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2 Sheets--Sheet 1.
W. D. GRIMSHAW.
Improvement in Mechanical Movements for Toys.
No. . Patented Sep. 3 1872.
AN. PHOTO-LIMO RAPRIC CONY. /OSBORNE PROCESSJ
2 Sheets--Sheet 2.
W. D. GRIMSHAW
Improvement in Mechanical Movements for Toys.
No. Patented Sep. 3 1872.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM D. GRIMSHAW OF ANSONIA CONNECTICUT ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHT TO ISAAC F. PUTNAM AND THOMAS FITZSIMONS OF NEWARK NEW JERSEY.
IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS FOR TOYS.
Specification forinirg part of Letters Patent No.' dated September 3 1872.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I WILLIAM D. Glum-SHAW of Ansonia county of New Haven in the State of Connecticut have invented new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Movements for. Toys Birds Animals &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following specification taken in connection with the drawing furnished is a full clear and exact description thereof; which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.
The nature of my invention which is fully illustrated consists in certain combinations of springs escapement-wheels cord feet and trundle-wheel so arranged and attached to a frame that the same may be secured inside the forms of various kinds of animals birds &c. and that when wound up and started in motion the hopping leaping or running of the same is fully produced and represented.
Referring to the drawing Figure 1 exhibits a side view of my mechanical movement. Fig. 2 exhibits a top view.
A is the frame; B feet; C cord-wheel; D spring; F cord; H drum or shaft supporting the feet and serving as an escapement-wheel; II escapement-catches; K escapement-spring; M staff attached to the escapement-spring; W trundle-wheel; 0 thumb-wheel for winding. On Sheet No. 2 Fig. 3 is a side view of my. improvement similar to that exhibited in Fig. 1 with the exception of a different arrangement of the feet and addition of small wheel E spring N &c. Fig. 4 represents a top view of the same.
Ta enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will describe it. ' The frame A is made of any suitable materials preferring however the use of wire for small light bodies the - formation of which is fully exhibited in the drawing showing the loops formed for the journals of the escapement shaft and axle. A .suitable stiffening brace of wire or other material is secured at the front and back part of the frame so formed as to pass through and support the spring D and cord-wheel C which are connected firmly together. The escapement-shaft H is provided with stops (represented at I ) and the rotating feet B B. This shaft with the feet may be placed in different locations according to the nature of the form to be represent-ed. The arrangement of the feet forward of the center as in Figs. 1 and 2 when in motion produces the movement of rats mice bugs &c. In Figs. 3 and 4 they are arranged back from the center when with the action- of the spring N a leaping motion is produced similar to a toad or robin. In the latter arrangement a small wheel is placed near the fore part of the frame (represented at E ) being a support for the cord which is carried around the same and from thence to the escapement-shaft underneath the large wheel. The spring D which moves the wheel C is made of the usual material and firmly secured to the fore part of the frame. The spring K is attached to the frame as shown in the drawing with its loose end acting as a pawl on the stops I I of the escapement-shaft. The trundle-wheel W in Figs. 1 and 2 and the foot or post M in Figs. 3 and 4 is attached to the spring K to lift the same from the stops of the escapement when wound up and ready for movement.
Motion is produced by first winding up the device by the thumb-wheel 0 and placing the same upon the floor ; then with a gentle pressure upon the fore part of the form the spring or pawl is caused to rise disengaging the catch I and allowing the escapement-shaft with feet B .B attached to revolve. The feet are roughened or corrugated sufficiently to adhere to the floor to draw or cause a forward movement of the form in their revolutions. Thus the motion is produced and the movements made automatic-ally. Suitable truck-wheels are represented at R R as in Figs: 1 and 2. They are used when a running motion is desired and dispensed with when a leaping motion is required. In the latter case the feet are placed under the rear of the form as in Figs: 3 and 4.
Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure Letters Patent of the United States for is-
1. The combination of the spring D wheel C to transmit power through cord F to the
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shaft H the latter being provided with feet B B and stops I I said stops being operated upon by spring K acting as a pawl and being lifted automatically by post M or wheel W striking the floor while in motion substantially as herein described.
2. The arrangement of the feet B B in combination with the shaft II placed either atthe fore or after part of the frame to produce a running or leaping motion as herein de-scribed and shown and for the purposes set forth.
W. D. GRIMSHAW. Witnesses:
M. M. Cool
JOHN DANE JR.