An improved toy for building models

摘要

381,348. Constructional toys. SOC. INDUSTRIELLE DE FERBLANTERIE, 39, Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris. Oct. 21, 1931, No. 29233. Convention date, Oct. 21, 1930. [Class 132 (iii).] A constructional toy comprises a workshop box, Fig. 1, containing raw materials 2, such as flat strips, angle-irons, bars, &c. for building models ; tools for settirig out, perforating and cutting off the materials ; screws, nuts, rivets, and eyelets for assembling ; and a baseplate 4 having means such as bolts and nuts 17, so arranged as to pass through holes or notches in the bases of the cutting and severing tools when the latter are assembled for use. The means for marking off the material comprises an angle-iron templet 18, Figs. 1 and 6, provided with a series of equally spaced, numbered perforations 19 and a fixed or movable pin 21 over which a strip, after having been perforated, may be placed for setting out or further perforation. The perforation is effected by a screw punch 5 operated by a removable handle 9. The strips are cut by a shearing machine 6 having two cutters 22, 23 for flat and angleiron strips respectively. Tools such as a hammer, punch, screwdriver, rule, sliding calipers, spanner, &c. are contained in a box 7. The materials used may be formed of metal, cardboard, wood, celluloid, &c.