bracket plate such as F which is capable of
entering into or upon a catch plate or retaining plate such as G, when the roller
driving band e is to be tightened and the wheel E set in motion by the handle D,
substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
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CT11001
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.