Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Dec., 1895-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1896
I, ALFRED WILKIN, of 18, Cross Street Skipton-in-Craven, in the County of
York, Wood Turner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows, that is to say :-
It relates to a new or improved toy for childreu and consists of a small carriage
or vehicle on which is mounted a cradle.
The axle of the vehicle is arranged so that the wheels thereof will cause it to
rotate, in order that it may impart its rotary motion to a wheel or other suitable
mechanism which in turn causes the cradle to rock from side to side.
The vehicle has preferably only two wheels although of course more than this
number may be employed; while the mechanism for causing it to rock consists
preferably of an appropriately formed cam wheel mounted upon the axle of the
vehicular wheels, which cam wheel oither lays hold of a projecting piece upon the
cradle or if such cam wheel is only of simple formation then the projection is made
to lay hold of it, in order that by its rotary motion it may cause the cradle
to oscillate on its pivotal bearings.
Dated this 28th day of February 1805.
A. WILKIN,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
APO or impry.
1, ALFRED WILKIN of 18 Cross Street Skipton-in-Craven in the County
of York, Wood Turner, 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, that is to say :-
It relates to a new or improved toy for children and consists of a small carriago
or vehicle on which is mounted a cradle arranged to be automatically moved
or rocked from side to side as the vehicle is wheeled or run upon the ground.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings ;-
Fig. 1 is side elevation of my improved toy showing the axle of the vebiclo and
the cross stays in section, while the other parts are intact.
Fig. 2 is an end olevation of the vehicle and cradle shown by Fig. 1 and as econ
in the direction of the arrow A.
Fig. 3 is a drawing in detail hereinafter explained.
In carrying my invention into effect I arrange the axle a of the vehicle 6 so that
the wheel o or d (one or the other alone being preferably attached to the axle a aud
the other revolves loosely thereou in order to allow the vehicle b to be easily and
readily turned round, cue wheel on such occasions moving in one direction while
the other is moving in the opposite direction) may, on rotating, cause it (said
axle a) to rotate, in order that it may impart its rotary motion to a cam wheel f
(or other suitable cam, crank and rod mechanisin) which in turn by being spanned
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page_text: by the projections g h on the bottom of the cradle & causes this latter to rock or
Oscillate from side to sido about its pivotal mountings in n.
The vehicle has preferably only two wheels c d although of course more than
this number may be employed, while the mechanism for causing it to rock is shown
as consisting of a single cam-wheel before described yet varied devices may
be employed for transmitting the rotary motion of the axle a transformed into
-oscillatory motion to the cradle &.
To render the running of the vehicle and rocking of the cradle as noiseless o8
possible, the bearings pr for the axle a are formed to receive a vulcanite plug a
(or other class of soft material may be used) for forming the frictioning surface for
said axle a, while the faces g' h' of the projections g h which are in contact with the
cam-wheelfare covered with leather or the like.
The vehicle has also the cradle & may be varied in form or shape, although
one alone is shown herein since it is sufficient to illustrate how my invention may
be carried into effect.
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 improved toy consisting of a vehicle and cradle combined, the latter being
mounted to move upon the former substantially as specified.
2. The combination of a vehicle, a cradle and means for coupling these together
so that by the cradle being pivotally mounted upon the vehicle the rotary
motion of the said vehicle's wheels may cause said cradle to rock substantially as.
herein set forth.
Dated this 30th day of November 1895.
ALFRED WILKIN,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.