发明名称 |
Sound chests for harps and methods for manufacturing same |
摘要 |
Sound chests having a sound board connected to a hollow body which includes a bearing structure to which there is connected an outer shell are provided. In such sound chests the bearing structure includes a bottom wall or chest-bottom, and a top member or upper block, a central longitudinal batten or backboard, and two side battens or planks, which extend between the chest-bottom and the upper block, remote from and close to the sound board, respectively; and a plurality of longitudinally staggered, transverse stiffening members or bridges each of which is connected centrally to the backboard with its ends connected to the side planks. Methods for making such sound chests are also provided. |
申请公布号 |
US8754311(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.06.17 |
申请号 |
US201113702084 |
申请日期 |
2011.06.15 |
申请人 |
N.S.M. S.p.A. |
发明人 |
Belmondo Armando;Peirano Giorgio |
分类号 |
G10D1/04;G10D1/08;G10D3/00 |
主分类号 |
G10D1/04 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
Alderson, Jr. Robert E. |
主权项 |
1. A sound chest for a harp, comprising a sound board connected to a hollow body which includes a bearing structure to which there is connected an outer shell having a shape approximating half of a truncated cone, and wherein the bearing structure comprises
a bottom wall or chest-bottom, and a top member or upper block, a central longitudinal batten or backboard, and two side battens or planks, which extend between the chest-bottom and the upper block, remote from and close to the sound board, respectively; and a plurality of longitudinally staggered, transverse stiffening members or bridges each of which is connected centrally to the batten or backboard and has its ends connected to the side battens or planks; wherein the outer shell is connected to the surfaces of said battens or planks which face towards the outside; wherein the transverse stiffening members or bridges are at least partially glued to an internal surface of said shell and wherein the portions of the bridges for coupling with the side battens or planks each have a recessed seat with an essentially L-shaped transverse profile.
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地址 |
Piasco (CN) IT |