US1403274A - Whistle - Google Patents

Description

R. W. SPRINGER.

WHtSTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27. 1911.

1,403,274, Patented Jan. 10,1922.

WOKW- PATENT R'UTER W. SPRINGER. 6F CARL-ISLE. PEIJ'IISYLVANIA.

VJEISTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

Application filed July 27, 1917. Serial No. 183,260

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Be it known that I, Home TV. SPRINGER; a citizen of the United States, residingat Carlisle. in the county of Cumberland and State of'Pennsylvanie have invented certain new and useful Impi'ovements in (i lustles. of which the following is a specificstion.

The object of invention is to provide an extremely portable and convenient device. upon which the bugle-signals oi the U. S. Army can be given for practical use. The tones must the loud. and shrill; and the device must be capable of standing an unlimited amountv of rough usage. and be cs pable of beingheld in the mouth, when in use. without requiring the service of the hands. six 01 eight inches long.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device; and l 2. a longitudinal section thereof.

The mouthpiece. j, is grooved, as shown. so that it can be held by the teet i. The whistle-opening, o is adjacent thereto. The

tube is o 3611 at the lower end. it. and has the four musical stop-openings, '2, 1 0, and to. These by the four lingers of the hand preferably the left hand, as indicated; and with the opening 2.. at the lower end; it of the tube. give the regular notes of the un le-calls, do. sol. do nii, soL-as indicated.v As inning the entire acoustic length of the tube to be 1 the stops 2 o. m. and w should be at the lis It should be made of metal. about stops are to be covered. as desired;

j and tfrom the mouth-piece end. Since the lower do is very seldom used. in the bugle-calls. the little-fin ordinarily be employed.

lhis whistle can l 0 used, for giving all the usual bugle-calls. O1 other signals inzide on the same musical scale, loud'enough to he heard a long distance; having no extra. stops. it can no operated with only one hand. and can be quickly le'ai'ned, and. being of metal and all in one piece. without movable parts or reeds. it is almost impossible for it to be injured. by hard usage. such as is always found in camp life. These features give it a distinct advantage over other sound-sig naing devices now known or used, even over the bugle itse f for not too distant work.

l i hat I claim, as my invention, is:

A whistle; tubular in shape; oil hard mate- 'ial, metal; having a mouthpiece pro- .lded with a groove in its periphery at one end. enabling the whistle to be held by the teeth; and having an end-opening and four stop-openings enabling it to be operated by the fingers of one hand; said openings being so located as to cause the sounding of the musical notes do se l do mi, sol, as made in the usual bugle-cells; substantioll oe scribed.

in testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence ot a witness.

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