US882736A - Organ. - Google Patents

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No. 882,736. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908. J.BINNIGL ORGAN. urmonxox nun) JULY 27. 1906.

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ORGAN APPLIOATIOH FILED JULY 2'1, 1906.

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JACOB BINNIG, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MASON & HAMLIN, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB BINNIG, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Cambridge, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Organs, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like letters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to organs and especially to the wind-chest and pipe-valves thereof.

It has for its objects to provide a novel construction of wind-chest which is practicallynon-leakable; to provide a metallic wind-chest of novel construction; to provide a construction in which there are no long passages of small diameter between the windchest and the pipes and to provide a novel Way of mounting the pipes upon the windchest.

I will first describe one embodiment of my invention and then point out the novel features thereof in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the wind chest of an organ showing one embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a view on the line 9cx, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view partly in section of one form of my improved wind-chest; Fig. 4 shows the blank after being stamped from which the wind-chest is made.

In the present embodiment of my inven tion, the wind-chest is made of metal, and it has on one or both sides thereof the pipevalves 4. It may conveniently be formed from a sheet 17 of metal which has been stamped out, as shown in Fig. 4, to present along each edge two series of apertures 5 and 6, and which then has been bent into substantially U-shape, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Extending across from one side of the windchest to the other and between the apertures 5 and 6 is a partition 7 which forms the top of the wind-chest proper 3. Each pair of apertures 5 and 6 constitute the ports of a pipevalve 4.

The pipe-valves may have any suitable or usual construction, and those herein shown are similar to what is shown in my Patent No. 825,294, dated July 11, 1906, that is, each pi e valve includes a cap member 21 which ts over a flange 22 projecting from the sidej fiof ithe casing 17 and inclosing the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 27, 1906.

Patented March 24, 1908.

Serial No. 328,029.

two ports 5 and 6 of any pair. I have herein shown the pipe valves of different size, those which operate in conjunction with the larger pipes being larger than those which operate in conjunction with the smaller pipes. This arrangement, however, is not essential to the invention.

Each aperture 6 has extending therethrough a tubular member 8, the end of which forms the seat for the diaphragm 9, and the edges of the diaphragm are confined between the cap 21 and the flange 22.

23 designates a conduit leading to the pneumatic.

The space above the partition 7 is divided by transverse partitions 10 into a plurality of compartments 11, one for each of the pipes 12. These partitions 10 are so arranged that each port 5 communicates with one of the compartments 11, and said compartments thus form part of the passageways between the wind-chest 3 and the pipes 12.

13 designates the upper board which is secured to the wind-chest in some suitable way and which forms the top of the compartments 11, said upper board having ports 30 therein which register with the pipes 12. As herein shown, said board 13 is held in place by thumb-screws 14 which are screwed into anchor-blocks 15.

In order to make the construction as compact as possible, the valves 4 on the two sides of the wind-chest have a staggered arrangement, as shown in Fig. 2, and the adjacent partitions 10 are oppositely inclined, thus permitting the valves on each side of the wind-chest to be arranged comparatively closely together, as best seen in Fig. 2.

This construction is very simple and is inexpensive to manufacture. The sheet metal casing 17 can be readily stamped or died out and bent into shape, and when the partitions 7 and 10, which are preferably of metal, are soldered or otherwise secured in place, an absolutely air tight wind-chest is produced with a minimum expenditure of labor and expense.

It will be noted that all the parts of the structure are of metal except the upper board 13 on which the pipes rest, and therefore there will be no danger of any leakage of air occurring through the cracking or s litting of wooden parts, as is the case w ere the wind-chest is made of wood.

It is an advantage to have the passage leading from the valves to the pipes enlarged as they are by the chambers 11 because when the pipe is sounded, the air which passes into the pipe is taken from an enlarged air chamber rather than from a small and more or less constricted duct.

While the casing of the wind-chest is shown as made in one piece bent into U- shape, yet this is not essential to the invention, one of the important features of which is making the wind-chest entirely of metal, and another important feature of which is constructing the wind-chest 3 and the compartments 11 within the same casing 17 by means of the partitions 7 and 10.

While I have illustrated herein one embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the construction shown.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In an organ, an elongated wind-chest having a plurality of separate compartments above the same, said compartments extending transversely of the wind-chest and each being wider at one end than at the other, a pipe communicating with each compartment, and means to control communication between the wind-chest and each compartment.

2. In an organ, an elongated wind-chest having a plurality of separate compartments above the same, said compartments extending transversely of the wind-chest and each being wider at one end than at the other, the wide ends of adjacent compartments being situated on opposite sides of the wind-chest, a pipe communicating with each compartment, and means to control communication between the wind-chest and each compartment.

3. In an organ, an elongated wind-chest having metal walls, a plurality of separate compartments above said wind-chest, said compartmentsextending transversely of the wind-chest and each being wider at one end than at the other, the wide ends of adjacent compartments being situated on opposite sides of the wind-chest, a pipe communicating with each compartment, and means to control communication between the windchest and each compartment.

4. In an organ, a plurality of pipes a longitudinally-extending wind-chest, a series of compartments above the wind-chest and extending transversely from one side thereof to the other, each compartment communicating with a pipe, and means exterior to the windchest to control communication between said wind-chest and each compartment.

5. In an organ, a metallic member substantially U-shape in cross section divided by a horizontal partition to present a longitudinallyextending wind-chest and by other partitions to present transversely-extending V I: I compartments above the wind-chest, and. means to control communlcation between the wind-chest and each compartment.

6. In an organ, a sheet metal member bent into substantially U-shape and having two series of the same number of apertures formed therein near each edge, a partition extending across between the sides of said member and situated between the two series of apertures on each side, means forming with said U-shaped member and said partition a number of separate compartments above the partition equal to the number of apertures in each series, and means controlling communication between each aperture of one series and the corresponding aperture of the adjacent series on the same side of the U-shaped member.

7. In an organ, a sheet metal member bent into substantially U-shape and having two series of apertures of the same number formed therein near each edge, a horizontal partition extending across between the sides of said member between the two series of apertures and forming with said member a wind-ehest, and means forming above said horizontal partition separate compartments which extend from one side of said U-shaped member to the other, one compartment for each aperture of each of the series above said partition, and valves controlling communication between each of the latter apertures and the corresponding aperture below the partition.

8. A wind-chest made from sheet metal which has been punched out to present two series of holes of the same number along each edge and which is bent into substantially U- shape, a horizontal partition which extends from one side to the other of the U-shaped member and which is located between the two series of holes, other partitions dividing the space above said horizontal partition into compartments, and a valve controlling com munication between each hole of one series and the corresponding hole of the adjacent series.

9. In a wind instrument, a U-shaped inemher having a horizontal partition forming with said member a wind-chest and a plurality of transverse vertical partitions above the horizontal partitions to form a plurality of compartments, and means to control communication between said wind-chest and each of said compartments.

1 0. In a wind instrument, a U-shaped memher, a horizontal partition extending from one side to the other of said member, said partition and said member constituting a windchest, a plurality of transverse vertical par titions above said horizontal partition, said vertical partitions forming a lurality of separate compartments, said U- aped mem her having a plurality of pairs of apertures therein, one aperture of each pair leading into one of said last-named compartments, and the other aperture of each pair leading into the Wind-chest.

11. In an organ, a sheet metal member having a substantially U-shape, a horizontal partition extending from one side to the other of said member and forming therewith a wind-chest, transverse vertically-extending partitions above said horizontal partition, said partitions forming a plurality of separate compartments, an upper board secured to the top of said u shape member and having ports leading to each of said latter compartments, pipes resting on said upper board, and means to control communication be- 15 tween each of said compartments and the wind-chest.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB BINNIG.

Witnesses:

LoUIs C. SMITH, MARGARET A. DUNN.

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