Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1880.
Complete Left, 20th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 30th Aug., 1887.
I, ELIJAH BENJAMIN LOWE of Stamford Road Birchfield near Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to combine a rattle bell, teething ring and whistle
or call in one article, for the use and amusement of the young and for other purposes;
that is, two of the said objects enumerated, the rattle bell and whistle may be combined
in one article, for the use of velocipedists whilst travelling.
In carrying out my invention, I take a spherical or globe like metallic rattle bell,
provided with suitable piercings or holes at its lower part, through which sound is
emitted by the clattering of the clapper, or its equivalent placed within the interior of
the rattle bell.
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At the summit or crown of this said rattle bell, an india rubber, ivory or the like
teething ring is secured, either by a flexible or rigid connection, the former being
preferably made of rubber, while in the latter case in the form of a metallic clip, and
which said connection is so constructed, that the bell is made to move backwards and
forwards on the slightest movement imparted to the ring by which the rattle is
suspended and held. Or the connection may be made in the form of a coiled spring.
The whistle is attached on the bottom or underside of the rattle bell, and terminales
either in the rattle itself or is stopped off by the open end being closed.
Instead of a whistle a "call" may be substituted therefor.
In applying my invention to velocipede rattle bells, the teething ring is dispensed
with, and a small metallic swivel ring substituted therefor, and it is by this last
named ring, that the combined article is suspended and hung from a machine.
Dated this Eighteenth day of October 1886.
ELIJAH BENJAMIN LOWE.
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, ELIJAH BENJAMIN LOWE of Stamford Road Birchfield near Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object to combine a rattle-bell, teething ring and whistle
or call in one article, for the use and amusement of the young and for other purposes;
that is, two of the said objects enumerated, the rattle bell and whistle, may be combined
in one article, for the use of velocipedists whilst travelling.
In carrying out my invention, I take a spherical or globe like metallic rattle-bell,
provided with suitable piercings or holes at its lower part, through which sound is
emitted by the clattering of the clapper or its equivalent placed within the interior of
the rattle-bell.
At the summit or crown of this said rattle-bell, an india-rubber, ivory or the
like teething ring is secured, either by a flexible or rigid connection, the former
being preferably made of rubber, while in the latter case in the form of a metallic
clip, and which said connection is so constructed, that the bell is made to move
backwards and forwards, on the slightest movement imparted to the ring, by which
the rattle is suspended and held. Or the connection may be made in the form
of a coiled spring.
The whistle is attached on the bottom or underside of the rattle bell, and terminates
either in the rattle itself, or is stopped off by the open end being closed.
"
Instead of a whistle, a call" may be substituted therefor.
In applying my invention to velocipede rattle bells, the teething ring is dispensed
with, and a small metallic swivel ring substituted therefor; and it is by this last
named ring, that the combined article is suspended and hung from a machine.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawing the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in plan, a combined rattle-bell and whistle constructed and
combined according to my invention, and which said combined article, is designed
for the use and amusement of the young.
a is the whistle, a² the body of the same, and a³ its mouth-piece. The said
body is secured at its back or hind part, to the pierced shell of a rattle-bell or
rattle b, and wherein clapper or rattle expedients are enclosed; so that the whistle
or the body thereof, makes a handle to the rattle, when the rattle is used, but
when the whistle is used, the rattle forms the holding part, or the means by
which the whistle is held.
Figure 2 represents a like combined article, but with the loop or suspending ring
passed through the front of the rattle, and forms a means by which the said article
can be suspended and used by velocipedists and others.

page_text: a is the whistle, b is the rattle, and c is the loop of the said velocipedists combined
whistle and jingle bell.
Figure 3 represents another form of my invention, in which three articles are
combined in one, viz. :-a whistle, rattle or jingle bell, and a teething ring, the
latter being interposed between the two former.
a is the whistle, b is the rattle bell, and c is the teething ring.
The ring c may be composed either of india-rubber, ivory bone, or any other
suitable material.
Figure 4 represents another form of my invention, in which the whistle and rattle
or jingle bell is connected by a yielding web, or flat piece of india-rubber.
This means of connection admits of the rattle-bell having imparted to it, a rapid
oscillatory or vibratory motion, so as to make the bell jingle much more efficiently,
than where a rigid connection only is employed.
a is the whistle, b is the rattle bell, and c is the flexible web like connection.
Figure 6 represents another modification, in which the yielding connection between
the whistle and bell is made by means of a coiled spring, or a flat coiled spring
marked c. This connection admits of the rattle-bell making a wave like oscillatory
movement, so that far more rattle is obtained, from the rattle expedient, than is the
case where a rigid connection only is made.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :—
First A combined rattle, call or jingle bell and whistle, in one article, substantially
as described and set forth in figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying Drawing.
:
Secondly A combined article for the use and amusement of the young, as
described and illustrated in figure 3; that is to say, an article consisting of a whistle,
call or rattle-bell, and teething ring.
Thirdly A combined bell and whistle, with a web or yielding connection of india-
rubber or the like between them, as described and set forth in figures 4 and 5.
Fourthly-A combined bell and whistle, connected together by a flat or round
coiled spring, of spring wire, as described and set forth in figure 6.
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