Pad adjusting disk and method for aligning a pad assembly

Details Pad adjusting disk and method for aligning a pad assembly Pad adjusting disk and method for aligning a pad assembly

1994-10-25

1998-02-10

Spyrou, Cassandra C.

Music

Instruments

Wind

G10D 708

Patent

active

057171513

ABSTRACT:
Novel stabilizing and adjusting disks are described in addition to a method utilizing the disks for aligning or seating the pad assembly of a woodwind instrument within its pad cup. The novel disks have flexible outer regions which can be made to conform to the contour of a tone hole surface or interface by applying an appropriate force against the stabilizing and adjusting disk combination. The stabilizing disk is held within the pad cup in an adjusted position by an adhesive or other material capable of being transformed from a liquid to a solid under the conditions utilized for adjustment of the pad assembly. Examples illustrate the method utilizing forces derived from magnetic fields and pressure differentials to cause the stabilizing and adjusting disks to conform to the tone hole surface. After adjustment, the adjusting disk is replaced with a pad assembly having an appropriate thickness.

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patent: 5297466 (1994-03-01), Wasser
patent: 5339719 (1994-08-01), Wasser
patent: 5381718 (1995-01-01), Wasser

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