US1100529A - Toy volcano apparatus. - Google Patents

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Patented June 16,1914.

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LEVI .'K. BRUBAKER, 0F LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY VOLCANO APPARATUS.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, Lnvr K. BRUBAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lititz, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in rloy Volcano Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n toys and more particularly to a toy volcano apparatus. The equipment which forms the apparatus is employed in combination with a mound of sand built up in simulation of a burning peak and in such combination the oiiice of the equipment is three-fold, viz: first, to enable the mound to be constructed firmly and rapidly along substantially accurate lines; second, to provide a concealed internal reinforce which braces the mound both vertically and horizontally and which furnishes a stable base therefor; and third, to provide a smoke generator and conductor which latter terminates at the apex of the mound and at its termination presents a miniature crater from which issues the smoke or the smoke and sparks developed by the generator. The apparatus when set up for use is designed to be of relatively small dimensions, e. g., eight or ten inches more or less, both vertically and horizontally and, being` light and easily set up, may be safely and satisfactorily used by children at the sea shore or in kindergarten in the construction of miniature active volcanoes or of miniature mountain ranges having occasional volcanic peaks. It is, therefore, an agency at once of amusement and instruction, concretely illustrating the simple facts concerning volcanic disturbances which are taught in the elementary grades, stimulating the desire for further study of the direct and kindred subjects involved, and insensibly developing the constructive or creative faculty of the mind.

A n embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the equipment, per se, with its parts set up for use; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the equipment in combination with a mound of sand built up in simulation of a volcanic peak; Fig. 3 is a erspective vien7 showing the equipment wit its parts dismantled.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April G, 1914.

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Serial No. 829,966.

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The apparatus comprises a base 1 which is preferably of rectangular outline and is relatively shallow. rlhe base 1 carries an upright column 2 which is located preferably centrally of said base. In the embodiment shown, the base 1 is in the form of a box, having a lid 3 and the column 2, which is preferably made in jointed sect-ions 2a, is tubular and alines with an opening 4 provided in the cover 3 establishing communication between the interior of the base 1 and the column 2, the said opening being defined by an annular flange 5 which fits the lower end of the column 2.

The base l serves as a container for any suit-able slowly combustible smoke-developing material and the column 2 serves as a chimney for conducting away the smoke generated in the base 1. The base 1 is also provided at one end thereof with a draft tube 6 which, like the column 2, is preferably made in sections and through which air is conducted into the base to promote the combustion of the smoke-developing material.

When not in use, the column 2 and the draft tube 6 may be conveniently arranged within the base 1, as shown in Fig. 3. When in use, the draft tube 6 is fitted on a liange 7 provided at one end of the base and the column 2 is fitted on the flange 5. The apparatus, set up in this manner, is then placed upon the ground, or any other suitable foundation, and a mound of sand is built about the same in the form of a volcanic peak. rlhis mound may be rmly constructed, since its stability is assured by the base 1, and since said base and its column 2 provide both horizontal and vertical reinforcement. The base and column, moreover, determine the vertical and horizontal maximum dimensions of the mound, the upper end of the column 2 coinciding with the apex of the mound and presenting a miniature crater, and the base 1 terminating at each end substantially adjacent the base of the mound. The apparatus thus provides a reinforcement for the mound and facilitates the erection thereof for the reasons above stated. After the mound. has been formed as desired, the smoke-developing materal contained within the base is' ignited in any suitable manner, e. g., by means of a piece of punk which is inserted through the draft tube 6.

The apparatus may be used with absolute safety, since it does not develop any Haine and since the metal surfaces Which might be heated by the combustion of the material in the box l are not exposed but are completely covered by the sand of Which the mound is constructed. The apparatus is, moreover, a safe package for storage or shipment since it does not embody any coinbustible parts.

Having fully described my invention, I claim l. A toy volcano apparatus constructed to provide a reinforcing skeleton, about which a mound of sand, formed in simulation of a volcanic peak may be constructed, the said apparatus including a hollow base constituting a container for smoke generating material, an open-ended draft tube communieating With the base and an upright tubular column communicating With the base and open at its upper end, said column determining and coinciding with the maximum vertical dimension of the mound and constituting a smoke conductor.

2. A toy volcano apparatus constructed to provide a reinforcing skeleton about which a mound of sand, formed in simulation of a volcanic peak may be constructed, the said apparatus including a hollow base constituting a container for smoke generating material, having an upright tubularcolumn communicating With the base and open at its upper end, said column determining and coinciding With the maximum vertical dimension of the mound in constituting a smoke conductor, the base having a removable lid and the column being detachably fitted upon said lid and being formed to be arranged Within the base when the apparatus is not in use.

In testimony vvhereof I have hereunto ,set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LEVI K. BRUBAKER.

Witnesses C. N. DEER,

W ILsoN BAUM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained foi' live cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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