Fixing member and extendable member provided with the fixing member
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorHideyuki Inoue
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Abstract
A fixing member includes a supporting member that supports a first bar member in the longwise direction thereof; a pivoting member that has an opening portion that the first bar member penetrates and that is attached to the supporting member to freely pivot about a rotation axis that is perpendicular to the longwise direction of the first bar member; and a fastening member that causes the pivoting member to pivot centered on the rotation axis, in which the pivoting member does not make contact with the first bar member when in a first position; the pivoting member makes contact with the first bar member when in a second position; and the fastening member fixes the pivoting member to either the first position or the second position.
Claims8
A fixing member usable with an extendable member, which includes a first bar member and a second bar member, used in a musical instrument, the fixing member comprising:
- a supporting member configured to support the first bar member in a longwise direction thereof, which coincides with a direction in which the extendable member operates during a performance of the musical instrument;
- a pivoting member, including an opening portion dimensioned to receive the first bar member, and supported by the supporting member to be freely pivotable about a rotation axis that is perpendicular to the longwise direction of the first bar member;
- and
- a fastening member that causes the pivoting member to pivot on the rotation axis and move the pivoting member to either a first position or a second position,
- wherein the pivoting member is configured to, when the first bar member is received in the opening portion:
- not contact the first bar member when the pivoting member is in the first position;
- and
- contact the first bar member when the pivoting member is in the second position, and
- wherein one end of the second bar member is configured to be attached to the supporting member.
An extendable member used with a musical instrument, the extendable member comprising:
- a first bar member movable in a longwise direction, which coincides with a direction in which the extendable member operates during a performance of the musical instrument;
- a fixing member comprising:
- a supporting member configured to support the first bar member in the longwise direction thereof;
- a pivoting member, including an opening portion dimensioned to receive the first bar member, and supported by the supporting member to be freely pivotable about a rotation axis that is perpendicular to the longwise direction of the first bar member;
- and
- a fastening member that causes the pivoting member to pivot on the rotation axis and moves the pivoting member to either a first position or a second position,
- wherein the pivoting member is configured to, when the first bar member is received in the opening portion:
- not contact the first bar member when the pivoting member is in the first position;
- and
- contact the first bar member when the pivoting member is in the second position;
- and
- a second bar member, with one end thereof attached to the supporting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.