USRE12442E - Reissued jan - Google Patents

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w wcma own. that I, GUSTAVE VI'IARMLN VIJILLYD; a 'subjee't of'the King of Great Britain 7 and lre la nd residing at Longford Place, Longs1ght, Manchester, in the county ofLancasterg England, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Connection with Hornsfor Phonographs, Ear Instruments, and

for Like Purposes, (for Which I have made ain ihfo; 20,146, and dated th day oiSeptember, 1902) of which .the following isa application for LettersPatent in Great Britspecification H i ThlS invention rel-ates to iniprovenientsiin' connection with horns or trumpetdike-sound .distributers or collectors for use upon phonegraphs,- grainophones, and other like instrunents i and also for ear-trumpets, fog-horns; "f-j andother sound distributing and collecting devicesfthe object being to provide a horn or trumpet-like (lGflil('-W.lll(Jll can be folded when t not in'ruse, so as to be capable of readytrans p'o rtation and for placing within the case of i make trim i the'phonograph or the pocket of the user Whjditisto be applied to an ear. instrument orgthelikew The accompanying drawingsrepresent: one: form'of thein'vention.

' Figure 1. is an elevation of the complete or erected hOrn Y F'Figs Q, 3, "and 4' are detail viepvs'rill'ujstrating the manner inwhich the oe "collapsed or folded. .--'F-ig, 5 isa vie'vt illustrating one convenient e improved horn *to a phon0- a detailview on an enlarged invention into'eifect in one anner'w'h'en making my folding 'artlcul'arl'y n connection with raih Ker-like instrument ,I make the an enlarged outer end and a smaller end j at t 'orofitlieconoidahlikeform. I M a edand'tru'mpet-like device a series-oi? strips 'b of paper, other preferably flexible ma dations of which I prefer'to 0 the 'likefsoas toforni a hing likexbo onebetween each of'the ne hers b'ef which-larringe so Ihilelyingfclo together whenextended d idin line between them; about? ttendee g po' t, the his 9 idity to tru n etffo'rni.

of the seginentalike stripsvI prefer to proe tec t. bya bent or turned-overfed ing .cZ of fment;

from paper or other p PATENT OFFICE.

anon-m n,"assumes TO v "YLORIQ 1 A co o-H on; FOR PHONOGRAPH, EiA Fl-TRUMP E TSQ &,G. Specification of Reissued Letters l atent. Reissned J an. 36 1 905. I en a in fl 'il fi fi dated September 29,1903. Application forreis'sue fiiai October a, 1905; Serial No. 281L581.

1 linen or the like, connecting-web, ,upon which the paper orother m'aterialis mounted. I The longitudinal hinged edges 0 ofthe flexible segmentsor sectors 1) are curved in such manner that although,thesegnientS when opened out I cannot he in the same planethey c'adeither be folded together in a zigzag manner, so'as to lie parallel to one another, v asshown in Figs. 2 to 4, or extended by springingor buckling asshoii nin Figs. 1 and 5. f The anglesfornied by the neetirlg oi" the hinged segments when extendedforln, as it Were, ribs, giving rig- The outer ends metal, making the connection rigid by pressinga port-ion of the strip. of nietal or 'other binding material in tothe 'e'dge o'f'the paper or the likefoundation. I t I Uponthe extreme member e of the series of strips 1') thus formed intoione band I provide eyelets f or 'other clip like devices for enabling snap projections h on the opposite end like sound distributer,

Instead of arranging clips upon the outermernbers of the series of strips I may make. one to, engage with the other, by .fo1-ming' a bead-like connection or. flange .knpont one inember, into which lthe corresponding projecting or engaging poritions of; the other may enter, as shown in eyelets or hook-like into the requisite trumpeter bell-like form;

strip: 9 to be engaged therewith and when thus engaged. to form a completed I trumpet- 6. when providing foran extension} and a long funnel-like carrier for the b uiltsup .trunixpetli ke end a to engageWith,-I sometimes make a conical tube Z, the, enlargedendof 1 Whichengages with the inner end of. the tllllllu pet-terminalc, while the smaller end of the cone engages with the receiver m of thepho- *nograph on'enteiis into therubber or other. tubular or-fl'exi employed for use upon anylparticular instru 1 maybe made ina short length in one pieceor it may belfnade. telescopic when so'desired.

I-Wheni 'ovidin'ge for a flexible conne rem'e endof-ithe 130116 wl-,:I attach I prefer to make this extended or car '95 ble (connection which maybe length of rubber or the like tubing n, which I bind with metal or other bandat the end for the urposeof inserting it upon the funnel'o of t e phonograph-reproducer, and I stiffen the combination trumpet and funnel with flexible end by providing one or more bars p l of metal or the like stifieners which support inner end to suit t e connection that is to be made therewith, so that when the trumpet is in use it can be'extended and'a large outer area exposed for the collection of sound and when not in use it can be folded each segment upon the other, so as to occupy but little space.that is to say, atrumpet such as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 would be suitable as an ear-trumpet.

ed es, Such horns coul I am aware that it has hitherto been proosed to form conical or pyramidal horns om cardboard provided witha linen foundation; but such: horns have been made up from a singleflat scored sheet or from a num-. ber of flat triangular stri s having straight d bedeveloped orlai out upon a flat surface. Owin to their formation, if suchhorns were made colla sible they would have to be sustained in t eir conical form by additional sustaining means,

or if they were made self-sustaining they could not be made colla sib'le. In contradistinction to this my col apsible horn could not be made up from a single flat" sheet, as

.each strip has to be made'with curved edges, and when the strips are flexibly secured to geth'er at such curved-edges the whole or tional stifl'enin complete surface so formed cannot 'be laid out or developed on a fiat surface. My horn.

owing to the curvature of the edges of thestrips, is-self-sustaining and requires no addi:

or sustainin devices, although when it 1s desiredto col apse'the horn this ma be effected by forcibly straightenan folding the strips one against the ot erin the manner hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 2,3, and 4. The horn when erected offers a decided resistance to such straightening or folding sufficient to render it self-sustaining against all'ordinary shocks liable. to be encountered; but it is found: that when one strip' has been forcibly str htened or folded against another the e'qd ifibrium of the trumpet is destroyed and the-whole may be easily collapsed. I V

I do riot limit the application of II}. invention to any particular method of b dmg up the segments or to any special curve or conarranged. upon the cone end and from the projecting stiffenin figuration of the same, and I vary the method graph -horn, ear .trum et or the like cominting and stiffening them to suit the "ia'- terial from whichthe strips areconstructed and the foundation or base fabric upon which the fliexible material forming-the stripe is se- .cure

prised of a number of exible 'stri s having curved meeting edges substantia y as set forth.

2. A collapsible but self-sustained phono-,

graph-horn, ear-trum et or the like comprising a number of flexib le strips havin curved meeting edges and mounted onaflexi lefoundation, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

3. A collapsible but self-sustained phonograph-horn, ear-trum 'et or the like comprising a number of flexib e strips having curved meeting edges, a flexible foundation for said strips and means for detachably securii the two extreme strips together, substantia y as set forth.

4. A collapsible but self-'sustained-phonm graph-horn, ear-trumpet or the like comprising a number of flexible strips ha curved meeting edges, flexible connections tween such edges and protecting means on the outer expose edges,-substantially as set forth. a

5. A phonograph-horn, ear-trumpet or the like comprising a ti 'd conical tube anda collapsible trumpet-s apedv mouth, the latter being made up of a number of flexible stri having curved meetin edges and flexib connections at such -e ges,-substantially as bereinbefore set forth. '6. A horn of the class described comprising a rigid conical tube, and a collapsible trumpetsshaped mouth made up of a number of flexible strips having curved meeting edges, said mouth being connected to said rigid conical tube, substantiall asdescribed.

7. A horn of the c ass described comprising a. rigid conical tube, and a collapsible trumpet-shaped mouth madeup of a number of flexible strips having curved meeting edges, said mouth being telescopically connected to said conical tube, substantially as described.

8.' A phonograph-horn or the'like compris ing-a'number'of flexed strips curved meeting ed es, and means joining and edges, said strips eing so flexed'andsaid so curved and joined that the horn is given a trumpet-like or bell-like form,.thestripa forming angles where said edges meet.

9. A phonograph-horn or-the like compr'm ing a number of strips each having a foundation or facing of linen or the like, said skips being so. flexed and their edges so curved joined that the horn is'given a p the. latter comprising a number of strips pro- I oibeli-like farm, the strips forming angles where said edges .join or meet.

a 10-. A phonogra .h horn comprising anum v ber of strips joine ,or meeting at their edges, 'saidstrips being so flexed and said edges socurved that the h'orxi is given a trumpet-like or bell-like forrrnjthe .stripsforining angles- Where said edges 10in, andprot'ecting means strips -11. -A horn comprising a funnel-like portion and a trump'ebshaped mouth portion,

on the outer exposed edges or, ends of the n'mlar relation to one another, substan tiaTl y as described."

said strips being so flexed and said edges so curved and joined that'the horn is given a trumpet like or bell like form, the strips forming angles Where said edges meet, and

posed edges or ends of the strips. I v I 13. A phonograph-horn comprising a-fun-j' nel-like portion and a mouth portion, the lat protecting devices appliedupon the outer e1) ter comprisin a number of side portions extending lengt Wise of ,the horn and joining one another at their borders, forming angles where joining,s'aid sides so curved at their corner portions and so flexed as to give the mouth portion-a trumpet-like or bell-like form, and their. outer exposed ends being provided with, protecting means,

'14. A horn comprising a iunnel-like portion and a trumpet-shaped mouth portion,

the latter eomprising a number of strips or sides provided with means joining them at their edges, said strips being flexed and said edges curved so as,to produce the trumpet form of said mouth portion, and said strips 12 A phonograph-horn comprising a nu'm ber of flexed strips having curvedjmeeting edges, meansjoining said strips edge to edge,

having angular relation to one another, and protectin means on the outer exposed edges or ends 0 the strips.

GUSTAVE HARMAN VILLY. Witnesses:

v DORA VILLY,

' ROBERT Monnrsou'NnrrsoN

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