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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
DENNIS CORWIN ZIVLEY, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.
FIGURED TOY.1,149,883.
Specification of Letters Patent.. Patented Aug.10; 1915.
Application filed April 3, 1914. Serial No. 829.276.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, DENNIS CoRwIN Ziv-
i;Y, citizen of the United States, residing at
El Paso, in the county of El Paso and State
6 of Texas, have invented certain new and
useful Improvements in Figured Toys; and
I do hereby declare the following to be a
full, clear, and exact description of the in-
vention, such as will enable others skilled
10 in the art to which it appertains to make
and use the same.
My invention relates to improvements in
figured toys, and its primary object is the
provision of a highly amusing article of this
15 character, which may be manufactured and
sold at a comparatively low cost.
The invention consists of the construe-
tion, combination and arrangement of parts
hereinafter fully described and claimed, and
20 illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
wherein the figure is a perspective view of a
toy constructed in accordance with my in-
vention.
Referring to the drawings by reference
2b numerals, 1 designates the frame and 2
the handle of the toy. The frame 1 and the
handle 2 are preferably constructed from a
single length of wire, which is bent to pro-
vide a top bar 3, side bars 4, and the bot-
3o tom bar 5. The strands of the wire are
then intertwisted as at 6, to hold it in frame
forming position. A further intertwisting
of the strands is carried out to provide the
handle 2. The sides 4 are bent to provide
35 an upper pair of alined bearings 7, a lower
pair of alined bearings 8, and an interme-
diate pair of alined bearings 9. Compound
crank shafts 10 and 11 are journaled in the
bearings 7 and 9, respectively, and each is
40 preferably formed from a single length of
wire. The lengths of wire are first bent
to provide the cranks 12 and 13, then in-
serted in the bearings 7 and 9, and then bent
to provide stops 14, which engage the inner
45 sides of the bearings 7 and 9, and prevent
endwise movement of the shafts 10 and 11.
Journaled in the bearings 8 is a crank-shaft
15, which is also made from a single length
of wire. The wire from which the shaft
50 15 is formed is first bent to provide a crank
16, and is then inserted in the bearings 8,
after which it is bent to provide the stops
17. The stops 17 engage the inner side of
the bearings 8 and hold the shaft 15 from
55 endwise movement. The shaft 15 projects
beyond one of the sides 4 of the frame 1,and said projecting portion is bent to pro-
vide a hand crank 18 by means of which the
shaft may be rotated. Figs. 19 and 20, one
representing the character known as "Jeff" 60
and the other the character known as
"Mutt" are secured to the crank 13 of the
shafts 10 and 11, respectively, as shown in
the drawing. These shafts and the shaft 15
are connected by a rod 21, so that motion 65
may be imparted to. the figures 19 and 20
through the medium of the hand crank 18.
The connecting rod 21 is formed from a
single length of wire bent to provide bear-
ing loops .22, 23 and 24, through the me- 70
dium of which the rod is connected to the
cranks 12 of the shafts 10 and 11, and the
crank 16 of the shaft 15. The bearing loops
22 and 23 are elongated so as to prevent all
of the shafts from arriving at a dead cen- 75
ter at the same time.
In practice the toy may be supported in
the left hand through the medium of the
handle 2, and motion imparted to the fig-
ures 19 and 20 through the medium of the 80
hand crank 18, which may be rotated by
the right hand. The figures 19 and 20 may
be articulated in any well known manner,
and in view of the fact that the figures are
fixed by their hands to the cranks of shafts 85
adapted to be simultaneously rotated move-
ment may be imparted to the figures which
will be of a grotesque and highly amusing
nature. As all parts of the toy, except the
figures, can be made from single lengths of 90
wire, it may be made and sold at a com-
paratively low cost.
From the foregoing it is evident that
many changes might be made in the form
and arrangement of parts described with- 9
out departing from the spirit and scope of
my invention, and hence I do not wish to
limit myself to the exact construction herein
set forth; but,
Having thus fully described. my inven-
tion, what I desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent is:
1. A toy comprising a rectangular frame
made from a single strand of wire, the ends
of said strand being twisted together to 105
form a handle, integral bearings at the sides
of the frame, double crank shafts mounted
in said bearings, said crank shafts having
stops to prevent lateral movement thereof, 110
articulated figures connected rigidly to one
of the cranks of each of said crank shafts
an actuating crank shaft mounted in said
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Zivley, Dennis Corwin. Figured Toy, patent, August 10, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857850/m1/2/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.