US714765A - Musical pipe toy. - Google Patents

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No. 7l4,765. Patented Dec. 2, I902. H. E. F. WESTENFELD.

V MUSICAL PIPE TOY.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' HERMAN E. F. VVESTENFELD, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE J. SEISS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

MUSICAL PIPE TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 714,765, dated December 2, 1902.

Application filed April 7, 1902. Serial No. 101,660. (No model: i

FELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Musical Pipe Toys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make'and use the same.

My invention has reference to a musical pipe toy; and it has for its object to provide a toy which shall be attractive to the eye as well as to the car.

A further object incarrying out my inven tion has been to produce a toy which should be extremely simple in construction, permitting the same to be produced at a low cost, so as to be sold at a minimum price.

In the fulfillment of the foregoing objects I employ the novel arrangement and the parts and combination of parts hereinafter shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of my improved-toy. Fig. 2 is a like view in part section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line a: as, Fig. 1. i is a plan view of a disk which I employ in carryingout my invention.

The general appearance of my improved toy is that of a smoking-pipe, an article peculiarly fascinating to the youthful mind. The same comprises a bowl 1, constructed of wood hollowed on the interior at 2.

3 is a tubular stem, the end of which is inserted into the bowl and communicates with the hollow interior. A

4 is a sheet-metal disk having an elongated slot 5 formed therethrough, and 6 is a thin metal reed or tongue arranged over the slot, being secured atone end at 7, the other end thereof beingfree to vibrate, the arrange ment being adapted to give forth a musical note when air is forced through the slot in Fig..

wood, having radial projections 9, and the same is mounted so as to be capable of rotation above the bowl 1. The axis of rotation of the star-wheel is transverse to the slot in the disk 4, so that as the air from Within the bowl passes outward between the edges of the metal reed and the margin of the slot in the disk the same will be projected against the star-wheel and rapidly rotate the same. To impart the properspeed of rotation to the star-wheel, it is essential that the same be mounted at an exact distance above the disk and the reed attached thereto, and I therefore provide simple means for vertically adjusting the star-wheel. On opposite sides of the bowl are provided holes 10, parallel to each other and adapted to receive the free ends of the inverted-U-shaped supportingwire 11, which supports the star-wheel. The free ends of the Wire 11 are spread apart before being inserted into the holes 10, and the same will after insertion be held in position because of spring-pressed contact with the side Walls of the holes. The ends of the Wire 11 may be roughened to more firmly engage the side Walls of the holes. In this manner the star-wheel may be raised or lowered and the position of the same altered until the proper position is attained.

It is apparent that the parts of the toy constructed of wood may be variously and attractively colored.

From the foregoing description the operation of my improved toy will be understood, and it will be observed that I have produced a toy which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, simple to operate, and one which is fascinating to the eye and to the ear as well.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A toy simulating a smoking-pipe,com-

prising a bowl having a top opening, and a stem connecting with the interior of. the bowl; a disk adapted toobstructthe open ing into the bowl, provided with a slot, a metal reed secured at one end to the disk and arranged over the slot therein, and a star-Wheel mounted upon the bowl above the reed and the disk, adapted to be rotated by the air passing from the interior of the bowl through the slot in the disk.

2. A toy simulating a smoking-pipe, comprising a hollow bowl having a top opening, and a tubular stem connecting with the interior of the bowl; a disk adapted to obstruct the opening into the bowl, provided with a slot, a metal reed secured at one end to the disk and arranged over the slot therein, and a rotatable star-wheel mounted above the reed and the disk, and means for vertically adjusting the star-wheel.

- 3. A toy simulating a smoking-pipe, comprising a hollow bowl having a top opening, and a tubular stem adapted to enter the bowl; adisk disposed in thetop openingin the bowl,

provided with a slot, a reed attached at one end to the disk, the free end thereof being adapted to vibrate as air is forced through the slot in the disk; said bowl having parallel holes arranged on opposite sides of the top opening therein, a U-shaped wire, the free ends of which are adapted to be inserted in the holes in the bowl, and a star-wheel having radial projections mounted to rotate upon the U-shaped wire, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses HERMAN E. F. WESTENFELD. Witnesses:

CARL H. KELLER, OHAs. C. DEFENBAUGH.

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