US1343422A - Doll - Google Patents

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R. A. THOMSON ANDG. ALVIS.

DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I, I919.

Patented J 11110 15, 1920.

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ROBERT A. 'rnomson, 0E BERKELEY, AND eonnon ALVIS, 0E onxmnn, unrema- EoEL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT A. THoMsoN and GORDON Anvrs, citizens of the United States, residing the said THOMSON at Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, and the said ALvrs at Oakland, in the county of Alameda, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dolls, of 'whlch the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements 1n dolls of the type havingmovable or selfclosing eyes.

The object of our invention isto provide a doll of the described type, in which the eyes are automatically and gradually closed by the act of rocking the doll from side to side while in a recumbent position, and opened again, with a relatively rapid movement, by raising the doll to an upright position. Thus the doll is made to simulate the actions and appearance of a living child in gradually closing its eyes, as if oing to sleep, when rocked from side to side in a recumbent position, and in opening its eyes, as if awakening, when raised to an upright position.

The invention will be more fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dolls head embodying our invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, in the plane of the eye-balls.-

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line w-m of Fig. 2, showing the position of the movable parts when the head is in an upright position.

Fig. 4c is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the position of the movable parts when the head is in a horizontal or recumbent position.

Inv the drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates the head of a doll, which is formed in the usual manner, and is hollow, and provided with the usual eye-sockets 2, Eye-balls 3, positioned to appear, from the front, through the apertures of said sockets 2, are provided in the usual manner with glass or other fronts 4:, Fig. 2 to represent the cornea, iris and pupil of the eyes, above which are painted or formed eye-lids -5. The eye-balls are connected to operate in unison, by a bridge6, and are mounted in Fig. 4:, the weighted-rod tently progressing rapidly by its Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 15, 1920.

Serial no. 318,969. their sockets for oscillatory movement about pear, giving the life-like impression of eyelids descending over' the eyes.

From the bridge 6 is extended, rearwardly and downwardly, a pendulum-rod 7, Figs. 1, 3 and 4, having a pivotal connection 8 to permit lateral swing, and a weight 9. The free end portion 10 of said endulum-rod lies within a slot 11 formed in an arcuate member 12, secured to the head 1, interiorly at 13 and 14, F' gs. 3 and 4, said slot having its edges provided with staggered teeth 15 whose lower faces 16, Figs. 1 and 2, are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said slot, and whose upper faces 17 are as shown.

.Thus, when the head 1 is placed in a horizontal or recumbentposition, as shown in 7 'is prevented from traveling freely to the then lower end of the slot 11, by the engagement of its end portion 10 with the perpendicular faces 16 ,of the teeth 15; but by rocking the head 1.

engagement with the next tooth on the op-- the slot 11, thus intermitin a zig-zag pathv toward the then lower end of the slot the distance of one tooth at each lateral movement of the head 1. When the head is again returned to an. upright position, as shown in Fig. 3, the pendulum-rod 7 returns freely and own weight to its former position, the end portion 10 easily riding over the inclined faces 17 of the teeth 15 and following the slot 11 to the then lower end Therefore, when the headl is first placed in a recumbent position, the eye-balls 3 do not at once move, but upon lateral rocking of said head, said eye-balls gradually or intermittently progressively assume the position wherein the eye-lids 5 only appear posite side of inclined,

' a horizontal axis, in the well known manner,

through the apertures of the sockets 2, givi and when cessively an and rapidly, to their former position, giving t e appearance of a rapid opening of the eyes, as in the act of awakening.

In a doll having eyes mounted for oscillation to and from an open and a closed position, a Weighted rod connected with said eyes to close them when the doll is recum-' bent and to openthem when the doll is upright; a joint in said weighted rod adapting it to swing laterall and a slotted guide in which the welghted rod plays in moving the e es, said guide having opposing sta gere teeth arranged to sucoppositely engage the rod eyes graduall reverse direction when the doll is uprighted, 20

in its lateral swing clue to a lateral rocking of the doll when. recumbent, and retard its movement whereby it closes the y, and to slip-said rod in the whereby its return movement in opening the Qyes is'free and relatively rapid. I

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' ROBERT A. THOMSON.

' GORDON ALVIS. Witnesses:

WM. F.'BOOTH, D. B. RICHARDS.

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