US1515580A - Sounding toy - Google Patents

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J. P. KEEGA N SOUNDING TOY Filed Nov. 14, 19215 ll .i

INVENTOR W/ NESSES S V, F. N 0 U H Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

JOSEPH P. KEEGAN, or N AR NEW JERSEY.

SOUNDING TOY.

Application filed lTovember 14, 1923. Serial No. 674,735.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, JosEPH KEEGAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Sounding Toy, of which the follow: ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has relation, to toys and has particular reference to a sounding de vice, the same being in the nature of an improvement over a similar device bearing United States Letters Patent No. 1,439,672, granted on December 19, 1922.

The outstanding object of the present invention is to simplify the construction of a device of this character by the elimination of gears and other'expensive parts, thereby effecting economy in. the cost of production without in any way detracting from the of fectiveness of the device or its attractiveness as a toy.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the device with the cover opened.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view therethrough.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary diagrammatic view illustrating the operation of the device. Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designatesa casing having a cover 11 hingedly connected thereto as at 12,

the said cover being provided at its free end with a catch 13 engageable over a keeper 14.

A shaft 15 extends transversely through the casing 10 and is journaled in the opposite side walls thereof, the said shaft having an external handle 10 formed thereon or secured thereto for turning movement therewith whereby the operator upon grasping the handle may swing the casing upon the shaft. A

barrel or sleeve 17 is secured to the shaft 15 and is formed with a pair of circumferentially spaced radially projecting arms 18 and 19 which are designed to remain stationary with the shaft as the casing is rotated thereabout. Within the casing an anvil 20 is pivotedon a transverse pin 21, said anvil being normally maintained in parallel relation to the topand bottom walls of the casing and the cover 11 by a backing spring 22 which is attached to the under side of the cover 11. A hammer 23 is pivotally mounted within the casing on a transverse pin 24 and is normally projected and maintained in contact with the anvil by means of a coiled con.- tractile spring 25. The free end of the hammer is provided with a downwardly and forwardly projecting offset terminal 26 which is disposed in a position to successive ly engage with the arms l8and- 19 as the casing is rotated about the shaft 15 and barrel l7. A'strip S having longitudinally spaced 7 percussion caps C is designed to be successively fed between the anvil andthe point of contact of the hammer with the same whereby the caps C will be successively exploded or detonated as the casing is rotated by means of the handle 16. The casing C is provided with a shelf or support 27 upon which the strip in rolled form is adapted to be mounted, said shelf being preferably arranged at a point where the free end of the cover 11 closes thereon. The strip is trained or led from the curved deflecting lip 28 on the shelf in a straight path and with its terminal disposed between a hammer and anvil at their point of contact. As the casing is rotated about the handle the arm 18 will coact and engage with the offset terminal 26 of the hammer to slightly swing the same away from the anvil 20 against the action of the spring 25 during which time the strip engaging with the pointed terminal of the arm 19 will be moved to advance successive unexploded caps C between the points of contact of the hammer and anvil. The disposition of the arms 18 and 19 is such that 100 as the offset terminal 26 of the hammer leaves the terminal of the arm 18 it will be 1 caught by the arm 19 which is longer than the arm 18 and again swung a further distance away from the anvil against the action 105 of the spring 25 and subsequently released to permit the spring 25 to forcibly project or swing the contacting point of the hammer against the anvil to explode the unexploded caps which have been moved into position I between the points of contact of the hammer and anvil. It is thus obvious that upon rapid rotation of the casing about the shaft the I caps will be successively detonated as they are fed to a position to be acted on by the hammer. After all the caps of the strip S have been exploded, the catch 13 will be disengaged from its keeper 14 and the cover 11 swung to open position. The anvil is then swung away from the hammer and the used strip is removed and replaced by a new one.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a handle, a hollow casing journaled thereon for rotation, an anvil within the casing, a relatively movable hammer within the easing, means for normally effecting the projection of the hammer against the anvil, a

pair of relatively long and short arms dis' posed within the casing and projecting radially from the handle, the said short arm adapted upon rotation of said casing to effect intermittent separation of the hammer and anvil while the longer arm simultaneously engages with and effects an intermittent advancement of a detonating strip between said hammer and anvil, the said longer arm subsequently engaging with and catching the terminal of the hammer as it is released by the short arm and subsequently lifting the hammer and releasing the same for detonating that portion of the strip which is disposed between the hammer and anvil. v

2. In a device of the character described, a handle, a hollow casing journaled thereon for rotation, an anvil within the casing, a relatively movable hammer pivoted at one end within the casing, means for normally efiecting the projection of the hammer against the anvil, a pair of relatively long and short arms disposed within the casing and projecting radially from the handle, the said short arm adapted upon rotation of said casing to effect intermittent separation of the hammer and anvil while the longer arm simultaneously engages with and effects an intermittent advancement of a detonating strip between said hammer and anvil, the said longer arm subsequently engaging with and catching the terminal of the hammer as it is released by the short arm and subsequently lifting the hammer and releasing the same for detonating that portion of the strip which is disposed between the hammer and anvil, the said casing including a cover member hinged thereto and provided with a tensioning element adapted when the cover is closed to engage behind the free end of the anvil whereby the same is capable of yielding movement during the striking action of the hammer.

JOSEPH P. KEEGAN.

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