US820843A - Doll. - Google Patents

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1904. RENEWED APB. 13.1906.

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PATENTBD MAY 15, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1904. RENEWED APB. 13.1906.

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UNITED srATEs PATENT OFFICE,

OSCAR ARNOLD, OF NEUSTADT, GERMANY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented May 15, 1906.

Applioation filed May 8, 1904. Renewed April 13. 1906. fierial'llo. 811,564-

.Coburg, in the Duchy o Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,

German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in dolls, and has for its object to construct a doll which will move about on wheels and at the same time alternately emit sounds, such as Papa and Mammaf will move its head to the right and left, open and close its eyes, and swing its arms forward and backward.

A further object of the invention is to connying drawin s, and particularly pointed out in the claims ereunto appended.

In describing the invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodimentof my invention; but it is to be understood that I ma make such changes, variations, and modi cations as come properly within I the scope of the Iprotection prayed.

Referring to t e drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are a front and side vertical section, respectively. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line A B, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is the same as the upper part of Fig. 2, but shows the parts in a different position.

The base of the body 1 of the doll is formed by a round plate 5, carrying an actuatin device 2, here shown as a spring-motor, an the voice-bellows 3 and 4 said plate being mounted ondriving-wheels 6, (driven by the actuating device,) and steering and guide wheels 7. On the ends of the axle 8, driven by the actuating mechanism, are mounted cranks 9. The pins of these cranks 9 carry connectingrods 10, the other ends of which are formed into loops 11. The pins 12 of the rising and fallin tops of the bellows 3 and 4 engage with these oops 11. As the cranks 9 are mounted at an angle of one hundred and eighty degrees relatively to each other, the bellows 3 and 4 are alternately expanded and compressed When the actuating device 2 is set in motion and alternately emit sounds similar to Papa and Mamma by means of themechanism which will now be described.

The sound-emitting mechanism, involving the bellows 3 and 4, will be of such construc tion that upon the operation thereof sounds resembling Pa aan dMamma will be emitted when t e doll is moved back and forth. In the top of each of said bellows 3 and 4 is an opening.

Over each of the openings is arranged a flap or valve 0, of suitable material, hingedly mounted on the top of the bellows, as at b. The flap or valve a is normally kept closed by means of a spring g.

Secured to the upper surface of the flap or valve a is a vertica -extending arm 0, having a 100 or eye 0 at its upper end. Extending tlirough the loop or eye 0 is a rod (1, having a loop or rojection d at its end, adapted to en age t e eye 0' of the arm 0. It will therefore e evident that when the rod of is moved to the right in Figs. 2 and 3 longitudinally of the bellows it will 0 en the flap or valve a, but when moved in t e opposite direction it will slide throu h the eye 0 and will not affect the valve. T e other end of the rod (1 is connected to one arm e of a bell-crank lever suitabl mounted at one end of the top h of the bel ows. (See Fig. 3.) The rod (1 extends throu h an eye of a spring i, secured to the top it of the bellows. This eye serves as a guide for the rod d and at the same time permits of a slight vertical movement thereof. The other arm e of the bell-crank lever extends at an angle to the other arm 6 and is bent in the direction of the axis of the lever, as best shown in Fig. 3. The .arm 6 rests against a vertically-extending rod f, which has its lower end secured to the base of the bellows. The rod f is bent as at f and and has straight portions f f and f, t 1e straight portions f and f being in vertical alinement with one another, but slightly out of alinement with the straight portion {1 When the bellows are depressed y the mechanism hereinbefore described, the arm 6 of the bell-crank lever resting upon the rod f will follow the bends and straight portions and cause the lever to oscillate upon its axis. The other arm a which is attached to the end of the rod d, will move the latter to the right gear of the actuating device, and the doll is caused to move on the wheels 6 and 7. The cranks 9, mounted on the shaft 8, will oscillate the connecting-arms '10, which in turn will alternately compress and ex and the bellows 3 and 4. When the bel ows 3 is compressed, the arm 6 of the bell-crank lever travels along the straight portion f of the rod f until it meets the bend f, which causes it to move upwardly and its. other arm e to draw the rod (1 to the right. The loop or projection d of the rod d then impinges against the loop 0 of the arm 0 and opens the valve (1, and the sudden escape of air in the bellows 3 through the sounding device arranged in the opening in the top it of the bellows emits a sound similar to Pa. When the arm e passes the bend f, the valve a is closed by the spring g and remains closed while the arm 6 is traversing'the straight portion f When, however, the arm e meets the bend f the valve is again opened, and owing to the fact that the straight portion f 5 of the rod f is out of alinement with the other straight portions f 4 and f 2 the valve a is kept open and the sounding device emits a second Pa, but somewhat. longer than the first. The crank Qhas now made a half-revolution, and the connectingarm begins to expand the bellows 3 and the other crank 9 and connecting-arm 10 will compress the bellows 4. The arm 6 of the bell-crank lever mounted on the bellows 3 will then move upwardly along the rod f,

traversing the bend f straight portion f bend f, and straight portion f in the order named. When in its upward movement the arm e reaches the bend f 3 and passes along the straight portion f", it will be caused by the spring i, engaging the rod (1, to turn to its normal position, and the rod (Z will be caused to move to the left, but will not afiect the valve 0, inasmuch as it will slide through the eye 0, the valve being closed by the spring g. As the arm 6 passes the bend f it will be caused to turn slightly to the left. Inasmuch as the rod (1 is guided by the spring i, which when the arm 6 strikes the bend f is slightly depressed, the spring 1'. will pull the rod cl upwardly when the arm 6 has passed the bend f and thereby restore the bellcrank lever to its normal position. In like manner the bellows 4 when compressed will be caused by mechanism similar to that just described to emit the sound Mamma. It now remains to describe the construction and operation of the mechanism for moving the head of the doll from right to left, open and close its eyes, and swing its arms forward and backward. 4

, A vertically-extending rod 13, arranged within the body of the doll, has its lower end connected to the pin 12 of the bellows 4 and is connected at its upper end with a crank 14. This crank 14 forms a portion of a transversev lower end socketed in the body 1. therefore, the spindle 15 is osci lated the power of the other,

arranged ,for turnin shaft 15, to the outer ends'of which are secured the arms 16 of the doll. When the bellows 4 rise and fall, the spindle 15 is rocked, the said spindle being divided near the center, so that themovement of one-half is independent of the other. Both halves of the spindle are, however, connected by means of bevel-gear 17, the central wheel of which is mounted on the lower end of a vertical spindle 18, the bearing 19 of which at the same time comprises bearings for the two halves of the spindle 15 and is supported by a cross-stay 20 in the body 1 of the doll.

To the upper end of the spindle 18 is secured the head of the doll 21, which has its When, by the vertically-extending rod 13, the spindle 18, and with it the head 21, will be oscillated through the medium of the bevel-gear 1 7. On the crank 14 is also mounted the lower end of a bent rod 22,-whose upper end is movably connected to the eye-body 23.

In order that the dolls head 21 may execute its turning movement unimpeded, the rod 22 engages with a wire bracket 24 of the eye-body 23, and the cross part of the said wire bracket 24 being bent into the form of an arc of a circle whose center coincides with the center of the vertical spindle 18 or with the axis of rotation of the head. The'bent cross part of the wire bracket 24 can therefore slide in either direction in the eye 25 of the rod 22 duringthe rotation of the head 21, and by this means the two movements do not interfere with each other.

Having now particularly described and as certained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim 1s- 1. A doll comprising a body, and a head arranged for turning motion with respect to the body,.a dividedshaft in the body, provided with arms at its opposite ends, gears between the respective sections of the shaft for driving one by the power of the other, a motor operatively connected with one of the sections of the shaft, and a spindle carrying the head and connected with one of the gears.

2. Adoll comprising a body, and a head arranged for turning motion with respect to the body, a horizontally-disposed divided shaft in the body, provided with arms at its opposite ends, a train of bevel-gears between the sections of the shaft, for driving one by a motor operatively connected with one of the sections of the shaft, to positively drive the same, and a vertically-dis osed spindle for carrying the head, said spindie being connected with the intermediate bevel-gear.

3. A doll comprising a body, and a head movement with respect to the body, a whee ed shaft connected with the body, the wheels of which are adapted to IIC dollfor operatin said shaft, opposite y-set cranks connecte with the motor, rods extending from the shaft, bellows in the said body, to which said rods are connected, thereby to expand and contract the bellows in alternation, a valve, each ofthe bellows having a port controlled by said valve, mechanism cooperative with the respective bellows'for'opening and closin the valve in alternation, a divided shaft 1n the body, one section having a crank, a rod extending from said crank to one of the bellows, thereby to cause the reciprocation of said rod, a train of bevel-gears between thesections of said divided shaft, the intermediate bevel-gear being movable about a vertical axis, arms connected with the op osite ends of said divided shaft, and a s indle carryin said head and connected wit the interme 'ate bevelear.

4:. A dollcomprising a body, and a ead connected wit one of said gears.

arranged for turning movement with respect to the body, said head having eyes, a connecting-piece between the e es, having an arcuate portion, a divided sha t in the body, having arms at its 0 posite ends, gears between the sections 0 said divided shaft, for operating one by the power of the other, a motor operatively connected with one section of the shaft for positively driving the, same, a link extending from the divided shaft and connected with said arcuate portion, and'a s indle carrying said head and In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses;

OSCAR ARNQLD.

Witnesses ERNST GUMPERT, OLGA Hmzn;

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