GB1490164A - Toy - Google Patents

Abstract

1490164 Toys AIRFIX PRODUCTS Ltd 17 March 1976 [24 Jan 1975] 3274/75 Heading A6S A toy comprises a platform 10, Fig. 1, with a spring-loaded impeller 21a, &c releasably coupled to a toy aeroplane A which runs along a support line L attached at one end to a hand-control 12, 13, &c and at the other to a remote point (not shown) above the platform, the aeroplane being suspended from the line by hooks 17 and a rod 16, &c which allows it to turn through 180 degrees at the end of its travel away from the platform to which it then returns nose first. A lever 18, Fig. 5, and hook 18a in the toy aeroplane coact with a cam 20a on the suspension rod 16 so that on the outward flight the hook, &c is retained in a raised position, but after the aeroplane has turned through 180 degrees the hook, &c is lowered. At the end of the platform 10, a cover 56. Fig. 1. is pivoted to its shut position; on take-off of the aeroplane, the impeller 21a, &c runs along a slot 30, and, a cam (31), Fig. 6 (not shown) at its side engages a cam 32a, Fig. 3, on a lever journalled by pins 33. The lever pivots up an H-member 34 carrying funnels 37 through which pass a landing wire 36. The returning aeroplane A engages its hook 18a with the landing wire 36, and the cover 56 is raised to the position shown. The handcontrol 12, &c is mounted to the platform by a ball and socket joint 11, and the end of the line L is attached to a finger grip 13 slidable up and down the hand-control. The handcontrol 12, &c permits adjustment of the tension, &c of the line L. The toy aeroplane A has a pin 29 slidable into a socket in the impeller 21a, &c which is drawn along the slot 30 by an adjustably-tensioned rubber band (24), Fig. 2, running over a pulley. To cock the impeller 21a, &c, a string 23 is pulled, until the impeller engages a spring biassed catch (26, 21); the catch is released by a trigger 28. Reference has been directed by the comptroller to Specification 1405938.