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Description

J. H. SIMPSON.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19, 1917.

Reissued Jan. 22, 1918.

INVENTOI.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. SIMPSON, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOB TO 3151" F. BAIN,

' OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification o1 Reissued Letters Patent. Reissued J an. 22, 1918.

Original No. 1,167,945, dated January 11, 1916, Serial No. 18,891, filed larch 24, 1915. Application for reissue died December 19, 1917. Serial 110. 207,978.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. SIMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawmgs.

Mypresent invention relates to new and useful improvements in toys and has particular reference to those of the-type in which a see-saw carrying a manikin is operated by marbles, grain or some other material delivered periodically on to the see-saw.

A still further object of the invention is to construct a toy of this character which is relatively simple in design and may be chea ly manufactured from sheet metal, card oard or any similar material.

The above and other incidental objects of a similar nature which will be hereinafter more. specifically treated are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims which are appen ed hereto and form a part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there has been illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a composite view partly in section and partly in side elevation of the toy with parts thereof removed in operative relation; Fig. 2 is a lan view. of the base of the toy, looked at mm the under side thereof; Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section showing the manner in which the'trip member is carried by the chute; Fi 4 is a face view of the valve employed 1n controlling the exit of the grain or similar material from the chute on to the see-saw; Fig. 5 is a detail view of the'grain valve'; Fig. 6 is a detail view of the disk which may be employed in operating the see-saw; and Fig. 7 is a detail new in longitudinal section of the chute e nipped with the modified form of valve emp oyed in controlling the discharge of marbles or similar elements.

a base 10, a standard 11 having a hopper 12,-

a discharge chute or run-way 13 and a seesaw-14. The base 10 is, as are all other parts of the toy, preferably formed of sheet metal, although card-board or any other desired materlal may be employed, without departing in any way from the spirit of the invention. The edges of the base lOare bent to produce rectangularly extending flanges 15. In the center of the base is formed a rectangular opening 16 into which the lower end -of the standard 11 projects. The four segments of material of the base which are removed to form this opening are directed downwardly, formin flanges 17 which are riveted to or otherwise secured to the faces of the standard 11. As shown, the standard is hollow and formed from a strip of sheet metal and is provided at its upper terminal with the outwardly inclined flanges or plates 18 which define a flared mouth into which the lower terminal of the frusto-pyramidal hopper is received. In one wall of the standard, adjacent the upper terminal thereof, is formed an opening, through which projects'the inner end of the discharge chute or run-way 13. The upper wall of the member 13 at the inner end thereof, is cut-away so that material may pass from the hopper into the member 13. A transverse pin 19 is passed through the standard and inner end of the discharge chute for attaching this member to the standard. I

The see-saw heretofore designated by the numeral 14 is channel-shaped and is provided in its bottom wall and intermediate the length thereof with an opening 20 which receives the standard and permits the side walls 21 to be pivotally secured to the standard, as by a, pin 22. The one end of the see saw is arranged below the outer end of the discharge chute 13, as shown best in Fig. 1. The other end of the see-saw carries a manikin 23 which is provided, with spaced spring fingers 24. These fingers 24 are adapted to straddle the bottom wall of the see-saw and to frictionally engage therewith for holding the manikin in roper position. These fingers are relatively ong so that the manikin may be adjusted toward or away from thepivotalipoint of the seesaw to compensate' forthe ifi'erence in weight of different materials which may be poured into the hoppeiuto supply the motive force' or,

swing the see-saw.

It. will now .be'seen that by periodlcally discharging material from the discharge a chute 13, the see-saw will be swung at intervals against the weight of themanikin which normally tends to hold at'the lowest elevation, that end of the see-saw towhich it is attached. Preferably grain or some equivalent material of a similar nature is employed in this connection, although marbles or spherical weights may be employed.

As a means for intermittently dropping I small quantities of grain onto the see-saw,

. normal position with the manikin carrying grain. reaches its lowest position, the grain will so that this member will be continuously operated, as long as the supply of grain lasts, I employ avalve plate which, as illustrated in Fig; 1, includes a body portion 25 having right-singularly extending attaching cars 26 and abalance arm 27. The ears 26 are adapted to receive a pivot pin by which the body member is pivotally secured be tween the projecting'.end plates 28 formed on the side walls of the discharge chute."

The balancearm is provided at its outer end with a piece of lead or equivalent material 30 which is of such weight that it normally tends to hold the body plate in engagement with the adjacent edge of the bottom wallof the discharge chute, so that the grain contained therein is held against exit. A substantially U-shaped trip member 31 rises from that end of the see-saw which isbeneath the dischargechute. This trip member is adapted to engage the arm 27 for operating the valve, as will be next described.

When, as shownin Fig. 1 the see-saw is in end B at lower elevation, the trip 31 is disposed to support the arm 27 in such position that the lbody plate of the valve is held in .open positionv by the weight 30. Thus, it

will be seen that if grain is poured into the hopper, it may pass through the chute on to the see-saw. slightly greater in weight than the manikin has passed on to the see-saw, the end A of .thismember will be swung downwardly.

Thedownward movement "of the. end A will withdraw the trip from engagement with the arm 27, allowingthe weight 30 of this memher to swing the valve to a closed position, preventing the'further exit of the remaining When the end A of the see-saw slide off, allowing the weight of the manikin on the end B to a in return thesee-saw to normal position.

the arm 27, raising this member an allowing another supply of grain to drop on to the When an amount of grain is upward swinging of; the end A will cause the trip to engage with see-saw. The valve is, of course, designed to open at the moment the seesaw reaches its normal positlon.

When it is desired to employ marblesfor the like, as means for. operatin thesee-saw, Iemploy a valve of the type illustrated in detailin Figs. 4 and 7. Referring'particuof sheet metal, which is bent to produce a. substantially semi-circular body portion 33.

The blank from which the valvejis formed is rebent about the outer face of thebody 33,

-larly to this figure, it will be seen that this 7 "marble valveis formed from a single blank 7 as indicated at 34 and is then directed outwardly forming a balance arm A 'pair of apertured cars 36 are vformed inte rally with the curved edges of the valve bog 33. These ears 36 extend inwardly .towar the center from which the member 33 is described. The terminals of the ears are mounted onapivotin 37 A which extends transversely between tli valve.

Regarding the operation of the .marble valve, it is to be explained that the balance arm 35 of this member normally tends to fall by gravity to maintain the valve body 33 in receiving relation to the chute 15.

. When the marbles are poured into the hoppeer and. passed down the chute, -one of them enters the valve body. The operator may e extensions 28 of the chute and serve as a pivotal support for the a then put the see-saw in operation by lifting the balance arm 35 to permit the marble contained within the valve bodyto drop on to 'the see-saw, in the manner disclosed in Fig. 7. When the valve body moves into open position the one end of the valve moves across the lower end of the chute, thus holding the remaining marbles therein. The first marble dropping on the see-saw causes the end A of this member'to swing downwardly against the weight of the manikin on the end B. The balance arm 35, of course falls immediately by gravity to its normal position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 7. In

this position of the valve. the space between the ends of the valve body 33 is in communimay pass into the valve body. When the end A of the see-saw has been swung down wardly, some distance, the marble rolls out and the manikin again swings the end A upwardly. As the end A swings upwardly-the trip 31 strikes the arm 35, swinging this member upwardly as in Fig. 7, so that the valve body 33 will be rotated on its pivot pin 37, allowing the next marble to drop on to the see-saw. i i

From the foregoing description, it will now be apparent that I have provided a relatively simple toy, in which the sec-saw may be continuously operated by a supply cation with the chute so that another ballof marbles, balls or the like which are periodically allowed to fell upon the see-saw by a valve which is automatically operated by the see-saw.

At the lower end of the standard, I preferably mount a manikin indicated at 32, the arms of which are raised to convey the impression that the manikin is lifting thead- Jacent terminalof the see-saw in opposition to the efforts of the manikin on the other end of the see-saw.

As a substitute for the marbles, disks of metal, wood or an other material of the design shown in Fig. 6, may be employed. ,Any loose material in bulk, such ,as coffee, beans 0r sand may be substituted for grain, if desired.

In reduction to practice, it has been found that the form of this invention illustrated in the drawings, and referred to in the above description as the prefererd embodiment, is the most efficient and practical, yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of this device will necessarily vary, it'is desirable to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in the details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A toy including a standard, a see-saw pivoted thereto, a hopper carried by the standard, a chute communicatin with the hopper, and having its outer en arranged to deliver m terial to one end of the seesaw, a valve or the outer end of the chute,

means carried by the see-saw for normally holding the valve in open position, and

means for automatically moving the valve to closed position when said first mentioned means moves away from the valve upon the swinging of the see-saw.

2. A toy includin a hollow standard, a hopper mounted in t e upper end thereof, a discharge chute having its inner end extending into the standard to receive material from the hopper, a valve carried by the outer end of the chute for controlling the discharge of material therefrom, a seesaw pivotally attached to the standardfa longitudinally adjustable manikin attached to one end of the see-saw, and a valve trip member carried by the other end of the seelongitudinally adjustable manikin attached to one end of the see-saw, said manikin being adapted to normally hold the opposite end of the see-saw in engagement with the valve for maintaining the samein open 0- 'sition, and a counter-balance carried by the valve for moving the same in closed (position, immediately subsequent to the 1scharging of material upon the see-saw sufficient to cause the swinging of the same.

4. A toy including a standard, a see-saw pivoted thereto, a chute having its outer end arranged to deliver material to one end of v the see-saw, a valve for the outer end of the chute, means carried by the see-saw for normally holding the valve in open position, and means for automatically moving the valve to closed position when said first mentioned means moves away from the valve upon the swinging of the see-saw.

5. A toy including a support, a see-saw pivoted thereto, an inclined chute having a disa charge means at its lower and arranged to deliver material to one end of the see-saw, a

device for controllingthe passage of material through said means, means carried by the see-saw for moving the controlling device to discharge position as the end of the seesaw approaches the lower end of the chute, and means for moving the controlling means to non-discharging position when the end of the see-saw moves away from said lower end of the chute.

6. A toy including a support, a see-saw pivoted thereto, an inclined chute having a discharge means at its lower end in position to deliver material toone end of the see saw, and means whereby the movement of the see-saw causes the intermittent discharge of material to the end thereof.

JOHN H. SIMPSON.

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