Pointer spinning mechanical dolls

Claim 2

A toy combination comprising a spinnable pointer, indicia located to be indicated by said pointer, means rotatably mounting said pointer for unbiased spinning about an axis to indicate said indicia by chance as it comes to rest after being spun, and a doll, said doll including a torso, a hand adapted to spin said pointer and movable between a position out of contact with said pointer and a position in contact with said pointer, a batteryoperated electric motor, actuating means operated by said motor to move said hands between said positions whereby said doll spins said points, and switch means for starting and stopping said motor.

Claim 3

A toy according to claim 1, wherein said switch means includes terminals movable between an open and a closed position and resilient means normally holding said terminals in their open position, a shaft rotatable with said pointer and defining a screw thread, and a nut movable in one direction along said screw thread during rotation of said pointer in one direction and engagable with said terminals to move said terminals from said open position to said close position against the bias of said resilient means, said nut being movable in an opposite direction during rotation of the pointer in the opposite direction to allow said terminals to open.

Claim 4

A toy according to claim 2, wherein said pointer includes a pair of pointers fixed on said shaft, a frame rotatably supporting said shaft, said terminals being mounted on said frame proximate one end of said shaft, said screw thread being defined proximate the middle of said shaft, springs disposed around said shaft between said frame and said screw thread, each of said springs when contacting said nut urging said nut into threaded engagement with said screw thread.

Claim 5

A toy according to claim 1, wherein said actuating means include a first shaft rotatable supported by said torso, a cam wheel driven by said motor and defining a series of cam teeth or projections, a cam follower engagable with said projections and fixed on said first shaft whereby said first shaft is rotated when said cam projections engage said cam follower, said doll further including an arm carried by said torso, a second shaft carried by said arm and conjointly rotatable with said hand, and connecting means between said first and second shafts whereby rotaTion of said first shaft is transmitted into a circular movement of said hand between said positions.

Claim 6

A toy according to claim 4, wherein said arm comprises an upper arm carrying said second shaft and a forearm defining said hand fixed to said second shaft at an angle to said upper arm, whereby said circular movement of said hand has a diameter greater than the width of said hand.

Claim 7

A toy according to claim 5, having resilient means disposed between said first shaft and said torso resisting rotation of said first shaft, and wherein said cam wheel partly rotates said cam follower and said first shaft relatively slowly through less than a complete revolution of said first shaft against the bias of said resilient means and then disengages from said cam follower whereupon said resilient means rapidly snaps back said first shaft to its original position, and wherein said pointer includes a set of vanes radially extending from a common hub, said hand under the aforesaid movement of said first shaft moving from a position above said vanes and out of contact with said pointer relatively slowly to a position between adjacent vanes and contacting said pointer, and then rapidly snapping back to its original position out of contact with said pointer while striking a vane.

Claim 8

A toy according to claim 1, wherein said pointer is mounted on a frame, said frame including guide means for positioning the doll relative to said pointer whereby the doll is in a position to spin said pointer.

Claim 9

A toy according to claim 7, wherein said switch means includes a starting switch mounted on said frame, and said guide means includes electrical connecting means for making an electrical connection between said motor of said doll and said starting switch.

Claim 10

A toy according to claim 1, wherein said switch means includes an electric switch actuated by rotation of said pointer in one direction to start said motor.

Claim 11

A toy according to claim 1, wherein said hand is carried on a rotatable shaft carried by said doll for movement of said hand in at least a partial circle as it moves between said positions, and said actuating means includes a cam system in said doll between said motor and said rotatable shaft for rotating said shaft and effecting said movement of said hand.