219results about "Whistles" patented technology

This invention features a toy, which emits variable sounds generated by singular and / or collective methods, comprising of an assemblage of a first material forming article body portion, hereinafter named as “toy body portion,” comprised of substantially elastomeric materials and formed hollow, and a second material forming article frame portion, hereinafter known as “cylindrical frame” comprised of substantially rigid materials. Said cylindrical frame further comprises an integrated sound tube device with associated sliding whistle component. An air aperture is formed within the tubular wall of said sound tube and positioned so as enveloped by the interior cavity of the toy body portion, whereby physical compression or expansive decompression of the toy body portion will directionally actuate air into and through said sound tube device. In its preferred embodiment, said toy body portion has said cylindrical frame located centrally through toy body portion and protruding through each side thereof.

A sports whistle having a sensor (12) which is responsive to the operation of a present art whistle (14). Said sensor activates a conventional wireless transmitter (18) simultaneously with the audible output signal. Said wireless signals are acquired by a conventional receiver (28). Said receiver initiates a variety of visual indicators to overcome crowd noise.

A whistle 1 generates and transmits whistle information when the whistle is blown, and a lamp apparatus 2 receives a radio signal transmitted from whistle 1, demodulates whistle information, and performs illumination of a lamp in accordance with the intensity of the sound of the whistle based on the whistle information. Thus, the fact that the whistle has been blown, and the strength with which it has been blown, can be ascertained visually. By this means, a whistle can be provided that enables a hearing-impaired person to recognize that the whistle has been blown, and to concentrate on playing without anxiety.

A system and method for driving geese away from an area employs predetermined random illuminations of particular wavelength light directed in a fashion that repels geese while avoiding annoying humans. Embodiments include systems associated with golf course flags and other structures and animal decoys that hide undesired aesthetic appearances of prior art industrial lighting elements. Other embodiments employ adjustable / movable mirror elements used in conjunction with systems powered by solar energy panels positioned below the light source, which can be adjusted in terms of direction, shielding, color, duration, wavelength and pulsation, providing a variety of random patterns so as to avoid habituation by geese.

A horn powered by a compressed air canister and / or battery pack, that emits sounds that are too high for humans to hear (ultrasonic) and / or too low for humans to hear (infrasonic), to act as a means for repelling animals that can hear these sounds (e.g., mammals, birds, reptiles, or insects), combined with a strobe light powered by the battery pack, that can temporarily blind animals. The canister may contain air or other gases. Ultrasonic and infrasonic sounds may alternate. There can be different sound patterns adapted to different species of animals. It may be hand-held and operated by push button or other means. It can also enable lost persons to send signals to rescuers. It may have a strap for carrying, that can be placed around a user's neck. Alternatively, it may have a clip that can be used to attach the device to a belt, back pack, bicycle, etc.

A zipper pull mechanism attaches two free ends of a zipper cord together, after the free ends are looped through an eyelet in the zipper slider. The zipper pull mechanism will assist the user in operating the zipper. The zipper pull mechanism includes two components that snap fit easily together and onto the free ends of the zipper cord, thereby securing the zipper cord to the zipper slider. The zipper pull mechanism also includes a whistle integrated into the shape of the mechanism to be used to create a loud piercing noise so as to attract attention to the user. The zipper pull mechanism is easy to grip even by users wearing gloves.

One or more remote control devices used at a sports event, by one or more officials, at that game, on activation can control, compatible game time pieces, without interference, that are located, on or off the playing field, with the option of initiating the sound of a whistle at activation location, or from compatible equipment, that are on or off the field, without any game time piece being altered.

A mobile device, upon user selection and actuation, transmits an ultrasonic frequency signal into the area surrounding the mobile device, at a signal intensity capable of being heard by animals present in such area, whereby the transmitted ultrasonic signal is suitable for use as a defense measure and, alternately, as a training measure for animals present in the transmission area.

A whistle (1) has: a mouthpiece which includes an air inlet (4); a first and a second resonance chambers (5a, 5b) to which air is injected through the air inlet via a first and a second air passages (6a, 6b); a first and a second sound outlets (7a, 7b) in the form of openings formed between the air passages and the resonance chambers; and a first and a second air flow converters (9a, 9b) for varying the flow of air between the air passages and the sound outlets. The air flow converters (9a, 9b) are each part of the sound outlets, and have walls (10a, 10b) which are perpendicular to the air passages (6a, 6b). The air flow converters (9a, 9b) create extra higher harmonics, increase sound pressures in the resonance chambers, and shorten rising time of the whistle, so that the whistle quickly produces loud harmonious beats, which is effective to call attention of people.

There is provided a whistle which suppresses any delay of sound to a listener and any attenuation of a sound volume, can transmit sound waves directly, can be blown with various tones, and has a large sound volume. Two kinds of whistles are stacked up and down and integrated together as a single whistle, an orifice is formed opposite to an air feeding opening to transmit sound waves directly to a listener. Moreover, an amount of air flowing into each air feeding tube of the whistle is controlled depending on an angle of putting a mouthpiece in a mouth to select a tone. A tone selecting member or an air amount adjusting flap is provided, and tone can be selected by mechanically blocking off each air feeding tube. Furthermore, an air amount adjusting flap which changes an air-feeding-path cross-sectional area of the air feeding opening, the air feeding tube, or the orifice is provided, and a sound volume can be changed by adjusting an amount of passing air.

A power efficient, acoustical Helmholtz resonator foghorn including a plurality of electrical emitters, some of which are redundant, arrayed at one end of a blocked tube with a plurality of exhaust ports located therein surrounded by a standoff tubular member. The foghorn tuned to provide a high pitch thus providing a compact horn having an acoustical path capable of producing an exceptional wavelength in a generally concentric horizontal sound propagation the horn configurable for use as either a one-half mile or two mile marine navigational aid for offshore structures, buoys, and the like.

A game calling device capable of producing variable pitched sounds includes a truncated fan-shaped body having a mouthpiece end and a discharge end and multiple bores extending through the body from the mouthpiece end to the discharge end. First and second reed inserts are located in two of the bores and are tuned to produce high and low pitched sounds. A whistle insert is located in a third one of the bores for producing a whistling sound. A mouthpiece having three separate inlet openings is located at the mouthpiece end of the body and can be used to blow air through all three bores simultaneously or one at a time. The three bores extend through the body in a diverging configuration relative to each other from the mouthpiece end toward the discharge end. The reed inserts and whistle insert are held within the respective bores of the body by O-rings.

An alert device that includes a tubular encasement holding battery powered marking light, a compass and a whistle, the tubular encasement and whistle are threadedly interconnected and rotating the whistle of the device with respect to the tubular encasement serves to provide electrical communication activating the light, with the light serving to light up the face of the compass.

A wind turbine may include a tower, a nacelle mounted on the tower and a rotor coupled to the nacelle. The rotor may include a hub and at least one rotor blade extending from the hub. In addition, the wind turbine may include a nozzle mounted on or within the tower, the nacelle or the hub. The nozzle may include an inlet and an outlet. Moreover, the nozzle may be configured to accelerate a flow of fluid through the outlet such that an ultrasonic sound emission is produced by the nozzle.

A vehicular horn device of an existing electromagnetic type is used as a dynamic speaker so as to generate a false engine sound. The shortage of a low-pitched sound in a parametric speaker device is complemented with a false engine sound which the vehicular horn device generates. Thereby, without need of mounting a large-sized dynamic speaker such as a woofer in a vehicle, a false engine sound is generated so as to model for a real engine sound. In addition, as the vehicle approaches a pedestrian, a sound tone of the false engine sound which the pedestrian hears changes, enabling the pedestrian to easily notice the approach or presence of the vehicle.

Low frequency alarm tones emitted by life safety devices are more likely to notify sleeping children and the elderly. Disclosed herein is a life safety device equipped with a novel, compact, circumferential resonant cavity which increases the low frequency (400-600 Hz square wave) acoustic efficiency of an audio output apparatus formed by acoustically coupling an audio output transducer to the resonant cavity. The resonant cavity is a compact circumferential acoustic resonator with a captured mass of air within a ring shaped cavity significantly reducing the overall size of the resonator, thereby permitting the audio output apparatus to fit within the housing of conventional size life safety devices such as, but not limited to, residential and commercial smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms. The compact resonator is an acoustic compliant cavity with internal passages transforming axial traveling sound waves to circumferentially traveling sound waves thereby yielding a very compact geometry.

Disclosed is a reusable combination corrugated drinking straw and whistle. The drinking straw has an elongated tubular body with a fluid passage running therethrough. The tubular body is manufactured from metal (e.g., stainless steel) and has a plurality of corrugations extending radially outward therefrom. The tubular body is flexible and adapted to be bent so as to enable a user of the corrugated drinking straw to sip a beverage from a cup or the like. The corrugated drinking straw can also be used to produce an audible whistling sound when it is removed from the cup. The whistling sound is achieved when the user blows his breath against a blowing end of the drinking straw that is cut through one of the corrugations that extends radially outward from the tubular body. In this case, the corrugated drinking straw is wider at its blowing end than at the tubular body thereof.

A hand-held flinging device includes a launcher that engages the projectile and improves control of the launcher and projectile, during a throwing / flinging motion, until centrifugal force causes disengagement of the projectile from the launcher. The engagement system involves the rearward portions of a launcher shaft and the projectile bore, so that, upon disengagement, frictional engagement and interference of the engagement system with the projectile is prevented or limited as the projectile moves forward to fly off the launcher. The engagement system may include a member that snaps into engagement with a hole or recess to hold the projectile on the launcher even through the wind-up portion of the throw that may include the launcher distal end being pointed downward. The preferred projectile covers the entire or nearly the entire launcher shaft distal of the hand grip and is heavier toward its front end. Even though the launcher does not have a shaft or “stick” that is long relative to the projectile length, the flinging device gives enough mechanical advantage that a projectile that is large and heavy compared to conventional foam darts can be flung a long distance with accuracy and consistency.

A hybrid whistle has two pealess whistle chambers with air vents to the left and right and a central pea whistle with an air vent facing generally perpendicularly to the left and right air vents that are integrally formed together, preferably in a two piece, top and bottom, construction. The hybrid whistle has a mouthpiece with a left air opening, a central air opening and a right air opening, each of which is connected to its respective whistle chamber by an air passageway. The three whistle chambers produce differing whistle pitch sounds as air flows through them and out the chambers' exits. The central pea whistle has a barrel chamber with a pea block formed within it so as to modify the barrel shape of the chamber and block the air flow as the pea circulates in the air current causing a staccato effect, while creating enough circulating air movement to prevent the pea from getting stuck in the vent by the air as it exits out of the central air exit when the whistle is blown. A second pea whistle can be added to the hybrid whistle.

A whistle has a whistle member having a mouthpiece at a front thereof, a chamber therein, a passage communicated with the chamber, and an outlet at a sidewall of the chamber, and a light emitting device provided on the whistle member, which has a lamp, a battery and a switch device, wherein the lamp is conducted with the battery and the switch is provided at between the lamp and the battery to turn the lamp on or off.

A key holder for personal security including a L-shaped body having a main elongated portion and a secondary elongated portion joined to the main elongated portion at a junction end of the main elongated portion, the secondary elongated portion being one of equal and shorter than the main elongated portion; an enlarged head at a head end of the secondary elongated portion, the enlarged head being larger than a width of the secondary elongated portion, the head end being opposed to the junction end; a key attachment provided on an outside of the junction end, the key attachment adapted to attach keys to the key holder, the secondary elongated portion being adapted to be received between two fingers of a single hand of a user, the main elongated portion being adapted to be received in a palm of the single hand. Additionally, a whistle can be provided at a whistle end of the main elongated portion, the whistle end being opposed to the junction end. Additionally, a light can be provided on the enlarged head.

An electropneumatic acoustic horn is disclosed, comprising an electric compressor unit for generating compressed air and a sound wave generator comprising at least an acoustic chamber associated to at least a volute wound acoustic duct adapted to propagate the produced sound to the outside. Air channelling means put the compressor unit in communication with each acoustic chamber. The compressor unit and the sound wave generator are mechanically connected in a removable way by fitting slidingly a collar.

A combination featuring a housing supporting a clock circuit with an internal clock, and an audio frequency generating apparatus integrated into the housing, in which the clock circuit is manually operated only in a first preferred embodiment is disclosed; while the clock circuit is responsive to a pre-selected frequency of the audio frequency generating apparatus in a second preferred embodiment is further disclosed. Preferably, the audio frequency generating apparatus takes the form of a whistle that incorporates a plurality of tone notches. Each tone notch produces an audible frequency slightly out of phase with the audible frequencies produced by the remaining tone notches. When a user selects an automatic mode for operating the combination in the second preferred embodiment, one of the plurality of frequencies produced by the tone notches (having been previously selected) is sampled by the clock circuit to activate and deactivate the internal clock.

A gas flow alarm includes a main barrel with a proximal end and a distal end. The main barrel defines a gas flow direction from the proximal end to the distal end. A cap is disposed slidingly on the main barrel between a proximal position and a distal position. The proximal position of the cap defines a compressed condition of the gas flow alarm and the distal position of the cap defines an expanded condition of the gas flow alarm. A noise generating device is disposed within the main barrel. The noise generating device is adapted to generate noise from the gas flow when the gas flow alarm is in the expanded condition.

A whistle system that enables an official or other user to not only have the whistle in a secure position for quick and easy use while also enabling the user to be able to use both hands as well. In particular, the whistle system includes a fingergrip that allows the user to quickly move the whistle in position for use in a natural motion, while allowing the fingergrip to then quickly separate from the whistle to allow both hands of the user to be utilized. Alternatively, the whistle allows individuals with restricted movement in one arm to still officiate. A user having restricted movement in one arm can simply wear the whistle on one hand, move it into position in the mouth to be blown, and then quickly separated from the whistle to allow the signal to be indicated with one hand. The whistle system includes a whistle with a fingergrip. The fingergrip is securely attached to the whistle by a securement system that also allows the fingergrip to be separated from the whistle with an application of force.