US2606400A - Goose call - Google Patents

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Aug, 12, 1952 R S- OLT ET'AL 2,606,400

' G0052 CALL Filed Aug. 19, 1946 Patented Aug. 12, 1952 UNITED Ns'rrrrlss PATENT ,OFFICE GOSE CALL Philip S. @itl-Philip E. Olt, -Richardr.. Olt,A and v lArthur E. Olt, Pekin, Ill.; Philip E. Olt, Richard ,.J. lt, and Arthur E. Olt executors of 'hilip S.

0l-t, deceased ypP mpiication August 19, 1946, Serial No, 691,526

(CL .4S-480) goose without-manipulations or ,cupping oi .the hand.

KAnotherobject isto-furnish a cal1whoseparts Mmay be disassembled for cleaning; the construc- Y tion Abeing suchthatn even a novice may reasvsemblethe parts-withassurancerthat theproper, or-correct tone'will result in 4`use.

The diiiferenoe'lbetween'-the calls ofa `duck and a gcoseis, of-courseywell known. Upto-the present time -aneinstrument'iorimitating/thecail of.;J the goose -has required"H thema-nipulationsof the hand ofthe hunter while holding the-instrument, to produce -diierent sound effects in order toas closely as possible imitatel the vtwo different: tones ofthe cry as distinguished -fromthat of the .one

tone producedV by the ducks Thehimitation of a duels call is provided by an instrument-the'reed of which `vibrates 4for asngletone at all times. Incontrast, the purpose Yherein is to furnish an instrument wherein the reed bears a peculiar relation to v'the other parts therein to the end thattwo tones of-the gooses call will be more faithfully'f'produced than is possible by other methods.

That the invention may be understood the apn ,t `i pended drawing is provided `forming parthereof.

Figure l is a longitudinalsection of Ithe complete device-wherein a flat or straight reed is shown.

Figure 2 is likewise alongitudinal section of a part thereofshowing the -reed in a flexed'position in use when a high tone is produced.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of thefdevice as viewed from the mouth-piece end thereof.

Figure 4 is a transverse section of the device as produced on line 4 4 of Figure l.

Figure 5 shows the reed holding section of the device in perspective, and

Figure Gis a longitudinal section of part of the device of Figure 1 showing a two part construction as compared with that gure.

Preferably the device is made of hard rubber. 1n the rst four figures of the drawing l denotes the main portion of the said device, which is known as the plug This portion, which in the main is cylindrical, has an extended portion 2 at one end which isfsemicylindrical as best shown in Figures Bandfliand-V provided with a longitudinally extending groove, this latter portion 2, in

this instance, being of less diameter than the portion I creating a face 3 on thelatter against which may abut oneend of a tubular mouth piece 4 that snugly ts upon both the said extended portion 2 and a projection 5 ofthe portion l lying opposite and spaced from said extended portion about as shown.

Said portion l has aA bore I which opens into the extended portion 2 as af groove identified at 2', this terminating distant from; the free extremity of said portion 2 and exposed to the bore of the same and the bore of the mouthpiece 4, It

is observed thatthe portion 2 has an upper sur- Y face 22 which is 'flat where it extends `from the portion i, and lies att-substantially the center oi thel latter. Upon this flat surface rests one end of a hard rubber reed 6 extending -toward'the free extremity of thenamed portion 2 and in this instance parallels the axis ofthe bore i the base or root of the reed being spaced from the-projection 5. The reed is maintained in position by an insert l' of suitable materialsuch, for example, as cork,

t is now to be observed the upper'surface 23 of the extended portion 2 of the plug is a dat surface downwardly' directedaway from the iixed base or root of the reed toward the mouthpiece and toward the yfree endv of said portion 2 and the normally straight'reed is A.suspended free thereof, and spaced above it. p Further, below the thus extended end ofthe reed the named portion-Zhas .anupstanding abutment 25 having an abrupt face il which lies at'vright Yangles tothe plane ofthe said normally straight reedand also `lying in a transverse direction with respect to the length of the same, said faceforming afstep from the base of which "a lower surface l0 may'termi- In Figure 1 the'device or'fcallwwith respect to the body portion2 is shown as of a single part.

In Figure 6, however, this structure is shown as of two parts l2 and 23 respectively, the latter at its inner end lying in a counter bore 24 of the portion I2, any suitable means, such as a screw 4', for example, serving to secure the portions relatively, if desired.

This latter structure thus provides an arrangement by which the instrument may be readily taken apart for cleaning, on occasion, to insure that the reed may be unhindered in its ability to vibrate freely.

The groove in the part 2 for passage of air is of a determined form and area to best serve the purpose in a goose call as determined by the setting of the reed and the size thereof. In this connection it is important that the reed at its free end extend well beyond the face 9, as shown, in order that the air blast may have positive con trol of it.

In some so-called goose calls it is customary to so form the reed that it curves away from a fiat reed-base to provide proper clearance but during use said reed will naturally gradually regain its straight or flat form and approach the said reedbase and thereby the instrument fails in its purpose as a, goose call since in use the proper tone is destroyed, both the necessary high and low tones being altered, or one of them lost entirely.

In the present structure the surface Bis downwardly inclined in a iiat surface away from the root of the reed, and the reed itself is straight and flat, as manufactured, and therefore when mounted foruse never tends to change its form, and tone changes cannot result throughout the life of the instrument, there being no change in form except by air movements produced at the mouthpiece The space between the surface 8 and the adjacent face of the reed, when the latter is in repose, being in the nature of a dihedral angle opening toward said inlet.

The instrument requires no cupping of the hand of the hunter in any way to provide changes in the tone since the proper tone is provided in the instrument itself, the degree of air movement giving the needed her-ronk of the wild goose.

The provision of the step or face 3 is an imv portant advancement in a goose call as distinguished from other instruments in that the air in moving through the mouth piece li in striking said face is deiiected upon and beneath the extended overhanging end of the reed causing the said reed to vibrate at moderate frequency to thereby produce a low tone. As the velocity of the air is increased the reed becomes arched about as shown in Figure 2, where it will vibrate, at a higher frequency, the different air velocities giving the her-ronk as the required perfect imitation.

This result is occasioned from the fact that the air blast is somewhat imprisoned in the cavity of the mouthpiece above thereed, the pressure of which iinally depresses the reed until it reduces the iow of the blast moving beneath it, the thin terminal note being occasioned as the reed has light contact with the corner of the step at 9, and stili vibrating.

The abruptness of diversion of the air blast provided by said step or face S is thus the controlling factor in the effect upon the reed in the peculiar tone production. As the blast of air through the mouthpiece is somewhat diminished the reed moves down upon the dat surface 8 throughout, which, of course, includes the upstanding abutment or step 25 having the abrupt face 9, whereupon the said reed sets up a thin wheezy sound, it may be said, as the terminal note corresponding to the terminal note peculiar to the goose.

Naturally slight changes in the structure may be made but such as'may fall within the invention and the claims thereto.

We claim:

l. In a goose call, a barrel having a bore therethrough and an air inlet and an air outlet, a tubular member positioned with said outlet, a normally flat reed positioned longitudinally within said barrel and having one end iixed in said tubular member, and closure means sealing the bore of said tubular member against air flow on one side of said reed, said tubular member including a portion extending toward the inlet end of said barrel and positioned on the side of said reed opposite said closure means, said portion presenting a fiat face exposed in the bore of said barrel and slanting from the xed end of said reed toward the wall of said bore to form with said reed an acute dihedral angle opening toward said inlet, said fiat face having a longitudinal groove communicating with the bore of said tubular member and a transverse abutment closing said groove and presenting a flat face exposed toward said inlet, said reed extending toward said inlet to terminate in a free end portion extending beyond and overhanging said. abutment.

2. In a goose call of the type comprising a barrel having a bore therethrough and an air inlet and an air outlet, a normally flat reed positioned within said barrel and xed only at its end nearest said outlet, and means restricting the flow of air through said bore to a path along one face of said reed, the combination of a member positioned within said bore on said one side of said reed and presenting a flat face disposed longitudinally of the bore of said barrel and arranged to form with said reed an acute dihedral angle opening toward said inlet, said iiat face having a longitudinal groove to allow ilow of air past said reed, and an abutment arranged transversely of said barrel to close the end of said groove nearest said inlet, said abutment presenting a flat face lying at right angles to the longitudinal axis of said bore and exposed toward said inlet, the free end of said reed extending beyond and overhanging said abutment.

PHILIP S. OLT. PHILIP E. OLT. RICHARD J. OLT. ARTHUR E. OLT.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date '795,493 Ditto July 25, 1905 1,484,148 Olt Feb. 19, 1924 2,296,785 Hoeiiich Sept. 22, 1942 2,396,359 Yager Mar. l2, i946

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