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US 2023/0306932 A1Published application
Keyboard instrument
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenzo ICHIKAWA, Takahiro MIZUSHINA, Wataru NIMURA
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Abstract
A keyboard instrument has a first member having a first fixation fulcrum, a first link rotatably fixed to the first fixation fulcrum at one end side thereof, a second member having a second fixation fulcrum provided further forwards and downwards than the first fixation fulcrum, a second link rotatably fixed to the second fixation fulcrum at one end side thereof, and a coupling link fixed to a key so as to couple the other end side of the first link and the other end side of the second link together.
Claims8
A keyboard instrument comprising:
- a first member comprising a first fixation fulcrum;
- a first link pivotally supported on the first fixation fulcrum at one end side thereof;
- a second member comprising a second fixation fulcrum provided further forwards and downwards than the first fixation fulcrum;
- a second link pivotally supported on the second fixation fulcrum at one end side thereof;
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- a coupling link configured to fix an other end side of the first link which is configured to rotate about the first fixation fulcrum in response to a key operation and an other end side of the second link which is configured to rotate about the second fixation fulcrum in response to the key operation so that a distance stays unchanged which is defined between the other end side of the first link and the other end side of the second link.
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