US245311A - Edwaed l - Google Patents

Description

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Patented Aug. 9, 1881.

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EDWARD L. MORRIS, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,311, dated August 9, 18 81.

Application filed April 11, 1881.

sheet of drawings my invention is illustrated.

Figure 1 is a side view, the internal con-.

struction being shown by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a sectional longitudinal top view,showing thejunction of the head with the body of the creature.

In Fig. 1, ais the upper-jaw of the creature, hinged or pivoted to the body at g. b is the underjaw, fixed firmly to thebody. The neck h of the creature extends back of the pivot g and shutsintothebodywhen thejawaisopened. Against the neck h a spring, t', is caused to act, the said spring being coiled back into the body of the creature and fastened at k.

0 represents a whisker or appendage pivoted to the fixed jaw 12, and serving as a catch to operate in connection with the jaw a. The catch 0 is provided with a small spring, 112, which causes it to engage with the jaw a at a when the jaw a is forced open. The appendage 0, extended within the throat of the creature, serves also to represent a tongue, and the part n, attached to the roof of the mouth, serves to represent a gill or palate.

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and also serving to give the jaw a a more 0 steady support upon the pivot 9 than would be obtained by pivoting to the palate or central support, a, alone.

The toy is held within the hand, convenientl y for operation, by its rear parts, d d. Now, forcing open the jaw to until the catch 0 engages with the same at a, the spring i acts against the neck h in such a manner as, when the catch 0 is released, to throw the jaw a violently upon its opposite jaw, b, thus imitating the action ofa living creature in closing or snapping together its jaws, and thereby producing a startling and amusing effect.

I do not confine myself to the precise form of toy illustrated, as other forms, hideous or attractive, as the case may be, can evidently be used embodying the same invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A toy having the semblance of a creaturesjaws,a b, constructed to operate in combination with the spring i, pivot g, and catch 0, substantially as set forth.

2. A toy having the semblance of a creatures jaws, a b, constructed to operate as described, and provided with overlapping cheeks or jaw-supports o, substantially as stated.

3. A toy creature having jaws a 1), constructed to operate in combination with the spring t', pivot g, and catch 0, and having its rear parts, at d, conveniently arranged to be grasped within the hand, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EDWARD L. MORRIS.

Witnesses EDWIN W. BROWN, WM. S. BELLOWS.

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