US1401813A - Toy spinning-top - Google Patents

Description

J. POPPER.

TOY SPINNING TOP.

APPLICATION FILED 001.19, 1920.

Patented Dec. 27 1921.

lllllllll INVEIVTOR Jseph Popper. BY

WITNESSES A NORA/E78 of ornamentation from that shown siren reins.

JOSEPH POPPER, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR, BY manor AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 0r ONE-HALF T0 BAIRD-IDANIELS 00., me, or nnw YORK, N. Y., A conrona'rron or NEW YORK, AND ONE-HALF 'ro RUBY H. ro-rrna,

0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Application filed October 19, 1920. Serial No. 417.955.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, Josnrn; Porrnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Toy Spinning-Top, of which the following.

is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to toys and particularly to an improved spinning top and has for an object to provide an improved construction in which a top body is providedand associated with means indicating a ball structure in action with an ornamentation therein. f 7

Another object of the invention is to provide a spinning top in which removable ornamentations or characters may be provided and cause to move in a certain proportion to the movement of the top.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a toy spinning top in which a handle is provided and a removable figure, the parts being so arranged that when the top is in action, the handle will appear substantially as a transparent ball'and the figure will appear to move.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the top disclosing an embodiment of the 1nvention. I v

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of an ornamentation embodying certain features of the inven tion.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a difierent form in Fig. 3.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals 1 indicates a top body which is preferably made from sheet metal and painted or otherwise ornamented to give a pleasing appearance. Preferably, the body 1 is not perfectly circular but is divided into sections 2 and 3 which produce pleasing effects when the body is properly ornamented. These sections are in the form of reflectors and each section may have its surface formed as a polygon in order to produce better reflecting action. A tube 4. is rigidly secured to the center of the body 1 by solder or any other suitable means, which Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

center is reinforced by plates 5 and 6. The tube 4 extends preferably an appreciable distance beyond the body 1 and is provided wlth a shaft 12 lo'oselyfitting therein, said shaft having a pointed end9 adapted to rest on the support when the top is in use and a turn-over end 15 for clamping the washer 8 1n place. The shaft 12 is provided with a shoulder for receiving the handle 13 and said handle is held in place by the washer 8 as illustrated in Fig. 2 whereby the parts" act as an integral construction. In addition the shaft 12 is provided with a bore adjacent the end carrying the washer 8 for receiving the shaft 16. It will be noted thatthe handle 13 is a looped piece of sheet metal and is provided with an aperture at the opposite slde to where it is connected with theshaft- 12 so that the shaft 16 may be easily insertedand removed at any time. This shaft or standard 16 carries a plate 17 which may have a single flag 18 arranged thereon, adouble flag 19 or figures 20' and 21. It will be noted that figure 20 shows a horse in one position when running and figure 21 shows the same horse in a different position. The

shaft or standard '16 is merely held in place.

by friction and is, consequently, moved with handle '13 to a certain extent. I-Iowever,'the

plate 17 striking the air will naturally retard the rotation of the'shaft 16, and, consequently, the handle 13 will rotate much faster than the plate 17 but said plate will rotate sufiiciently fast to give the appearance of figures 20. and 21 that of the moving or running horse. o Other animals could be substituted without departing from the spirit of the invention. Also, it will be evident that other forms of ornamentation or movin figures could be provided on the plate 1 or connected with shaft 18. 7

In operation when the parts are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and it is desired to spin the top, a suitable cord is wound around the'tube 4: and the point!) placed on.

the shaft 16 to rotate, though at a much slower speed. This will give the desired appearance of movement of the horse or other object on plate 17. Preferably the handle 13 is made from some bright metal and when rotating at approximate the speed of the body 1 it will give somewhat the appearance of a transparent ball which adds to the effect of the figure on plate 17 as it causes said figure to appear to be running in a ball.

What I claim is 1. A toy spinning top comprising a body,

' a hollow support connected with said body provided with a supporting point, a handle provided with an extension engaging said support, said handle having an aperture adsupport and be rotated thereby through the action of friction, said handle being formed as a loop with an opening at the top and an opening at the bottom, a shaft loosely mounted in said openings, a plate rigidly secured to said shaft, said plate being pro vided with the figure of an animal on each side, said figures being in different positions so that as the plate is rotated with said shaft the animal will appear to be moving.

3. A toy spinning top comprising a substantially disk-shaped body, a tube eX- tending from the center of said body and rigidly secured to the body, a pin loosely mounted in said tube and projecting therefrom at each end, a handle formed as a loop rigidly secured to said pin at one end thereof, said pin being formed with a longitudinal bore at the end to which the handle is secured, an ornamented plate having a journal pin loosely supported in said bore and rotated by the friction between the said journal pin and the first mentioned pin.

4. A toy spinning top comprising a body, a tube extending through the center of the body and projecting on both sides thereof, a pin loosely mounted in said tube and projecting therefrom at each end, said pin having a bore in one end, a looped handle rigidly seoured to said pin at the end carrying said bore and a plate having a journal pin loosely mounted in said bore, said plate having representations of objects on opposite faces in different positions, said positions being arranged so that as the plate rotates the objects will simulate movement.

5. In a toy spinning top a body, means loosely carried by said body including a looped handle and a pin, said looped handle having an aperture and said pin having a bore opposite said aperture, a pin loosely mounted in said aperture and in said bore and a plate ornamented on both sides rigidly secured to said pin, said ornamentation consistingof representations of objects in different positions, said positions being arranged so that as the plate rotates with the pin the objects will simulate movement.

JOSEPH POPPER.

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