ES1054157U - Higrotapon for bagpipe pointer (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

A hygrotapon for bagpipe pointer, suitable to optionally and temporarily close the area defined by the central frustoconical passage of said pointer and to deliver moisture during the closing time in the vicinity of its pallet, characterized by being constituted by: a storage tank means for water, in the form of a cylindrical tubular element closed at one of its ends by means of a firmly fixed plug, which has a suitable outer diameter to allow its access through the central frustoconical passage of the pointer up to the vicinity of its seat element, of an appropriate inner diameter for loosely and permanently accommodating an absorbent and water storage medium, and of a length that is slightly less than the length of said central passage of said pointer; an absorbent and water storage medium, in the form of a textile wick braided in a cylindrical shape and suitable to absorb water up to its saturation, to store it and to deliver it through its exposed end in the form of evaporation; having a diameter that is slightly smaller than the internal diameter of the storage tank means on which it will be loosely housed, of a length greater than said storage means, and whose free end is untwisted in order to define between the surfaces of its filaments a greater exposed surface that allows an adequate evaporation of the water it stores; a closing means for the free end of the reservoir means, in the form of a cylindrical tubular portion like a cap, suitable for tightly fitting inside said free end of the reservoir means and allowing the exit through its central passage of the textile wick disposed in the deposit means, beyond its external end, so that between said tubular portion or cap and said textile wick provide a certain tightness for the internal area of said deposit means; a grasping and manipulating means, in the form of a cylindrical shank having an external configuration that is suitable to allow its accommodation within the bell of the pointer and to close the internal scope of said pointer, and which has an axial longitudinal passage suitable for tightly and firmly receiving the closed end of the reservoir means; y a guide means for the hygro-plug in its introduction within the frusto-conical passage of the pointer, in the form of a compression spring wrapped around the reservoir means, which has an outer diameter that is slightly larger than the smaller diameter of the conical passage of the pointer, that corresponding to the area adjacent to its seat element, so that it can freely access to the plane defined by the corresponding diameter of the conical transition of the portion adjacent to its seat, on which point it will settle; and defining in this way a guide for the subsequent displacement of the deposit means, forcing it to perform said displacement in an axial trajectory, avoiding any deviation and possible deterioration of the walls of said frustoconical passage of the pointer. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)