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Description

Dec. 1 1928.

J. L. KLEINMAN m Filed July 28. 1926 s 1 cal to manufacture.

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Patented Dec. 18, 1928 UNITED JACOB L. KLEINMAN, on NEW YoRK,N.'Y.

TOP.

Application filed July 28, 1926. Serial No. 125,344.

This invention relates generally to improvements in tops and more particularl to improvements in the pegs thereof.

' The primary object of the present inven tion is to provide a top that will absorb he shocks and strains caused by the impact against the ground when the top isthrown thereon for spinning purposes.

further object is to provide a top that will skip or dance during its spinning operation.

A further object is to provide a top with a peg that'is yieldingly mounted so as to lessen the likelihood of breaking the top and peg when it strikes the ground.

A still further object is to provide a top that is simple in construction and economil Vith these and other objects in view to be hereinafter described, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a top partly in section provided with a peg embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view of a modified form'of peg. V I

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view of another modified form of peg.

Figure 4 is a view of the lower part of a i top partly in section and partly in elevation showing still another form of peg construction.

Figure 5 is a View similar to Figure 1 but illustrating a modified form of peg construction not shown in the other views.

Eeferring to the drawing in detail, Fig ure l'illustrates a preferred form of peg construction. In this figure, the top body 10 is.

formed of wood as usual and is conical in shape. In the lower body portion-is provided a central bore 11 and said lower body portion terminates in a base 12, the surface of which slants upwardly towards its center. s V

Mounted snugly in this bore 11 a peg 13. This peg 1.3 in the drawing is illustrated as made of rubber, but it will beunderstood that it may be made of any yielding The said peg 13 comprises an upper cylindrical body portion and a lower conical body portion 1 1, the outer periphery of said conical body portion 14 conforming to the outer contour of the body of the top when the peg is fitted in its bore. Between the upper cylindrical body portion and the lower conical body portion 1 1 is a reduced portion 15, which. provides a space or chamber 16 for a purpose which will be explained. Theconical body portion 14': has its lower surface dished out as indicated at 17, and its upper surface dished out as indicated at 1'7. Formed the center of the peg 13 is an elongated cylindrical opening 18, which opening 18 terminates in a slightly curved portion 19.

Fitted into the opening 180 f the peg 13 is a-metal peg constructed with a cylindrical stem 20, a bulge or flange portion 21 slightly larger. than the curved portion 19 and a conical portion 22, which latter portion 22 ter minates in an outwardly flared port-ion23. Formed in the conical portion 22 is a central bore 2 1 provided with a shoulder 25. As willbe noted from Figure 1, the cylindrical stem 20 does not extend to the roof of the opening 18 but leaves a space between said roof and the upper surface of said stem 20.

-This stem is also not sufficiently large to fill the said opening 18 and consequently a space 22 has its upper surfacedished out so as to leave a space 27 between said upper surface and thelower dished surface of the conical portion 14% of the rubber peg 13.

Into the bore 24 of the metal peg is loosely mounted a metalspindle. This spindle comprises a cylindrical body portion 28, the lower end of which is formed with a rounded surface for spinning upon any suitable suracollar or flange 29, the said spindle terminating at its upper end in an inwardly flared portion with a flat upper surface which is adapted to engage the flat roof provided by the bore 24. It will be noted that the collar 29 is not sufficiently large to engage the inner wall of the conical sec tion 22 of the metal peg thereby leaving a space surrounding. said collar to permit the spindle'to spin freelyin the bore 24. A

space is also provided between the upper surface of the spindle and the roof of the bore 24 so as to permit the spindle to move upwardly when the top is thrown to the rounding the reduced portionlfi of the rubber peg 13 permits the rubber peg at that point to expand and the space between the inner wall of said reduced portion 15 and the cylindrical stem of the metal peg permits the rubber peg 13 to contract when it is thrown against the ground for spinning purposes. It will also be apparent that the space between the upper end of the stem of the metal peg and the roof of openrig 18 permits a longitudinal upward movement of said metal peg but this upward movement is controlled by the suction formed in the space between the base 12 and the dir jhed upper surface oi? the conical section 14; oil the peg l3 and by the suction formed in the space 27 between the lower dished surface oi? the conical section 1 1 of the rubber peg 122 and the 'upper dished surface 01" the conical section 22 of the metal peg.

The rubber peg illustrated in Figure 2 comprises an upper cylindrical portion 30, a reduced portion 31, a conical portion 32 which is substantially the length of the reduced portion 31 terminating at "its lower end in outwardly flared portion 33. The upper surface of the conical portion 32 is dished out as indicated at 34-.

Formed in the center of the conical portion 32 and extending to substantially the upper end thereof is a bore 35, which bore is restricted by means of an annular flange llfi formed on the interior periphery of the conical section 32. Fit-ted into this opening 35' isa metal peg comprising an upper cylindrical portion 37 provided with a rounded upper surface, an intermediate restricted portion 38 and a lower cylindrical portion 39 formed with a flatbase, This lower cylin drical 1301 6101139 is provided with a central bore 40 which extends upwardly to a point substantially to the top of the said portion 39, and downwardly to a 1 point adjacent the lowermost end oi the portion 39. xl ormed in the base out said portion 39 and coimcntric with the bore 4:0 and 'coinn'iunicah lug with latter bore 4-1) is another bore of smaller diameter, formi' g a shoulder or inwardly extending flange ll on the lower portion 39.

Mounted loosely in the bores 40 and 4:1 is a metal spindle rovided with an eloncollar 42 having a fiat upper surface and a cylindrical body portion 13 l orm'ed witha: rounded lower surface for spinning purposes. It will be noted that the diameter oi the collar 12 is not as large as the diameter of the bore ll), thus leaving aspace between the eollarand the inner wall of the portion 39 to permitthe spindle to spin freely in the bore 10. It will also be noted that the collar 42 engz'rges the-shoulder 41 formed on the portion 39 and prevents the spindle from faking out of the bore. By reason of this construction, a space is provided between the upper surface ofthe cylindrical portion 37 and the rooi of the bore 35 to permit upward loi'igitudinal movement of the metal pegyand it will be understood of course that the annular flange engages the restricted portion 88 of the metal peg thereby preventing the n'ieta-l peg from falling out of the opening 35 and longitudinal movement of said peg is against the action of the annular 112131 e 36.

in t e form of the invention illustrated in Figure 3, the rubber peg disclosed is similar to the rubber peg shown n Figure 1 and consir-sts oi the upper cylindrical portion 123. the low 11' cmiicalportion 14.- and the re- LhLilCtGll portion 15 the lower conical portion 1.4!: being provided with upper and lower dished out surfaces. A central bore 44 is formed in the restricted portion and the conical section but is however formed uniform throughout its length and is not restrictedatany point as is the opening 18. into this central bore 1 1 is snugly fitted a metal peg comprising an elongated stem 45 formed uniformly throughoutits length, which when in operative position as shown in Figure 3 extends to a point below the roof of the bore taleaving a space between the top of the peg and the said root to permit longitudinal movementoi he metal, peg as will be understood. In this formof; peg constriurtion, the stem 45 is forced into-the bore l i and. tightly engagesthe wall of the --bore 42 i toprevont thepeg from falling out.

With reference to Figure 4t, theform here disclosed shows a metal peg somewhat similar in construction to the metal peg illustrated in Figure 3 and comprises an elongated cylindrical stem 46 which is adapted to be fitted snugly into the bore 11 of the top body. Disposed between the base 12 of the body 10 of the top and the dished out surface of the conical section 22 of the metal pen is a rubber wash r 16 formed u th a flat u'pperand lowersin-fare. hen this washer d6 is in operative positionz-is illustrated in Figure 1-. a space 47 pro vided between said washer andthe conical section 22, and a space 4-8 between said washer and the base 12 of the body 10 of the top. This washer ltlabsorbs the shocks caused by throwing the top to the ground.

Referring to Figure 5, iii-this modification of the inventiom it will be noted that the top body 10 is formed with central bore 19, having a diameter larger than the diameter of the stem 15 of themetalpeg which extends into the same, thereby leaving a space between said stem 4i5 and the inner wall the top body 1.0. Surrounding thestem 15 and extending to a point about midway the length of the same is a rubbersleeve 50 and formed with said rubber sleeve 50 is an annular flange or washer 51, the said washer 51 being provided withdished upper and lower surfaces and being disposed between the base of the body'10 of the top and the upper surface of the conical section 22. 4 I

While I have illustrated and described several embodiments of my invention, I desire it to be understood that minor changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the-spirit of the invention and I. de-

sire to be limited only-bythe state of the prior art and the appended claims;

I claim: i V

1. A top comprising a body portion having acentrally disposed opeiiingtherein, a peg mounted in said opening, a spinning member loosely mounted in said peg and shock absorbing means operatively connected to said body portion, and peg.

2. A top comprising a body portion having a centrally disposed opening therein, a peg mounted in said opening, and a spinning member loosely mounted in said peg and means to permit said peg and said spinning member to yield when the top is thrown to the ground for spinning.

3. A top comprising a body portion having a centrally disposed opening therein, a rubber peg engagingsaid body portion, said rubber peg having an opening, a metal peg mounted in said openings, and a spindle mounted loosely in said metal peg, said metal peg being adapted to move relative to said rubber peg.

a. A top comprising a body portion having a centrally disposed opening therein, cushioning means engaging said body portion, a metal peg engaging said cushioning means, a spindle loosely mounted in said metal peg and means to prevent said metal peg from becoming detached from said cushioning means.

5. A top comprising a body portion hav-- ing a centrally disposed opening therein, a rubber peg mounted in said opening, said rubber peg having a centrally disposed bore, a metal peg mounted in said latter bore, a spindle mounted loosely in said. metal peg, said latter bore formed with an en-' larged portion, and an annular flange formed on the metal peg adapted to engage the enlarged portion of the bore to prevent the metal peg from falling out of the same.

' 6. A top comprising a body portion having a centrally disposed opening therein, a slanting base formed on the bottom of said body portion, a rubber peg mounted snugly insaid opening, said rubber peg consisting of an upper cylindrical section, an intermediate restricted section and a conical .section, said conical section formed with dished out upper and lower surfaces, a central bore formed in said restricted and conicaljsections, said boreformed with an enlarged portion adjacent its lower end, asmetal peg and metalpeg being so positioned that the dished out surfaces of their conical sections are adjacent each other'to permit relative movement between said'pegs.

7. A top comprising a body-portion, yielding means mounted within said body portion, said yielding means having a reduced,

portion and a dished surface, means formed :onsaid yielding means to hold said yielding means in said body portion permitting said reduced portionand dished surface to expand and a peg mounted within said yieldlllg 111621118.

8. A top compr sing a body portion, yielding means mounted within said body portion, said. yielding means having a reduced portion and a dished surface and a centrally disposed opening, means formed on said yielding means to hold same in said body portion permitting said reduced portion and dished surface to expand, a peg mounted within said opening and means formed on said yielding means to .hold said peg and spread said opening.

9. A top comprising a body portion, yielding means mounted within said body portion, said yielding means having a reduced portion, a dished surface and a centrally disposed opening, means formed on said yielding means to hold same in said body portion permitting said reduced portion and dished surface to expand, a peg mounted within said opening and. means formed on said peg adapted to hold said peg in said yielding means and spread said opening at said point of engagement.

10. A top comprising a. body portion, yielding means mounted Within said body portion, said yielding means having a reduced portion, a dishedsurface and a centrally disposed opening, means formed on said yielding means to holdsame in said body portion permitting said reduced portion and dished surface to expand, a peg mounted within said opening and means formed on said yielding means and on said peg to hold said peg within said yielding means. a

11. A top comprising a body portion, yielding means mounted within said body portion, said yielding means having a reduced portion and a centrally disposed opening, means formed on said yielding means to .hold the same in said body portion permit ting said reduced portion to expand, a peg mounted Within said opening forming a chamber, between said yielding means and said peg and means formed on said yielding means to holdsaid peg.

12. A top comprising a body portion, yielding means mounted within saidfloody portion, said yieldingineanshaving a re duced'portionnza-nda centrally disposed opening means formed on said yieldi-ngmezzns to hold the same in said body portion perinitting the reduced portion to. expand, a :peg mounted Within said opening, vm ealnsi formed on said to holdsaidzpeg in said yielding means and spread seidiopeningflat the: point of engagement and: spread said openinga-nd chambers formed between said yieldin rneans andbody portion and between said yielding means and eaid peg.

A top comprising ,e body portion, yielding means mounted Within said body portion, said yielding means having on elon ted centrally disposed opening therein, apeg mounted within said opening, said peg oon'iprisingenlarged and reduced portions, the size of said-reduced portion being smaller, than the size of said openin 14-. A. .top comprising n body portion,

yielding means mounted Within Said body portion, sa d .y1eld1ng.means having an elongated centrally disposed opening therein,

signature.

JACOB L. KLEINMAN.

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