Improved Means for Sounding Whistles to be Used as Calls or Alarms in Cases of Burglary, Fire, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Apr., 1883
Complete Specification Accepted, 8th June, 1889
An Invention for Improved Means for Sounding Whistles to be Used
as Calls or Alarms in Cases of Burglary, Fire, and the like.
I, GEORGE SAXBY PENFOLD of the Hollies Ennerdale Road, Kew in the County
of Surrey, Hop Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My said Invention has for its object the giving of a simple but well recognized
alarm in cases of Burglary or Fire without the necessity of leaving the House or
opening door or Window thereby enabling a weak or timid person to give a strong
forcible & continuous alarm which would attract the attention of the police and public
for a very considerable distance.
In carrying out my Invention I have a small but powerful pair of Bellows
(ornamental if desired) with the valve or valves for the admission of air on the
movable side when necessary the handle of which is long & bent to give greater
leverage, which said Bellows I have fixed (for preference) to the Wall or Floor of the
Bedroom used by the person desirous of having the Alarum, the Nozzle of the said
Bellows is fitted into a pipe made of lead-Iron, Gutta percha thick India Rubber or
any other suitable substance, which is carried to the outside of the House preferably
through the roof to the Top-or through a Wall or Window if more convenient & the
end of said pipe is fitted to a powerful whistle strongly fixed & guarded to prevent
breaking.
On its being necessary to give an alarm to the police or public it would only be
necessary for the Inmate of the Room to work the Bellows in order to give a more
powerful and far reaching & well recognised a call for help than could be given by the
most powerful policeman.

page_text: I claim for my invention
Firstly that the possession at night time of so easily worked a signal to the police
& public would engender a feeling of great security in the minds of those who are
lonely weak and timid.
Secondly that on an alarm being given everyone within hearing would be on the
alert to examine passers by and thereby render identification the surer &
Thirdly that its use would create such a dread of discovery in the minds of
Burglars that it would act as a strong deterrent.
An Invention for improved means for Sounding whistles to be used
as Calls or Alarms in Cases of Burglary, Fire, and the like.
I GEORGE SAXBY PENFOLD of the Hollies, Ennerdale Road Kew in the County
of Surrey Hop Merchant 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 said Invention has for its object the giving of a simple but well recognised
alarmn in cases of Burglary or Fire without the necessity of leaving the House or
opening door or window thereby enabling a weak or timid person to give a strong
forcible & continuous alarm which would attract the attention of the police & public
for a very considerable distance.
In carrying out my Invention I have a small but powerful pair of Bellows,
(ornamental if desired) with the valve or valves for the admission of Air on tho
moveable side, when necessary, the handle of which is long & bent to give greater
leverage, which said Bellows I have fixed (for preference) to the Wall or Floor of the
Bed room used by the person desirous of having the Alarum, the nozzle of the
said Bellows is fitted into a pipe made of lead, Iron Gutta percha, thick India Rubber
or any other suitable substance, which is carried to the outside of the House preferably
through the roof to the Top-or through a wall or window if more convenient & the
end of said pipe is fitted to a powerful whistle strongly fixed & guarded to prevent
breaking.

page_text: On its being necessary to give an alarm to the police or public it would only bo
necessary for the Inmate of the room to work the Bellows in order to give a more
powerful and far reaching & well recognised a call for help than could be given by the
most powerful policeman.
I claim for my Invention
Firstly that the possession at night time of so easily worked a signal to the police
& public would engender a feeling of great security in the minds of those who are
lonely weak and timid.
Secondly that on an alarm being given everyone within hearing would be on
the alert to examine passers by and thereby render identification the surer &
Thirdly that its use would create such a dread of discovery in the minds of
Burglars that it would act as a strong deterrent.