A New or Improved Toy or Game.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Toy or Game.
I CHARLES WILTON of 57 Albert Street, Mornington Crescent London, N.W.,
Actor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved toy or game the object of which is
to produce a toy that shall represent an archer which by suitable means shall
discharge an arrow from a bow.
I construct the body of the figure of wood or metal. The left arm is rigid and
extended from the body at a suitable angle thereto. A bow is fixed in the left
hand. The right arm is jointed at the shoulder. The right hand is provided
with a clip which may be attached by a pivot to the wrist. To the clip a string
is attached which when pulled draws back the arm at the same time forcing the
clip down. The head of the arrow when placed in position for discharging is put
under the clip while the bow-string is within the slit in the arrow head. The
arrow is discharged by pulling back the right arm by means of the string attached
to the clip and letting go.
Dated this Twelfth day of November 1896,
CHARLES WILTON.
CHARLES WILTON 57 Albert Street Mornington Crescent London N.W., Actor
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 relates to a new or improved toy or game the object of which is
to produce a toy that shall represent an archer which by suitable means shall
discharge an arrow from a bow. I construct the body of the figure of wood or
metal. The left arm is rigid and extended from the body at a suitable angle
thereto. A bow of spring wire or other suitable material is fixed in the left hand,
the forefinger of which projects beyond the bow so as to form a rest for the arrow.
The right arm is jointed at the shoulder. This shoulder joint is provided with a
spring so that when the arm has been drawn back it will return to its original
position. This spring may be conveniently applied, when the figure is made of
metal, by turning a piece of spring wire round the pin which connects the arm to
the shoulder and allowing the prolonged end of this wire to bear upon the arm
so as to force it towards the body, or, in the case of the figure being made of wood,

page_text: one end of an elastic spring may be attached to the upper part of the arm, and the
other end attached to the body. Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings shews
in section a portion of the back view of the figure, in which A is the pin upon
which the arm works and B the spring wire which is turned round the pin and
brought to bear upon the arm. The right arm may also be jointed at the elbow
with or without a spring attached to the connecting pin. The right hand is made
of a separate piece of metal and is jointed to the wrist by means of a pin, as
shewn in Figures 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings, thus forming a clip,
there being a prolongation B, beyond the pin joint, 1), to admit of the attach-
ment of a string or wire C, by means of which the clip may be worked. The
right hand may be attached to the wrist so that it may be brought to bear upon
the top of the arm (as in Figure 2) or so that it may be brought to bear upon
the side of the arm (as in Figure 3). The figure is so constructed that in its
normal position the bow-string shall be in juxtaposition with the right hand.
The head of the arrow when placed in position for discharging is placed under or
within the clip formed by the right hand, while the bow string is within the slit
in the arrow head. When the string or wire (C. Figs. 2 and 3) which is attached
to the right hand is pulled backwards it draws back the arm, at the same time
closing the clip upon the arrow head, the arrow being discharged by suddenly
letting go of the string or wire.
A suitable perforated or other target is provided.
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:
1. A toy archer as hereinbefore described and shewn in the drawings.
2. A Toy Archer whose right hand is attached to the wrist in such a manner
as to form a clip by means of which the head of the arrow can be grasped as
hereinbefore described and shewn.
3. A toy archer whose right arm is provided with a spring and is so jointed that
it may be drawn backwards by means of a string or wire attached to the right
. hand, which hand is so constructed and attached to the wrist that it may close
upon the arrow head when the said string or wire is pulled backwards.
Dated this Tenth day of August 1897.
CHARLES WILTON.