IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE COMBINATION OF ARTICLES OF CON- FECTIONERY AND THE LIKE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake,
& Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE COMBINATION OF ARTICLES OF CON-
FECTIONERY AND THE LIKE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS." A communication
from abroad by Johann Kluge, and Johann Bermueller, of the Firm of Joh.
Kluge & Co., of Prague, Bohemia.
Sealed the 13th April 1877, in pursuance of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, and
dated the 10th Santember 1876
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th September 1876.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firin of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE COMBINATION
OF ARTICLES OF CONFECTIONERY AND THE LIKE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS." A
communication.
This Invention consists essentially in making an article of confectionery capable
of emitting sounds by fixing in it a single metal plate suitably stamped out of one
piece and provided with a vibrating tongue or tongues.
Hitherto when a musical device has been combined with an article of confectionery
a completely finished musical instrument has been used, but according to this Inven-
tion a single metal plate without any previous encasing is employed.
Articles of confectionery according to this Invention can be manufactured in the
following manner :-Rings or other bodies provided with two openings are formed
of any of the well-known pastes used in the manufacture of lozenges and con-
fectionery generally, or cakes, biscuits, and the like. On each of these rings is laid
a metal plate in which one or more tongues have been stamped or cut, and tho
connection between this metal sounding plate and the ring is completed by attaching
another ring covering the edge of the metal plate and the first ring. Or a hollow
article of confectionery of suitable form can be made capable of producing sounds by
forming such article of confectionery in two parts, each provided with suitable
openings and then fitting the above-mentioned metal sounding plate into one of
these two parts before joining them together.

page_text: It will be evident that on blowing through a ring or hollow body so formed and
therefore also through the prepared metal sounding plate fixed therein sounds can be
produced.
It is understood that the connection of the metal sounding plate with the article
of confectionery can be effected in numerous other ways without departing from
the substance of this Invention, and that such articles of confectionery may be made
of any suitable forms.
SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said William Robert Lake in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th April 1877.
A
WILLIAM. ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE COMBINATION
OF ARTICLES OF CONFECTIONERY AND THE LIKE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS."
communication from abroad by Johann Kluge and Johann Bermueller of the Firm
of Joh. Kluge and Co., of Prague, Bohemia.
This Invention consists essentially in making an article of confectionery capable
of emitting sounds by fixing in it a single metal plate suitably stamped out of one
piece and provided with a vibrating tongue or tongues formed out of the same single
piece.
Hitherto when a musical device has been combined with an article of con-
fectionery it has consisted of a greater or lesser number of parts, but according to
this Invention the sounding device consists of one single metal plate.
Musical articles of confectionery according to this Invention can be manufactured
in the following way:-Rings or other bodies provided with two openings are
formed of any of the well-known doughs or pastes used in the manufacture of
lozenges or other confectionery, or cakes, biscuits, or the like. On each of these
rings is laid a metal plate in which one or more tongues have been stamped or cut,
and the connection between this metal sounding plate and the ring is completed by
attaching another ring covering the edge of the metal plate and the first ring. Or
a hollow article of confectionery of suitable form may be made capable of producing
sounds by forming such article of confectionery in two parts, each provided with
suitable openings, and then fitting the aforesaid metal sounding plate into one of
these two parts before uniting them.
It will be evident that on blowing through a ring or hollow body so formed, and
therefore through the prepared metal sounding plate fixed therein sounds can be
produced.
It is to be understood that the connection of the metal sounding plate with the
article of 'confectionery can be effected in numerous other ways without departing
from the substance of this Invention, and that such articles of confectionery may be
made of any suitable forms or sizes.
In the accompanying Drawing similar parts are denoted by the same letters.
Figure 1 is a view from above, and Figure 2 a view from below of a musical
article of confectionery constructed according to this Invention. a is a ring formed
of any kind of dough, sugar, paste, or biscuit materials; c is the sounding plate formed
in this case with three vibrating tongues or free reeds d, d, d, stamped out of the
same piece of metal; and b is a ring serving to attach the sounding plate to the
ring a and formed of paste that will harden readily. Figure 3 and the sections
t, t, u, u, w, w, in Figure 6 show the metal sounding plate with its vibrating
tongues or free reeds. It will be observed that these tongues are not rivetted or
soldered to the plate, but stamped or cut out of the same single piece of metal.
Figure 4 is a section of Figure 1 on the line x, x.
The section Figure 5 illustrates another mode of arranging the sounding plate

page_text: which in this case lies between two rings a and a¹ that may be united by sugar or
any other suitable material.
Figures 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 illustrate the application of this Invention to other
articles of confectionery.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I do not claim generally making musical instruments of articles of confectionery
or combining articles of confectionery with musical instruments; but I claim the
following improvements, that is to say,—
First. An article of confectionery consisting of a metal plate with a vibrating
tongue or tongues, the frame or mouth piece of which is made of any of the materials
used in the manufacture of lozenges or other confectionery, or cakes, biscuits, or the
like, as above set forth.
Second. The metal sounding plate with its vibrating tongue or tongues con-
structed of one single piece, as above described.
Third. The devices or arrangements shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
and 11 of the Drawing, and as above specified.
Fourth. The mode or manner of manufacturing the aforesaid articles, as above set
forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord,
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
W. ROB. LAKE. (L.S.)