Electronic horn with spiral deflecting walls coupled to a truncated cone structure

Claim 1

A horn for generating a sound when energized with an oscillating electric signal comprising: transducer means for converting said oscillating electric signal into a mechanical movement to create sound waves which emanate from the transducer means; housing means for supporting said transducer means; and sound chamber defining means coupled to and supported by the housing means in proximity to the transducer means for causing the sound waves emmanating from the transducer means to reverberate within a sound chamber, said sound chamber defining means including a truncated cone member spaced from the transducer means and having an aperture in the middle, a plurality of deflecting walls coupled to a convex surface of the truncated cone that spiral outward from a point adjacent the aperture along the convex surface of the cone, and a sound reflector having a concave surface spaced from the truncated cone by the deflecting walls for reflecting sound emmanating from the transducer means that passes through the aperture outward along the convex surface of the truncated cone in multiple regions between the deflecting walls.