Illuminated wind chime
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1. An illuminated wind chime apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of resonating members for producing audible sound;
means for loosely supporting said resonating members spaced from one another such that each said resonating member is free to resonate when struck;
means for randomly striking said resonating members when said wind chime apparatus is introduced into a wind current;
a plurality of lights, each said light associated with a respective one of said resonating members; and
means for illuminating each said light when its respective resonating member is struck.
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Abstract
A decorative illuminated wind chime apparatus used to produce audio and visual effects from the movement of air currents. The audio effects are accomplished in a conventional manner by the striking of resonant chime tubes by a clapper whose movement is caused by the movement of air. The visual effects are achieved by electrically sensing the collisions of resonant chime tubes with the clapper and illuminating a respective light which is associated with each resonating chime tube. The overall effect is a wind activated audio "chime" which is synchronously accompanied by an associated light display.
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1. An illuminated wind chime apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of resonating members for producing audible sound; means for loosely supporting said resonating members spaced from one another such that each said resonating member is free to resonate when struck; means for randomly striking said resonating members when said wind chime apparatus is introduced into a wind current; a plurality of lights, each said light associated with a respective one of said resonating members; and means for illuminating each said light when its respective resonating member is struck. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An illuminated wind chime, comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of chime tubes assemblies flexibly attached to said housing and freely hanging therefrom, each said chime tube assembly including a chime tube and a light socket; means for randomly striking said chime tubes when wind blows, thereby causing said chime tubes to resonate audible sounds; a plurality of lights, one said light mounted within each said light socket; and means for illuminating each said light whenever its respective chime tube is struck by said means for randomly striking. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. An illuminated wind chime apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of chime tube assemblies flexibly attached to said housing and hanging therefrom in a generally circular arrangement, said chime tube assemblies including an upper support assembly and a chime tube loosely attached to said upper support assembly; a clapper flexibly attached to said housing and hanging therefrom such that when introduced into a wind current, said clapper swings and randomly collides with said chime tubes, thereby causing said chime tubes to resonate audible sounds; a plurality of lamps, one said lamp associated with and fixed within each said chime tube upper support assembly; and an electronic sensing circuit which senes contact between said clapper and each of said chime tubes and upon sensing such contact causes the lamp associated with the respective chime tube with which such contact has been made to illuminate for a fixed period of time. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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