Mute

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10199018-B2
Application number	US-201815909662-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2018
Priority date	Sep 2, 2015
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A mute is provided that can be stored together with a wind instrument. A mute comprises a main body portion, a rod-like member, and an inner head. The main body portion comprises a body, a head, and a connecting member. When in use, a large diameter end of the body is connected to a large diameter end of the head. When the inner head is in a bell, the body is fixed to the inner circumferential face of the bell. For storage, the mute is reassembled into a mode for storage in which the body is separated from the head, the head is in the head, and the inner head is in the head. The entire mute reassembled into this mode is in the bell.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mute for use in a wind instrument by being attached to a bell of the wind instrument, the mute comprising:
a pipe-like hollow body comprising a small diameter end and a large diameter end, with both ends being open;
a pipe-like hollow head comprising a small diameter end which is closed by a bottom member and has a through-hole at the bottom member, and a large diameter end which is open and has a same diameter as that of the large diameter end of the body, wherein the head is connectable to the body such that the large diameter end of the body faces the large diameter end of the head to join therewith;
a rod-like member that is inserted into the through-hole and is slidable in an axial direction; and
an inner head that is fixed to one end of the rod-like member to be supported by the head,
wherein in storing, the body and the head are separated from each other, and the head is placed in a space surrounded by an inner circumferential face of the body, and the inner head is placed in a space surrounded by an inner circumferential face of the head.

2. The mute according to claim 1 , wherein, in a state of the body being inserted into the bell from the small diameter end of the body and fixed to an inner face of the bell, the large diameter end of the body is located close to or in rear of an end of the bell.

3. A mute for use in a wind instrument by being attached to a bell of the wind instrument, the mute comprising:
a pipe-like hollow body comprising a small diameter end and a large diameter end, with both ends being open, and a support member fixed to the large diameter end;
a pipe-like hollow head comprising a small diameter end which is closed by a bottom member and a large diameter end which is open and has a same diameter as that of the large diameter end of the body, wherein the head is connectable to the body such that the large diameter end of the body faces the large diameter end of the head to join therewith;
a rod-like member that has one end fixed to the support member and is adjustable in length in an axial direction of the body; and
an inner head that is fixed to another end of the rod-like member;
wherein in storing, the inner head is placed in a space surrounded by an inner circumferential face of the body via the small diameter end of the body, the body and the head are separated from each other, and the body is placed in a space surrounded by an inner circumferential face of the head.

4. A mute for use in a wind instrument by being attached to a bell of the wind instrument, the mute comprising:
a pipe-like hollow body comprising a small diameter end and a large diameter end, with both ends being open, and a support member fixed to the large diameter end;
a pipe-like hollow head comprising a small diameter end which is closed by a bottom member and has an air hole at the bottom member, and a large diameter end which is open and has a same diameter as that of the large diameter end of the body, wherein the head is connectable to the body such that the large diameter end of the body faces the large diameter end of the head to join therewith;
a rod-like member that has one end fixed to the support member; and
an inner head into which another end of the rod-like member is inserted and that is slidable along the rod-like member,
wherein in storing, the inner head is placed in a space surrounded by an inner circumferential face of the body via a small diameter end of the body, and
the body and the head are separated from each other, the another end of the rod-like member that extends through the inner head is inserted into the air hole of the head, and the body is placed in a space surrounded by an inner circumferential face of the head.

5. The mute according to claim 1 , wherein the inner head has a shape capable of passing through an opening of the small diameter end of the body or the first body.

6. The mute according to claim 3 , wherein the inner head has a shape capable of passing through an opening of the small diameter end of the body or the first body.

7. The mute according to claim 4 , wherein the inner head has a shape capable of passing through an opening of the small diameter end of the body or the first body.

Assignees

• Yamaha Corp

Inventors

• Suenaga Yuichiro

Classifications

• G10D9/06 Primary

  Mutes · CPC title

• G10K11/16

  Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general (G10K11/36 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G10D7/10

  Lip-reed wind instruments, i.e. using the vibration of the musician's lips, e.g. cornets, trumpets, trombones or French horns · CPC title