W. E. STEPHENS.

AUTOMOBILE HORN.
APPLICATION FILED MAY a. 1911.

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_WILLIAM EDWARDSTEPHENS, or 'cHIcAGoQiIQIINoIs AssIGifIon, ,BY DIRECT ,AND
- MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, ,
ILLINOIS.

To Eamonn 'MANUFACTURING .coMrANm .oFeHIcAGc

.Au'rcpi/IoiafnieilHORN.7

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1,015,595.

_ H- Specification-of Letters Patent, _

,1311.123', 1912,

Application med may s, 191;. .serial No. 625,758.

To allwhom'itmayconcem: __.

` , -and project beyond thesalnea suitable dis'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM` EDWARDY tance'. 'These vnozzles are vcylindrical- in

' STEPHENS, acitizen of the United States, _ shape at their inner ends andscrew-thread-

residing- at Chicago, in the county `_of.C'ook ed while -their _outer ends are tlattened to
and State of- Illinois, have 4invented new provide wide discharge orifices 7, 7,'t'hat

and useful Improvements in Automobile-- project into the open end -of the respective
Horns, -of which'the'. following is _a full,y tubes v_forming the: horn.l The stub 8 is
Iclear, and exact description.
bored out and .screw-threaded 'upon-_its in_-l
My invention. relates to hornsor warning terior and an elongated rod- 4 is tapped
10 signalsffor automobiles, and the like, adapt
therein and -'secured in- position'. ' lThis rod 65
ed to be connected with~- the exhaustport of forms the core oraxis around which va pluf- _'
theengine ormotor so that lwhen the gases rality of cylindrical~shaped fluid pressure" '

expelled vtherefrom pass across 'the reeds of 'tubes 5a 5, of various pitches are _secured.""`_ __
said .horn a chord will be~ sounded for the These tubes are soldered or otherwlse Se; .y
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purpose lofa' warning.

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cured to the rod-and to each other andare'

It is the object of 'my invention to con-_ closed at their' outer ends,- their inner ends
struct a signa-1_ horn in such a mannerthat being adjacent the coupler l. > Said.v tubes

lno matter how high the pressure maybe in

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arev ofditferent lengths in o1derto`jobtain~ z .

varying ' higlr and 'low pitchesV ' representing

' the exhaust chamber or muffler of 'the -en

gine the -reedsof the _horn will notbe caused certainntes of the chromatic scale, and the
to shriek, butalwaysbe of a uniform pitch.' nozzles 6 vprojecting therein are of various/fl
It is also an object of my inventionv to lengths being longer or lshorter according to '

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the tube into which they respectively -pro

ject, the: longer nozzle registering with vthe

arrange the* parts in as economical a man

ner as possible and'fto construct the same so

sirnply thatthe carbonized particles of com~ short high pitch tube. _ Adjacent ythe 'nozi-`

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' bustion which are expelled from the _engine zles, the side-walls _ofthese tubes are pref, will not clog the reeds or discharge nozzles erably _cut away :to forni openings 8, and

or interfere with the' properopera'tion of this ls'done by cutting va lT-s'haped slit in

the end edge of said tube and bending the

This I accomplish bythe means and in wings 9, 9, formed 'thereby backward upon
the manner hereinafter fully described and the tube, as shown. _ The cylindrical> por

._ _' the device.

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as more particularly ~pointed out in the tion of the tube just beyond il'swings is

claims, reference -being had to the accom

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' -panying' drawings

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where1n:~

preferably _ flattened

so: as

to'present -a ,

_forming _a vpart hereof, straight edge 10 against which the exhaust_

gases from the m'uiiier will impinge as they 90

- 'Figure l is a longitudinal side elevation pass _out ofthe discharge orifice 7 of the
of my improved horn orsignal. Figl 2 is.- nozzles vand rsaid'nozzles are so arranged
a vertical longitudinal. section of thel same that said exhaust Will strike exactly at the "
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taken through Vits axial core and showing straight edge 10, and `sound a note of a dif-`
the relative arrangementA of the various ferent pitch in each tube. y'In order to more- 9.5.

securely mountthe tubes Vin position, small

parts. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sec

studs 11, 11 arevformetl on the edge of vthe

->_Referring -to the drawings, 1 is a suitable stub- 3 landl in'arranging the tubes the seg
cast-metall coupler 'or head that "is prefer ment thereof- nearest to .the core i isp'laced

tion thereof taken on line' 3_3, Fig. 1. -

ably cylindrical or cup-shaed and screw-`

so-as to engage one of-.said studs 11.

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threaded interiorly. The c osed'end of this plate or- washer

of suitable dimensions `
vcoupler _is preferably reduced~ in diameter and having openings through which these '
so'as to form a shoulder "2 andhasa cen~ studs pass `is ~seated between the end' edge.
tral or axial'stub 3 that extends beyond the Iof the tube andthe face of the stub 3, as '
same.

This _coupler is Jadap'ted -to be

shown,_and insures the proper .relation bei-,

screwed' onto or otherwise .secured tothe tween the parts, as well as regulates to a- 7
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` vend.- o_f> thel muffler >or other exhaust port of certain> extent" the tone of,_each tube.
_an automobile engine, shown in Fig. 1. , By-- the arrangement above f~described,
A plurality of nozzles 6, 6, (preferably four. :while the tubes are closed on their outer ends

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-shoulder .their inner >ends are _openand'free and it'has'

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l been foundthat, no matter how high may be -adjacent said coupling, and a plurality of
_ the pressure oi. the exhaust, the tone of each -nozzles having flattened discharge orifices
" Will be uniiorm and ~will not shriek andthe tapped through the shoulder in said _cou
'chord sounded, while pleasant to the _ea'r'will pling tangential -to the aXis thereof and in
be- sumciently 'violent to alarm and Warn tersecting the edges of said cut-away por
' pedestrians' and others of the approach of

tions."

3. Ahorn-comprising a suitable coupling,

the
outer end of.,\vhich is reduced in diam
While I havedescribed and _il-shown a par
-' ticular arrangement and. number of parts it eter and forms a shoulder, a central core
'io -of course is obvious that the same may be tapped into said reduced portion, a plurality
' varied according'to- the needs of particular of cylindrical fluid pressure tubes arranged
cases, vand lall such 4modifications are to be around said core having open ends adjacent
understood. as contemplated within the _scope said coupling and cut-away portions `therein, y
'the vehicle.

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What I_claiml as new -is :-

and a plurality of nozzles tapped through

said shoulder tangential tothe axis of said

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'f y1. A horn'comprisingxa -.suitable coupling, coupling and intersecting the edges of said'

the outer endof 'which isfreduced in diam cut-away portions.

4.. A' horn comprising a' suitable coupling,eter {and ,forms a shoulder, a- lurality of
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outer end of which is reduced in dialn 55
studs onthe end of said reduce portion, a
'pluralitylof cylindricalflud pressure tubes eter and forms a shoulder, a plurality of
` -arranged around a` central core having open -studs onv the end of said reduced portion, a
ends the edges of which engage said> studs, central core tappedint said reduced por
cut-away vportions in the ends ofsaid tubes ' tion, a plurality of cylindrical fluid pressure
adjacentv said coupling, anda plurality ofA vtubes arranged around said core having open 60
25 nozzles tapped throughpthe shoulder in said ends adjacent said coupling that engage said
coupling tangential to the axis thereof and studs and have cut-away portions in theirv
intersecting the edges of said cut-away porL ends, and .a plurality of nozzles tapped
through said'ishoulder tangential to the axis
tions.-v

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- 2. -Ahorn comprising a suitable coupling, of said coupling _and intersecting the edges
of said cut-away portions.

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In Witness whereof I have hereunto set
eter and forms a. shoulder, a pluralitygo?
s'tud'son the end of said reduced portion, a my hand this 16th day of March 1911. '
WILLIAM EDWARD STEPHENS.
plurality. of cylindrical fluid pressure tubes
Witnesses:
-arran ed around a centralc'ore having open

ends -t eedges of which engage lsaid studs,

cut-away portions in Athe ends of said tubes

IIUNDY,

THOMAS J. HARPER.

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