Improvements in Musical Boxes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 12th Apr., 1890.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Musical Boxes.
I, WALTER BRIERLEY of Town Hall Buildings Halifax in the County of York, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention which invention has been communicated
to me by Carl Baudenbacher of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Manufacturer of toys
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to instruments as aforesaid consisting of an elliptical or egg-
shaped hollow containing case divided transversely one half being provided with a
fixed handle and containing the reed, pin drum, and driving gear the other half
having a handle or cord free to turn and attached to a clutch box; the two halves
are when put together held by one half being turned down and the other recessed
so as to form a holding joint.
When the two halves are put together the clutch box engages with a spindle
through which is a locking pin, the spindle carries a pinion wheel gearing with a
wheel on the pin or tune drum which acts upon the teeth or dents of the musical
reed, the clutch box is kept in position by means of a spiral spring which when
the two halves are together is compressed and so keeps the notch of the clutch in
position for acting on the pin of the spindle of the driving pinion or of a corresponding
half clutch on the said spindle.
The action is as follows
Holding the fixed handle in the left hand the right hand will be employed for
turning the loose handle or cord whereon the clutch will engage with the locking
pin on the spindle of the driving pinion the latter driving the pin or tune barrel
and operating the musical reed thereby producing a tune or melody in accordance
with the arrangement of the pins on the tune barrel.
Should the handle be turned in the wrong direction the clutch and locking pin
will not engage, the compression of the spiral spring permitting the moveable half
of the clutch to run over the pin or fixed part of the clutch upon the spindle of the
driving pinion and thereby breakage is avoided.
Deted this 1at dere of Inns 1000
WALTER BRIERLEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Musical Boxes.
I, WALTER BRIERLEY of Town Hall Buildings, Halifax, in the County of York,
do hereby declare, the nature of this invention, which invention has been com-
mmunicated to me by Carl Baudenbacher of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany,
Manufacturer of Toys, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to instruments as aforesaid consisting of an elliptical or
egg shaped hollow, containing case divided transversely one half being provided with
a fixed handle and containing the reed, pin drum, and driving gear, the other half
having a handle or cord free to turn and attached to a clutch box; the two halves
are when put together held by one half being turned down and the other recessed so
as to form a holding joint.
When the two halves are put together the clutch box engages with a spindle
through which is a locking pin, the spindle carries a pinion wheel gearing with a
wheel on the pin or tune drum which acts upon the teeth or dents of the musical
reed, the clutch box is kept in position by means of a spiral spring which when the
two balves are together is compressed and so keeps the notch of the clutch in position
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page_text: for acting on the pin of the spindle of the driving pinion or of a corresponding half
clutch on the said spindle.
Such being the nature and object of iny invention the following is a complete
description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in
which:-
"
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved musical instrument, and handle for
skipping rope."
According to this my invention the elliptical or egg shaped hollow containing
case a divided transversely, one half being provided with a fixed handle a¹ and con-
taining the reed 1. pin drum and driving gear the other half having a handle
or cord c free to turn, and one end is attached to one part of a clutch box d, the
two halves of the containing case are when put together held by one half a being
turned down as at 4 and the other recessed as at 5 so as to form a holding joint.
When the two halves are put together the clutch box a engages with a spindle f
through which is a locking pin g the spindle carries a pinion wheel 3 gearing with
a wheel 6 on the pin or tune drum h which acts upon the teeth or dents of the
musical reed 1, the clutch box d is kept in position by means of a spiral spring e
which when the two halves of the case are together is compressed and so keeps the
notch 7 of the clutch d in position for acting on the pin g of the spindle f of the
driving pinion 3 or of a corresponding half clutch on the said spindle.
The action is as follows:-
:
Holding the fixed handle a¹ in the hand the other hand will be employed for
turning the loose handle or cord c when the handle is used in combination with a
skipping rope whereon the clutch will engage with the locking pin-g on the spindle f
of the driving pinion 3 the latter driving the pin or tune barrel h and operating the
musical reed 1 thereby producing a tune or melody in accordance with the arrangement
of the pins on the tune barrel h.
Should the handle or cord c be turned in the wrong direction the clutch d and
locking pin g will not engage, the compression of the spiral spring permitting the
moveable half of the clutch d to run over the pin or fixed part g of the clutch upon
the spindle of the driving pinion 3 and thereby breakage is avoided.
"
From the above description it wiN be seen that the musical instrument can be
operated by an ordinary handle, or the instrument and holding handle can be combined
with, and operated by a skipping rope" when the rope is employed in the
ordinary manner for "skipping.' The turning of the rope producing a tune, or
tunes on the instrument.
Having now particularly described and ascertain the nature and object of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that
what I claim is,
1. The rope c clutch d spindle f and locking pin g (or clutch) and the musical
instrument all in combination, operated and operating as herein described, and
substantially as illustrated by annexed drawings.
2. The rope c spring e clutch d spindle and locking pin g (or clutch) and the
musical instrument all in combination, the parts being within a containing case a
carried by the handle a' and operated and operating as herein described and.
substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated the 27th day of February 1890.
WALTER BRIERLEY.