US927748A - Illusion toy. - Google Patents

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927,748. Patented July 13, 1909.

:w a a FRANK L. OLESON, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ILLUSION TOY.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. OLESON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ol' Cook and State e'l` Illinois, have invented new and usel'ul Improvements in an Illusion Toy, of which the following is a 'l'ull, clear, and exact description.

My inventien relates to a tey into which a strip el' blank paper is l'ed en ene side and l'rom the opposite side ol' which a printed strip of paper of the same dimensions is simultaneeusly discharged to produce the illusions ol' printing, so efectivelv that the deception er trick is not observable except upon very close examination.

It is the Object of my invention to produce this te; in such manner tha-t the rollers will be held together and will revolve simultaneeusly, and will be retained in their relative positiens against longitudinal displacement without necessitating the employment el' a retaining frame or of bearings, and which, by reason of this peculiarity el' censtruction can be cenveniently carried in the pocket, and, furthermore, will permit of strips of material of different thicknesses being used to produce the illusion the inventien is designed to accomplish. These ebjects I accomplish by the means hereinafter fully described and as more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of my improved tey showing the manner in which it is used. Fig'. 2 is a diagrammatical transverse section taken near one end of the rollers to illustrate the location and arrangement el' the elastic bands or cords relative therete. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken through the Central portion el' the rollers to illustrate the location and arrangement of the web ol' obscuring material. Fig. 4 is a Central lengitudinal section ol" an end portion of the rollers.

Referring to the drawings A, A, represent a pair el' cerrespondingly shaped c ylindrieal rollers constructed of any suitable material and having their axes preferably arranged parallel to each other. Secured at each end to these rollers and pre'l'erably surrounding the same several times is a strip, B, el" suitable epaque material such as paper, cleth, etc. that terms the principal connection between the two rollers. This strip B preferably surreunds each of the rollers several times and is adapted to be unwound from one and wound upon the other simultane- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 26, 1909.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 486,012.

eusly, passing from one to the other at the point where they contact.

Near the ends ol' each roller is a shallow circumferential groove C that is adapted to act as a guide for suitable elastic retaining bands or belts D, D, that are wound around the rollers preferably the same number of times as the strip B and pass from one roller to the other in a directien opposite to that of said strip. Thus it will be seen that the two rollers will be retained in proper position against each other and prevented from longitudinal displacement by means of the obscuring strip and the elastic bands, and yet will be permitted to separate and automatically aecommedate themselves to the varying thickness of the strips of paper used in connection therewith to produce the illusionary ell ect.

Before the trick or illusien is to be perforned one of these strips of paper E, having` suitable printed matter upon its surface, or a currency bill, is inserted in and weund upon one of the rollers between the same and the strip B so that it will be obseured or hidden from view, and, when it is desired to perform the triek, a strip of blank paper F, approximately of the same dimensiens as said strip E, is inserted between the rollers on the opposite side to that into which strip E had previously been inserted. The rollers are then turned in such directien that strip F will wind between the web of the obscuring material and the roller upon which the same is being wound and as it disappears the printed strip er bill E will emerge from the opposite side and will make it appeal' that the blank strip F was printed upon as it passed between the rollers.

The device is very handy and can be made very cheaply owing` to the particular construction of the means for holding the rollers together, and avoids the use of either supperting frame or bearin's and it can be successfully used to bewilder the casual observer and cause considerable amusement.

What I claim as new is:-

1. A toy comprising two rollers, a web of suitable fabric wound upon and connected at one end to ene of said rollers and extending* between them and winding in the reverse directien upon the other roller, and suitable bands Connecting the ends el' said rollers.

2. A toy comprising two rollers, a web of suitable fabrie wound upon and connected at one end to one of said rollers and extendng between then and winding in the reverse directon upon the other roller, and suitable elastc bands Connecting the ends of said rollers.

3. A toy cornprsing two rollers, a web of suitable fabric wound upon and connected at one end to one of said rollers, and extendng between them and having its other end connected to and winding in the reverse direetion onto the other roller, and suitable bands eonnected to and winding upon said rollers in a direction the opposite of that of the said web.

4. A toy oomprising two rollers, a web of sutable fabrc wound upon and connected at one end to one of said rollers, and extending between them and having its other end connected to and winding in the reverse direetion onto the other roller, and sutable elastic bands oonneeted to and winding upon said rollers in a dreeton the opposite of that of the said web.

5. A toy oomprisng two rollers having ciroumferential grooves in the ends thereof, a Web of suitable fabric wound upon and connected at one end to one of said rollers, and eXtendng between them and having its other end eonnected to and Winding in the reverse direction onto the other roller, and suitable bands eonnected to and windng upon said rollers in said grooves in a direction the opposte of that of the said web.

In wtness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23d ,day of March 1909.

FRANK L. OLESON.

VVitnesses:

FRANK D. THoMAsoN, E. K. LUNDY.

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