Raymond M Carter

US Patent:

7009098, Mar 7, 2006

Filed:

Mar 26, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/809714

Inventors:

Raymond Carter - Cornwall NY, US

Assignee:

Woodstock Percussion, Inc. - Shokan NY

International Classification:

G10D 13/08

US Classification:

84410

Abstract:

Upward flowing water through a riser from a reservoir excites a freely suspended striker displacing it from its gravitational resting position to make chaotic contact with encircling resonating elements attached to a mounting plate in order to produce tones of random sequence and degree. The upward water flow is generated by a pump submerged in the water reservoir that is replenished by the gravity flow of water returning through an aperture in the mounting plate. The striker is freely suspended from a frame assembly including a means to raise or lower the striker in relation to the upward water flow, so that raising or lowering the striker decreases or increases respectively the production of tones or random sequence and degree. The preferred striker is spherical and the preferred resonating elements are chimes included in a housing forming a resonating chamber.

US Patent:

61663107, Dec 26, 2000

Filed:

Nov 12, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/438281

Inventors:

Raymond M. Carter - Kingston NY

International Classification:

G01D 1308

US Classification:

84402

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.