US2219236A

US2219236A - Musical toy

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Publication number: US2219236A
Application number: US331637A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thomas I Nakano
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-04-25
Filing date: 1940-04-25
Publication date: 1940-10-22
Anticipated expiration: 1957-10-22

Description

Oct. 22, 1940. Y NAKANO 2,219,236

MUSICAL TOY Filed April 25, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet '1 awe/WM Tlwmas 1. 11712160214 T. l. NAKANO Oct. 22, 1940.

I MUSICAL TOY Filed April 25, 1940 2 Sheets-Shee1. 2

3 m Thomas-1' flfiaha Patented Oct. 22, 1940 UNITED STATES MUSICAL TOY Thomas I. Nakano, Papaikou, Territory of Hawaii Application April 25, 1940, Serial No. 331,637

' 10 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved sounding or audible toy having sounding means actuated by revolving a body member in which said sounding means is disposed with said body mem- 5 her forming a resonant chamber for the sounding means.

More particularly, it is an object of this invention to provide an audible toy including a hollow body member adapted to be revolved by the operation of a cord which is connected at its ends to the ends of said body member for actuating sounding means disposed within the body member.

Still a further aim of the invention is to provide a toy of the character heretofore described, the hollow body portion or shell of which may be shaped to simulate a football, dirigible, torpedo or other devices having similar configurations or shapes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a preferred form of the invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal, central sectional view of the same, with the operating cord removed,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along the plane of the line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View of the central portion of the body member 35 illustrating a modified form of joint or seam for connecting the sections thereof,

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2 of another modified form of the invention,

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken 40 substantially along the plane of the line 6-6 of Figure 5,

Figure 7 is a side elevational view of another form of the body member or shell,

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along the plane of the line 8-3 of Figure 7,

Figure 9 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the same, showing the connecting tongues or clips in released position, and

Figure 10 is an enlarged fragmentary View showing portions of the sections of the body members separated and showing the tongues or clips in a released position.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the different views, Ill designates generally a preferred embodiment of an improved musical or sounding toy which includes an elongated hollow body member or shell H, provided with tapered ends 5 l2, through which extends a shaft E3 the end portions M of which protrude beyond the ends of the shell H. A cord 55 has its ends securely fastened in grooves l6, of the end portions I 4, and is provided with a knot l'l intermediate of 10 its ends. One or more sounding devices it, such as bells or chimes are adapted to be mounted in the hollow body member of shell H and secured therein by means of fastenings E9 to the shaft l3 and/or the shell H, as best seen in 16 Figure 3. The body member or shell it may be of a variety of shapes to simulate various devices or articles such as footballs, dirigibles and torpedos, the shell I I, disclosed in Figures 1 to 3, being intended to simulate a torpedo and being 20 provided with a propeller 20 rotatably mounted on one of the end portions H.

To operate toy l0, knot H is grasped to support the body member of shell-H substantially in a horizontal position after which body mem- 25 her or shell is revolved to wind the ends of the cord l5 onto the tapered ends !2. The body member I! is then released and permitted to drop and in so doing, the ends of the cord I5 will be unwound therefrom for revolving the 30 body member ll. Up and down motion on the intermediate portion of the cord l5 will cause the body member or shell H, due to its momentum, to continue to revolve to wind and unwind the ends of the cord, in opposite direc- 35 tions, back and forth onto and from the tapered ends l2 of the body member M. This motion may be continued indefinitely and will actuate the sounding devices Hi to produce sound which will be-varied by the speed or rotation body member H and which will be amplified by the member l I which will form a resonator therefor. The rotation of the body member it will also revolve the shaft E3 to thereby cause the propeller 20 to revolve therewith or relative ly thereto.

The shell II, as seen in Figures 1 to 3, is preferably formed of two corresponding metallic section's 2|, each of which is preferably formed of sheet metal, or the like, and provided with an 50 internal longitudinal seam or joint 22, as best seen in Figure 3, which is formed by turning one edge of the material outwardly and back upon itself to form a'hook 23, which is off-set inwardly, and by forming an inwardly turned 55 of the 40 i hook 24 by turning the opposite corresponding edge of the material inwardly and back upon itself, after which the hook shaped edges are interlocked to form the internal joint or seam 22. The two sections 2| are connected at their enlarged ends to each other by means of a joint or seam 25. The joint or seam 25 is formed by providing the open end of one of the sections 2! with an annularly inwardly opening channel Z26 to receive an outwardly projecting annular flange 21 on the other section for interlocking the sections. The seam or joint 25 may be made permanent by a ring of solder or by a series of spot welds as at 28.

In Figure 4, a slightly modified form of body member, designated H isshown, wherein the sections 2| are connected to each other by means of an internal joint or seam 29 in lieu of the joint or seam 25, which corresponds to the seams or joints 22, as seen in Figure 3, and as heretofore described.

Another form of the invention is shown in Figures 5 and 6, wherein a body member or shell 39 is formed from two cone shaped sections 35, the enlarged ends of which are disposed in overlapping relationship as is seen at 32, for engaging the periphery of a disk 33 which is fixed to a shaft 34, intermediate of its ends. The overlapping portions 32 are secured to the disk 33 by means of a plurality of fastenings 35. The shaft 34 is also provided with tapered hub portions 36, adjacent its ends which fit in the remote, restricted ends of the conical sections 3! and which are secured thereto by fastenings 3'3. The conical sections 3! may be made of any suitable material, such as cardboards, paper or metal. On either side of the disk 33, the shaft B l is provided with one or more sounding devices l3, and the end portions of the shaft 3d, which project beyond the body member or shell 3%, are grooved at I6, similarly to the shaft l3. A pro-' peller 2% is mounted on one of the ends of the shaft 34.

In Figures '7 to 10, still another embodiment of the toy is illustrated comprising a hollow body portion or shell 38, which is preferably formed of metal and which includes two corresponding sections 39, each of which extends the length of the shell 38. Sections 39 are provided with outwardly projected flanges 40 which are disposed in abutting engagement to form the shell or hollow body member 33. The flanges 40 are provided with tongues or clips 4!. The clips M of each flange dd are adapted to be bent around the outer side of the other flange M! to clamp the shell sections 39 together. The body member or shell 3%; is not provided with a shaft, such as the shafts 5.3 or 35, but in lieu thereof is provided with restricted shank portions at its ends, as seen at :32, which are provided with grooves 43, corresponding to the grooves l6 for receiving the ends of an operating cord such as cord i5, not shown in Figures '7 to 10.

The forms of the invention as shown in Figures 5 to 10 are adapted to be operated in the same manner as heretofore described in regard to the toy iii, and in the form as shown in Figures '7 to 10, sounding devices, such as those shown at l8 in Figures 2, 3 and 5 may be secured within the shell 33.

Various modifications and changes in the various forms of the invention are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to as only preferred embodiments thereof have been disclosed.

I claim as my invention:

1. A toy comprising an elongated hollow body portion, having taper-ed ends, a cord secured at its ends to the ends of said body portion, and sound producing devices secured in said body portion, said body portion being revolved for winding the ends of the cord on to the ends of the body portion and for unwinding them therefrom and the rotation of said body portion actuating said sound producing devices.

2. A toy comprising an elongated shell, of substantially circular cross section having tapered ends, shaft portions projecting from said ends, a cord having its ends connected to the ends of said shaft portions, and noise producing means mounted in said shell and actuated by the rotation thereof.

3. A toy as in claim 2, said shell being formed of end sections connected at their enlarged, adjacent ends, one of said sections having an annular inwardly open channel, and said other section having an annular outwardly projecting flange for engaging said channel for interlocking the sections.

l. A toy as in claim 2, said shell being composed of sections connected at their enlarged ends and intermediate of the ends of the said shell, said enlarged ends having interengaging means combining to form an interlocking joint.

5. An audible toy comprising a hollow shell having tapered annular ends, a sounding device mounted in said shell, a cord connected at its ends to the ends of said shell, said ends of the cord being adapted to be wound on the ends of the shell and unwound therefrom for revolving the shell to actuate the sounding device.

6. A toy as in claim 5, said cord being knotted intermediate of its ends and being adapted to be supported at the knot for maintaining the shell in substantially a horizontal plane.

"I. An audible toy comprising an elongated hollow body portion having tapered ends, a shaft extending longitudinally through said body portion and protruding from the ends thereof, a sounding device fixed to said shaft and disposed in the hollow body portion, and a cord having its ends secured to the ends of said shaft.

8. A toy as in claim 7, said body portion being shaped to simulate a torpedo, and a propeller rotatably mounted on one end of the shaft.

9. A toy as in claim '7, said shell being composed of conical sections, the enlarged, adjacent ends of said sections being disposed in overlapping relationship, a disk fixed to said shaft intermediate of its ends, fastening means for securing the overlapping portions of said sections to the periphery of said disk, said shaft having hubs adjacent its ends, and fastenings for securing remote ends of said conical sections to said hubs.

10. A musical toy comprising an elongated hollow body member, a sounding device mounted in said body member, a cord having its ends fixed to the ends of said body member, said body member having tapered ends and being formed of corresponding sections joined lengthwise, the abutting edges of said sections having outwardly projected abutting flanges, said flanges each having tongues interlocking with the flanges of the other section for connecting 5 id sections.

THOMAS I. NAKANO.