PATENT SPECIFICATION
Date of Application and fi/ing Complete
Specification: Feb. 18, /949.
Application made in United States of America on Oet. 21, 1948.
Complete Speciffcation Published: Sept., 19 1951.
Index at acceptance :-C1ass 132(iii), 85.
COMPLETE 8PECIFICATIOX.
Bubble Blowing Apparatus.
I, JOSEPH CRANE 8COTT, a citizen of the
United 8tates of America, residing at 2204
Crescent Avenue, Charlotte, COlmty of
Mecklenburg, State oÎ North Ca;rolina,
5 United States OI Âmerica, do hereby de-
clare the nature oÎ this invention and in
what manner the same is to be perÎormed,
to be particularly described and ascertain-
-cd in and by the following statement :-
10 This invention relates to improvements
in a bubble forming appa;ratus oÎ a type
eomprisÎng a manually operated aiI' pump
having a reservoir secured thereto and a
manually movable wand pivotally seemred
15 to the reservoir which may be sU'bmerged
in a bubble forming solution in the reser-
voir and when moved outoÎ the bubble
Îorming solution into the path OI the nozzle
oÎ ilie man'U!ally operatedair pump a blast
200Î aiI' Îrom the aiI' pump will pass through
the wandand will thus :florm a plurality oÎ
hubbles.
It is an object OI this invention to pro-
vide a bubble forming apparatus of the
25 type described wherein the reservoir is
c1isposed in off centre relation to the nozzle
oÎ the manually operated aiI' pump and to
provide a wand which i8 oscillatably se-
cured to the reservoir on an axis perpendi-
30 cular to the axis oÎ the manually operated
air pump but being bent at right angles in
oPPo'3ite directions adjacent each side OI
the point at which it 1S secured to the re-
Bervoir,one oÎ the right angula.rly bent
35 portions extending alon~ the side oÎ the
brrel of the aiI' pump Îor manual opera-
tionoÎ the same and the other portion ex-
tenc1ing away from the nozzle and having
a perpendicular lObped'portion, there being
40 spring' means normally urging the wand
out of the solutiOll in the reservoir and
when the waud is manually moved into the
reservoir, it will beaI' a'gainst the boHom
of the same, and ,,,hen released the circular
45 portionoÎ the wand will be urged into
alinement with the nozzle by the spring
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means and, there being a film of the bubble
forming solution on the wand, bubbles will
thus be Îormed as the aiI' Îrom the nozzle
passes through the same. 50
The present invention comprises a bub-
bIe Îorming' apparatus adapted to be
mounted at the nozzle end OI a hand oper-
ated aiI' pllmp, said apparatuscomprising
a reservoir Îor a bubble forming solution, 55
an oscillatable member pivoted intermedi-
ate its ends and having a looped portion
at one end and a lever portion at the other,
spring means normally urging the looped
portion into alinement with the nozzle, and 60
said lever portion being engagable by the
operator Îor moving the looped portion into
the reservoir Îor receiving a film OI bubble
forming solution thereon.
Some oÎ the objects OI the invention 65
having been stated other objects will ap-
peal' as the description proceeds, when
taken in connection with the accompanying
drawings, in which :
Fig. 1 18 a top plan view oÎ the bubble 70
Îorming apparatus;
Fig. 2 i8 a side elevation looking up at
the lower side of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 i8 an elevation at a reduced scale
100Idng at the opposite side oÎ Fig. 2, 75
showing' how the -device is he1d in one's
hands Iar operation OI the same and show-
ing the wand in a different position;
Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken
snbstantially alon:g the line 4-4 in Fig. 1, 80
but showing the wand in a different
position;
Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional
view oÎ the nozzle shown in Fig. 4;
Fig. 6 is anend view oÎ the apparatus 85
looking Îrom the leÎt-hand side OI Fig. 2
to the right.
Referring more specifically to the draw·
ing,>, the numeral 10 iÎldicates the cylinder
of a suitable hand operated compressed aiI' 9(}
r:un OI' pump and this cylinder is capped at
it8 right-hand and left-hand ends in Figs.
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1 and 2, as at 11 and 12, respectively.
A suitable piston rod 13 having a handle
14 pressed on the right~hand end thereof
in Figs. 1 and 2, slidably penetrates tbe
5 cap 11 and the left-hand end of the piston
rod in. Fig. 4 has a piston 15 mO'lmted
thereon. 'l'his piston rod 13 is cl'imped as
at 16, the crimped POrtiOll 16 being en-
gaged by a washer 17 and a suitable cup
10 washer 20 being provided between the pis-
ton 15 and the washer 17 on the piston rod
13. The left-hand end of the piston rod
13 has a nut 21 threadably mounted there-
ou ta thus secure the piston 15 and associ-
15 ated parts against the crimped portion 16
of the rod 13. The cup washer 20 i8
mounted for sliding movement within the
cylinder 10.
The restricted portion 25 of the nozzle 26
20 penetrates the cap 12 and the nozzle 26 i"
secureg, as by welding tti the left-hand sur-
face of the cap 12 in Fig. 4.· The nozzle 26
also had a restrieted threaded portiOll 27
which slidably penetrates an upwardly ex-
25 tending portion 30 of 1'eSe1'V011' broadly de-
signated at 31. The restricted threaded
pOl'tion 27 of the nozzle 26 has a nut 32
thl'eac1ably mounted thereon for securing
tile compressed aiI' pump to the portion 30
30 of the l'e.servoir 31.
It wiU be noted in Fig. 5 that the nozzle
26 has a bore 29 therein in which a baU 33
has free movement and the bore 29 is re-
stricted at its l'ight-hand end as at 34 to
35 retain the ball 33 in the bore 29. The lert-
hand end of the restricted threaded portion
27 of the nozzle 26 is crimped as at 35 to
thus form minute passagewa.ys 36 at the
left-hand end of the nozzle 26 through
40 which tlhe compressed aiI' from the pump
wiU escape as the ball 33 is forced against
the crimped portion 35. 'fhe pump thus
described may be purchased in the open
mal'ket and it is with this pump that this
45 invention is adapted ta be associated. This
wiU permit the- aiI' to spread out over a
wider area and wiU also limit its force and
rate of diseharge as it eseapes from the
left-hand end of the nozzle 26 and will also
50 provide for quieter operation of the aiI'
pump.
The reservoir 31 has a formed opening
40 therein through which a suitabIe bubble
formin!?; solution 41 (Fig. 4) may be poured
55 for filling the reservoir 31. The farmed
opening 40 is also provided to permit free
passage of the wand, ta be later described,
therethrough. A fiexible substantially U-
shaped member 43 is clampingly secured
60 on the portion 30 of tlhe reservoir and has
downwardly extending ears 44 integral
therewith which osciUatably support a
lateral portion 45 of a wand broadly de-
signated at 46. TlIe wand 46 is bent out-
65 wardly at right angles, in Figs. 1 and 2,
from the lateralIy bent portion 45 and is
then bent upwardly at right angles and is
looped as at 47 thus defining an opening
48.
The wand 46 has extending from the 70
opposite side of t1113 lateral portion 45 an
inwardly and downwardly and inwardly
bent pOl'tion 50 forming a lever which is
engageable by tlle hand of an operator _
(Fig. 3). A torsion spring 51 sunounds 7tJ
tIle laterally bent portiOll 45 of the wand
46 and one end of the same bears against
the right-hand walI of the reservoir 31 in
Fig. 4 and the other end of the torsion
suring' :51 extends outwardlv and is <'on- SG
nected ta tlIe fOl"vardly projecting portion
of the wand 46. This torsion spring 31
normally Ul'ges the wand 46 to the positiou
shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6 and it may be
observed in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 how the lever 85
50 OI tlIe wand 46 is moved by an operator
in 8ueh a mauner as ta submerge the free
end OI the wand in the solution 41 in the
reser1,'oi1' 31, in wlIich iustance, the free
end of the wand bears against the hottom 90
of the reservoir 31, thus restricting its
movement in a counterclockwise direction
in Fig. 4: as well as insnring that tile free
end of tIle wand 46 will he completely
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submerged by the solution 41 although 95
there mav be a Vel'" limited amannt ar the
solution 41 in the i'eservoir 31.
In operation, it is mereIy necessary for
t11e operator to g1'asp the apparatus as
shown in Fig. 3 and ta move the free end of 100
the wand 46 ta the position shown in Figs.
3 and 4 and upon releasing the wand 46
it will OCc.upy the position shown in Fi'g's.
1, 2 and 6 and by pumping the aiI' g'un the
compl'essed aiI' will pass from tlIe c:dinder 105
10 through the restricted opening 3,1,.
through the bore 32 in the nozzle ~6 and
wiU pass al'ound the baU 33 and escape
through the opening 36 at the left-·hand
end of the nozzle 26 and wiU thus pass 110
throngh the opening 48 in the wand 46 ta
thus dislodge the film of hubble forming
solution, which has been deposited over tlIe
opening 48 in the 'vand 46, to thereby form
a plurality of bubbles. 115
Having now particularly desc.ribed and
ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is ta he
performed, I declare that what 1 e1aim
is:- 120
J. A bubble :l:orming apparatus adapted
ta be monnted at the nozzle end of a hand
operated air pump, said apparatus com-
prising a 1'ese1'voi1' Îor a bnbble forming'
solutiOll, anoscillatable member pivoted 125
intermediate lts ends and having a looped
portion at one end and a lever portion at
the other, spring means normaUy urging
the looped portion into alinement with the
ntizzle, and said lever portion being en- 130
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gagable by the operator for moving the 3. Â bubble forming apparatus as

looped portion into uhe reservior for re- claimed in Claim 1 ar 2 wherein the re8er-
ceiving a film of bubble forming solution vaiI' isopen at its upper side and is adap-
th€ireon. te-d ta be Suppol'ted by the pmnp nozzle. 15
5 2. Â buhble Iorming .apparatus as 4. Â bubble farming apparatus substan-
elaimed in Olaim 1 wherein the looped pOil.'- tially as described with reference ta, and
tion and the lever portion areconnected as illustrated in, the accompanying draw-
integrally with an intermediate right ings.
angled portion, the oscillatable member be~ Dated this 18th day of February, 1949.
10 ing pivoted ta the reservoir by one arm of
said rioght angled portion. ~IARKS & CLERK.

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