US504716A - Island - Google Patents

Description

W. ELY.

WHISTLE (No Model.)

No. 504,715. Patented Sept. 12, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

WILLIAM'ELY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONEHALF TO IVALTER S. JOHNSON AND HENRY IVOLCOTT, OF SAME PLAGE.

WHISTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part or" Letters Patent No. 504,716, dated September l2, 1893.

Application led January l2, 1892. Serial No. l17,857. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WTLLTAM ELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Vhistle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in whistles; the objects in view being to provide 1o a whistle adapted to be used as a toy, to be blown by the user, either in the shape of a whistle or as a horn, or to be used in connection with steam or air pressure applied to either side of the whistle, as alarms upon vessels, duc.

7With the above obj ectsin view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction hereinafter specified and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawingsz-Figure l is a perspective of a whistle of the form adapted to be used as a pocket whistle, or toy. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the whistle, removed from its casing. Fig. el is a modified construction of disk. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the whistle, the same being applied to a horn. Fig. 6 is a modification of the rotatable disk. Fig. 7 is a detail in section of 3o the two disks.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the gures of the drawings.

The whistle proper consists of an upper stationary disk l, which is provided with an an- 3 5 nular series of perforations 2, which are all uniformly inclined, as shown, with relation to the axis of the disk. These perforations may be arranged uniformly apart, or in several groups, the purposes of which will hereinafter appear. The disk 1 may be constructed of metal, guttapercha, or any other suitable material, and if of metal, may be solid, or formed ofa series of thin sheet metal plates, each being punched similarly and the plates bound together by any suitable means, but having their holes so arranged with relation to each other as to form continuous but inclined perforations through the disk, as a whole. Such modication I have illustrated 5o in Fig. a of the drawings In the opposite edges of the disk l are let the upper ends of a U-shaped yoke 3, which extends below the under side of the disk l and is provided at its center with a step or block 4. This block a has a vertical central perforation 5, coincident with the center of the disk l, said perforation being threaded and having adjustably mounted therein a bearing-pin 6, the upper end of which has a conical bearing '7. This pin may be adj usted toward or away from the disk l, and may be secured at any point of its adjustment by means of a transverse binding-screw 8, which is threaded in the transverse perforation 9, formed in the step orblook, and extending at a right-angle to the vertical bearing-perforation 5. The disk l is provided with a central bearing-stud which is directly opposite the bearing-pin 6, and the same is provided with a lower countersunk conical-bearing l0.

li designates a rotary-disk, which like the disk l, may be composed of a series of metal plates secured together' or of gutta-percha, or of a solid plate of metal, and in either instance is provided with a concentrically arranged series of perforations 12, preferably arranged at uniform distances apart, and formed upon the same circle or radius as the perforations 2 of the disk l. The perforations 12 are inclined, as shown, but oppositely to the perforations of the upper disk l. This completes the construction of the whistle proper, and its workings will be readily understood. The whistle may be mounted in various casings, the casings being of such a nature as will agree with the use to which the whistle is to be put; for instance, in Figs. 1 and 2 I have illustrated a casing formed of metal, guita-peroha or other suitable material, the same being elliptical and consisting of a main section 13, and a secondary or cover-section let. Each of these sections is perforated at its ends, the section la being preferably more minutely perforated, whereby the air is easily distributed over the surface of the entire disk and dust is excluded, when the whistle is carried in the pocket. The whistle is forced or otherwise seated in the section 13, after which the cover 14 is placed in position over the whistle, the upper edge of the disk l serving to snugly t within the cover. By placing the cover-end of the whistle in the mouth and IOO blowing, the air passes through the minute perforatious of the cover, through the various inclined perforations of the disk l, and from thence is directed in an inclined manner to the perforations in` the rotatable disk, striking these perforations at an angle to their inclination, and hence acting to rapidly revolve the disk, resulting in a whistling moaning sound, very much resembling the wind. In the present instance, I provide the conical bearings described, and provide the rotatable disk with an axle-stud or shaft l5, the ends of which are conical, as shown at 16, and therefore take bearing in the conical bearings 6 and 10. It will be obvious that other means, cheaper than those herein described, may be employed if desired.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated the whistle applied to an ordinary horn, 1G, and when thus applied will serve as an amusing toy for children, and may also be used for campaign purposes and celebrations of a public nature.

Aside from its utility as a toy, it may be operated by steam or other vapor, and thus utilized as signal whistles for steam cars, steam boats, fog-horns, dsc.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a modified form of disk that will readily suggest itself, and itconsists simply in a sheet metal plate 1S having the axle-stud 19, the said disk being provided with an annular series of perforations 20, and narrow slits or kerfs 2l leading from the edge of the disk to the perforations. The stock of metal punched out to form the perforations, remains connected to the disk, and forms a series of inclined tongues or blades 20.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a whistle, the combination with a casing, consisting of a main body and a ininutely perforated cover of a stationary disk below the cover and having an annular'series of inagreeing with those of the fixed disk, substantially as specified.

2. In a whistle, the combination with a casing, of a disk having an annular series of perforations, and a central bearing-stud, terminating at its lower end in a conical bearingcavity, a U-shaped bridge secured to the opposite side of the stationary disk and provided at its center with a bearing-block having a vertical and transverse perforation, a bearingpin or screw adjustably mounted in the vertical perforation, and provided at its upper end with a conical bearing-cavity, abindingscrew located in the transverse perforation and adapted to bear against the bearing-screw, a rotatable disk having an annular series of perforations adapted to register with those of the stationary-disk, and a conical-ended stud located in the rotatable disk and bearing in the concavities, substantially as specified.

8. The combination with the elliptical casing, comprising the main and cover-sections, each perforated at its ends, of the disk 1 located in the upper end of the main section, the U-shaped bridge, the inclined perforations in the disk, and the rotatable disk supported below the disk l and provided with perforations disposed at an angle to those of t'ie disk l, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM ELY.

Witnesses:

S. B. ELLITHORP, W. J. SHIELDs.

Images