US158435A - Improvement in toy bubble-pipes - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEa F. WRIGHT PEASE, OF METUOHEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN TCY BUBBLE-PIPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,435, dated January 5, 1875; application l August 29, 1874.

To all whom Ait may concern Be it known that I, F. WRIGHT PEAsE, of Metuchen, in the county of' Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented` a new and Improved Bubble-Pipe, of' which the following is a specication:

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and convenient instrument for blowing soap-bubbles, and also to overcome certain difficulties and objections that attend the use of pipes and other devices heretofore employed for this'purpose.

The most common device used for blowing bubbles is the ordinary smoking-pipe, the bowl of which is dipped in a solution ot'fsoap, and the bubble blown by applying the stem to the lips. A very serious objection to the use of' this device is, its bad etfect upon the eyes ofthe users, who are mostly children. The short distance from the pipe-stem to the bowl, where the bubble is produced, coupled with the xing of the eyes upon that point and the eii'ort ofblowing, is apt to strain the optic nerves and produce strabismus.

In the present improvement this objection is entirely overcome, as the pipe is made of flexible material of any desired length, and in its use it may be placed in almost any desired position, the bowl being held at such a distance from the eyes of the user as to prevent the liability of injury, such as described.

My invention consists in the combination, with a fiexible stem and suitable mouth-piece, of a bowl provided upon the edges of its mouth l with ledges, projections, or grooves, which, by retaining a portion of the soap solution, enable the operator to blow a much larger bubble, as shown in the drawing.

Figures 1 and 2 are elevations of the device as it appears in different positions, and Fig. 3 a section of the bowl.

A is the flexible tube, made of' rubber or other suitable material. B is the mouth-piece, of' wood or other material; G, the bubble-bowl, made of metal or other material. All the partsthe tube, mouthpiece, and bowl--may, if desired, be made. of rubber, in one or more pieces, and the bowl and mouth-piece may be made of hardened rubber. At the mouth of the bowl, as at a, I provide one or more ledges, projections, or grooves, the object of which is to hold or detain a small quantity of the soap solution, and thus, by an eXtra supply of solution, permit the blowing of' a larger bubble than can be ordinarily blown by the common pipe. The ledges c, grooves, or projections may be placed as shown, or made upon the face of' the edge of the bowl, or upon the in-` Their parl side of the bowl, near the edge. ticular form or exact location is of little consequence, so long as they are so made and arranged as to hold or detain a small quantity of' the bubble solution, so as to supply the same when the bubble is blown.

I do not limit or confine myself to the exact size or form of any ofthe parts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As an improved article of' manufacture, a bubblefpipecomposed of a flexible tube, mouthpiece, and a bowl provided at its edges with one or more ledges or grooves for holding and supplying the solution, made and arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

F. WRIGHT PEASE.

Witnesses O. SEDGwTcK, ALEX. F. ItoBERTs.

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