US929316A - Windmill toy. - Google Patents

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a. MASULLA. WINDMILL TO Y.

APPLICATION FILED MAR, 31, 1909.

Patented July 27, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PA'rnNtr OFFICE.-

, GUSS MASULLA, F GODFREY; ILLINOI S,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application filed March 31, 1909. Serial No. 4 7,002.

T 0 all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, GUSS M'AsULuA, a citizen of the United States, residing 'atGodfrey, in the county of Madison, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windmill Toys; and

I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. f.

This invention relates to toys and has special reference to a wind mill operated toy designed to represent a pair of blacksmiths at work on an anvil.

One object of the invention is to vprovide a novel and improved toy of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved mechanism for actuating such a toy. v

With the above and other objects in view the. invention consists in general of a rotatable casing, mechanism held within said casing, a wind wheel to operate saidniecha-msm, a pair of mamkins mounted on the casing and representing a pair of blacksmiths at work, and a musical anvil.

' The invention consists further in certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompa-nyingdrawings, and specifically set forth in the claims.

*In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the tion from the windmill end. Fig. this a, detail sectional view showing the central portion of the machinery from the side op-;

several views, and :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy constructed in accordance with this invention, certainof the partsbeing broken away'to showathe interior of the casin and the manner of supporting the toy.

and manikins removed. Fig, 3 is an elevaposite Fig. 1;

The numeral 10 indicates the casing of the device and this casing is provided with a removable top 11. Upon the top 11 is sup.

ported an anvil stand 12 Whereon is mounted an imitation anvil 13. This anvil stand and anvil have vertical apertures therethrough as indicated at 14: provided with an enlarged bore at the upper end as indicated at 15. A

stem 16 extends downward through th'e'aper- I ture 14 and 'is'provided on its top with astriking plate 17. Between the underside ig; 2 is a top plan View with the cover ot'ithis striking plate and the bottom of the bore 15 isheld a spiral spring 18 so that the striking plate 17 is normally raised from the surface of the anvil 13.

securely fixedon thecasing are a pair of manikins 19 each of which has pivotally mounted arms 20 provided with represent-ations of hands to which are attached hammore 21. These manikins are so positioned that as the arms are raised and dropped the hammers will strike the plate 17. Upon the casings 10 are provided spaced f ears 22 which pass up through the top and are arranged to receive a fastening wire-23 at each end of Mounted upon each; side of theanvil and said top. By this means the-top is securely -held upon the casin while at the same time it is readily remova le therefrom.

Within the casing 10, and so arranged as to be struck by the rod or plunger 16 is mounteda bell 24. The plunger is normally held free from this bell but whenever one of the hammers 21 strikes the plate 17 the plunger isdepressed to contact with and ring said bell. t

Supported Within the casing 17 is a worm gear 25 having upon one face thereof a pin 26. This wheel 25 is mounted on a shaft 27 a and between the wheel, and one wall of the casin is a spring 28 which serves to hold the whee in proper. ositionand at the same time act .as a-bra e or drag to prevent too rapid rotation of the wheel. Within the casing is a lever 29 pivoted'intermediate its" ends and one end of this'lever is arranged to lie in the path of the pin 26, being provided with a ulde late or wire 30 to prevent the wear 0 the ever by this -.pin. The other endof the lever 29 is provided with an eye 31. The end of the lever 29 which supports the eye 31 is arrangedvimmediately below one of the manikins and extending u wardly from this eye is a pull rod32 provi ed with a hook at its lower .end to engage the eye and attached atits upper end'to a bell-crank 33 which isfixed to the arms20 of that manikin of the lever. This lever is-provided intermediate its ends with aneye 38 to which is attached apull rod- 39 similarlyconstructed' to the pull 'rod 32- and similarly attached to a bell crank-40 which operates the'arms- 20 of the other manikin.

Supported 'in thecasing 10 is a shaft 41 upon one end of which is formed a worm 42 which engages with the worm wheel. This shaft projects outwardly from one end of the casing and carries a plate 43 whereon aremounted fan blades 44 so that the plate and the blades-44 constitute the wind wheel.

. In the operation'of the device as thus far described when the wheel 25 is rotated'by the action of the worm 42 as the fan blades 44 are rotated by the wind, the pin 26 alternately strikes the up'persidc ,of the lever 34 and depresses the same and 'the under side of the lever 29 and depresses that end of the lever-29 which is connected to the pull rod 32. This action results in alternately raising: the arms of the two manikins and allowing them to fall so that the hammers alternately strike the plate 17- andring the bell 24.

In order to provide a means whereby the devicemay at all times be kept in position to be operated by the wind there is formed on the under side of the casing a boss 45 provided with an annular groove 46. This boss is freely revoluble in the socket 47 beingheld from retraction therefrom by means of a set screw 48 which has its end projecting into the groove 46. There is also provided at the end of the casing opposite the wind wheel a vane 49 so that whenever the wind strikes the device the wind :wheel will be turned to face the wind and thus always be in position to operate themanikins. There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind-described and of: the character specified.

It is obvious that many minorv changes may be made in theform and construction of this invention without departing from the material principles thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as come plroperly within the scope of the appended c aims.

. Having thus describedtlie invention, what- 1s claimed as new, is

1. In a-toy, an anvil,'a manikin having a movable arm providedwith a. hammer adapted to strike said anvil, a wind wheel, and mechanism actuated by the wind wheel to alternately raise and releasethe hammer,

said mechanism comprising a pivoted lever, a gear provided with a 'pin projecting laterally therefromand adapted to operate said each provided provided with a throughsaid anvil,

1ever,a-gear connected to said wind wheel 811-" meshing with the first mentioned gear, and an operative connection between said lever and thearm ofsaid manikin.

2. In a toy, an anvil, a manikin having a movablearm provided with'a hammer adapted to strike said anvil, a wind wheel, and mechanism actuated by the wind wheel to alternately raise and release the hammer, said mechanism comprising a pivoted lever, agea'lr provided with a pin projecting latera gear connected to said wind wheel enmeshing with the first mentioned gear, a bell-crank connected to the arm of said manikin, and a pull rod connected to said bell-crank and lever. p

3. In a toy, an anvil, a pair of manikins disposed one on each side of said anvil and with a movable armhaving a hammer carried thereby adapted to strike said anvil, a wind wheel, and mechanism actuated by the wind wheel to alternately raise and release the pair of hammers, said mechanism. comprising pivoted levers, a gear pin projecting laterally therefron'i adapted to operate said levers, a gear connected to said wi'nd- ,vvheel enmeshing with the said operative connection between each of the said levers and the kins. I

4.. In a toy, an anvil, a pair of manikins disposed one onfeach side-of said anvil and each-provided with a movable arm-having a hammer carried thereby adapted to strike said anvil, a wind wheel, and mechanism actuated by the wind wheel to alternately raise and release the pair-of hammers, said mechanism comprising a pair of pivoted levers, a gear provided with a pin projecting laterally therefrom adapted to alternately operate said levers,.-a gear connected to said wind wheel enmeshing with the first mentioned gear, a bell-crank connected to the arm of each of said manikins, and apull rod connectingeach of said levers to one of the bell-cranks.

5. In a device of the kind described, an anvil-having a false base, a stem connected to said base and connecting downwardly a spring normally holdingsaid base free from the anvil, and a bell adapted to be struck by-the stem when the anvil/base is depressed.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GUSS MASULLA.

Witnesses EMIL G. MORK, I.- Moons.

and adapted to operate mentioned gear, and an arm of one of said ni'ani-'

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