One-piece valve cluster for brass instruments
US10600393B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10D7/10
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A one-piece valve cluster for brass instruments that facilitates ease-of-maintenance and ease-of-repair includes an upper housing, a lower housing, a plurality of first bisected-casings, a plurality of second bisected-casings, a plurality of first bisected-ports, and plurality of second bisected-ports. The plurality of first bisected-casings and the plurality of first bisected-ports are fashioned into a first-milling face of the upper housing. Similarly, the plurality of second bisected-casings and the plurality of second bisected-ports are fashioned into a second-milling face of the lower housing. The upper housing is mounted to the lower housing to create a single piece valve cluster that can easily installed on the instrument. More specifically, the first-milling face is positioned coincident to the second-milling face. Once mounted, each first bisected-casing is positioned concentric to a corresponding second bisected-casing to form a single cylindrical casing for housing a rotor plug.
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