Flute headjoint
AssigneeThe Geoghegan Company
InventorMichael Geoghegan
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Abstract
A flute headjoint includes a chimney, a lip plate and a tube body formed from a refractory metal. The refractory metal can include tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, tungsten, rhenium, alloys of these metals and combinations thereof. The chimney and lip plate are attached to the tube body without the use of solder. In certain embodiments, the chimney and lip plate are attached to the tube body with bands. The use of refractory metals in the construction of the tube body may provide enhanced headjoint performance, and because the lip plate and chimney are not soldered to the tube body the components may be formed using a computer modeling and milling process that provides for accurate and consistent production of headjoint components.
Claims15
A flute headjoint comprising a chimney, a lip plate and a tube body, wherein the tube body is formed from a refractory metal.
A flute headjoint comprising a chimney, a lip plate and a tube body, the chimney comprising a first end and a second end,
- wherein the lip plate is soldered or adhered to the first end of the chimney, and wherein the second end of the chimney is attached to the tube body without the use of solder.
A flute headjoint, comprising:
- a lip plate formed from gold, silver, platinum, stainless steel and combinations thereof, wherein the lip plate comprises a lip hole that is formed from a computer modeling and milling process;
- a chimney formed from gold, silver, platinum, stainless steel and combinations thereof, wherein the chimney is formed from a computer modeling and milling process and includes an upraised lip on a first end of the chimney and an upraised lip on a second end of the chimney;
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- a tube body formed from a refractory metal and comprising a tube hole formed from a computer modeling and milling process,
- wherein the lip hole engages the upraised lip on the first end of the chimney and the lip plate and chimney are soldered to each other,
- and wherein the tube hole engages the upraised lip on the second end of the chimney, and the lip plate and chimney are attached to the tube body with bands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.