US1259889A - Musical hoop. - Google Patents

Description

P. E. MACDONALD.

MUSICAL HOOP.

APPLICATION FILED APR.30, 1911.

1,259,889. I Patented Mar. 19, 19l&

I to provide a hoop for children that is prac- PETER. n. MACDONALD, on DETROIT, moment.

MUSICAL armor.

' Specification or Letters raven.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application flledlpril 30, 1917.1 serial "no. $5,329.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Pam' E. MACDONAILD, a citizen of the United States' of America, residing at Detroit, in the county -of Wayne and State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Musical Hoops, of which the following. is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a musical hoop and the primary obj ect of my invention is to provide a musical hoop or toy which will afford considerable amusement and exercise, to a child, when rolled or driven over a serface, the hoop including musical elements, as bells, that are set in action by the movement of the hoop to produce an effect of tingling or ringing bells of one or more tones.

Another object of myinvention is to provide a tubular metallichoop which will afford an annular chamber or endless path for musical elements adaptedeither individually or collectively, by contact with each other or contact with portions of the hoop, to produce harmonious tones.

Another object of my invention is to provide a rollable hoop having chime elements adapted to be successively and intermittently brought into action by the rolling of the hoop to produce harmonious tones.

A still further object of my invention is tically indestructible, susceptible to any desired ornamentation, inexpensive to manufacture, and highly efficient as an amusement or exercising device.

The above are a few ofthe objects attained by the mechanical construction that will be hereinafter described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the preferred form of hoop;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating a slight modification of my invention;

Fig. 4. is a side elevation of a hoop, partly broken away and partly in section, showing the chimes in connection with the hoop;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on the line 'vv of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a plan of the inner side of the hoop, on an enlarged scale, illustrating a.

slight modification in connection with the chimes, and i Fig. 71s a cross sectionalview taken on the line VII-VIIof Fig. 6. V

In the drawing, 1 denotes a hoop that is hollow to provide an endless annular chainb'eij 2 and said hoop is made oftuulai teria1,prefrab1y metal, so as to provide a durable rouableheop, and so, also to vid'e walls for the chamber 2 that wil be resonant and serve functionally as sounding or sound reflecting surfaces. In usin metallie. tubing, a piec of tubing may is bent about a former tdform the ring or hoop and the ends of the piece of tubing brought together so as toform the endless chamber 2. The ends of the piece of tubing may be welded, brazed or otherwise connected to geth'er and thus provide a smooth uninterrupted path or surface within the been on which musical elements 3, as bells, may roll or shift when the hoop is in action.

The hoopmay be alsoformedby rolling a piece of skelp to simultaneously produce the tubular and ring or hoop form, and furthermore the hoop may be made from metals or a similar material by using dies and formers to impart a tubular shape to the metal.

Irrespective of the method of manufacture, the material is formed to provide a chamber 2 so that it will retain the musical elements 3 therein.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it is preferable to leave an annular slot 4 in the inner wall of the hoop, said slot being formed by the edges of the material. The slot may be of a width as. to preclude displacement or loss of the musical elements 3 and at the same time allow sounds to be emitted by the hoop. A shown in Fig. 2, it is essential that the musical elements 3 be of such size as not to pass through. the slot 4, and as shown'in Fig. 3, small musical elements 5 may be used and the edges of the tube brought very close together so as to form a narrow slot 6.

The musical elements 3 and 5, as indicated above, are preferably in the form of bells, cylindrical or otherwise shaped so that the bells may travel or shift in the chamber 2 during the rolling of the hoop, 1 and by contacting with each other or'with walls of the chamber 2, musical tones are emitted from theslot on the" hoop. The

bells may be of ,diiferent tones, different.

sizes and of various materials.

Reference will now be had to Figs. 4: and

5 showing what I term a chime hoop. The hoop is similar in construction to the preferred form but the chamber 7 of the hoop is subdivided or partitioned ofi' to provide separate compartments for a. chime element 8, and each chime element or group of elements may be confined within a prescribed compartment or space of the chamher 7 by transverse pins 9, rivets or other partitioning means. As an instance of other partitioning means, there are shown in Figs. 6 and 7 inwardly projecting portions 10 of the material forming the hoop- The inwardly projecting portions 10 may be formed by depressing the opposed edges of the material forming the annular slot 11 of the hoop thus providing protuberances within the hoop so that the musical elepreferred embodiments of my invention, it

is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such modifications and variations as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a tubular hoop having spherical musical elements therein. i v 2. A hoop having a chamber therein with the outer wall of the chamber constituting the rolling surface of the hoop and the inner wall slotted, and a movable musical element in the chamber of said hoop. v

3. A hoop having a chamber therein partitioned to provide a'plurality of compartments, and a cylindrical bell having a roll ing action in each compartment of the chamber hoop.

4:. A hoop having the periphery thereof formed of tubular material providing an endless chamber, and bells in the chamber of said hoop.

5. A toy having an endless peripheral chamber, and bells in the chamber set in motion and to ringing by movement of the to in testimony whereof I aliix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER E. MACDONALD.

Witnesses:

ANNA M. Dorm KARL H. BUTLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. i

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