CN101689360B - Foldable guitar - Google Patents
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A self aligning folding guitar comprises a neck portion, and a body portion connected together with a Soss hinge. The Soss hinge may be mounted in a seat with flat sides. The hinge may be covered by the fretboard of the stringed instrument. The hinge is mounted to the neck portion and the body portion. A first alignment member is secured to the neck portion. A second alignment member is secitred to the body portion, the second alignment member meeting with the first alignment member at a substantially fixed position. A securement member secures the first alignment member to the second alignment member to secure the neck of the guitar in place.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of folding guitar with phoneme locking mechanism.
Background technology
The musical instrument manufacturing that produces tone is as the exploration of the value signals such as machinery of human sound is begun.In fact this still is to run through Middle Ages and enter the Renaissance and modern early stage standard.
Stringed musical instrument since time immemorial to the best of one's knowledge.These comprise the musical instrument that resembles Chinese lute, guitar shape musical instrument and so on, and these musical instruments have resonant tank and fingerboard.(ancient Egypt of new kingdom in the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art, B.C. 1380) bronze ware described following picture: the Nubians of dancing lifts his tiptoe, make a knee perk, left hand mainly operate fingerboard and the right hand is dialled string with a kind of posture, and this can be the illustration of modern rock music man.
Yet, Chinese lute has much ancient history, perhaps come from and take musical instrument to the Mei Suo not western herdsman of Jew of Da Laiya, wherein, the archaeology record comprises the works that trace back to ancient Akkad period (B.C. 2350 to 2170), these works are introduced to the Egyptian, probably in latter stage of middle kingdom Hyksos (XV to XVII imperial court, B.C. 1730 to 1580).
In modern age more, Chinese lute shape stringed musical instrument continues in most popular musical instrument.All-american folk artists are with various music styles, comprise that Bruce, bluegrass etc. use guitar always, are one of self-control kind sometimes.
Play on the contrary with percussion instrument, proposed challenge for the needs than the amplification of off beat of string, reed and vibration people lip to early stage instrument manufacturers.These challenges mainly are met by resonator system, and these resonator systems are mechanically collected, concentrated and the output music.If the generation high-quality sound, the standard that requires of musical instrument stability to be arranged then.
In addition, in the past few years, the artists that play the primary sound stringed musical instrument are incorporated into various playing techniques in the music of these musical instruments.Although perhaps ancients only depend on the string of playing Chinese lute to realize the musical sound of decaying gradually, artists have afterwards used bow to produce tone more constant and some controlled damping width of cloth.Modern art man has adopted various skills in their performance.Primary sound Bruce player may strike the musical instrument of playing them with finger, palm or articulations digitorum manus.Usually also require string to be pulled out by bullet by making the horse-hair bundle slip over some violin songs that string plays.This causes the requirement larger to the mechanical stability increase of musical instrument.
If stringed musical instrument, particularly guitar is popular, and people usually carry them at whilst on tour.Yet this musical instrument is bulky, and is unsuitable for convenient transportation.They are unlikely puts into the passenger plane storage space or is placed on below the passenger plane seat.According to this needs, proposed to have the guitar of folding neck.For example referring to the applicant U.S. design patent No.516 early, the applicant who submitted on Dec 15th, 114 and 2006 is pending U.S. Patent Application No.11/640 early, and 095.Although this musical instrument is effectively, make difficulty, need complicated craft and fine setting.
Therefore, need a kind of such stringed musical instrument, this stringed musical instrument can be guitar, violin or other similar musical instrument, and this stringed musical instrument is easy to use during performing and convert description of art to aspect sound or other performance consistent, strict and easily transportation at it.Can believe that structure disclosed herein is the most effective a kind of solution providing aspect the highly portable musical instrument, this musical instrument can adapt to various users' hobby.
The invention still further relates to a kind of hinge, and relate to particularly with door and other and rotate the common thing that use, so-called invisible hinge of article, and invention described herein is the improvement to the former design that is used for special-purpose, wherein, very narrow surface is fit to linkage, and hinge must can support much longer in proportion vertical surface.What the present invention was also had meaning is the method that arranges and install hinge.
In such hinge, the hinge part is by hinged on joint pin and connect in the pivot link that sliding pin slides, and connecting rod is positioned at the groove of hinge part or indoor, namely flap or buttcover plate.The early stage pattern of this hinge is the hinge design that is created and be loaded with it by Joseph Soss.It is in several patent illustrated, and these patents are comprising U.S. Patent number 1,030, and 936, Isosorbide-5-Nitrae 84,093,1,688,996,1,984,092 and 2,178,271.The hinge of this class is used in the above mentioned design patent.
It is sightless that these hinge design become in make-position, and the focus of being convenient to hinge when make-position is positioned at surface underneath, then extends beyond the surface, so that 180 degree standard-sized sheets.Two kinds of basic patterns of hinge are general, and the first has long narrow body, and this body has two attachment screws, and every end arranges one.This pattern has the shape that requires multistage mortise cutting for installation, and the second is cylinder or cylinder hinge, and this cylinder or cylinder hinge have the side cartridge screw, also is drilled with a hole for installation requirement as coupling arrangement.
Design has similar character before these, but lacks necessary gap, has insufficient or unpractiaca method of attachment in the guitar of folding neck, and requires complicated processing, to produce the opening that is used for hinge buttcover plate or cylinder.
In addition, although verified, in the past the pattern of design was at above-mentioned U.S. design patent D516, can be with this purposes support to a certain degree in 114, but have been found that with regard to effective production in some fields support deficiency exceeds the scope of small hand making-up shop.
At first, these hinges, being called " sleeve hinge ", to require final outside surface, example be that product plate on the musical instrument will connect beyond the operation of normal productive process, and require hole drill is got extremely surface near the product plate, thereby weaken this key structure spare.
Secondly, these hinges arrange very difficult with respect to the degree of depth and aligning exactly.The Soss hinge of other pattern has better fixed form and larger position and severity control.Yet its design only is convenient in the zone that single hinge is engaged in requirement, and this zone lacks structural intergrity for this purposes, and lacks enough abilities two hinged parts are suitably aimed at.In addition, the outward flange of the too close parts in the position of gib screw, this has problems suitably to fix the material of itself because lack for screw in this purposes.Present existing pattern also lacks uses required opening clearance to the guitar hinge.At last, the required mode of cutting mortise is very consuming time, and is difficult to as one man realize.
Summary of the invention
According to the present invention, stringed musical instrument comprises that neck extends critical piece, and this neck extension critical piece has neck extension anchor portion and Toning unit supporting head end, extension top reach the length of extending between the end.Neck extends critical piece and limits neck extension removal volume, and this neck extends removal volume and is configured to accept hinge halve (hinge butt).Neck extends removal volume and extends, to open in neck extension anchor portion and to open at the top of neck extension critical piece.Neck pedestal critical piece has neck pedestal anchor portion, pedestal top and opposed end.Make neck pedestal critical piece limit neck pedestal removal volume, this neck pedestal removal volume is configured to accept hinge halve.Neck pedestal removal volume extends, to open in neck pedestal anchor portion and to open at the top of neck pedestal critical piece.Hinge has the first hinge halve that arranges and the second hinge halve that arranges in neck pedestal removal volume in neck extension removal volume.Neck product plate portion is fixed on neck and extends opening on the top and leaning on the first hinge halve of removal volume.Base seat lid is fixed on opening on the top and leaning on the second hinge halve of neck pedestal removal volume.The stringed musical instrument main body is fixed on the neck pedestal critical piece.
Two or more Soss coupling assemblings are connected to single on the hinge halve, make in the interfacing part each limit a pair of Soss hinge connecting rod and accept track (races), to form a pair of isolated Soss hinge component, this Soss hinge component forms hinge halve single.
Each limits gib screw receiving orifice, the length of this hole the direction detection extends stringed instruments necks hinge halve.
Neck extension critical piece is provided with the fixture for screw, and neck pedestal critical piece limits one for the hole of accepting this screw.This makes neck pedestal critical piece and neck extend critical piece and can be fixed in the performance position.
The hinge of invention comprises the first hinge halve, and this first hinge halve is defined for a pair of the first track and the second track of accepting a Soss sliding hinge chain pin.The second hinge halve is defined for a pair of the 3rd track and the 4th track of accepting the 2nd Soss sliding hinge chain pin.The one Soss coupling assembling is installed between the first track and the 3rd track and among them.The 2nd Soss coupling assembling is installed between the second track and the 4th track and among them, and the 2nd Soss coupling assembling is positioned adjacent and spaced apart with a Soss coupling assembling and extends in the direction identical with it.
According to the preferred embodiment, the first hinge halve is limited to the hole between the first track and the second track.The second hinge halve is limited to the hole between the 3rd track and the 4th track.The hole is directed, and to accept web member, this web member is used for hinge is advanced and be connected to the parts that will install with hinge.
Hinge halve can be rectangular configuration, and this configuration has flat side and fillet or flat side and for example is the angle of 90 ° point substantially.
Hole between the first track and described the second track can be on the direction identical with track substantial registration.
According to the present invention, the improvement aligning that is provided by this improvement hinge further is improved by auto-alignment locking mechanism provided by the invention.Such mechanism can be screw or inserted bar type joggle piece.
According to the present invention, the auto-alignment folding guitar comprises neck part and body part.Hinge is installed on neck part and the body part.The first alignment member is fixed on the neck part.The second alignment member is fixed on the body part, and the second alignment member is in that fixed position and the first alignment member are crossing basically.Fixture is fixed to the first alignment member on the second alignment member.
The first aligning parts can comprise circular conical surface.
The first alignment member and the second alignment member can limit the surface that is fitted to each other.
Fixture is screw element.
Fixture can be bolt or inserted link.
Advantageously, the first alignment member can be defined for the elongated hole of accepting fixture.
The first aligning parts can comprise tube-like piece, and this tube-like piece has internal thread and frustoconical double-screw bolt, and this frustoconical double-screw bolt is screwed in the tube-like piece.
The second alignment member can comprise solid, and this solid has the reception volume that cooperates with the frustoconical double-screw bolt, and also is defined for the screw of accepting fixture.
According to the present invention, provide a kind of cover that can hold folding guitar, no matter this guitar is in the folding position or plays the position in expansion and all can hold.
The guitar cover of invention comprises that the guitar body receives the cover part, the guitar body partly covers and neck partly overlaps the top.Be provided with also in addition that neck partly overlaps the bottom and the neck that leaves partly overlaps sidewall.Neck zipper part in top is partly overlapped the top with neck and is fixed to neck and partly overlaps on the sidewall.Being fixed to neck bottom bottom neck zipper part is partly overlapped neck partly overlaps on the sidewall.Zipper segment partly covers the guitar body and is fixed on the guitar body acceptance cover part.
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The following description enforcement of the present invention of taking in conjunction with the drawings will become very clear, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is diagrammatic side view, and the male member of auto-alignment of the present invention mechanism is shown;
Fig. 2 is the planimetric map of the bolt receiver hole on the parts among Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 represents the lock screw that the present invention uses;
Fig. 4 represents the female part of auto-alignment of the present invention mechanism;
Fig. 5 is illustrated in and opens male member and the female part of installing on guitar in the configuration or other stringed musical instrument;
Fig. 6 is the side view similar with Fig. 5, the expression alignment function;
Fig. 7 is the side view similar with Fig. 6, is illustrated in the guitar neck of playing the position;
Fig. 8 is the view similar with Fig. 7, and expression is locked in the guitar neck of playing the position;
Fig. 9 represents interchangeable locking piece;
Figure 10 represents the alternative embodiment of female part of the present invention, and this female part is used for receiving the replaceable locking piece of Fig. 9;
Figure 11 is the view along the line 11-11 among Figure 10;
Figure 12 represents that female part of the present invention is at the alternative embodiment of latched position;
Figure 13 is illustrated in the locking mechanism of the present invention of installing in the guitar;
Figure 14 is the skeleton view for the useful improvement hinge of locking mechanism of the present invention;
Figure 15 is the skeleton view of the hinge of Fig. 9 from bottom institute apparent make-position;
Figure 16 is the skeleton view from the hinge of top institute view 9;
Figure 17 is the similar view of another replaceable hinge design and Fig. 9;
Figure 18 is the similar view of the hinge shown in Figure 12 and Figure 10;
Figure 19 represents the hinge of Figure 12 in use and 13;
Figure 20 installs and at the skeleton view of the hinge of open position;
Figure 21 is the decomposition diagram for the replaceable configuration of invention travelling stringed musical instrument;
Figure 22 represents to have the invention musical instrument of folding neck;
Figure 23 represents to have the alternative embodiment of outstanding qin pin piece;
Figure 24 is the plan view from above of guitar cover made in accordance with the present invention;
Figure 25 is the view along the line 25-25 among Figure 24;
Figure 26 is the view similar with Figure 25, represents that guitar of the present invention is enclosed within the first step in opening;
Figure 27 represents that guitar of the present invention is enclosed within another step in opening;
Figure 28 represents that guitar of the present invention is enclosed within another step in opening;
Figure 29 represents that guitar of the present invention is enclosed within the next step in opening;
Figure 30 represents that guitar of the present invention is enclosed within another step in opening;
Figure 31 is illustrated in the guitar cover of the present invention of open position, for the purpose of directly perceived top neck protector is launched;
Figure 32 is the side view of the alternative embodiment of guitar cover of the present invention;
Figure 33 is the plan view from above of the guitar cover of the present invention shown in Figure 23;
Figure 34 is side plan view, represents that guitar cover of the present invention opens;
Figure 35 represents that guitar of the present invention is enclosed within the next step in opening;
Figure 36 represents that the body of guitar of the present invention cover gets the top of part again and open;
Figure 37 is illustrated in the guitar cover of the present invention of opening in the configuration; And
Figure 38 represents folding guitar, and guitar cover of the present invention can be used for this folding guitar.
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With reference to Fig. 1, the neck 12 of folding guitar 10 is provided with convex alignment member 15.Alignment member 15 comprises interfacing part 17, and this interfacing part 17 is screwed in the screw 19.Interfacing part 17 comprises head 21 and whole threaded tubular spare 23.
As representing among Fig. 4, cooperate female part 35 to be installed in the body 14 of guitar, pass bar 26 back-up blocks 50 of bar (bout) 26.Bolt 37 passes back-up block 50, to cooperate with female part 35.Female part 35 comprises accepts cone 39, and this acceptance cone 39 is accepted head 21 and is mated, and locks securely neck 12 with the body 14 with respect to guitar.
As shown in Figure 5, neck 12 is installed on the body 14 of guitar by hinge 48.During use, neck 12 is pivoted to the position shown in Fig. 6 towards body 14 from the position shown in Fig. 5.Because the wearing and tearing in the hinge 48 or normal tolerance may have some misalignment, as shown in Figure 6.Such misalignment is solved by the engagement of surperficial 41 effects on surfaces 43 neck 12 reaches advancing of the position shown in Fig. 7 from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown in Fig. 6 during.
Misalignment does not affect bolt 31 and is screwed to ability in the hole 49, because elongated hole 29 makes bolt 31 can correctly aim at hole 49.
In case guitar is put in the configuration shown in Figure 7, bolt 31 just can be tightened, to obtain the position shown in Fig. 8.
With reference to Fig. 9, the inserted link 131 with check washer 133 and arm 134 can be used for replacing bolt 31.As shown in Figure 10-11, inclined-plane 136 is by arm 138 engagements of inserted link 131.Inclined-plane 136 is as shallow side 140 and high side 142.During use, arm 138 meshes shallow side 140 after passing notch 144, and turns to high side 142, with by locks in place securely, as shown in Figure 12.
With reference to Figure 13, musical instrument made in accordance with the present invention shown in the figure has adopted auto-alignment structure of the present invention in this musical instrument.Although the present invention can use relatively with acoustic guitar or electric guitar, violin, viola, contrabass, Banjo or other stringed musical instrument, for the purpose of directly perceived, show acoustic guitar 10.
Usually, guitar 10 comprises the huge hollow body 12 on the neck 14 that is fixed to the invention.Neck 14 comprises guitar head 16, and this guitar head 16 holds tuning screw 18 in a conventional manner.
For the preferred embodiment of the hinge 448 of auto-alignment of the present invention mechanism shown in Figure 14-16.Hinge 448 comprises Soss coupling assembling 449, and these Soss coupling assemblings 449 comprise hinge connecting rod 468, joint pin 470, joint pin 472 and sell 478.The operation of this hinge and other Soss hinge are similar.Yet, the advantage that provides is the layout of screw 476, and this screw 476 is because of side 477 supporting screws of its next-door neighbour's hinge 448, and this screw is embedded in the following position of neck for example, namely on all sides of screw, all has enough timber, to reach fabulous support.Simultaneously, sidewall 479 has less thickness 481, and this impels the additional thickness that can obtain for Soss coupling assembling 449.Inclined guide rails 474 matches when meeting the requirements of configuration, so that hinge can use in having the guitar of hinged neck.
In addition, compactedness and intensity are given security by the thin recess 481 of accepting, and this is accepted recess 481 and makes being fixed than enlarged head of holding pin 470.
According to particularly preferably embodiment of the present invention, have been found that short type hinge, as shown in Figure 17-18, be more favourable.Hinge 548 is similar at other side and the hinge 448 of structure.The advantage part of this structure can be seen from Figure 19, wherein, the docking of more shallow hinge cause by screw 583 effects than the short lever arm, with the integrality in the hole 585 that reduces gib screw 583, thereby improve the long-time stability of guitar body 512 and guitar neck 514.
According to the preferred embodiment, hinge 548 comprises sidewall 579, and this sidewall 579 has the thickness 585 of about 0.25cm.The thickness 587 of connecting rod 568 also is 0.25cm.Sidewall 579 has the length 591 of height 589 and the 2cm of 2cm.Sidewall 579 has the length 593 of 2cm.Equally, according to the preferred embodiment, hinge 548 has the width 595 of 4cm.
With reference to Figure 24-31, the guitar of invention cover 810 comprises main part top cover 812.Main part bottom 814 can join on the top cover 812 by slide fastener 816.Handle 18 is fixed on the bottom 814.
If people wish to open the cover 810 of invention, then neck top cover 820 is opened and meshes by holding ZIPPER PULLER 828 and making it advance to position 830.Make ZIPPER PULLER 832 advance to position 834.This makes guitar cover of the present invention can enter the appropriate location, and its top cover 812 is opened as shown in Figure 8.
When needing, can make ZIPPER PULLER 832 from Figure 26 the position movement shown in the with dashed lines to the position 834.Similarly, handle 828 can be placed on 830 places, position.This can lift neck top cover 820 as shown in Figure 26 like that.Top cover 820 then can be folding towards the direction of arrow 836, the end face 838 that overlaps to cover guitar, and make Velcro type hook connector 840 contact and mesh with Velcro type ring connector 842, as shown in Figure 28.
According to the preferred embodiment, ZIPPER PULLER 828 and 832 can move in any one direction.Use similar mode, after slide fastener 824 has been opened, hook connector 844 is contacted with ring connector 846, cause neck sidepiece 826 to keep flat, as shown in Figure 29.After neck sidepiece 826 has been placed in the mean place shown in Figure 29, by hook part 848 and ring component 850 engagements, can make neck bottom 822 present the position shown in Figure 29.The hook part 852 of engagement ring parts 854 replacedly, can be set.
The slide fastener of the separation by being provided for neck top cover 820, guitar cover 810 of the present invention can be put in the configuration shown in Figure 30.
Guitar of the present invention overlaps another alternative embodiment shown in Figure 32-37.In this embodiment, guitar cover 910 is provided with the combination of center slide fastener or slide fastener 924 and 926, and this makes the guitar cover of invention can take multiple configuration.For example, it is can be fully closed, and is suitable for accepting traditional guitar and in the folding guitar of playing the position, as shown in Figure 32 and 33.
The guitar cover also can be opened, in order to by opening as bright as shown in Figure 34 and 35, it can be put in the configuration that is suitable for folding guitar, in the time of in guitar 956 is installed in cover, it can be opened as shown in Figure 36 like that.ZIPPER PULLER 958,960 and 962 can be opened, and obtains the position shown in Figure 37 so that overlap 110, thereby makes guitar can put into cover or therefrom taking-up.
As shown in Figure 38, folding guitar 1010 can make its neck 1014 upwards folding towards the direction of arrow 1018, shown in dashed lines like that.Such action can be proceeded, until neck is presented on the position shown in the 1014a among Figure 38, and wedge shape neck 1014a covers guitar body 1012.
According to the present invention, it is contemplated that, when position that guitar cover 810 is in shown in Figure 24, can place guitar of the present invention to overlap 810 at Figure 38 with the guitar of position shown in the solid line.Equally, when when playing the position, guitar also will install in the invention guitar cover 910 shown in Figure 32 and 33.
Complete when folded when guitar, make its neck be in position shown in the 1014a, when position that guitar cover 810 is put into shown in Figure 29, guitar then installs in the guitar cover.Equally; by open neck zipper and with neck top and bottom protector and neck sidewall go back to those the similar positions shown in Figure 29 in; this folding guitar can be put in the cover shown in Figure 32-37, and by using hook and ring fastener to be fixed.
According to the present invention, it is contemplated that functional in order to increase, slide fastener in all embodiments can be the slide fastener that operates at both direction.
Figure 20 illustrates and is mounted and at the hinge of folding position, but also how the buttcover plate 61 and 63 that hinge 48 is shown is hidden in groove 50 and 52 and how attachment screw 56 and 58 is positioned in the final package assembly, according to the present invention, it is contemplated that, will product plate 34 and 40 bondings in place before, groove 50 and 52 is by in the neck 14 and back-up block 50 in the incision guitar bodys 12.Neck 14, neck pedestal 38, neck product plate 34 and main body product plate 40 are illustrated in the position of depositing or travel of musical instrument neck.Hinge of the present invention can be suitable for other purposes, and wherein, very narrow surface is applicable to linkage, and must can support much longer in proportion vertical surface.
With reference to Figure 13, when neck 14 is located with respect to guitar body 12, opening or playing the position, because the result that shown in folding position process Figure 19 move to position shown in Figure 13 in the position again fully from Fig. 5, after set bolt 31, can play easily guitar.
With reference to Figure 21, be appreciated that alternative embodiment of the present invention.The guitar 510 that comprises guitar body 512 has the continuous side walls interfacing part, and this sidewall interfacing part limits the notch 584 of accepting hinge 548.Therefore, the part 582 of sidewall 515 is sandwiched between qin pin piece 538 and the neck 514.Screw 531 is fixed on the performance position in the mode of the embodiment of for example Fig. 1-8 with neck 514.
Even need neck to rigidly fix especially, then the part 584 of qin pin piece 538 can run through sidewall 515 with other method, and this sidewall 515 is cut, with mating part 584.The result is that qin pin piece 538 flushes with sidewall.
Another alternative embodiment that comprises the guitar of the present invention 610 of guitar body 612 and guitar neck 614 illustrates with folding or travelling position in Figure 22.In this embodiment, neck 614 is folding at breakpoint 690, and this breakpoint 690 coincides with the breakpoint that hinge bolt 661 and 663 engages, this joint from sidewall 615 inward, each is as shown in Figure 22.Sidewall 692 has increased the support to neck 614 as a result.
With reference to Figure 23, guitar 710 is equipped with outstanding qin pin piece 738, as mentioned above.
According to the present invention, it is contemplated that when the guitar neck is folding, the guitar string will pass the hole and be inserted in the guitar body downwards.Can imagine in addition, structure of the present invention can be applied to the solid guitar, such as electric guitar.In this case, the hole in the body of introducing acoustic guitar does not exist in acoustic guitar.Therefore, string has limited space.According to the present invention, it is contemplated that groove or groove or cylindrical or spherical volume can be cut in the solid guitar, so that string can have the place of placement.Replacedly, for example having the hole of five cm diameters can cut in the guitar.The guitar string can pass this hole, so that the back side that they can lean on guitar keeps flat.
Although described illustrated embodiment of the present invention, it is also understood that certainly various modifications will be apparent for those of ordinary skill in the art.Such modification will be within the spirit and scope of the present invention, as only being illustrated and limited by the appended claims book.
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1. the folding guitar of an auto-alignment, it comprises:
(a) neck part;
(b) body part;
(c) hinge, it is installed on described neck part and the described body part;
(d) the first alignment member, it is fixed on the described neck part;
(e) the second alignment member, it is fixed on the described body part, described the second alignment member cooperates with described the first alignment member in basically fixing position, described the first alignment member comprises interfacing part, described the second alignment member comprises receiver member, described interfacing part and described receiver member limit matching surface, these matching surfaces are between described neck part and the described body part, described neck part and described body part do not move pivotally the relative position place of aiming at and contact with each other, and, when described neck part and described body partly advance toward each other, these matching surfaces guide described neck part and described body part toward each other, thus since the misalignment that the wearing and tearing in the described hinge or normal tolerance cause can not hinder described neck part and described body partly smoothly pivot move to and be engaged with each other; And
(f) fixture, it is used for described the first alignment member is fixed to described the second alignment member so that described interfacing part cooperates with described receiver member, thus with described neck partly and described body partly lock together.
2. guitar according to claim 1, wherein, described interfacing part comprises circular conical surface, described receiver member comprises the matching surface that cooperates with described circular conical surface.
3. guitar according to claim 1, wherein, described fixture is screw element.
4. guitar according to claim 1, wherein, described fixture is bolt.
5. guitar according to claim 1, wherein, described fixture is inserted link, described inserted link can make described the first alignment member be fixed on described the second alignment member.
6. guitar according to claim 1, wherein, described the first alignment member is defined for the elongated hole of accepting described fixture.
7. guitar according to claim 1, wherein, described the first alignment member comprises tube-like piece, and this tube-like piece has internal thread and frustoconical double-screw bolt, and this frustoconical double-screw bolt is screwed in the described tube-like piece.
8. guitar according to claim 7, wherein, described the second alignment member comprises a solid, this solid has the reception volume that cooperates with described frustoconical double-screw bolt, and also is defined for the screw of accepting described fixture.
9. guitar according to claim 1, wherein, described hinge comprises:
(i) the first hinge halve, its restriction:
(A) the first guide rail, it comprises for the first track and the second track of accepting the first sliding hinge chain pin;
(B) the second guide rail, it comprises for the 3rd track and the 4th track of accepting the second sliding hinge chain pin;
(ii) the second hinge halve, its restriction:
(C) the 3rd guide rail, it comprises for the 5th track and the 6th track of accepting the 3rd sliding hinge chain pin;
(D) the 4th guide rail, it comprises for the 7th track and the 8th track of accepting the 4th sliding hinge chain pin;
(iii) the first coupling assembling, it is installed in described the first guide rail;
(iv) the second coupling assembling, it is installed in described the second guide rail;
(v) the 3rd coupling assembling, it is installed in described the 3rd guide rail; And
(vi) the 4th coupling assembling, it is installed in described the 4th guide rail.
10. a hinge is used for the folding guitar of auto-alignment according to claim 1, and described hinge comprises:
(a) the first hinge halve, its restriction:
(i) the first guide rail, it comprises for the first track and the second track of accepting the first sliding hinge chain pin;
(ii) the second guide rail, it comprises for the 3rd track and the 4th track of accepting the second sliding hinge chain pin;
(b) the second hinge halve, its restriction:
(i) the 3rd guide rail, it comprises for the 5th track and the 6th track of accepting the 3rd sliding hinge chain pin;
(ii) the 4th guide rail, it comprises for the 7th track and the 8th track of accepting the 4th sliding hinge chain pin;
(c) the first coupling assembling, it is installed in described the first guide rail;
(d) the second coupling assembling, it is installed in described the second guide rail;
(e) the 3rd coupling assembling, it is installed in described the 3rd guide rail; And
(f) the 4th coupling assembling, it is installed in described the 4th guide rail.
11. hinge according to claim 10, wherein,
The first hole is limited in described the first hinge halve, and described the first hole is located between described the first guide rail and the second guide rail; And
The second hole is limited in described the second hinge halve, and described the second hole is located between described the 3rd guide rail and the 4th guide rail.
12. hinge according to claim 11, wherein, described the first hinge halve and the second hinge halve are rectangular configuration, and the breakpoint between described neck part and the described body part is displaced in the described body part.
13. hinge according to claim 12, wherein, described the first hinge halve and the second hinge halve have the angle of smooth sidepiece and circle.
14. hinge according to claim 12, wherein, described the first hinge halve and the second hinge halve have smooth sidepiece and are the angle of 90 ° point substantially.
15. hinge according to claim 12, wherein, described the first hole rough alignment on the direction identical with described the first track～the 8th track between described the first guide rail and described the second guide rail.
16. hinge according to claim 11, wherein, described the first hole rough alignment on the direction identical with described the first track～the 8th track between described the first guide rail and described the second guide rail.
17. hinge according to claim 11, wherein, described hinge is pressed close to the pedestal of the neck of described guitar and is installed, and when described hinge is in the close position, described the first guide rail～the 4th guide rail extends near the end of described hinge and the position that is offset with second distance from the position of center first distance of the described hinge of distance, and described second distance is greater than described the first distance.
18. hinge according to claim 11, wherein, described coupling assembling comprises arm, and these arms pivot at the pivoting point place adjacent with a side of each interfacing part of described hinge.
19. hinge according to claim 11, wherein, described guitar also comprises the product plate that is fixed to described neck part, and described hinge is oriented to when described hinge is in the close position, and a face of described hinge leans on described product plate.
20. hinge according to claim 11, wherein, the outside that limits described first hinge halve of described the first track, the 3rd track, the 5th track and the 7th track and the second hinge halve has the thickness in the part that limits described the first track, the 3rd track, the 5th track and the 7th track; Described thickness for the width of the described hinge that between the outside surface of the sidewall of the described hinge of accepting described the first track and the 3rd track, limits 5 percent to the thickness between the ten Percent.
21. hinge according to claim 11, wherein, the outside that limits the described interfacing part of described the first track, the 3rd track, the 5th track and the 7th track has the thickness in the part that limits described the first track, the 3rd track, the 5th track and the 7th track; Described thickness for the width of the described hinge that limits between the outside surface of the sidewall of the described hinge of accepting described the first track and the 3rd track 7 percent to 9 percent between.
22. hinge according to claim 11, wherein, on the direction of the axis of described joint pin, the thickness of described coupling assembling for the width of the described hinge that limits between the outside surface of the sidewall of the described hinge of accepting described the first track and the 3rd track 70 30 percent to percent between.
23. hinge according to claim 11, the outside that wherein is limited with the described interfacing part of described the first track, the 3rd track, the 5th track and the 7th track have the length between for their width 0.8 to 1.2 times.
24. hinge according to claim 11, wherein, described guitar also comprises the product plate that is fixed to described neck part, described hinge is installed near the pedestal of described neck part, and described the first guide rail～the 4th guide rail extends near the end of described hinge and the position that is offset with second distance from the position at the center of described product plate the first distance of distance and close described hinge when described hinge is in the close position, described second distance is compared apart from described product plate far away with described the first distance, and, described coupling assembling comprises arm, and these arms pivot at the fulcrum place adjacent with a side of each interfacing part of described hinge.
25. hinge according to claim 24, wherein, described hinge is oriented to when described hinge is in the close position, and a face of described hinge leans on described product plate.
26. hinge according to claim 25, wherein, the outside that limits described first hinge halve of described the first track, the 3rd track, the 5th track and the 7th track and the second hinge halve has the thickness in the part that limits described the first track, the 3rd track, the 5th track and the 7th track; Described thickness for the width of the described hinge that between the outside surface of the sidewall of the described hinge of accepting described the first track and the 3rd track, limits 5 percent to the thickness between the ten Percent.
27. hinge according to claim 25, wherein, on the direction of the axis of described joint pin, the thickness of described coupling assembling for the width of the described hinge that limits between the outside surface of the sidewall of the described hinge of accepting described the first track and the 3rd track 70 30 percent to percent between.
28. a method of making the folding guitar of auto-alignment according to claim 1, the method comprises: neck part groove and body part groove are cut respectively in neck part and the body part; And seal the sidepiece of described neck part groove with neck section grading panel, and seal the sidepiece of described body part groove with body section grading panel.
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