Support assembly and keyboard apparatus
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsAkito Ohba, Hiroshi Harimoto, Shunsuke Ichiki, Ichiro Osuga
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Abstract
A support assembly includes a support rotatable along a first surface with respect to a support rail, a repetition lever rotatable on the support, and a jack rotatable on the support and disposed to at least partially overlaps the repetition lever. The repetition lever includes a first contact portion which makes contact with a regulating portion which regulates rotation, the jack includes a second contact portion which makes contact with the regulating portion which regulates rotation, and the repetition lever and the jack are provided so that the first contact portion and the second contact portion overlap each other.
Claims20
A support assembly comprising:
- a support rotatable along a first surface with respect to a frame;
- a repetition lever rotatable on the support;
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- a jack rotatable on the support,
- the repetition lever including a first contact portion which regulates a rotating operation of the repetition lever,
- the jack including a second contact portion which regulates a rotating operation of the jack, and
- the first contact portion and the second contact portion making contact with a common regulating portion to regulate the rotating operations of the repetition lever and the jack.
A keyboard apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of support assemblies, each of the plurality of support assemblies having a support rotatable along a first surface with respect to a frame, a repetition lever rotatable on the support, and a jack rotatable on the support, the repetition lever including a first contact portion which regulates a rotating operation of the repetition lever, the jack including a second contact portion which regulates a rotating operation of the lack, and the first contact portion and the second contact portion making contact with a common regulating portion to regulate the rotating operations of the repetition lever and the jack;
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- keys disposed to respectively correspond to the plurality of support assemblies to rotate the support assemblies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.