US379268A - Walter s - Google Patents

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(ModeL) W. S. OANNEY.

WIND INSTRUMENT;

n. PEI'ERS. moummpw. Washington. D. c:

Patentd Mar. 13, 1888.

' 1/71 wan/Z07? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VALTER S. OANNEY, OF GROVELAND, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ORLANDO S. BARR, OF SAME PLACE.

WIND-INSTRUMENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 379,268, dated March 13, 1888.

Application filed February 26, 1887. Serial No. 228,978.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER S. CANNEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Groveland, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in iVind-Instru ments, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wind-instruments; and it is carried out as follows, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the invention; and Fig. 2 represents a central longitudinal section on the line A B, shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

The object of this invention is to produce a wind-instrument having acylinder and movable piston combined with other parts, hereinafter to be fully described, and adapted for use as an alarm for any purpose desired, or as a toy to produce musical sounds.

a represents an air pump or cylinder closed in both ends, and having arranged within it the piston a, provided with suitable packing, a", as shown in Fig. 2, said piston being secured in a suitable manner to the piston-rod a that is made to project through the rear end of cylinder a, and there provided with a handle, (4*, as shown in the drawings, by means of which the piston a is reciprocatcd within the cylinder a.

At the rear end of the cylinder a, I arrange a whistle, preferably composed of a pipe or tube, 11, in open communication with the interior rear end of cylinder a, as shown in Fig. 2, and in front of the outer end of said tube b, I secure to the outside of cylinder'a a suitable lip or plate, I), against which the air from cylinder at is blown through tube 7) when the piston a is moved in the direction shown by or row in Fig. 2, thereby causing a shrill whistling sound to be produced. The particular construction of said whistle may be varied without departing from the essence of my invention. The tube b also serves as an air-inlet, to permit the outer air to enter rear end 1 scribed, consisting of the air-pump a, piston [00 (Model.)

of cylinder at when piston a is moved in a direction opposite to that shown by arrow in Fig. 2.

If so desired, the lip or plate b may be dispensed with and the tube or opening I) only retained to admit the air from without to enter the cylinder a, and to be expelled therefrom during the forward and back motion of the piston a, in which case, of course, no sound is produced at this place when the handle a is moved in the direction of arrow shown in Fig. 2.

Secured to and in open communication with the forward end of the cylinder a is a flat tin box or airchamber, c, as shown, the sides of 6 which are flexible, to cause them to alternately bulge out and in as the air within the said box 0 is compressed and rarefied by the action of the piston a, and in this manner a noise is produced similar to that obtained when shak- 7o ing a thin metallic sheet.

In addition to the air-box c, l secure to the forward end of the cylinder a the reed pipe or horn d, provided with a reed, (1, common to fish-horns and similar instruments, which horn is sounded when the piston a is moved in a direction opposite to that shown by arrow in Fig. 2.

The reed-opening at or near the reed (1 allows free ingress of the air to the-front end of cylinder a when the piston a is moved in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 2.

By moving the piston a rapidly forward and back within the cylinder (0 the \vhistlebb and horn d d aresounded, as well as a noise pro 85 duced by the bulging in and out of the sides of the air-box c. e is a suitable stay or brace, by which the outer end of air-box 0 is secured to or near the outer end of the horn (Z, to prevent the aecidental breakage of such parts, as shown in Fig. 2.

If so desired, the air-boxc may be detached from the cylinder at, and provided with a suitable mouth piece, 0, and blown directly by placing such mouthpiece in the mouth of the performer.

What I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is- 1. The compound wind-instrument, as dea and itsrod a and handle (0*, combined with I pump, combined with the hollow alarm 0, arthe whistle b b at one end of said air-pump, ranged in communication with the front end and the hollow alarm c and horn d d at the I of the air-pump a, as set forth. [5 other end of said air-pump, as set forth. I In testimony WhereofI have signed my name 2. The compound wind-instrument, as deto this specificatiominlhe presence oftwo subscribed, consisting of the air-pump a, piston I scribing witnesses, on this 15th day of Februa and its rod a and handle a, combined with i ary, A. D. 1887. opening I) in one end of said airpump, and hollow alarm c and horn cl (1 at the other end of said air-pump, as set forth. I

3. The air-pump a, having piston a, rod a, and handle a, and Whistle?) at one end ofthe air- I WALTER S. GANNEY.

Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDREN, HENRY CHADBOURN.

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