Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 31st Aug., 1888
1, WILLIAM.SPEIRS SIMPSON, of 49 Battersea Park Road, Surrey, Civil Engineer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
: This invention relates to novel construction or arrangement of toy provided with a
wheel to be pushed along on the pavement by a handle, said wheel being carried by
an axle, one end of which is bent at right angles to stand vertically and support
another wheel which presses in contact with the main wheel either by friction or other
gear. This upper wheel carries a blade or disc on which various coloured surfaces
are arranged or fixed either on the flat or at an angle in circular or other order, so
that the colours blend while the wheel is rotated and gives a pleasing appearance.
Instead of the coloured surfaces or in combination with them, dolls or figures can
be arranged, the legs of which can be acted upon by the revolving wheel or appliances
thereon for giving motion to imitate dancing or toy animals can be arranged above
the upper wheel to obtain motion corresponding to the trotting or galloping of
a horse.
The main axle may be cranked to give motion to a plunger within a cylinder for
producing an intermittent whistle, trumpet, or other sound producer or appliances
may be affixed to give musical notes, or a bell or gong may be struck.
In connection, with said main wheel, I purpose fixing a ratchet wheel, into the
'teeth of which a strip of wood or metal may be sprung giving an effect similar to
that produced from a Policeman's Rattle.
Instead of the cylinder and plunger a compressible bag may be acted upon for
producing the whistle or other sound.
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Lahon 1007

page_text: I, WILLIAM SPEIRS SIMPSON, of 49, Battersea Park Road, Surrey, Civil Engineer
do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 novel construction or arrangement of toy such as I show
in the annexed Drawings provided with a wheel A to be pushed along on the pavement
by a bandle B, said wheel A being carried by an axle C, one end of which is bent at
right angles D to stand vertically and support another wheel E, see Figure 1, which
presses in contact with the main wheel A either by friction or other gear.
This upper
wheel E carries a blade or disc on which various coloured surfaces are
arranged or fixed, either on the flat or at an angle, see Figure 2, in circular or other
order so that the colours blend while the wheel E is rotated and gives a pleasing
appearance.
Instead of the coloured surfaces or in combination with them, dolls or figures, see
Figure 3, can be arranged, the legs of which can be acted upon by the revolving
wheel E or appliances thereon for giving motion to imitate dancing, or toy animals
can be arranged above the upper wheel to obtain motion corresponding to the trotting
or galloping of a horse.
The main axle may be cranked see Figure 4, to give motion to a plunger F within
a cylinder G' for producing an intermittent whistle, a trumpet or other sound producer
or appliances may be affixed to give musical notes, or a bell or gong H may be struck
at each revolution of the main wheel A by a pin I lifting the hammer or striker J,
see Figure 5.
In connection with said main wheel A I purpose fixing a ratchet wheel K, see
Figure 6, into the teeth of which a strip of wood or metal L may be sprung giving
an effect similar to that produced from a Policeman's rattle.
Instead of the cylinder and plunger, a compressible bag may be acted upon for
producing the whistle or other sound.
If musical notes are to be produced I purpose fitting the interior of the wheel A
with metal or other reeds MI so arranged that as the wheel revolves said reeds
press upon spikes N on the fixed axle C to produce notes as with an ordinary
musical box,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The wheel toy arranged as shown in the annexed drawings for blending colours, for
dancing figures, for blowing whistle, for sounding musical notes, for striking a gong,
or for producing a clattering noise, all or any two of which may be in combination
and operated by the rolling motion of the wheel A, as set forth.
The 28th day of July 1888.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said W. S. Simpson.