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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN HENRY MILLEDGE, OF MARLIN, TEXAS.
MUSICAL HOOP.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,555, dated December 8, 1896.
Application filed April 23, 1896, Serial No, 588,745. (No model.)To all wvhom it 7Cay concerT~:
Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY ILLED GE,
a citizen of the United States, and a resident
of Marlin, in the county of Falls and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Musical Hoops, of which the
following is a specification, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, forming
a part thereof, in which similar letters of ref-
io erence indicate corresponding parts.
This invention relates to toys; and the ob-
ject thereof is to provide a musical hoop or
wheel which is intended to interest and
amuse children; and with this and other ob-
15 jects in view the invention consists in the
construction, combination, and arrangement
of parts hereinafter described and claimed.
The invention is fully disclosed in the fol-
lowing specification, of which the accompany-
20 ing drawings form a part, in which-
Figure 1 is a side view of a wheel made ac-
cording to my invention; and Fig. 2, a section
through a portion thereof, said section being
taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.
25 In the drawings forming part of this speci-
fication, A represents a central disk which
constitutes the hub of my improved musical
wheel and from which project four radial
spokes a, which form the main spokes or sup-
30 ports for the wheel, and these spokes pass
through or are otherwise connected with a
hollow ring or band B, which is preferably
tubular in form, and are connected at the
outer ends with the rim or tire C of the wheel.
35 Secured to the central disk A ard a large
number of fine wires D, which are preferably
silvered or otherwise prepared so as to im-
prove the tone thereof, and these wires are
each passed through oblong slots d, formed
40 in the ring B, and are firmly secured to the
tire or rim C. Any desired number of these
wires D, which in effect constitute and ap-
pear as spokes, may be employed, and in
practice they are tightly drawn, so as to in-
45 crease the tension thereof as much as possi-
ble, and thus also affect the tone when the
same are struck or sounded, and in practice
I also place within the ring B a metal ball E,
whichis free to move or roll through or around
50 said ring.
When the wheel is turned, the ball E, pass-
ing through the hollow tubular ring B, will
strike the wires D and pass around the sameand proceed around the entire circumference
of the ring, the wires D being struck in rapid 55
succession, and thus a constant musical tone
or effect is produced, the character of which
would depend upon the character of the wires
D and the degree of the tension thereof.
This device may be made to produce a very 6c
musical effect, and the same, as will be ap-
parent, is simple in construction and opera-
tion and comparatively inexpensive.
The central disk or head A is preferably
made of metal, as is also the rim or tire C, 65
but my invention is not limited to the mate-
rial employed, nor to the exact form, con-
struction, and arrangement of parts herein
described, and I reserve the right to make all
such alterations therein and modifications 70
thereof as fairly come within the scope of the
invention.
Having fully described my invention, I
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent- 75
1. In a musical wheel, the combination with
a central disk or hub, and a rim or tire con-
nected therewith, of a hollow ring which is
placed between said disk or hub and said rim
or tire, a plurality of wires which are con- 8o
nected with said disk or head and passed
through said ring, and connected with said
rim or tire, and a ball which is placed in said
ring, substantially as shown and described.
2. In a musicalwheel, the combination with 85
a central disk or hub, and a rim or tire, con-
nected therewith, of a hollow ring which is
placed between said disk or hub and said rim
or tire, a plurality of wires which are con-
nected with said disk or head and passed 90
through said ring, and connected with said
rim or tire, and a ball which is placed in said
ring, said ring being provided with oblong
slots through which said wires are passed and
said ball being free to roll therethrough and 95
to come in contact with said wires, substan-
tially as shown and described.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
myinvention I have signed myname, in pres-
ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 30th ioo
day of March, 1896.
JOHN HENRY MILLEDGE.
Witnesses:
C. GERST,
C. G. MILLEN.
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Milledge, John Henry. Musical Hoop., patent, December 8, 1896; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174448/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.