US1434329A - Mechanical toy - Google Patents

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P. D 0 R0ZYNS KI. MECHANICALTOY.

I APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1921. mm awu Patented 00 31, 11922. I

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UNETEID STATE PAUL DOROZYNSKI, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

MECHANICAL TOY.

Application filed. August 12, 1921. Serial No. 491,765.

T 0 all to ham it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL DOROZYNSKI, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at lVinnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in mechanical toys and has particular reference to the provision of a toy for the amusement of children embodying a novel arrangement of figures upon the top of a casing which contains mechanism cooperating with various numbers of the figures for simultaneously actuating the same and thus simulating various acts, which actuating mechanism includes a single operat ing member or crank.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a generally simplified and improved toy of the above kind.

With the above general objects in View and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 6

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a mechanical toy constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the same partly broken away,

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially upon line 1-4 of Fig. 1 and partly broken away, and

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view taken upon line 55 of Fig. 1.

Referring more in detail to the several views, the present invention embodies a casing 5 which is preferably of rectangular form in plan and composed of top, side and end walls suitably rigidly connected, a-crank shaft 6 being journaled in the side walls of the casing and extending transversely of the latter slightly nearer one end wall than the said shaft 6 being provided with six crank portions 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 and having a crank handle 13 formed upon one projecting end portion thereof exteriorly of the casing whereby the same may be manually portion of rotated. At one side of the shaft 6 is mounted a transverse rod 14 having a pair of levers 15 and 16 of the first class pivoted thereon in spaced parallel relation and with one'end of the lever 15 and one end of the lever 16 terminating respectively above the cranks '9 and 10, which ends of said levers are return bent as at 17 to insure proper actuation of the same as will become apparent. The other ends of the levers 15 and 16 are attached-to vertical push rods 18 and 19 respectively, and these rods extend upwardly through the top of the casing 5 and to the interior of figures 20 and 21 which are suitably rigidly mounted upon the top of the casing. These figures are preferably in the form of male human beings having pivoted arms 22 and 23 respectively which are mounted upon crank shafts, the cranks 24; of which are connected to the upper ends of the rods 18 and 19 so that when the latter are vertically reciprocated, the arms 22 and 23 will be raised and lowered. The figure 20 may be represented as grasping a revolver 25 in the hand of the arm! 22 so that when said arm is raised the act of firing the revolver will be simulated to a degree and thus afford amusement to onlookers, particularly children. A block 26 which may represent a piece of wood or stone is suitably fixed upon the top of the casing 5 directly in front of the figure 21 and anothen figure 27 is mounted upon the top of the casing at the opposite side of said block 26 and is provided with a pivot or hinged arm member 28. The arms 23 and 28 of the figures 21 and 27 may be shown as having an axe 29 grasped in the hand portion of the same so that the head of each axe will be disposed so as to strike the block 26 when the arms 23 and 28 are lowered and thus simulate the act of chopping wood or stone. For the purpose of actuating the arm 28, a lever 30 of the second class has one end pivoted upon the rod 14 and its other end return bent as at 31 above the crank 11, the intermediate the lever 30 being connected by a push rod 32 to a crank, not shown, which is provided Within the figure 27 in a manner similar to the cranks 24; of the figures 20 and 21, the arm 28 being fixed upon said crank shaft and the arrangement of the cranks being such that when the arm 28 is raised the arm 23 is lowered and the figures 21 and 27 thus alternately actuated to simulate a chopping operation upon the block 26.

A pair offigures 33 and 34 are suitably mounted beside the figure 27 in spaced relation and a similar pair of figures 35 and 36 are rigidly mounted beside the-figure 20, the figures 34 and 36 having swinging arms 37 of jointed form pivotally attached to the ends of a saw 38 and the figures 33 and 35 being provided with similar arms 39 similarly pivotally attached to another saw 40. The central portions of the saws 38 and 40 are widest and inclose proximity to the upper surface of the casing top directly above a pair of elongated slots 41 and 42 provided inisaid top; A pair of upright posts 43- and '44 are extended upwardly through the slots 41 and 42 from the interior of the casing and rigidly attached to the central portion of the saws 38 and 40, the lower ends of said posts being respectively rigidly fastened to slidable blocks 45 and 46 which are mounted beneath the top of the casing in a suitable guide frame 47 which is fixed to the adjacent side wall of the casing. A pitman 48 is attached to each slidable block 45 and 46, and onepitman is pivoted to the crank 7 while the other is pivotedto the crank 8 of the shaft 6, which cranks are arranged so as to extend in opposite direc tions and thereby cause movement of one block in a directionopposite to that imparted to the other block so that the direction of movement of the saws 38 and 40 will vary when the crank shaft 6 is rotated. A vertical plate is securedtransversely within the casing 5 as at 49 and the same is pro vided with a plurality of slots as shown clearly in Figures 3 and'5 through which the levers 15, 16 and 30 extend and through which the pitmen 48 extend soas to guide the same when moved, such slots being generally denoted by the numeral 50. i

A lever 51'of the first class is pivotally mounted upon a rod 52 which is fixed within the casing transversely of the latter at the side of the crank shaft 6 opposite that to which the rod 14 is positioned, and one end of said lever 51 terminates above the crank 12 while its other end is bent inwardly at right angles as at 53. A vertical push rod 54 is pivotally attached to the angular end 53'of thelever 51 and extends upwardly through an opening in the top of the casing 5 and into a hollow figure 55 having a cross pin 56 secured therein, which is pivotally attached to the upper end of the rod 54. y

The figure 55 represents a bearer other animal and is hinged as at 57 to suitable brackets 58 which are fixed upon the top of the'ca'sing 5 so that when the push rod 54 is reciprocated, said figure55 will be rocked and thus caused to simulate the act of an animal running. l

Another figure 59 of a human being is fixed uponthe top of the casing5 beside the figure 55 and is provided with a pivoted arm 60 fixed upon one end of a transverse crank shaft'61 journaled in the figure. A vertical push rod 62 extends into the figure 59 and has its upper end pivotally attached to the crank of the shaft 61 and this rod 62 projects'downwardly through the top of the casing where its lower end is pivotally attached-to one end of a lever 63 of the first class which is hinged upon the rod 52 and has its other end terminating above the crank 7 The arm 60 of the figure 59 is provided with a hammer 64, the handleof which is grasped in the hand of said arm and the head of which is disposed to impact the head of the figure 33 when said arm 60 is lowered. Thus, when the rod 62 is reciprocate'd, the arm 60 is swung upwardly and downwardly and the act of one person striking another is simulated. I

In operation, the crank shaft 6 is rotated by manipulation of the crank 13. As the cranks 9 and 10 revolve, they alternately force the adjacent ends of the levers 15 and 16' upwardly so as to cause the opposite ends of said levers to swing downwardly and exert a downward pull upon the rods 18 and 19 while, as soon as said cranks 9 and '10 leave the adjacent ends of the levers 15 and 16, the rods 18 and 19 will moveupwardly. When this takes place the arms 22 and 23 will swing up and down and the figures 20 and 21 will be respectively caused to simulate the act of firing a revolver and chopping of a block of wood or the like. When the above operation is taking place, a similar operation of the arm 28 of the figure 27 is had by rocking the lever 30 through the instrumentality of the crank 11, the relative positions of the cranks 10 and 11 being such as to cause the arm 28 to lower when the arm 23 is raised. Also, when these operations are taking'place the levers 51 and 63 are being rocked for actuation of the figure 55 and the arm 60 of the figure 59, while the blocks 45 and 46 are reciprocated so'as to reciprocate the saws 38 and 40. i

It is believed that the construction and operation as well'as the advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciatedby those skilledin the art.

Minor changes may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof as claimed, 7 e

What is claimed as new is: 1

-A mechanical toy of the class described including a'casing having a plurality of pairs of figures rigidly mounted thereon, each figure'having a swinging arm portion, a plu rality of saws eachhaving their ends pivotally connected to the hands of said arm portions of one pair of figures, said casing having a pair of elongated slots in the top of the same substantially beneath the central portions-o'f the saws, a pair of slide blocks mounted beneath the top of the casing and 15 first class pivoted thereon with adjacent ends having upwardly extending rigid members movable in said slots and each fixed to the lower portion of one of said saws, means to reciprocate said slide blocks whereby When one of the saws is moved in one direction the other saw is caused to move in the opposite direction, said last named means including a transverse crank shaft journaled through the casing and having an operating handle upon one end of the same exteriorly of the casing, pitmen operatively associated with cranks of said crank shaft and With said slide blocks, a rod fixed transversely of the casing and having a pair of levers of the associated with further cranks of said crank shaft, vertical push rods pivoted to the other ends of said levers and extending upwardly through the top of the casing, further hollow figures fixed upon the top of the easing into which said push rods extend, said last named figures having transverse crank shafts and having pivoted arm portions fixed upon the crank shafts thereof, and the upper ends of said push rods being pivoted on the cranks of the last named crank shafts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PAUL DOROZYNSKI.

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