US1113338A - Confetti cartridge and gun. - Google Patents

Description

G. W. HARTMAN.

CONFETTI CARTRIDGE AND GUN. APPLICATION FILED JAN.26, 1914.

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CONFETTI CARTRIDGE AND GUN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

Application filed January 26, 1914. Serial No. 814,509.

ticularly in certain sections of this country,

but a large amount of the confetti is wasted when it is thrown loosely from the hand, while at the same time the person throwing the confetti in this manner must be very close to the party to be sprinkled therewith on account ofthe fact that the brightly c01 ored paper particles are light. With a knowledge of these conditions, I have conceived the idea of a container or cartridge in which the confetti may be easily packed, said cartridge being designed to be held within an air gun of any desired design, whereby a blast of' air therethrough may throw or eject the confetti a considerable distance and in a well directed line and without undue waste, whereby any predetermined supply will last relatively long. v

A further object of the invention is a device of this character which can be cheaply manufactured and sold at a relatively low cost or even given away as an advertising novelty, and. which will be attractive in that it is preferably composed of some transparent substance whereby the brightly colored paper particles may be viewed therethrough, the package comprised by the cartridge and its contents being very easily handled and easily packed.

A still further object of the invention is an improved construction and arrangement of parts, whereby the cartridge may be easily handled the operation of scattering the confetti, and in this connection and for this purpose I have-devised an air un 'or blower of specialconstruction which is designed to co-act with the confetti cartridge, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. And the invention also aims to generally improve amusement devices of this type so as to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention-consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to behad to the following de scription and accompanying drawing, in which I Figure l is a view of the air gun or blower m the form of a walking stick or cane,- the same being provided with a laterally disposed handle portion, although it maybe straight if desired, and this form or design of the device being merely selected for the purposes of illustration, as it is to be understood that various other designs may be made up, as taste and judgment may dictate. Figs. 2 and 3 are longitudinal sectional views of a portion of the device on a large scale, Fig. 2 showing the cartridge in section, the cartridge and its handle being omitted in Fig. 3. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a blank out of which may be formed a cup or follower,

shown in the rear end of the cartridge in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the cartridge shell,showing the longitudinal corrugations therein.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in all of the views of the accompanying drawing'by like reference characters.

My improved confetti cartridge includes a shell 1 which may be composed of any transparent or translucent substance, such as relatively thin paper, celluloid, gelatin, or any similar substance, the shell being cylindrical in form and being preferably provided with corrugations which, in the present instance, run longitudinally, as mdicated at 2' in F ig. 5. "The shell 1 is open throughout in its initial condition, as clearly indicated in the drawing, and is preferably provided at what'may. be termed the rear end'with an outwardly disposed bead 3, for

a purpose presently described. A preferably cup-shaped disk 4 of paper or any other suitable substance is frictionally held within the rear end of the shell 1, to form a closure therefor, the cupped face facing rearward in order to be best disposed against the blast of air, and within the other end of the shell is another disk, designated 5, the last named disk being preferably provided with an outstanding rim flange 6 terminating flush with the outer wall of the shell.

The shell 1 preferably contains a follower and scatterer 7 which may be formed from a blank of paper or other light substance,

with its edges notched or scalloped, as indicated at 8. This follower and scatterer is mounted within the rear end of the shell and preferably in abutting relation to the rearmost closure or-disk 4 and after the disk 4 has been inserted in place and the follower dropped into the shell, the shell and the fol- 10 'lower therein are filled with the confetti which is indicated at 9, after which the disk 5 is inserted in place, so as to produce the completed package or cartridge.

From as much of the description as has preceded in connection with the correlated views of the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that I haveprovided a very simple and attractive form of confetti cartridge which may be very easily handled and packed for shipment and which by being transparent or translucent, will show the brightly colored paperparticles contained therein, thereby materially adding to the attractiveness of the device. In the preferred' use of a cartridge of this formation,

I employ in connection therewith an air gun or blower which, in the present instance, is the form of a cane, although it is to be u'nderstoodthatthe"invention is not limited 3'0 this regard,flas hereinbefore set forth.

This cane'is designated 10, and is shown as provided with a laterally disposed handle portion 11, the cane and its handle portion a being openthroughout from end to end, whereby a person may place his or her mouth upon the relatively lower or butt end of the cane and blow therethrough .so as to eject the confetti in a well directed line upon the head or bod of another person,

40 for example. Prefera ly the handle 11 is formed'with an'enlarged bore 12 which ter- ,minates at it s rear or inner end in an annular shoulder 13', against which the outwardly beaded end 3 of the cartridge shell 1 is designed to abut. I prefer to use in connection with the main or body portion of the gun or blower a tubular breech l4 in which the cartridge is initially adapted to be inserted till the bead abuts against one end of the breech, after which the breech is thrust into the discharge end of the'gun (the, handle of the cane in the present instance) into the position-clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Thus, it will be understood that when ablast of air passes through the gun from one end toward the said discharge end, the confetti will be blown out of the gun and scattered as desired, the disks 4 and 5 readily yielding as they are very thin and merely held in place by frictional engagement. It

is to be further noted that by employing the follower 7 with its forwardly pointed fingers that are formed by the notches or scallops 8 an effectual scattering of the confetti will be produced, as the fingers will tend to spread out upon impact with the air as the follower issues from the gun.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple, attractive and eflicient form of amusement device possessing many and vantages as hereinbefore specified, and it is to be understood that while the accompany-. ing drawing illustrates what I believe to be the preferred embodiment of my invention, the invention is not limited thereto, but that various changes may be made in the construction, arrangement and proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. 30

What is claimed, is:

1. In an amusement device of the character described, an air gunprovided in its discharge end with a bore and a shoulder therein, a tubular breech insertible within 5 said bore, and a confetti cartridge insertible withinthe breech, and containing confetti and provided with readily detachable means for holding confetti therein, whereby a blastof air through the gun will blow the confetti from the end thereof.

2. An amusement device of the character described, comprising a blow gun, the discharge end of which is formed with a bore and with an annular shoulder therein, a 5 tubular breech insertible within the bore, and a confetti cartridge insertible within the breech, and formed at one end with an outwardly directed bead adapted to be held between said shoulder and the end of the breech, as and for the pur ose set forth.

In testimony whereof hereunto afiix my signature in thetpresence of two witnesses.

V GEORGE W. HARTMAN.

Witnesses:

D. W. GALL, FREDERICK S. Smrrr.

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