US2512313A - Toy blowgun and sounding device - Google Patents

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June 20, 1950 A. DRlTZ TOY BLOWGUN AND sopunmc DEVICE Filed Sept. 6, 1945 INVENTOR.

Arf/rur pr/f3 BY J ATTORNEYS Patented June 20, 1950 r-; -z s w- TOY BLOWGUN AND SOUNDING DEVICE Arthur Dritz, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application September 6, 1945, Serial No. 614,636

1 Claim.

This invention relates to toy blow guns and the same is more particularly concerned with a combined toy blow gun and sounding device which latter in addition to functioning to emit a sound also provides a stop for positioning the projectile in the gun.

The invention also comprehends a toy blow gun of the indicated character in which the sounding device is so arranged therein as to receive part of a blast of air forced into the gun at the mouthpiece thereof for actuating the sounding device while leaving unobstructed a portion of the passageway for the blast of air to be exerted against the projectile for expelling the same.

The invention further resides in a combined toy blow gun and whistle which is adapted to receive projectiles of different sizes in crosssection and which when employed therein provide different tonal effects on the sound produced by the whistle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view reference is now made to the following specification and accompanying drawings in which are illustrated the preferred embodiments of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through a combined toy blow gun and sounding device constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken approximately on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken approximately on line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference and more particularly to the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, the toy includes an elongated tube Ill preferably of circular formation in cross-section and provided with a mouthpiece ll secured to the forward end thereof. The tube [0 is provided with a sounding device 12 located in the bore l3 thereof adjacent the mouthpiece II. The sounding device may be of any desired construction for emitting a sound or musical note by the passage of air therethrough. As illustrated the sounding device is of the siren type and includes a fixed metallic disk l4 having a plurality of radially arranged openings l5 therethrough. Pivoted to the outer face of the disk I4 on a centrally arranged pivot pin I6 is a rotary disk I! formed with a plurality of radially arranged apertures l8 opening through uniformly arranged arcuate vanes l9 which are adapted to receive against the inner arcuate faces thereof the blast of air forced through the openings [5 and apertures IE to produce a rapid rotation of the rotary disk I! and thereby effect alternate opening and closing of the apertures l8 in the rotary disk ll to produce a siren sound.

The sounding device I2 is secured in the bore I3 of the tube [0 in transverse angular relation thereto so as to form a passageway 20 between the upper edge thereof and the adjacent inner face portion of the bore I3 for the passage of air therethrough for expelling a projectile or missile 2| slidably fitted in said bore.

The projectile or missile 2| is adapted to abut against the sounding device I2 when dropped into the tube Ill which forms a stop to limit the inward movement of the same in the tube and to automatically position the projectile or missile adjacent the passageway 20.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, the sounding device 22 is of the reed type which is arranged in an auxiliary tube 23 secured in the bore 24 of an elongated blow gun tube 25. The auxiliary tube 23 has its forward end located substantially flush with the forward end of the mouthpiece 26 of the tube 25 and is relatively smaller in diameter so as to provide a passageway 21 between the same and the inner face of the bore 24 for the passage of air therethrough for expelling a projectile or missile 28.

The missiles 2| and 28 may be of cross-sectional size as illustrated to slidably fit the bores of the tubes respectively so as to block off the same for the passage of air therethrough in which event the sounding devices do not function to emit a sound until the missile is expelled from the bore of the tube. Reducing the cross-sectional size of the missile has the effect of permitting a portion of the air to pass through the tube so that the sounding device will emit a changing tone as the missile approaches the outlet end of the bore,

What is claimed is:

In a toy of the indicated character, an elongated tube of uniform internal diameter throughout and a sounding device for emitting a sound by the passage of air therethrough, said sounding device being located in the bore of said tube adjacent the forward end thereof and in spaced relation to the periphery of the bore at one side thereof to thereby provide a passageway between the same and a portion of the wall of said bore to permit of the unobstructed flow of a portion of the air forced into said tube at the forward end thereof and said sounding device providing a stop against which a missile is adapted to abut to dispose the same in position adjacent said passageway.

ARTHUR DRITZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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