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US 11,769,474 B2Granted
Flute head joint, method of producing a flute head joint and flute
AssigneeFliphead UG
InventorAxel Müller
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Abstract
In an embodiment a flute head joint includes a beak-shaped mouthpiece and a curved neck, wherein the mouthpiece comprises a curved labium, and wherein a chamber of the mouthpiece has a larger diameter than an inner cavity of the neck.
Claims15
A flute head joint comprising:
- a beak-shaped mouthpiece;
- and
- a curved neck,
- wherein the mouthpiece comprises a curved labium,
- wherein the labium is curved around a longitudinal axis of the mouthpiece, and the longitudinal axis is parallel to a direction of a blown air stream,
- wherein a chamber of the mouthpiece has a larger diameter than an inner cavity of the neck, and
- wherein the flute head is configured for attachment to a transverse flute body.
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A method of manufacturing a flute head joint, the method comprising:
- manufacturing, with a 3D printing process, a beak-shaped mouthpiece, the mouthpiece having a curved labium, wherein the labium is curved around a longitudinal axis of the mouthpiece, and the longitudinal axis is parallel to a direction of a blown air stream;
- and
- connecting the mouthpiece to a curved neck, wherein a chamber of the mouthpiece has a larger diameter than an inner cavity of the neck.
A flute head joint comprising:
- a beak-shaped mouthpiece;
- and
- a curved neck,
- wherein the mouthpiece comprises a curved labium,
- wherein a chamber of the mouthpiece has a larger diameter than an inner cavity of the neck,
- wherein the flute head is configured for attachment to a transverse flute body,
- wherein the mouthpiece further comprises a window, and
- wherein the window has a length in an air injection direction of at least half of a length of the chamber of the mouthpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.