Chime apparatus
AssigneeCarillons OpéRa Inc.
InventorDaniel Rouleau
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Abstract
A chime apparatus for producing a sound in response to an actuation signal is provided. The chime apparatus comprises a support frame, a bell, a hammer assembly and a chiming mechanism. The support frame has an opened bottom end, and the bell is hanging from the opened bottom end. The hammer assembly comprises an L-shaped lever and a hammer head. The L-shaped lever has a lever fulcrum and is pivotally mounted to the support frame. The L-shaped lever has a first and a second lever segments orthogonally projecting from the lever fulcrum, and the hammer head is affixed to an extremity of the first lever segment opposite the fulcrum. The chiming mechanism comprises a plunger element and an actuator. The plunger element is vertically movable in the support frame, and the actuator is operatively connected to the plunger element.
Claims19
A chime apparatus for producing a sound in response to an actuation signal, the chime apparatus comprising:
- a support frame;
- a bell hanging from the support frame;
- a hammer assembly comprising:
- an L-shaped lever having a lever fulcrum and being pivotally mounted to the support frame, the L-shaped lever having a first and a second lever segments orthogonally projecting from the lever fulcrum;
- a hammer head affixed to an extremity of the first lever segment opposite the fulcrum;
- a chiming mechanism comprising:
- a plunger element being vertically movable in the support frame;
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- an actuator operatively connected to the plunger element,
- wherein the chiming mechanism is configured such that in response to the actuation signal, the plunger element moves in a downward direction and engages with the second lever segment of the L-shaped lever, the L-shaped lever pivots, moving the hammer head away from the bell, and wherein the plunger element thereafter moves in an upward direction and releases the L-shaped lever so that the hammer head freely falls to strike the bell to produce the sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.