US1012560A

US1012560A - Chime.

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Publication number: US1012560A
Application number: US62810211A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry B Keller
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-05-18
Filing date: 1911-05-18
Publication date: 1911-12-19
Anticipated expiration: 1928-12-19

Description

H. B. KELLER.

GHIME.

APPLIOATION rILED MAY 1a, 1911.

1,012,560. Patented Dec119,1911.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Application filed May 18, 1911. Serial No. 628,102.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IENRY B. KELLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Chime, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to chimes and it has for its object to provide one with a vane and a series oi plates suspended at right angles to the vane, so that the plates will be disposed at all times at an angle to the direction of the wind.

Another' object of my invention is to provide a plurality of plates which are so graduated in size that they will produce the tones representing the notes of an octave, the plates being flat and lapping each other in two series, with a bar suspended between the two series of plates.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following complete specification, in which the preferred form of the invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my improved chime; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the support for the chime members and the bar; and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the chime members, showing the horizontal bar disposed be tween the two series of chime members.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that a vane 5 is provided, which is linked to a bar 6, the bar 6 being linked to a triangular member 7, which is normally supported by a chain 8 on a hook 9. A support 10, angular in shape in cross section, is connected by the links 11 to the vane 5, by which it is supported. The sides of the support 10 are provided with two series of upwardly extending flanges 12, the said flanges being spaced from each other. A series of chimes a, o, e, g, is provided, each of these chimes a, c, c, g, having an orifice 13, through which cords 14 are disposed, the ends of the chords 141 being secured together with the loops disposed over the flanges 12, and at one side of the support 10. A second series of chime members b, (l, f, h, is provided, the second series of chime members also being provided with openings 13, therethrough, in which are disposed cords 14, the

ends of the cords being looped. The cords in the second series of chime members I), (Z, f', 71., are disposed over the flanges 12 on the other side o1 the support 10.

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings that the chime members, which are flat, are graduated, as to size, the chime member a being the longest, the chime member b being slightly shorter than the chime member a, the chime member c being' slightly shorter than the chime member b, and so on, the chime member L being the smallest ot' any of the chime members provided. The chime members in cach of the series overlap each other, the chime member c being disposed against an outer edge of the chime member a, the chime member c being disposed against an outer edge of the chime member c, and the chime member g being disposed against an outer edge of the chime member c. In the second series the chime member (l is disposed against an inner edge oit the chime member I), the chime memf ber j' is disposed against an inner edge of the chime member (Z, and the chime member h is disposed against an inner edge of the chime member f, the several chime members being normally disposed parallel with each other. Disposed between the two series of chime members there is a horizontal bar 15, which is supported by cords 1G, the cords 1G being secured to t-he support 10, between its sides. I prefer to construct the horizontal bar 15 of iron, brass or similar metal, the said horizontal bar serving as a plumb to prevent the device from being blown out of position as well as affording a metallic member against which the chime members may strike.

The chime members a, o, c, d, e, f, g, L, are preferably constructed of aluminum of a gage :from twelve to sixteen, of Brown and Sharpe gage. The support 10, as well as the vane 5, and the members 6 and 7, are preferably constructed of aluminum, to make the device as light as possible. It will be understood that when the device is hung up, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the wind will blow against the chime members a, b, c, cl, e, f, g, 7L, and will cause them to strike against cach other, and also against the horizontal bar 15, to produce various tones.

The applicant wishes to point out that not only do the chime members in each series overlap, but the chime members in one series overlap the chime members in the other series.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a chime a pivoted vane, a series of chime members disposed at right angles to the vane, and means by which the chime members are supported by the Vane.

2. In a chime a pivoted vane, a series of chime members disposed at right angles to the vane, means by which the chime members are supported by the vane, and a bar against which the chime members may strike.

3. In a chime a vane, a bar, two chime members, one at each side of the bar, the bar and the chime members being normally disposed at right angles to the vane, and means by which the chime members and the bar are supported by the vane.

4. In a chime a pivoted Vane, a chime member, a bar against which the chime member may strike, and means by which the chime member and the bar are supported by the vane.

5. In a chime, a series of flat chime members, the chime members being disposed lparallel to each other, with their sides extending beyond the sides of neighboring chime members.

6. In a chime two series of chime members the sides of which extend beyond the sides of neighboring chime members, the chime members being graduated in size to produce different tones, and a bar disposed between the two series of chime members.

7. In a chime a series of overlapping chime members which decrease in size in one direction, a second series of overlapping chime members which decrease in size in the opposite direct-ion, and a bar disposed between the two series of chime members against which the chime members may strike.

8. In a chime a series of parallel chime members the sides of which extend beyond the sides of neighboring chime members, the chime members being graduated to produce different notes of the musical scale, and a bar against which the chime members are adapted to strike.

9. In a chime a series of parallel overlapping chime members which are graduated in one direction to produce tones representing notes running up the musical scale, a second series of parallel overlapping chime members disposed opposite the Erst-mentioned series of chime members, the second-mentioned series of chime members being graduated in the opposite direction to produce tones representing notes running up the musical scale, and a bar disposed between the two series of chime members.

10. In a chime a pivoted vane, a series of parallel chime members the sides of which,

extend beyond the sides of neighboring chime members, the chime members being graduated to produce different tones representing notes of the musical scale, and means by which the chime members are suspended by the vane.

11. In a chime a pivoted vane, a series of parallel chime members the sides of which extend beyond t-he sides of neighboring chime members, the chime members being graduated in one direction to produce tones representing notes running up the musical scale, a second series of parallel chime members the sides of which extend beyond the sides of neighboring chime members, the second series of chime members being disposed opposite the first series ofchime members, and being graduated in the opposite direction to produce tones representing notes running up the musical scale, and means by which the chime members are suspended by the vane.

12. In a chime a pivoted vane, a support disposed normally at right angles to the vane, means by which the support is suspended` from the vane, a series of chime members mounted to swing from one side of the support, and a second series of chime members mounted to swing from the other side of the support.

13. In a chime a pivoted vane, a support disposed normally at right angles to the vane, means by which the support is suspended from the vane, a series of chime members mounted to swing from one side of the support, a second series of chime members mounted to swing from the other side of the support, a bar disposed betweenthe two series of chime members, and means byl which the bar is suspended from the support.

14. In a chime a pivoted vane, a support disposed normally at right angles to the vane, means by which the support is suspended from the vane, a series of parallel chime members the sides of which extendV beyond the sides of neighboring chime members, the chime members being graduated in one direction to produce tones representing notes running up the musical scale, and being mounted to swing from one side of the support, and a second series of parallel chime members the sides of which extend beyond the sides of neighboring chime members, and being disposed opposite the firstmentioned series of chime members, thesecond series of chime members being graduated in the opposite direction to producev from one side of the support, a series of parallel overlapping chime members disposed In testimony whereof I have signed my opposite the rst-mentioned series of chime name to this specification in the presence of members and suspended from the othei side two subscribing Witnesses.

of the support, the sides of the chime mem- HENRY B. KELLER. bers in the 51st-mentioned series overlap- Witnesses:

ping the sides of the chime members in the OLIVER H. KELLER, second-mentioned series. CARRIE REDEKER, J r.

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