US337497A

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Publication number: US337497A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-03-09
Anticipated expiration: 1903-03-09

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(No Model.)

' G. J. HOLBROOK.

MUSICAL TOY.

No. 337,497. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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GILES J. HOLBBOOK, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

MUSICALTOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,497 dated March 9, 1886.

Application filed January 24, 1885.

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Guns J. HOLBROOK, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Musical Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tops, whirligigs, &c., and is designed to provide a toy that will not only give out musical sounds by means of musical reeds attached to it, but will also produce harmonies through its improved construction and the judicious arrangement of the reeds.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an edge view of the toy used. as a buzz or Whirligig. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same with two of the hoods or fans removed, so as to display the arrangement of the reeds; and Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same when used as a top.

Similar letters refer to like parts in all the views.

I am aware that these toys have been constructed in which the musical effect is dependent on radial passages for the air between two plates and intervening radial partitions, and the incidental motion of a slotted plate hung loosely on the axle of the toy; but in my invention asingle plate onlyis used, and the air is thrown upon the reeds by means of hoods or fans of suitable form and size, thus securing economy in construction, a stronger action of the air on the reeds, and harmonies from the operation of several reeds at the same time.

Having reference first to Fig. 2, a a a a show two fans in position and the position of two other fans, all on the front side, and a a a a indicate the positions of similar fans on Serial No. 153,820. (No model.)

the opposite side of the plate. it are reeds on the front side, and jj are reeds on the opposite side, of the plate.

WVhen the Whirligig is revolved from left to right, in the direction indicated by the shaded arrow, the hoods on this side of the plate, moving in the direction of their open ends, take in the air and throw it upon the face of reeds i t, causing them to sound, while the reeds j j remain silent by reason of taking the wind against their backs. In this operation the action of the air is assisted by the hoods a a a a on the opposite side of the plate, which, moving in the direction of their closed ends, create a draft. V

When the toy is revolved from right to left, the above conditions, as will be readily seen, are reversed, and the reeds jjj j will sound, while the other reeds will remain silent.

By enlarging the hoods a greater number of reeds can be used.

The reeds may be placed radially; but the position employed in the diagram is considered the bestat right angles to the radius and pointing toward the closed end of the hood.

The Whirligig is operated in the usual manner, as shown in Fig. 1, by the alternate twist ing and untwisting of the strings K K.

\Vhat I claim is- In an axially-rotating toy, the combination of musical reeds with hoods placed in such manner as to throw the air on said reeds when the toy is revolved, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

GILES J. HOLBROOK.

Witnesses:

O. H. DENISQN, FLOYD B. WILSON.