US1649243A - Voice for toys - Google Patents

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8. E. LLOYD .VOICE FOR TOYS Original Filed Nov.29. 1921 l/VVE/VTOH 5087541. 0%

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BURT n. LLOYD, or MonroLaIn, new JERSEY, assicinon TO VOICES rnconronarnn,

a CORPORATION or DELAVTAEE.

VOICE 1 R TOYS.

Application filed November 29, 1921, Serial No. 518,598. Renewed February 12, 1927.

The invention relates to sound'producing devices and more particularly to devices adapted for incorporation in toy eiiigies of human beings and animals, such as dolls and the like, and has for its object to provide a novel and simple device arranged to produce predetermined sounds in simulation of natural sounds associated. with the original which is represented by the efiigy.

1a The invention contemplates further the In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a sounding device disclosing one embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view similar to Figure 1 but shown tilted with the parts moved to a different position.

Figure 3 is an end view oi the structure shown in Figure 1. Y

Figure 4-. is a sectional view through Fig- ,i.) ure 1 approximately on line a d.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a tubular casing formed oi any desired material and provided with a cap 2 at one end which may be removably or rigidly secured in place but when in place seals the end of the casing 1 air-tight. 'The cap 2 is provided with an aperture 3 oi'considerable size and adjacent this aperture on the outside of the cap is a small covering cap or container 4t in which a reed tube 5 is mounted so that one end will project beyond the-covering a9 41. A reed 6, provided with upturned lip (3, is mounted on the reed tube 5 so that when sufficient volume, the reed 6 will produce a sound. This reed and reed tube are so proportioned as to produce a crying sound. Centrally of the casing 1 is arranged a 5 partition 7 which provided with an aperair is forced into the covering cap 4 in :1

turc 8 at the center for receiving and guidmg the stem 9, which stem is appreciably smaller than the aperture whereby air may be forced from the bellows chamber 10 into the reed chamber 11 and from thence through aperture 3 for operating the reed 6. Arranged'in the bellows chamber 10 is a flexible bellows 12 constructed. similar to the bellows set forth in my prior Patent No. 1,277,229, issued August 27, 1918. This bel lows is provided with a head 13 rigidly secured to the casing 1 and provided with an air opening 1% designed to discharge air into the chamber 15 formed by the cap'16. A head or COlhPl'GSSlOH member 17 ot' considerable weight, preferably formed with a circular periphery, is arranged at the opposite end of the bellows and acts to collapse the bellows as shown in Figure 2 when turned in the right direction, namely, so that the opening let will be in a lowered position. The stem 9 extends loosely through the hole 13 and carries valve disks 18 and 19 which are adapted to pass through the opening or mouth 20 in the division plate 21 and also pass through the rubber lips 22 whereby an articulation is produced. These valve disks pass through the lips 22 as the reed 23, provided with upturned lip 23 is sounding, said reed being associated with a reed tube 2 1- extending from the chamber 15 into the chamber 25. When the bellows 12 is dis tended, both of the valve disks are posiiii tioned in the chamber 25 so that as the device is tilted and the weighted head or compresfion member 17 begins to collapse the bellows, a sound will be produced by the reed 23 and also the valve disk 18 will begin to pass through the lips As soon as it frees itself from the lips, the sound inn. will be produced and a little later a second sound ma will be produced as the disk 19 passes through the lips. This gives a sound very similar to a small child calling for its mother. The disks or abutments 18 and 19 during movement.relative to the sound escape opening, at which the resilient lip 22 is positioned, engage the resilient lip 22, and under the influence 01"" the compression member, the edge of the resilient lip 22 is picked up and travels for a short. distance with the disks or abutments 18 and 19 and is thereby put under slight tension, whereupon, as the distance between the sound escape opening and the disks or abutments 18 and 19 becomes greater the rubber lip snaps from the disks or abutments 18 and 19 and gives the initial sounds full and sharp articulation.

lVhen the device is inverted and the weight or compression member 17 begins to move toward the partition or division plate 7, air will be forced through the aperture 8 into the chamber 11 and from thence out through the reed tube 5. This will cause the reed 6 to give an unarticulated sound which is intended to resemble the crying of a child so that when the device is placed into a doll it may be caused to cry or say ma-ma.

It will be understood that the form in the drawing is only an example of the invention chosen for the purposes of illustration and description. The invention consists primarily of a tubular bellows member attached at one end to a stationary head, and at its other end to a movable head, in combination with a reed or equivalent sounding element "arried by one of said heads and a nontlexing member mounted upon one head and piercing the other head, with a clearance sufficient to permit free movement between the pierced head and the member and to guide said movable head and steady the bellows throughout its range of movements. To complete the operative structure, the movable head is weighted, for instance, by being provided with a weight of such proportions and heaviness as to operate the bellows by gravity alone and to compel its collapse 1111- aided by any other means, said weight being,

however, light enough to be retarded in its descent by the air in the collapsing bellows, so that, although the collapse is positive, it is gradual and relatively slow, whereby the desired sound effects are produced in a reliable and efiicient manner. In the preferred form, the single bellows is arranged to alternately operate devices whereby sounds of dill'erent predetermined characteristics are produced in simulation of natural sounds peculiar to the original of the toy efiigy in which the sound producing device is incorporated. It will, therefore, be noted that there is provided a double acting sound producer for toys having a body with perforated disks forming a bellows chamber in the body. It will also be noted that there are arranged reed boxes over the perforations in the disks with lips on said reed and means for articulating the sound coming from the lips of oneof said reeds.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a bellows having a flexible body, a gravity movable weighty member for moving said bellows to both an opened and closed position, and a sound producing device arranged adjacent each end of the bellows and adapted to be sounded as the bellows is collapsed and expanded respectively and means carried by the weighty member adapted to interrupt the sound issuing from one of said sound producing devices and means to prevent any substantial tilting of said weighty member during the movement thereof.

A sound producing device comprising a pair of spaced sounding members, and a bellows arranged between said members, a weighty member carrying a free end of said bellows and operatively associated therewith for causing said sounding members to operate and means to prevent any substantial tilting of said weighty member during the movement thereof.

3. A sound producing device comprising a tubular body, means for dividing said body into two compartments, said compartments being in free communication, a sounding device arranged adjacent each end of said tubular body, a bellows in one of said compartments for operating said sounding devices, a weight for operating said bellows in two directions, said weight acting to force air into the compartment not carrying the bellows whereby the sounding device opposite said last mentioned compartment will be operated.

l. A sounding device comprising a container, a weighted bellows arranged in said container, said bellows being adapted to be collapsed by said weight, a reed sounded by the air from said bellows as it is collapsed, a rubber member having a round aperture forming lips and articulating disks of a size slightly larger than the aperture in said rubber member, said disks being connected with said weight, and movable through said lips for producing an articulation as said reed is sounded and means to guide the weight during movement thereof.

5. A sound producing device comprising a container, a partition having a. central aperture, said partition dividing the container into two compartments, a sounding member provided with a reed arranged adjacent one of said compartments and adapted to receive air from said compartment so as to be operated, a bellows arranged in the other of said compartments. :1 weighton said hellows for causing the collapsing and distending of the bellows, a reed arranged near one end of said bellows and operated by the air from said be'llows. and means adjacent said reed and operated by said bellows for producing an articulation as the reed is operated.

(i. A sound producing device for toys comprising a casing. a division member for dividing the easing into two compartments, said division member having a centrally arranged aperture, a -ap for one end of said casing having an aperture, an auxiliary cap positioned on the first mentioned cap and covering said aperture. :1 reed tube extending through said second mentioned cap so that luo lltl

one end will be interiorly thereof and the other end exteriorly thereof, a reed co-acting with said reed tube for producing a sound when air is forced from the container into said auxiliary cap, a bellows arranged in one of said compartments, a weight connected with said bellows for causing the bellows to be collapsed and distended according to which end of the container is uppermost, the turning of the container causing the air at one time to be forced through the aperture in said division member and from thence into said auxiliary cap and when turned in the opposite direction to cause the bellows to col lapse and force air therefrom in a different direction, a sounding reed arranged to be operated by the air from said bellows, and an articulating mechanism arranged adjacent said last mentioned reed.

7. A double acting sound producer for toys, comprising a body, perforateddisks forn'iing a bellows chamber in said body, reed boxes over the perforations in said disks, reeds in said boxes, lips on said reeds, and means for articulating the sound coming from the lips of one of said reeds.

8. A sound producing device comprising a hollow body, a. bellows therein, means for operating said bellows, a plurality of sound ing means carried by said body and adapted to be independently actuated by said bellows, and means whereby the character of the sounds emitted by one sounding means is distinguished from the sounds emitted by the other means, said means for operating said bellows comprising a gravity operated weight and means to prevent any substantial tilting of said weight during the movement thereof.

9. A sound producing device comprising a hollow body, sounding elements located at opposite ends of said body in communication with the interior thereof, a weighted bellows for alternately actuating said sounding elements, and means associated with said bellows whereby the character of the sounds emitted by one sounding element is dis tinguished from the sounds emitted by the other sounding element and means to prevent any substantial tilting of the said weight during the movement thereof.

10. A voicing apparatus, comprising in combination, a casing, a gravity operated bellows in said casing comprising a flexible wall, a movable weighted member secured to said wall, a guiding rod secured to and projecting through said movable member, means .upon each side of said member to guide said rod and said weighted member in their movement, means set into operation by air expeiled by said bellows to produce sound, and means carried by said rod to interrupt the flow of air to modify the sound.

11. A double acting sound producing device comprising a casing, a bellows in the casing, said bellows comprising a flexible body having an end thereof permanently secured with respect to the casing, the other end thereof being secured to a gravity movable weighty member, which weighty memher is adapted to freely reciprocate lengthwise of the casing, spaced sound producing devices adapted to be alternately actuated by the reciprocation of the weighty member and means carried by the weighty member adapted to interrupt the sound issuing from one of said sound producing devices.

12. A sound producing device, comprising a pair of spaced sounding members, means arranged between said sounding mem bers for causing the sounding members to operate, said means including a bellows, transverse supports through which said rod slides, said rod and a rod extending from each end of the bellows acting as a guide for said bellows.

18. A sounding device, comprising a pair of spaced sounding members, one of said sounding members having a spaced pair of articulating disks, a weighted bellows arranged between said sounding members for providing air for causing said sounding members to operate and guiding means for guiding the bellows and said disks.

let. A sound producing device comprising a casing, a sounding device, a bellows, the bellows being made of flexible material and being wholly enclosed within the casing, one end of said bellows being positioned against the side Walls of the casing, a supporting member for the bellows, the outer surface of the supporting member bearing against said end of the bellows and pressing it against the side walls of the casing thereby fixing it to the casing walls and rendering it air-tight around the fixed end thereof, the opposite end of the bellows being secured to a weighty member, said weighty member being free to reciprocate by gravity toward and away from the fixed end of the bellows and during its reciprocation in one direction substantially exhausting the bellows of air.

15. In a device of the character described, the combination with a head of a vocalizing housing secured to said head, a pneumatic operable vocalizer in said housing, a bellows secured to said head and ope able to cause said vocalizer to operate, there being an aperture in said housing, a spindle connected to said bellows and reciprocably mounted 1 and guided by said head, disks on said spindle cooperating intermittently to close said aperture thereby to interrupt the sound produced by said vocalizer, when the bellows are operated, and a support cooperating with said head for guiding said spindle in its recipro cation.

16. A sound producing device comprising a casing, a sounding device, a bellows, the bellows being made of flexible material and being wholly enclosed within the casing, one

end of said bellows being positioned against the side walls of the casing, a circular supporting member for the bellows positioned across the casing, the outer surface of the supporting member bearing against said end of the bellows and pressing it against the side walls of the easing thereby fixing it to th casing walls and rendering it air-tight around the fixed end thereof, the sounding device being carried by the supporting member, the opposite end of the bellows being secured to a weighty member, said weighty member being free to reciprocate by gravity toward and away from the fixed end of the bellows and during its reciprocation in one direction substantially exhausting the bellows of air.

BURT E. LLOYD.

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