PORTABLE AIR HORN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF

Abstract

An apparatus includes a housing; an air horn assembly for generating a warning sound, said air horn being mounted on said housing and receiving a pressurized air from an air pump, said air pump being operable by an electric motor; a power source; a switch for selectively operating said electric motor using said power source; an electrical relay for selectively operating said electric motor using said power source; a radio module configured to be in electrical communication with said electrical relay; a remote control device configured to be in radio communication with said radio module.

Claims

1. A portable air horn apparatus comprising: a housing; an air horn assembly for generating a warning sound, said air horn being mounted on said housing and receiving a pressurized air from an air pump, said air pump being operable by an electric motor; a power source; a switch for selectively operating said electric motor using said power source; an electrical relay for selectively operating said electric motor using said power source; a radio module configured to be in electrical communication with said electrical relay; a remote control device configured to be in radio communication with said radio module.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the air horn assembly for generating a warning sound comprising the air pump and the electric motor.

3. A method, comprising: receiving a radio signal by a radio module from a remote control device; receiving an electrical signal by an electrical relay from the radio module; closing an electrical circuit by the electrical relay; receiving a power supply by an electric motor from a power source through the electrical circuit; generating a pressurized air by an air pump being operable by the electric motor; receiving the pressurized air by an air horn assembly from the air pump; generating a warning sound by the air horn assembly being mounted on a housing of a portable air horn apparatus.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising closing the electrical circuit by a switch.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] Other assemblies, systems, methods, apparatus, features, and advantages of the present invention will be apparent to one skilled in the art upon examination of the following figures and detailed description. Component parts shown in the drawings are not necessarily to scale, and may be exaggerated to better illustrate the important features of the present invention.

[0022] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable air horn apparatus.

[0023] FIG. 2 is a simplified electrical diagram of the apparatus.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0024] Certain embodiments commensurate in scope with the originally claimed subject matter are summarized below. These embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, but rather these embodiments are intended only to provide a brief summary of certain disclosed embodiments. Indeed, the present disclosure may encompass a variety of forms that may be similar to or different from the embodiments set forth below.

[0025] According to a preferred embodiment of the invention an apparatus includes a housing 1 (FIG. 1); an air horn assembly 2 (FIGS. 1 and 2) for generating a warning sound, said air horn being mounted on said housing and receiving a pressurized air from an air pump, said air pump being operable by a DC motor; a power source 4 (FIGS. 1 and 2) connected to the apparatus via an electrical connector 9; a switch 5 (FIGS. 1 and 2) for selectively operating said electric motor using said power source 4; an electrical relay 6 (FIG. 2) for selectively operating said electric motor using said power source; a radio module 7 (FIG. 2) configured to be in electrical communication with said electrical relay; a remote control device 8 (FIG. 1) configured to be in radio communication with said radio module. The air pump and the electric motor may be optionally embedded into the air horn assembly.

[0026] Positioning the air horn assembly outside the housing allows engineers to create devices of varying power and replace the item without disassembling the housing.

[0027] Another aspect of the present invention provides a method for operating the portable air horn apparatus, said method includes the following steps: [0028] receiving a radio signal by the radio module 7 from a remote control device 8; [0029] receiving an electrical signal by the electrical relay 6 from the radio module 7 (the radio module 7 is configured to selectively control the relay 6); [0030] closing an electrical circuit by the electrical relay 6; [0031] receiving a power supply by the electric motor from the power source 4 through the electrical circuit; [0032] generating a pressurized air by the air pump being operable by the electric motor (when the motor rotor rotates, the pump rotor rotates and the pressurized air is created at the outlet of the pump); [0033] receiving the pressurized air by the air horn assembly 2 from the air pump; [0034] generating a warning sound by the air horn assembly 2 being mounted on the housing 1 of the portable air horn apparatus.

[0035] The method may additionally include closing the electrical circuit by the switch 5. Thus, the apparatus can be switched on either manually (as in the prior art) or remotely. In addition, remote control is especially useful if, due to the expansion of the apparatus power, its size increases significantly.

[0036] While only certain features and embodiments of the disclosure have been illustrated and described, many modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art without materially departing from the novel teachings and advantages of the subject matter recited in the claims. The order or sequence of any process or method steps may be varied or re-sequenced according to alternative embodiments. It is, therefore, to be understood that the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit of the disclosed embodiments. Furthermore, in an effort to provide a concise description of the exemplary embodiments, all features of an actual implementation may not have been described. It should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions may be made. Such a development effort might be complex and time-consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking of design, fabrication, and manufacture for those of ordinary skill having the benefit of this disclosure, without undue experimentation.