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Description

June 8 1926.

E'. L. MQORE PUMP Filed Apil 14. 1924 lnvenor. 'Edmund L. Moore byxfudjm'f 1 Y, en outlet, an inwardly openingcheck valve in 'the inlet, an outwardly Patented June e, 192e.

` UNITED STATES PAT-ENT 1101FF1CE.

EDMUND L. Monet. or Maureen, Messecnusarrs.

" Puuri .eppuatimgneaaprii14,1924.y serieu No; 70eme The device comprises an eXpansible and contraetible chamber having an inlet and opening check valvejin the outlet., and a connecting member lat the outlet arranged to have the'oalloon or other container to be filled connected thereto lso that by alternately contracting iand Vexpanding the chamber the air, gas or other lluld 'maybe pumped into the container.

Toy balloons'are usually made with anecl;

`polfton through which they vmay be lilled and after being lfilled the" neck 4is closed by Windfing L Stringlor cord( around thesame.

Another .feature of my inventiony relates [to a novel cordfgui'de which 1s associated 'With the connectingmeniber `and which ,fa cilitates the tyingV of the string lor cord around the neck of .the inflated balloon.

'L3-ther features of. my invention will be` ,A more fully hereinafter 'set forth in the folvment klowing description ofjthe 'selected embodi- 'of the invention y,Which is illustrated y in the idrawings. L

Fig.l '1 of 'the Wdrawinggfs is la longitudinal sectional viewthrough a pumpembodying "rnv nivention 21s a view of a reduced scale showing the device in usetfor 'inflating a .toy balloong n bead '13 that Iis formed around the neck of the'toy l"balloon, either groove servingto re-` 3 is a detail ofthe cord guide. v`My improved pump comprises ancxjpansible and contractible chamber which may convenieutlylbe the form of a compres?A sible bulb'l 'although so far as the invention is concerned this .chamber might have any y.suitable construction whichv Vpermits it to be expanded and contracted.` Y. lor 'conven i'ence, however, I vWill 'referto the vchamber as the bulb.v The Vea'pansible and .contractinble chamber has .an inlet 2 and an `outlet- B fand Vint it 'is madein .the "form otabulb the latter'w'ill 'rpreferablybe of a size vto be held in :theliand andof 'some resilient material so that it can be collapsed by Apressure in a :manner similar to 'that 4'in nwhich the 'rubber fbulb `off a syringe y is operated.' "The Ainlet Houtlet 2 may be formed'integral with the bulb or may bel formed of `separate l connections applied thereto. In the construction herein shown the bulb V"has at 'each end la neck or conduit il. intoeach of which is inserted one endof a connecting sleeve 5 of metal, hard rubber Vor similar'I material, the-other end di' one of' the sleeves 5 being inserted -into Ithe inlet connection .2 and the other end of ltheother. sleeve 5 being 'inserted into `the outletconnection. 3. Theinlet connection @has therein ank inable construction andthe. outlet `3 has ltherein an outwardly opening check valve 7 which also may be of anydesirab'le construction.

lVlith this arrangement litvvill be observed 'Wai-diy opening check valve 6 of any s'uit- 'i that when the bulb l'is compressed the Lair y or gas therein -ivill be `forced through the voutlet 3, since Ithe inletlcheok valve a'vill 'preventthe gas rom being forced -bacly Wardly through the inlet'.VV WVfhen the bulb is* released and it expand-s `toiits vposition shown in Fig. ltheoutlet check valve '7 ywill 'close and the vsuction created will draw gas, air

lor otherfuid through the inlet checkvalve '6. i

'By alternately compressing and releasi-ngfthe bulb, therefore, gas lor other fluid fvvill. be

-drawnin through the inlet `and 'toured-Lout- Wardly through' .the outlet.

The outlethas secured thereto a-fconnectf ing member 8 to which the lneck 9 of the toy 4 balloon'le or other container ,ma-y be secured. l

`The connecting member herein `shown `=is iformed lWith tvvo' portions l() `and 1l 4rof rdiferent di;i-ineter,A -r each 4portionr `'ha-vingy a groove 12 for-med i.on the exteriorthereof.

'The .grooves ft2 are adapted to receive :the

tain the balloonin place While it .fsjbleing in'- Idated; The purpose of rha-ving the connect- ,ing-member 8 with-the .twogparts ottldifierent diameters is to accommodate 'balloonso-' different sizes. vf5-3eme balloons j haye langerv necks tha-n others and 'bytlns arrangement a balloon with either a large or a smal-lnec'k Amay7 'be -applied lto athe connecting vmember'.

lterthe toy balloons have @been ifilled vthe necks 3'9 are closed by wijndin-gandty-ing a thes-fullfto the y.dotted line position 1;

This cord guide is provided at its end With a guide eye 17 through which extends a cord 18 for use in tying the neck 9 of the balloon. The cord guide a sois provided with a slit 19 into which one end of the Ycord may be caught as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In using the device the end of the conynecting member Will be inserted into the l swung into the dotted line position Fig. 1

or full line position Figj. The length-of lthe arm 15 is such that when it is in the full line position Fig.V 3 the eye 17 thereof is sit-r uated beyond the end of the connecting mem- -ber and the cord therefor is in position to be Wrapped around the neck9 of the balloon beyond said connecting member.

` The operator may hold the pump in one i hand and may grasp the cord With the other hand and Wind it around the neck of the balloon, the end of the cord being held meanwhile in the notch 19 and the finger `or arm 15 retaining the cord in position to lWrap properly around the-,balloon neck.

" After the cord vis thus Wound around the neck and the lattervis closed tight the end of the cord may be detached from the slot 19 and dethreaded from the eye 17 and then tied so as to permanently close the neck of the balloon.

`It is sometimes desirable to fill these toy balloons with some gas other than air and to facilitate this operation I have shoivn the inlet 2 as formed at its end Witha connect-k ing member 2O Which is adapted to be slipped over the end of a pipe leading to some source of gas supply. When the pump has Vthus been connected to such a pipe then it may be operated as above described for lilling the balloon.

While I have described herein the pump as used for lilling balloons yet Ivdesire to state that the invention is equally applicable yfor filling other containers and, therefore,

do not Wish to be limited to any particular use.. 1

I also desire to state again that While the bulb 1 forms a convenient eXpansible and contractible chamber yet the invention is not limitedto the use of a bulb as any suitable chamber Which will expand and contract may be used.

I claim: 1. A device for inllating toy balloons, said device including a conduit through which gas is delivered to the balloon,said

conduit having a connection at its discharge end to which the balloon is connected, and a cord-guiding arm at said discharge end and adapted to hold the cord in position to be Wound around the neck of the balloon when the latter is filled.

2. A device for infiating toy balloons, said device including a conduit through which y gas is delivered to the balloon,va connection at the discharge end ofthe conduit to which the ballon is secured and a cord-Guiding arm pivoted to said connection and adapted to..

hold a cord in position to be Wrapped around the neck of the balloonvvhenr the latter is with, a conduit through which gas is deliv-v ered to the balloons, a connection at the dis-r charge end ofthe conduit adaptedto have a balloon securedI thereto and provided with means 'for holding the end of a cord'vvhich is tozbe Wrapped around the neck of the balloon after it is filled.

A pump for inliating toy balloons'comprislng yan inlet being provided WithV a connection arranged to be slipped over and to tightly fit an ordinary gas jet or gas cock,l said out let being provided With a connection constructed to have the neck of a balloon secured thereto, an inwardly-opening check valve in the inlet and an outwardly-opening check valve in the outlet. l

6. A .device for inflating toy balloons comprising a member shaped at koneend to have the .neck of a kballoon to be inflated secured thereto, said member having an opening through which the balloon may be u expansible and contractible chamber having an inletfand an outlet, the

filled, and a cord-guiding arm associated with said member and kadapted to hold in position the cord to be Wound around the neck of the balloon'vvhen the latter is iilled.

A device for inflating toyv balloons comprising a member shaped at one end to have the neck of a balloon to be inflatedy secured thereto, said member having an opening through Which the. balloon may be filled, and a cord-guiding arm pivoted to said member and adapted to hold the cord in position to be Wrapped around the .neck

of the balloon when the latter is iilled., V 8. A device for inflating toy balloons Comprising a member shaped at oneend to have the neck of a balloon to be inflated secured thereto, said member having an Opening through which the balloon may be illed, and a oord-guiding arm pivoted to said member and having means for gripping the cord andalso having a guide eye through which the cord may be threaded and Which holds the oord in position to be Wrapped around the neck of the filled balloon.

9. A device for inating toy balloons comprising a member shaped at one end to have the neck of a balloon to bev inflated opening through which the balloon may be iilled, and 4a oord-guiding arm pivoted to said member and having means for -gr1pping a oord and also anA eye at its end v through which the oord extends,k said arm being of such length that Whenit is inv 0perative position the portion of the cord eX- tendng from the eye is in positiony tobe vrapped around the neck of the filled baloon. f

lIn testimony whereof, I have vsignedk my name to this Speoieation.

l EDMUND L'. limoen.V

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