Improvements in Spinning Tops.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug.. 1891
Complete Specification Left, 8th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 14th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spinning Tops.
I, RICHARD HENRY QUINE of No. 1, Leaf Square Pendleton Salford in the
County of Lancaster Surgeon do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
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In order to increase the power of rotation and to facilitate the starting of spinning
tops known as whip-tops I add to their weight without necessarily increasing
their size for the purpose of obtaining the assistance of the increased momentum
thereby accruing so that after the starting or other impulse the top shall continue
to spin for a longer period, thus giving longer time for the whip to be brought into
operation.
I accomplish the said augmentation of weight by attaching a truly circular metal
ring to the ordinary wood body of the top.
The said ring which acts as a fly-wheel, may be of any convenient section and
may be of the same diameter as the top or greater or less.
I prefer to place it at the lower part of the body at or near the junction of the
cylindrical and taper portions of the top but do not bind myself to this position. In
turning the top I form a suitable bed which may be in the form of a recess to
receive the ring and on to which it is in some cases driven. I may also employ
pins or pegs to hold it in position.
In some cases I form the ring in two halves for convenience of getting it into its
position.
Dated this 14th day of August 1891.
EDGAR CONISTON MILLS,
Agent to the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spinning Tops.
1, RICHARD HENRY QUINE of No. 1, Leaf Square, Pendleton, Salford, in the
County of Lancaster, Surgeon, 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 :-
In order to increase the power of rotation and to facilitate the starting of spinning
tops I add to their weight without necessarily increasing their size for the purpose
of obtaining the assistance of the increased momentum thereby accruing so that
after the starting or other impulse the top shall continue to spin for a longer
period.
I accomplish the said augmentation of weight by adding a truly circular metal
ring to the ordinary wood body of the top. The said ring which acts as a
fly-wheel may be of any convenient section and may be of the same diameter
as the top or greater or less and in some cases I form the ring in two halves for
convenience of getting it into position.
For use in connection with tops made in two halves I form the weight
ring of fluted section and use it for the additional purpose of clamping the halves
together.
Further advantages resulting from the adoption of the said ring are, firstly,
that the shape of the tops may be considerably varied iu a manner hitherto
impossible without interfering with their spinning capacity, and secondly, a lighter
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page_text: and cheaper method and material of construction can be adopted as the said ring
increases the strength of the body.
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 shew various forms of tops constructed in accordance
with my invention.
In Fig. 1. is shewn an ordinary whip top a with the metal ring b attached to the
lower part of the body. It is driven or shrunk or sprung into position or may be
secured by pegs or pins as shewn at c. Or it may be soldered on when the body of
the top is formed of metal such as tin.
Fig. 2 shews a form of top having the ring b placed at the point of largest
diameter, such tops being intended to be spun by winding a string round the
neck d while the top is held in position by a spindle or wire inserted into the
hole e.
Figs. 3 and 4 shew modifications of this class of top the object being in each to
place the added weight of the ring at the point of greatest diameter.
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spun" upon the two
Fig. 5 shews a top constructed of tin or other material and in which the added
weight ring is placed between the hemispheres of the top before they are clamped
together being in this case inside the top or it may be similarly secured outside.
Fig. 6. shews the ring 6 of fluted section and closed or
hemispheres of the top in order to clamp them together.
I do not bind myself to any particular method of securing the ring in position
which may be soldered or sprung or the body of the top may be spun or closed
around it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and the manner in which it is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Metal weight rings applied to spinning tops substantially as and for the
purposes herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. Metal weight rings of fluted section applied to spinning tops for the purpose
herein-before described and utilized to clamp or secure two halves of the top
together substantially as herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 7th day of April 1892.
EDGAR CONISTON MILLS,
Agent to the Applicant.