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Water activated chiming device

US6166310A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 12, 1999
Grant dateDec 26, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K1/07
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A water activated chiming device wherein a clapper floats on a stream of water spiraling upwardly out of an open upper end of a vertical pipe so that the clapper is randomly turned and moved laterally by the water to strike adjacent chime elements.

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