Improvements in Whistling and Musical Rattles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1895-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Whistling and Musical Rattles.
I, ALBERT ALLEN FREEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at
No. 3321 N. Broad Street, in the City of Philadelphia, in the County of
Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, Mechanic, 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:-
My invention bas relation to that class of toys known as whistling and musical
rattles; and in such connection it relates particularly to the construction and
arrangement of such a toy.
The principal objects of my invention are first, to provide a simple, durable and
amusing toy, combining the functions of a whistle and vibrating musical reed and
rattle; second, to provide a rattle wherein the box containing the rattle pellets or
substances is open at one end and contains a whistle or reed adapted to be shifted
back and forth in the box as the rattle is manipulated and in its movement in the
box to give forth musical tones or sounds and whistling, signal or rattling noises ;
third, to provide a rattle having a case, each end of which is closed by a disk-
whistle, and a rattle-tube movable in the case between the whistles when the toy
is agitated, the ends of said rattle-tube being normally open and having a disk
therein and normally closing the same, the movement of said reed-tube giving forth
a rattling noise and musical sounds and expelling air through the whistles in the
respective ends of the case to give forth a whistling noise; and fourth, to provide
a rattle having a case in which each end is closed by a disk-whistle, a fixed reed
disk located in said case adjacent to one end of the same and a traveller rattle-box
in said case provided with one or more reeds for producing musical tones in
conjunction with whistling and rattling of the toy.
My invention stated in general terms, consists of a whistling and musical rattle,
constructed and arranged in substantially the manner hereinafter described and
claimed.
The nature, characteristic féatures and scope of my invention will be more
fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the
accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which
Figure 1, is a view partly in front elevation and partly in section and broken
away of one form of the toy, showing the whistle in position in the rattle-box and
the open end of said box.
Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the same looking at the open end of the rattle-box.
Fig. 3, is a side elevation of a modification in which the rattle-box is traversed
by one or more vibrating musical reeds.
Fig. 4, is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of a further
modified form of the toy, showing the movable rattle and reed tube and the
whistles at the respective ends of the case; and
Fig. 5, is a transverse section on the line x-x, of Fig. 4.
Referring to the drawings with reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, A represents the
handle and B, the box or case of an ordinary rattle. One end of the box or
case B, is open and within the box is mounted a whistle f, which consists of the
two united convex plates or disks f', perforated as at f2, and held at one end of a
short tube or sleeve e, as indicated in section in Fig. 1, of the drawings. This
tube or sleeve e, is of slightly smaller external diameter than the internal diameter
of the box or case B, so that the sleeve e, can slide back and forth in the box or

page_text: case B, as the rattle is manipulated. The air which is displaced in the movement
of the tube e, passes through the perforation 2, of the whistle f, to cause the same
to give a whistling signal or noise. The tube e, in its movement in the box also
rattles against the sides and ends of the box. The toy is preferably made of cin
or similar metal, but I do not wish. to be understood as limiting myself to the
making of the same of such material. The end or ends c, of the rattle which is or
are open is or are also flanged as at g, to prevent the whistle and tube from
escaping from the box or case B, as well as to avoid a sharp edge thereat. In the
modified form of the toy illustrated in Fig. 3, the tube e, carries a series of vibrating
musical reeds or signals d, which when the rattle is manipulated are adapted to
give off musical tones or sounds.
With reference to Figs. 4 and 5, within the case or box B, and movable therein,.
is placed an open ended rattle tube e', containing a disk or diaphragm D, provided
with one or more reeds d. This inner tube e', is of the same contour as the box
or case B, and its periphery is slightly smaller than the inner surface of the box
or case B.
The whistles f, may be secured at the ends of the box or case B, by means of
solder or in any other preferred manner, and if desired an auxiliary disk or
diaphragm E, provided with one or more reeds d', may be secured in the box or
case B, between an end of the tube e', and a whistle f. When the box or case B,
is agitated by manipulating the handle A, the air in the box or case on either side
of the disk D, of the rattle-tube e', will be expelled through the central perforation
of one or the other of the whistles f, and through the reeds d and d. There is
thus produced at either end of the case a whistling signal and a musical sound and
at; the same time the movement of the rattle-tube C, in the box or case B, will
.cause a rattling noise to be produced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and objects of
'my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
1. A combined musical and whistling rattle, comprising a box or case provided
with, a tube adapted to traverse the interior of said box or case and to actuate
"whistles and reeds secured to either the box or case or tube or both and to rattle.
within said box or case, substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. A combined musical and whistling rattle, comprising a box or case open at
one end, and a disk-whistle adapted to traverse said box or case when the rattle is
manipulated, substantially as and for the purposes described.
3. A musical and whistling rattle, comprising a box open at one end and having
a tube of slightly smaller diameter than that of said box, said tube adapted to
traverse said box as the rattle is agitated, and means for producing an audible
signal at one end of said tube, substantially as and for the purposes described..
4. A combined musical and whistling rattle, comprising a box or case having a
whistle at each end thereof, an open ended tube adapted to traverse said case and
provided with a disk having one or more reeds, substancially as and for the purposes
described.
5. A musical and whistling rattle, comprising a box or case having a whistle
.secured at each end thereof, an open ended tube of slightly smaller diameter than
that of said case and adapted to traverse the same, a disk provided with one or
more reeds and a disk provided with reeds secured within said case between one
end of said tube and a whistle of said case, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
Dated at Philadelphie De this 19th der of November AD 1894