US1630260A - Talking toy mechanism - Google Patents

Description

May 31, 1927.

F. EVANS TALKING TOY MECHANISM Filed March 21. 1923 IN mam-0 ATTORNEY.

' fully distended. I'1he weig'lit'8 will nowkbe 7 free to 'rnovedownwardly underthe influence. of gravity andas it descends it will expel air from" the interio'rfoftheibellows; this blast striking thereed and causing-( ie tof vibrate. As the weight descends, ,the slot therein, through which the strip- 15 passes,

will cause the strip to untwist,- this resulting 7 in a rotation of the pinl' 6;"and"'a*nrioventient ofuthe disc 17.

- When the" downward movement" the disc 8' is beginning;thep'orts 18' aha-1951a theldiscl'Tf willv be 'oiit'fof registry'gwiththe orifice; thefa ijr tliroughi'the apei- V ture in the headf anfd through the eed; will tl'i'erenpon ass; into the orifice chainber, but

I V as thefoijifi is closedl this air will simply be "compressed; and any:soundproduced by the byv the reed.

'Duringthedescent of the wei ht,hbwever,

the rotation of-thepinlG produced'bythe *untwisti ig'of t-hjstripjl5', will fbringi the port'l8 'into registry with, the'orifice" 13,

whereupon the air expelled-i from the bellows will passoetw rdly to the atmosphere,

this causing a di'stiiic't'sound to be gi'v'e'n'ofii The continued; downward I ymovnient. of theweightnowcauses the port the air from thebllo'ws, the reediwill cease 5o the vupriLjh-t position; thefiveight wi'll again fice, whereupon a secon 18'to' pass out of registry .withthe orifice :13, whereupon the sound'will again be maffled until the port- 19 registers with the 'oiiduced, by the reed."

instead of producing: a two-syllable cry, as is here; .described,f' the disc 17 may be provid'ed wit-ha pluralityfof ap'ert'ures, arid that the size of these apertures may be regulated so. as to change' the character and'nuinber of the syllables produced, by the voice, a 'When the weighft 8 ll'fLSJIlOVQCl to its limit of downward travel; completely expellingsounding but upon inovernentofthe doll to move under gravity t o its liinitbf upward travel tofi the {position indicated in Figur 1, whereupon the repeatedjfj In the distension Of-the bellows the} air drawn 'inw'ardlyi through the: orifice chain (Ell her, and-through the ,reed,"wi1'l" produce no soun'd 'since thefree'dfishere'f disposed" in such a way'-'tl1'at1;passage off ai'r'jintoth'e interior of the bellows will force" 7 thereed i from seat and? preventi' vibraitioni It has-beeii noted' thatfth'e'head 3 isplaced inwardly] from the end of" the casing and the purpose offthis" "constructionfis' to ind sound will be pm; d

his action o p r itng the meats cycle of operations may e cam rod"actingttqiotate the actuation i of j the" bellows which causessure that the sound regulating and 15mm;-

in'g'parts whichare he'ie'mounted'on the outer face of the head 3, .willbe protected b'yr theextending-1'wallsvof the casing.- V 1 The arts o'f'which-the device are made:

may constructed of cheap material, and

the "labor" caused in assembling is relatively r small.w There are no .parts' which-are of a delicate"charactei and the device is so ar ranged that'the working parts areprotected- Such a sound producing;- mechan sm sfca- 'pable of use for an indefinite period; inas- It will be se en'thatf while the devicehere;

illustrated will produce a ,inal-inaif sound,"

various other sounds may bjegiveii off if a rlirill ll}; being s mply necessary to change that all inatter; contained fin the or "sl'iown.

drawing?shall'he" int preted 'a's fillust'rative anyand-1m-inaliniitmgsens" 'vention r' elmeneis:

,1; A deviceof the elites deseribe'd having I ny' changes could 'b efmadej:inth'is claim as new and desifreto"secure Y in conibinatioii; acollapsiblebellows a sound reed opera-ear the eby; m s h vin reed' flrnay'is'siueavalve :rotatably with respect to said-"opening :and'in 's' new inga spiral cam face"forflrotat-ingisztid v ye ghwhichthesoundifroin the 1 ope'iii'ng s the bellows isoperatedL 2. A device oftheclass described haviiig' incombination; a -casing, a? collapsible bel lows therein having-two heads; oneljfiice'd wi'tlrre'spect to-"the"casi'iigl'and'tlief other a weighty head" movable I back ,and forth "in" the casing 'to collapsefaild distendfthe bel lows by gravity} sound ree atiuatea ;by

- close said-orifice [and means for act u n 11 0 saidbllow's, meanscfariied' hy oneof said ill;

7' Ft ,1 sa d valve 'durln'gthat movement of thebel'i' 1 lo'ws which causes the "reed? to soundfflsafid prising in" combination, a casing, '21 head mounted lIl'tGlIIlGCliIt"the ends thereof a thereb'y 'agaih stf r otative movement; the said we ghtprovided with 'a slot, "a freed chain inunic'ation-with the-interior olsaidbellows, I anorificechamber intofwhich said reed pro- 7 'jects,'.a revoluble twisted member extending Y said orifice. v

through'the slot insaidjweight, a disc pro;

said ports successivelyvinto registry with V 4. Andevice of the class]described, com prising at cas1ng',,having'% a, closed end,j,,;a head intermediate the ends Ofqsdld' easing,

abellows attached to one fac'eof saidhead,

a weight mounted on said bellows, a chamberprovided with a reed mounted on the other face ofsa'id head in communication with the interior of said'ibellows, a cham-V ber provided with an orifice mounted adjacent said reed chamber and-1n communication with said reed, a twisted strip attached to the closed end of said casing, and extende j in combination, a bellows having two heads, a

one of said heads being] a weighty head p t whereby the same will act to operate the ing through saiddisc' and said bellows, a disc provided with ports attached to the end i of said strip, the walls of the aperture in said weight through which said strip extends being so designed as to cause arota-f tion of the end of said strip as saidbellows is collapsed, whereby to rotate said'disc and bring said ports successively in registry." 5. A deviceof the class described, comprising'a cylindrical casing having a closed end, a head mounted within said casing in termediate the ends thereof, the bellows. at,-

tached to one face of saidhead, a weight attached to the end of said bellows, a cliam her having a reed projecting through the wall thereof, said chamber being mounted on the outer face of said head in communication with said bellows, an orlfice chamber'mounted adjacent said reed chamber in communication with said, reed, a twisted strip attached to the closed end of'said casing and projecting through said bellows and said we1ght,'a ,dlsc prov ded with ports, on

the other end of said strip, adapted to over-' lie said orifice, the walls of the aperture of said weig'ht throughavliich said strip ex tends being so designed as to cause arota- 'tion of said strip andsai'd disc, as said weight collapses said bellows, whereby to bring said ports successively into registry with said orifice. a

6. A device ofthe class described having in combination-a bellows, a sound reed operated thereby, means tliavingnan' orifice through which-the sound fromsaid reed may i said orifice to open and close the same, and, a twisted cam rod acting responsive to operi-e q reed to sound. p,

escape, a valve rotatable over the face of ation of the bellows to rotate sa'id valve during actuation of the bellows to cause the 7 r A: device oi. the, class described? having in;- combination, a casing,- a collapsible gbel lows therein 'havingtwofheads', one fixed weighty; head movableback-;and forth in close said orifice and ineans foractuating s va ve dur ng tha ov1 11 p t b l lows which causes-the reed to sound, and

during the j vactuation of the bellows which cause sthe reed t'oso und and said Trod being fiXedto said 3 valve. and said weighty. head having a cam op ening 'therein through which.

the lr od passe's to operatetlieelatterasflthe weighty head movesin the casing. V

v81A device of the class described J bellows by gravity, a sound reedfoperated' f saidopening, said valve being thus operweighty head.

'9. A device of the class described having in combination, a bellows having two heads,

one of said heads being a weighty head' I whereby the same will act to operate the 1 bellows by gravity, a sound reed operated j the bellows, means having vanopening through which the sound from the reed may issue," a valve rotatably' mounted with rethe bellows, means having. an" opening I through which the sound from the reed may issue, a valve rj otatably,mountedl with 'I're5 spect to said opening andn ean's havin'ga t spiral cam face to cause rotation of said valve to control the issuance oi' soun d from v '1 100 I 'l rated by the operation ofthe bellows by said 1 spect to' said opening and means including:

a spirally twisted cam member along which the weighty head slides to cause rotation of said valve to control the issuance of sound j i1 operated by the operation of the bellows from said opening, said: valve "bein g thus by said weighty head.

.10. A sound producingdev'ice havin in combination, a weighty head and a fixed head, a-tubular bellowsconnecting said heads and adapted to be operated, by" gravity by said weighty head, a sound reed'operated by the bellows, means having an. opening through which the sound from the reed'is 8 adapted to issue, ajvalve rotatably and slid-V ably mounted with respect-to said opening,

and means including a cam member cooperating, with said weighty head'toautomaticah ly cause rotation of the valve to control the ii issuance of sound from. said sound opening 130 a said last nentionedrneans co npr1s1ng. a twisted Icani rod acting to rotatesaidvalve

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