US1211369A - Toy balloon. - Google Patents

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T. W. MILLER.

TOY BALLOON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.25| 19l6.

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THOMAS W. MILLER, OF ASHLAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE FAUL'ILESS RUBBER COMPANY, OF ASHLAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

TOY BALLOON.

Application filed August 25, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS W. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashland, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Balloons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to toy balloons, more particularly of that type disclosed in an application filed by me February 19, 1916, Serial No. 79,410, wherein means are provided for restricting the expansion of the balloon at a given point as the same is being inflated, and has for its object to provide certain improvements in said construction, whereby the restricting means also will operate a closure member for preventing the escape of air from the inflated balloon. This object I accomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafter more specifically described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy balloon equipped with my improvement, the same being shown deflated. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof when in inflated condition, the inflating stem and its plug and the point of connection for the restricting means being shown in section.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in the two views.

In the said drawing, the reference numeral 1 denotes an ordinary rubber toy balloon, having the usual neck 2 in which is disposed a mouth piece or stem 3 of wood or other suitable material, said stem being apertured longitudinally at 4 to permit the passage of air therethrough. At the outer end of said stem 3 the aperture 4 therein is flared at 5 to receive a tapered plug 6, preferably of rubber, whereby when said plug is seated the escape of air from the balloon will be prevented. This plug is connected with a string or cord 7 which is passed centrally through said plug and knotted at its outer end, said string passing through the central aperture 4 in the stem 3 and into the interior of the balloon to any desired point. As shown, it is wrapped several times around a portion of the body of the balloon at 8, said portion having inclosed therein a filler piece in the form of a ball 9 of wood or other suitable material, the wrapping 8 completely inclosing said ball in the material of the body of the balloon.

Specification of Letters Patent.

; Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Serial No. 116,787.

In operation, when the balloon is inflated the portion surrounding the ball 9 will inflate equally with the rest until the cord 7 becomes taut. If said cord is inextensible and is restrained from moving through the stem 3 in any manner, the expansion of the balloon at that point will stop completely,

but if said cord is slightly elastic, said explug being maintained firmly in place by the tension on the cord 7.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the balloon distended sufliciently to cause the cord 7 to exert sufficient pull on the plug 6 to cause the latter to seat in theend of stem 3, but with out practically any distortion of the balloon.

body due to said cord. It will be obvious,

however, that upon further expansion of the balloon, the cord 7 will exert its restrictive effect upon that portion of the balloon surrounding the ball 9, with the result that the balloon will be restricted at that point and will be distorted correspondingly, as contemplated in my prior application hereinbefore referred to. In this way, the cord 7 may be employed simply to seat the plug 6 automatically without distortion of the balloon, or may perform the double function of seating said plug and of distorting the contour of the-balloon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an elastically expansible balloon, means for inflating and expanding the same, and means operated automatically by the balloon body as it is expanded for closing the inflating orifice.

2. In an elastically expansible balloon, means for inflating and expanding the same, a plug for closing the inflating orifice, and means operated by the balloon body as it is expanded for automatically seating said plug in its closing position.

3. In, an elastically expansible balloon, means for inflating and expanding the same, a plug for closing the inflating orifice, and a string attached to said plug and passed into said balloon and attached to the interior thereof for automatically seating said plug in its closing position When the balloon is expanded. V

4. In an elastically expansible balloon,

means for inflating and expanding the same, a plug for closing the lnflatlng orifice, and a string attached to said plug and passed into Gopi es of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ?atentr..

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