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    «) United States US 201601409411 «2 Patent Application Publication (10 Pub. No.: US 2016/0140941 Al Kobayashi (S4)_ DEVICE FOR VIBRATING A STRINGED. INSTRUMENT (71) Applicants:Shof KOBAVASHL, Tokyo (JP): Koll KOBAYASHI, Tokyo (IP) (72) Inventor: Kojt Kobayashi, Tokyo (IP) 21) Apple: 141896492 (22) PCT Filed: Jun. 6,2014 (86) PCT No, s371 0), (@) Date: PCT/SP20141003047 Dec. 7, 2015 0) Foreign Application Priority Data Jun, 10,2013 QP) 2013-12936 Publication Clasiication (1) Int C1 GIF 116 (2006.01), GIO S02 (2006.01), (43) Pub, Date: May 19, 2016 musk 124 (200601) G10 34 (2006.1) (2) Usa. CPC... GIF 1/16 (2013.01); GIOD 3/04 (2013.01) GIOF $142 (2013.01); HOdR 1/24 (2013.01) on ABSTRACT Provided isa device (20) for vibrating a string instrument (1) toallow the srng nsirament tobe used a a loudspeaker. To press a base member (22) fited witha vibration generator (60) against a bridge (13) ofthe string insteument (1) via a Joad point member (24) ofa vibration transmission member (26), the base member (22) is provided with fuleram mem- ber (30) engaging an upper side ofthe srings 9) ofthe sing insirument (1) and an anchor member (38) engaging a lower side of the strings (9), In order o urge the vibration transis sion member (26) agains! the bridge (13), cam mechanism (40) pressesthe anchor member (38) agains! he lower side of the strings Patent Application Publication May 19, 2016 Sheet 2of13 US 2016/0140941 AI Patent Application Publication May 19, 2016 Sheet 3013 US 2016/0140941 AI Patent Application Publication May 19, 2016 Sheet 4of13 US 2016/0140941 AI Patent Application Publication May 19, 2016 Sheet Sof 13 US 2016/0140941 AI 44 32 «30 Patent Application Publication May 19, 2016 Sheet 6 of 13 US 2016/0140941 AI VRIRIML MLM DIDI Patent Application Publication May 19, 2016 Sheet 70f13 US 2016/0140941 AI Patent Application Publication May 19, 2016 Sheet 8of 13 US 2016/0140941 AI Fig.8A Fig.8B 20 Patent Application Publication May 19, 2016 Sheet 9of 13 US 2016/0140941 AI Fig.9 22 2824 a 7 30A 32 30 38 24 Patent Application Publication May 19, 2016 Sheet 10 of 13 US 2016/0140941 AI Fig.10 20 ~\ 22 50A 40—T— 50B Patent Application Publication May 19, 2016 Sheet 11 of 13 US 2016/0140941 AI Fig.11 20 May 19, 2016 Sheet 13 of 13 US 2016/0140941 A1 Patent Application Publication gL oct a 9st ol gor |__ oz! 901 9018 yous) REE 6 gz4 hh zh e wih : ok Nyo1 / geet ost | oo! vest | /\ oes ze ijrce Veet eb bly US 2016/0140941 AI DEVICE FOR VIBRATING 4 STRINGED INSTRUMENT TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates toa device for vibrat- {nga tring instrument, and in paticulara device for vibrating ‘a siring instrument suitable for using the ting instrument as ‘loudspeaker. BACKGROUND ART 0002] A numberof devices have been proposed over the pest yours for automatically playing musical instrument Small music boxes are classical examples, and automatic pianos that play musical pieces according to clecionically Stored musical score data have come t0 be widely used Atiempls have ben made to sutomaticaly play sein inst ‘ments, but few practical solutions hive been proposed because ofthe complex mechanisms such as robot arms that are required to properly pluck te strings. [0003] It is kaown to season or age string instruments ‘When a sting instrument is left alone without being played fora prolonged perid of time, the instrument may become ‘unable to proce the desired sound quality. Therefore, itis practiced to play astring instrumentata prescribed interval to ‘maintain the string insrument in proper order, and this is called as “seasoning”. When a string instrument is freshly ‘manofectured, it may also be unable to produce the intended sound quality. Forthis reason, the freshly manufactured string instrument is sometimes “aged” or played fora preseribed time period before itis dalivered tothe buyer ofthe string instrument. As the work of seasoning and aging is aborios, ‘thas boen proposed to cause the strings of string iasrumeats to vibrate by using special powered vibrating devies forthe ‘purpose of aging or seasoning the string instruments, [0004] For instance, Patent Document 1 discloses an arrangement in which vibrating devices attached toa violin, via a bridge cradle that can be detachably mounted on the bridge ofthe violin to vibrate the violin. Is also dislosod to ‘nterposea vibrating device between the soundboard andthe strings ofa guitar to vibrate the guitar However, because the force by which the vibrating device is sttached to the string instrument is limited, only a low power vibration ean be applied to the sting insiniment. Ia high power vibration ‘which is powerful enough to use the string instrument as a Toudspeake is applied tothe sting instrument, the vibrating device may because to rattle, and a desired vibration of the string instrument cannot be achieved. The vibrating device ‘may even be deteched from te string instrament during we. [0005] _Thestring instrument itself may be worked upon oF ‘modified so as to fimly attach the vibrating device wo the string instrument, but this impairs the quality ofthe string instrument to soch an extent as to ender te ting instrument ‘incapable of producing the expected sound quality and dam- ‘age the exteral appearance of the string instrumeat.Typi cally, such modification catasrophically depreviates the value of the string instrument, 0006] Patent Document 2 proposes to use a violin as & loudspeaker by modifying the violin itself. The vibrating device is installed inside the violin in such a manner tha the vibrating device is required tobe installed during the manu facturing of the violin, Thus, the viola is got an ordinary violin from the beginaing, A vibrating device could be May 19, 2016 installed in an existing violin with some effort, ut no such “undertaking isconceivable ifthe violin happens to bea costly PRIOR ART REFERENCE(S) Patent Document(s) [0007] Patent Document 1: JP2009-S0S137A {008} Patent Document 2: JP2011-035851A SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION fask o be Accomplished by the Invention [0009] _In view of such problems ofthe prio rt, prima ‘object of the present invention is to provide a device for vibrating string instrument allow the string insiument to bbe used as a Jondspeaker [0010] A secon objet of the present invention i to pro- vide a device for vibrating & string instrument that can be finaly attached tothe string insteument without requiring & drastic or permanent work tobe applied thereto For the pur- pose of usin the string instrument asa loudspeaker. Means to Accomplish the Task [W011] | Such objects ofthe present invention can be accom Piso by ping davis 2,10) for whrating a stng (24,156) tat engages the ridge (13); and a vibration gen- erator ($0, 140) mounted on the base member (22, 102) and configured w convert an eletric signal into a mechanical vibration; wherein the bese member (22, 102) includes a falerum member (30,120) engaging an upperside of atleast ‘ne string (9) ofthe string instrument (1) an anchor member (38,130) engaginga lowersde ofthe atleast one string 9) at. point located between te load point member (24,156) and the fulerum member (30, 120) and a means (49, 132) for isplacing atleast one of the falerum member (30, 120) and the anchor member (38, 130) ina direction to urge the load point member (24, 16) against the bridge (13). [W012] -Thevibratingdevioe(20, 100) engages the sting (9) atthe folerum member (30,120) andthe anchor member (38, 130), and engages the bridge (13) atthe load point member (24,156) otha the vulnerable parts such as the soundboard ofthe string instrument (1) is avoided, and only the high strength part thereof is engaged. Therefore, the load pot member (24,186) can be pressed upon te bridge (13) withan adequate force so that the string instrument can be sounded. ‘witha large sonad volume and a high sound quality, The term. “bridge” mens a member that sstached to the soundboard forthe like to define an end ofa string (9), and may also be calledas"sadle”. The name ofthis part may vary depending ‘onedch puticularkind of musical instruments Inthe descrip ‘ion and claims ofthis application, te term “bridge” should ‘oe interpeoted in the broadest meaning as meaning a member that delimits an effective end ofa string. [0013] Preferably the anchor member (38,130), the load point member (24, 156) andthe falerum miember (30, 120)are located along a length ofthe string 9). Typically, te vibra- tion generator (50,140) andthe load point member (24,156) are located on one end pat ofthe base member (22,102), and the fulerum member (10, 120) is provided on the other end partofthe hase member (22,102), When thecam mechani US 2016/0140941 AI forlifting the anchor member (38, 130) upward is proved on the base member (22,102), the load point member (24,186) can be pushed against the bridge (13) by using a simple structure [0014] ‘The load point member (24, 186) may consist of @ single projection or a pair of projections aranged symmeti= cally about the center In either case, the vibrating device (20, 100) canbe supported onthe musical instrument ina manne? corresponding tthe shape of the bridge (13) of the musical instrument ina stale manner. [0018] The anchor member (38, 130) may comprise a rod ‘member ora hook member engaging at lest wo strings(9)of the string instrument and extending alonga direction perpen- cular to an axial line connecting ceneal parts of the load point member (24, 156) and the fulerum member (30, 120) ‘witheach other. The rod member may be supported soas tobe ‘moveable toward and away fom the musical instrument. The fulcrum member (30, 120) may comprise a rod member engaging at lest wo strings (9) ofthe string instrument and extending along a direction perpendicular to an axial line ‘connecting central pars ofthe load point member (24, 186) and the folrum member (30, 120) with exch tet 0016] The base member (22) may comprise a locating portion (28) provided adjacent tothe load point member (24), the locating potion (28) being configured to abut the bridge (13) from aside ofthe Foleram member (30) in lengthsse retin of the stings (9). Thereby, simply by sliding the vibrating device (20) along the strings (9), dhe axial position ‘ng ofthe vibrating deviee (20) can beaccomplished ina both simple and precise manne. 0017] In onder fora wide frequency range of sound to be reproduced, te vibration generator may comprise a pair of vibration generators (80, S0B), one for high frequency ‘ange sound and the other for low frequency range sound, provided on either side ofan axial line extending between centers ofthe load point member (24) and the fuleram mem ber (0) [0018] Preferably, the hase member (22) includes pair of ‘ifmcated parts (22, 228) that suppor the high frequency ‘ange vibration generator (S0A andthe law frequency vibra ‘ion generator (50B), respectively, and the load point member (24) 3s provided on exch ofthe bifurcated parts (22A, 228). [0019] Preferably, first vibration insulation member (108) for insulating vibrations between a vibration tansmission ‘member (182) of the vibration generator (140) and the base ‘member (102) s providedbetwoon the vibration transmission ‘member (152) and the base member (102) 0020] Thereby, he vibration transmission member (152) is mounted on the base member (102) va the first vibration insulation member (108) so that the mechanical vibration of the vibration transmission member (152) is prevented from ‘being transmitted tothe base member (102). Thereby, the ‘mechanical vibration of the vibration transmission member (132) is prevented from being transmitted tothe fulerum member (120) and the anchor member (130) va the base ‘member (102) so that the mechanical vibration ofthe vibra- tion transmission member (182) is prevented from being ‘ransmited tothe string (9), and the sound is emited strictly from the body (8). Therefore, the produced sound has «high quality, and in particular has a high clarity owing to the absence of noises in high frequency ranges, [0021] Preferably, a second vibration insulation member (116) for insulating vibrations between the base member (102) andthe fulerum member (120) provided between the May 19, 2016 ‘base member (102) and the flora member (120), and a third vibration insulation member (126) fr insulating vibra- tions between the base member (102) and the anchor member (130) is provided between the Base member (102) and the anhor member (130), [0022] In this case, the mechanical vibration ofthe vibra ‘ion transmission member (182) is prevented from being ‘transmitted to the fulerum member (120) and the anchor ‘member (130) via the base member (102) so that an even higher quality sound ean be achieved by the emission of sound from the body (8) fect ofthe Invention [023] Thus, the present iaveation provides a vibrating {device fora string instrumeat that allows the string instrument to be sounded with a lame sound volume anda high sound quality without requiring a drastic or permanent work to be Applied thereto and allows the string instrument 0 be faor- ably utilized as a loudspeaker: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0024] FIG. Liss perspective view ofa vibrating device for string asirumeat given as ist eabodiment ofthe present invention applied ta guitar, [0025] FIG. 2sa foot view ofthe fest embodiment [0026] FIG. 3 sa rearview of theft embodiment [0027] FIG. 4isa side view ofthe fist embodiment [0028] FIG, $san end view ofthe ist embodiment [0029] FIG. 6 isa vertical setional view of vibration seneator forte fist embodiment [0020] "FIG. 7 isa roa view ofthe spring mea used in the vibration generator shown in FIG. 6 [0031] FIG. Bisa vow similato FIG. 4showing smode of ‘peaton of the fst embodiment; 10032] FIG. 9isa view similar to FIG. 4 showing a vibra {ng device for stig instement givens a socond embod ment ofthe present invention, [0033] FIG. 10s front view showing 2 vibrating device fora string instrament gven 352 third embodiment of the present invention [0034] FIG, 11 ia eer view ofthe third embodiment: [0035] FIG. 12 sa penpocie view of vibrating device foea srng instrament given a a four embodiment of the present imenton appli to gitar, and (0036) FIG. 13 isa vertical sectional view ofthe fourth embodiment of the prseat iavetion, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT(S) [0037] Prefered embodiments ofthe present invention are Aeseried ia the following with reference to the appended drawings. In the following description, the axial diretion of the string instrument is defined as line extending between a soundboard side and a head sie ofthe string instrument. In regard to the somndboar located on the font side of the instrument, the direetion directed toward the soundboard from the front side thereof is refered to as a dovenwand direction or backside direction, and the direction directed away from the soundboard is referred o a an upward dec tion ora foat side direction, The tera “bridge” as used in this description refers toa member attached to the soundboard or thelike to define the coresponding elective endo the string, ‘and may also be called by other names such as “saddle” US 2016/0140941 AI depending on the kinds of the string instruments. In the description and claims of ths aplication, the term “bridge” shouldbe interpreted ia the bres meaning as a member that delimits an effective end ofa string. [0038] _As shown in FIG. 1, a guitar 1 having a vibrating device 20 attached thereto is provided with a body § formed ‘bya front board (soundboard) 3,asideboant (not shown inthe drawing) and a back board (uot shown in the drawing). The froat board 3 s formes! witha sound hole 7, The guitar 1 has six strings 9 [0039] “A bridge base member 11 consisting ofa stip of plate is fixedly attached to the front board 3 by using an adhesive agent. A bridge (saddle) 13 extending perpendicn lacy tothe lengthwise direction ofthe stings 9s attached 0 the bridge base member 1. [0040] Ancadofeach sting 9is passedabove the bridge 13 ‘and is secured to a bridge pin 1 which isin tun fixedly ‘secured t the bridge base member I The sting 9is placed ‘under tension by a tension adjusting mechanism (not shown, in the draving) which is connected to the ther end ofthe string 9 so thatthe string 9s pressed aginst the upper side of the bridge 13 andthe bridge 13 defines an efeciveend of the string 9 [0041] A vibrating dovice20 givens. first embodiment of ‘the present invention is deseribed inthe following with ref erence to FIGS. 2105. The vibrating device 20 includes base ‘member 22 consisting of a substantially rectangular plate ‘member elongoted in the lengthwise direction ofthe strings. [0042] The ower surlace ofthe base member 22 facing the guitar Ls ited with or formed with a vibration transmission ‘member 26 in a lengthwise end part of the base member 22, ‘and the vibration transmission member 26 is cently pro" vided wit Toad point member 24in he form ofa projection. ‘The vibration transmission member 26 is furher provided ‘with aoeating projection 28 ina part thereof sighly offset from the load point member 24 toward the other end with respecttothelengthise direction. The locating projection 28 projects slightly further than the Toad point member 24, The side ofthe load point member 24 ficing away fom the ocat- ing projection 28 is formed with a guide slope 244 that facilitates the mounting ofthis device as will be described hereinafter. 0043] The other lengthwise end ofthe base member 22is ited with or formed with fulrum member 30 consisting of a rod shaped member extending perpengicularly to the lengthwise direction of the strings 9 on the lower surface thereof ficing the guitar 1. The loser surface of the fuleras ‘member 30 is Formed witha lage number of grooves 304, extending inthe lengthwise direction of the base member 22. ‘These proves 30A prevent slippage between the strings 9 and the fleram member 30 wien the device is in operation. A laterally central part ofthe filerum member 30 provided ‘ith a projection 32 which serves as a guide member when sliding the vibrating device 20over te strings 9 in the length wise direction into an operating postion by being ited ‘between the two cera stings 9. [0044] A lengthwise middle pat ofthe base member 22is ‘centrally provided with a support hole 34 passed (vertically) ‘through the thickness of the base member 22. The support. hole 34 receives support member 3 in a both rtstableand vertically slidable manner, and a lower ea of the support. member 36 projecting below the base member 2 is fited ‘withananchormember38, Theanchor member 38consistso 4 rod member extending perpendicularly to the lenthsvise May 19, 2016

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