An Improved Whistle Attachment for Toy Locomotives, Trains, Carts, and other similar Toys.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left 13th May 1-89-Accented 22nd June. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Whistle Attachment for Toy Locomotives, Trains,
Carts, and other similar Toys.
I, ROBERT EDGAR Junior of 226 Castle Street Glasgow in the county of Lanark,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to an improved whistle attachment for toy locomotives, traius,
carts steamers and other similar toys and it has for its object to provide an attachment
capable of being used as a whistle when starting the toy locomotive, or at other times,
and to serve as a means for pulling or pushing the locomotive or other toy in any
desired direction.
The whistle attachment consists of an india rubber tin or other tube to one end of
which a whistle preferably made of a piece of brass tubing closed at one end is
attached, it being suitably cut at or near the other end, when it is connected to the
india-rubber or other tube, for the purpose of emitting the desired sound when blown
through. To the other end of the india rubber tube which may be of any desired
length a small india-rubber air ball provided with a nozzle for fitting into the tube
may be attached, or a small bellows or other air compressor may be used, when the
ball is pressed or collapsed it drives sufficient air through the tube to blow the whistle;
or the air ball may be dispensed with and the child can blow through the tubing
itself.
The whistle is attached to the toy in any suitable manner.
When it is desired to push the toy instead of pulling it the india rubber tube is or
may be strengthened by means of wire wound either inside or outside of it; or a
single thick wire handle or a handle made of two wires joined or twisted together, may
be used to support the india-rubber tube and to push the toy.
Dated this Eighteenth day of August 1888
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
17, Hope Street Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Whistle Attachment for Toy Locomotives, Trains,
Carts, and other similar Toys.
I, ROBERT EDGAR, Junior of 226 Castle Street Glasgow in the County of Lanark,
Engineer 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 relates to an improved whistle attachment for toy locomotives, trains,
carts, steamers and other similar toys, and it has for its object to provide an attachment
capable of being used as a whistle when starting the toy locomotive, or at other times,
and to serve as a means for pulling or pushing the locomotive or other toy in any
desired direction.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood, I have here-
unto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon, fig. 1 represents in side
elevation a toy locomotive with one form of my whistle attachment applied thereto;
fig. 2 represents in part elevation and section, and fig. 3 in plan, a toy locomotive
with a slightly different arrangement of my whistle attachment fitted thereto; whilst
fig. 4 shows in longitudinal section a simple construction of pump which may be used
for forcing air to the whistle.
As shown at fig. 1. of the drawings-A, is the locomotive to which preferably at its
underside, is attached by soldering or otherwise a small whistle preferably made of a
piece of brass or other tubing, B, closed at the end b. The tube is suitably cut at, C,

page_text: near its other end, where it is connected to an india rubber, or other flexible tube a,
for the purpose of emitting the desired sound when blown through. To the other end
of the india rubber tube a, which may be of any desired length, a small india rubber
air ball, d, provided with a nozzle e for fitting into the rubber tube a, is attached. When
the ball is pressed or collapsed it drives sufficient air through the tube a. to blow the
whistle. The ball may, if desired, be fitted with a small nozzle or piece of tubing f.
having a valve g on its inner end. This valve so acts that when the ball d is com-
pressed, it closes against its seat and prevents air escaping by the tube or nozzle ƒ,
whilst when the nozzle f. is blown through n it opens and allows the air blast to pass
through the ball and so to the whistle. The ball may be provided with an air inlet
hole or valve if desired.
The ball may, if desired, be dispensed with, in which case the child blows through
the tube a itself.
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In figs. 2 and 3, the whistle B is shown as being fitted with a tin or other metal
tube a', instead of the rubber tube a. With this arrangement the toy can be pushed
from behind, a handle (fig. 3) or equivalent device being made on or fitted to the
tube al for that purpose. The child can either blow directly down the tube a', or down
a small india rubber tube i, fitted at its end or other part. In this view the whistle
is shown as being enclosed by a casing ; which carries the sound to the funnel of the
locomotive..
Instead of using an air ball as herein before described the air may be supplied from
an air compressor or pump, such as shown at fig. 4, which consists of a simple
cylinder k with piston and air suction and outlet nozzle m. The cylinder is perforated
at n to allow the air at each back stroke to be expelled. The air is drawn up the pipe a
from the whistle B. at each back stroke and is then forced down again on the return
stroke with sufficient force to blow the whistle. A suitable air inlet valve may be
fitted in the cylinder if desired.
Any other arrangement of air pump may be used, or a pair of bellows or other air
blowing device may be employed.
To cause smoke to issue from the funnel a piece of lighted touch paper may be
inserted in the boiler of the locomotive if desired, or steam may be generated therein
by a small spirit lamp.
The whistle may be fitted in the boiler if the toy is a locomotive or be otherwise
attached to the toy in any suitable manner.
When it is desired to push the toy instead of pulling it, the india rubber or other
flexible tube is or may be strengthened by means of wire wound either inside or
outside of it or a single thick wire handle or a handle made of two wires joined or
twisted together, may be used to support the india rubber tube and to push the toy.
Instead of using only one tube, two or more may be used either in conjunction with
one whistle or with two or more whistles which may be of different sizes. And
otherwise the general arrangement of the parts may be slightly altered without depart-
ing from my invention.
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 :-
1. The improved whistle attachment consisting of a whistle to which is fitted a
rubber or other flexible tube and an air ball or equivalent for blowing the whistle,
substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to fig. 1. of the drawings annexed.
2. In locomotives, trains, carts and other similar toys, the combination with a
whistle fitted to the toy, of a tube either rigid or flexible, which may be provided with
a bandle or equivalent at its outer end, for blowing said whistle and for pulling or
pushing the toy in any desired direction, substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated this 11th day of May 1889.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agent.