Improvements in Toys.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 3rd June, 1896-Accepted, 4th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Toys.
I, ISAAC AGULSKY of 25 Busfield Street, Leeds, Commercial Traveller, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
In making toys according to my invention I take two small truncated cones of
sheet tin and solder or otherwise join them together at their bases.
In the joint
I make a hole to admit the easy passage of a thin string or thread. A section
through this part of the toy would be of diamond shape, the truncation giving
holes at the top and bottom. I then take a straight piece of substantial wire three
or four times, more or less, longer than the extreme length of the two truncated
cones when joined together as above described. One end of the wire I furnish
with a button larger in diameter than the holes at the top and bottom of the two
joined truncated cones. Near the button I fasten a string, thread or the like.
I then put the end of the wire and the end of the thread through the top hole of
the joined truncated cones, bring out the thread at the hole in the junction of the
cones, and then push the end of the wire through the bottom hole of the cones.
The extreme end of the wire I insert in a ball of wood, metal or the like, and the
extreme end of the thread I furnish with a button larger than the hole in the
junction of the cones, so as to prevent the end getting inside the two cones.
use the toy, the string or thread is wound up on the wire and inside the cones by
holding them between a finger and the thumb and revolving the ball above
mentioned. The button on the string is then pulled and released sharply, and the
ball will then revolve first in one direction, then in the opposite, then in the
original direction again, and so on for a considerable time.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1895.
To
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in Toys.
1, ISAAC AGULSKY, of 25 Busfield Street, Leeds, in the County of York,
Commercial Traveller, 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 :—
The object of my invention, is to construct a toy which is capable of being spun
without being placed on the ground whilst spinning, and in order that my
invention may be clearly understood I will proceed to describe same with
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which similar letters refer to like parts
in both figures.
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a toy constructed according to my invention, and
Fig. 2 is an exterior view of same.
A is a double-ended cone, which may be constructed of sheet tin or other
suitable material, and B is a hole situated at the bases of the two cones. C is a

page_text: wire or rod, having a button D situated at its upper end, and E is a string which
winds on the wire or rod C, and which is provided with a button F. G is a ball
which may be constructed of any suitable material, and if desired a wheel or other
device could be employed in the place of the said ball G.
In using the toy, the string E is wound on the rod C within the double ended
cone A, and on holding the said cone in the hand and pulling the string, the
ball G is spun quickly round as the string unwinds and the impetus of the
rotation of the said ball G rewinds the string in the opposite direction.
The ball G may thus be rotated first in one direction and then in the other, by
simply pulling the string at each rotation of the ball.
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 spinning toy, substantially as described and with particular reference to
the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of the double ended cone A, rod C, button D, string E,
and ball G, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 2vd dar of Inne A D 1906
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.