Ultrasonic sound source and method for manufacturing rectangular diaphragm of ultrasonic sound source
AssigneeKurashiki Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasatada Kawamura, Hiroyuki Yamane
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an ultrasonic sound source made up of diaphragms composed of rectangular plates adapted, in dimensions, to vibrate in a stripes mode, and mounted, in spaced relation and in multiple stages, on a longitudinal resonance rod which is connected to the horn of the vibrator to produce the ultrasonic waves above the audio-frequency. Thus, an intense ultrasonic sound source which is free from noises and is superior in radiation efficiency is provided.
Claims10
A method of manufacturing a rectangular diaphragm of a specific material quality for mounting at its center on the small end of a horn provided with a vibrator as an ultrasonic sound source, said method comprising the steps of obtaining the physical constant C.sub.D peculiar to the material from which the rectangular diaphragm is to be made by forming an experimental rectangular diaphragm of the same material as said rectangular diaphragm and which will vibrate in the stripes mode and having a length l.sub.1 in a direction perpendicular to the nodal lines of the stripes mode of vibration, and a thickness h.sub.1, vibrating said experimental diaphragm at a resonant frequency f.sub.1 for a producing a number N.sub.1 of nodal lines in the stripes mode of vibration, solving for the value C.sub.D the equation:
- ##EQU3## wherein N is the number of the even-numbered nodal lines of the stripes mode, h is the thickness of rectangular diaphragm, f is the resonance frequency, and l is the length of the rectangular diaphragm in a direction perpendicular to the nodal lines of the stripes mode vibration, and obtaining the length l.sub.L and the width l.sub.W of the desired rectangular diaphragm by substituting the physical constant C.sub.D and the resonance frequency f.sub.2 of the horn of the vibrator to be provided with said diaphragm and a particular thickness h.sub.2, the number N.sub.2 of even-numbered nodal lines, and the odd-number N'.sub.2 into the following equations for the flexural vibration of the rectangular diaphragm, ##EQU4## wherein l.sub.L is the length of the rectangular diaphragm in a direction perpendicular to the nodal lines of the stripes mode vibration;
- l.sub.W is the width of the rectangular diaphragm along the direction of the nodal lines of the stripes mode vibration;
- h is the thickness of the rectangular diaphragm;
- f is the resonance frequency;
- N is the desired number of even numbered nodal lines of the stripes mode vibration;
- and N' is an optional number of odd number nodal lines and is smaller than the N, and forming the rectangular diaphragm with the respective values of the length l.sub.L, the width l.sub.W and the thickness h.sub.2.
An ultrasonic sound source comprising a horn and a vibrator attached thereto, a longitudinal resonance rod mounted on the small end of said horn a set of rectangular diaphragms secured to said longitudinal resonance rod with the rectangular diaphragms disposed transversely of said rod, said rectangular diaphragms being fixed at positions of antinodes of the vibration amplitude of said horn and longitudinal resonance rod and spaced at multiples of 1/2 wavelengths of the frequency of vibration of said horn, each diaphragm having a dimension of length l.sub.L in the direction perpendicular to the nodal lines of vibration in the stripes mode and a width l.sub.W in the direction of the nodal lines according to the equations
- l.sub.L = (N - 1/2).multidot.d
- l.sub.W = N'.multidot.d
- wherein N is the number of even-numbered nodal lines of the vibration in the stripes mode;
- N' is an odd number smaller than N, and d is the distance between the nodal lines of the vibration in the stripes mode.
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