WO1991001902A1 - Light bulb shaped audio signal emitter - Google Patents

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WO1991001902A1
WO1991001902A1 PCT/US1990/004359 US9004359W WO9101902A1 WO 1991001902 A1 WO1991001902 A1 WO 1991001902A1 US 9004359 W US9004359 W US 9004359W WO 9101902 A1 WO9101902 A1 WO 9101902A1
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Barry M. Stuecker
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
    • G10K11/004—Mounting transducers, e.g. provided with mechanical moving or orienting device

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  • This invention relates to an audible sound generator, and more particularly to a device for generating a high intensity sound in connection with alarm systems.
  • This light bulb shaped audio signal emitter can be constructed by utilizing piezo transducers or electromechancial buzzers similar to ones that are available and described in a 1989 issue of a Radio Shack Catalog on page 131.
  • the object of this invention is to provide a light bulb shaped audio signal emitting device that can be used in lieu of a familiar light bulb in any light bulb type socket.
  • This invention is so designed to produce an audio alarm signal from an energized commercial power line such as one hundred and ten volt electrical circuit in the U.S. Such power would normally activate a * light bulb or floodlight secured into a typical light socket.
  • This invention has its most useful application when used in a light bulb socket that is part of a known interior or exterior motion detector device.
  • FIG. 1. is the front view of the unbreakable plastic snap on protective grill.
  • FIG. 2. is the side view of the light bulb shaped unbreakable plastic megaphone including the grill and metal screw base.
  • FIG. 3. is the section view through the device showing the placement and wire diagram of the piezo transducer.
  • the metal screw type light bulb base 1 is of the size and shape consistent with a light bulb utilizing a one hundred and ten volt light bulb socket.
  • the metal screw base 1 is to be secured in a permanent manner to the extruded unbreakable plastic megaphone 2.
  • the manner of the attachment of 1 to 2 is also to be of a weatherproof type to allow the use of this invention at both exterior and interior light bulb sockets.
  • the extruded unbreakable plastic grill 3 is to be fashioned with prongs so as to snap onto the large end of the megaphone 2. This connection with 3 to 2 should be in a manner so that they can no longer be separated in order to allow access into the insides of the megaphone 2.
  • the piezo transducers or also the electromechanical buzzers 4 should be capable of producing a sound range between eighty to one hundred and five decibels. These buzzers may use one hundred and ten volt power with a low current. The buzzers will use fewer than fifteen watts and be wired to the screw type light bulb base 1 in a manner consistent to allow proper contact when this invention is screwed into any light bulb type socket.
  • the proposed shape of this invention and also the familiar light bulb type base 1 should facilitate easy understanding and manner of installation of this invention, by the consumer, into any common light bulb socket.

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Abstract

This light bulb shaped device is comprised of a one hundred and ten volt buzzer wired to a threaded light bulb type metal base (1). The sound from this buzzer is amplified by an unbreakable plastic megaphone (2). The interior works of this device are protected from tampering by affixing a protective unbreakable plastic grill (3) at the large end of the megaphone. This entire device is intended to be screwed into a typical light bulb socket in order to emit an audio alarm signal. This occurs when the light bulb socket is energized.

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LIGHT BULB SHAPED AUDIO SIGNAL EMITTER
This invention relates to an audible sound generator, and more particularly to a device for generating a high intensity sound in connection with alarm systems.
BACKGROUND This light bulb shaped audio signal emitter can be constructed by utilizing piezo transducers or electromechancial buzzers similar to ones that are available and described in a 1989 issue of a Radio Shack Catalog on page 131.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION The object of this invention is to provide a light bulb shaped audio signal emitting device that can be used in lieu of a familiar light bulb in any light bulb type socket. This invention is so designed to produce an audio alarm signal from an energized commercial power line such as one hundred and ten volt electrical circuit in the U.S. Such power would normally activate a* light bulb or floodlight secured into a typical light socket. This invention has its most useful application when used in a light bulb socket that is part of a known interior or exterior motion detector device.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1. is the front view of the unbreakable plastic snap on protective grill.
FIG. 2. is the side view of the light bulb shaped unbreakable plastic megaphone including the grill and metal screw base.
FIG. 3. is the section view through the device showing the placement and wire diagram of the piezo transducer.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS This invention relates to a light bulb shaped audio signal emitter using either a piezo transducer or an electromechanical buzzer as the sound source. The metal screw type light bulb base 1 is of the size and shape consistent with a light bulb utilizing a one hundred and ten volt light bulb socket. The metal screw base 1 is to be secured in a permanent manner to the extruded unbreakable plastic megaphone 2. The manner of the attachment of 1 to 2 is also to be of a weatherproof type to allow the use of this invention at both exterior and interior light bulb sockets. The extruded unbreakable plastic grill 3 is to be fashioned with prongs so as to snap onto the large end of the megaphone 2. This connection with 3 to 2 should be in a manner so that they can no longer be separated in order to allow access into the insides of the megaphone 2.
The piezo transducers or also the electromechanical buzzers 4 should be capable of producing a sound range between eighty to one hundred and five decibels. These buzzers may use one hundred and ten volt power with a low current. The buzzers will use fewer than fifteen watts and be wired to the screw type light bulb base 1 in a manner consistent to allow proper contact when this invention is screwed into any light bulb type socket. The proposed shape of this invention and also the familiar light bulb type base 1 should facilitate easy understanding and manner of installation of this invention, by the consumer, into any common light bulb socket.

Claims

1. An audible alarm device comprising: a housing having a central axis about which a threaded exterior end portion of electrically conductive material extends, the threads being sized to fit in a threaded electrical socket normally used for electrical lamps and there being a central terminal element that is insulated from said threaded exterior; said housing having an interior throat exterior reduced size which extends forwardly of the threaded exterior end and a forward portion, which radially expands along the central axis to provide acoustical frequency amplification and which terminates in an open forward end; and an audible frequency generator positioned in said reduced size throat and electrically connected directly to the threaded exterior and to the central terminal whereby the presence merely of an operating voltage in said electrical socket will cause generator produced audio frequency energy that is transmitted by the interior throat section of the forward portion of the housing.
2. A device as defined in claim 1 wherein the audio frequency generator is an electro-mechanical buzzer device operating at household power frequency.
3. A device as defined in claim 1 wherein the audio frequency generator is a piezo transducer device.
4. A device as defined in claim 1 further having an open grid member attached to the forward end of the housing to protect said audible frequency generator.
5. A device as defined in claim 4 wherein the housing has a generally conical shape which serves as a megaphone and is made of a synthetic resin.
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