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US628640A
US628640A US71593099A US1899715930A US628640A US 628640 A US628640 A US 628640A US 71593099 A US71593099 A US 71593099A US 1899715930 A US1899715930 A US 1899715930A US 628640 A US628640 A US 628640A
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  • This invention relates to aharmouioa of the class in 'which the covering-plates are provided with corrugations between the reeds, so as to form a separate pipe or air-chamber for each of the reeds. I form these corrugations across the rear part of the coveringplates only, While the front part remains smooth and is turned inward to constitute the mouthpiece. Thus the construction of the instrument is simplified and inaccessible dustcollecting spaces between the corrugations are avoided.
  • Figure 1 is a side View of my improved harmonica; Fig. 2, a rear view thereof; Fig. 3, a oross-section on line 3 3, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, a perspective view of one of the covering-plates.
  • the letter 66 represents the cell-block of a harmonica, provided with the usual reedplates 1).
  • the covering-plates c are raised off the reed-plates b and are provided at their rear end with transverse corrugations c, that form a pipe over each of the reeds. These corrugations extend. across the rear section of the plates 0 only, while the front section remains smooth, as shown.
  • the forward edges 0 of the plates 0 are flanged or turned inward to meet the forward edges of the reed-plates l2 and constitute the mouthpieces.
  • the covering-plates may be attached to the cell-block in suitable manner, the drawings showing them provided with the flanges 0 that engage corresponding grooves of block 0t.
  • a harmonica provided with a covering-plate having a rear transversely-corrugated section, a smooth front section, and an inwardly-projecting front edge that constitutes a mouthpiece, substantially as specified.

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Patented July II, I899.
F. STRAUSS.
HARMONICA.
{Application filed May 8, 1899.)
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
FERDINAND STRAUSS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEYV JERSEY,
HARMONICA.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,640, dated July 1 1, 1899. Application filed May 8, 1899. Serial No. 715,930. (No model.)
To ctZZ whom, it may concern:
Be it known that I, FERDINAND STRAUSS, of East Orange, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Harmonicas, of which the followingis aspecilication. I
This invention relates to aharmouioa of the class in 'which the covering-plates are provided with corrugations between the reeds, so as to form a separate pipe or air-chamber for each of the reeds. I form these corrugations across the rear part of the coveringplates only, While the front part remains smooth and is turned inward to constitute the mouthpiece. Thus the construction of the instrument is simplified and inaccessible dustcollecting spaces between the corrugations are avoided.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of my improved harmonica; Fig. 2, a rear view thereof; Fig. 3, a oross-section on line 3 3, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, a perspective view of one of the covering-plates.
The letter 66 represents the cell-block of a harmonica, provided with the usual reedplates 1). The covering-plates c are raised off the reed-plates b and are provided at their rear end with transverse corrugations c, that form a pipe over each of the reeds. These corrugations extend. across the rear section of the plates 0 only, while the front section remains smooth, as shown.
The forward edges 0 of the plates 0 are flanged or turned inward to meet the forward edges of the reed-plates l2 and constitute the mouthpieces.
The covering-plates may be attached to the cell-block in suitable manner, the drawings showing them provided with the flanges 0 that engage corresponding grooves of block 0t.
It will be seen that by my invention the mouthpiece and pipes are formed upon one and the same plate, so that the construction of the instrument is greatly simplified. As the corrugations merge into the plain portion of the plates, lam enabled to obtain a smooth mouthpiece at the forward edge of such plates. Finally, as the corrugations are fully exposed from end to end the intervening grooves are not apt to accumulate dust.
What I claim is- A harmonica provided with a covering-plate having a rear transversely-corrugated section, a smooth front section, and an inwardly-projecting front edge that constitutes a mouthpiece, substantially as specified.
FERDINAND STRAUSS.
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WILLIAM SOHULZ, F. v. BRIESEN.
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