US 4,656,913 AGranted

Electronic musical instrument with keyboard and cover

AssigneeNippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorYoshimasa Yoshikawa

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Abstract

An electronic musical instrument with a keyboard has a musical instrument housing with the keyboard and an operation panel arranged adjacent to the keyboard, and a cover for covering the keyboard and the operation panel. Guide projections are formed at two sides of the keyboard and the operation panel of the musical instrument housing. The cover has first and second cover bodies, a first coupling device for coupling the first and second cover bodies in a foldable manner, and a second coupling device for pivotally coupling a rear end portion of the first cover body with the musical instrument housing. The front end portion of the second cover body is guided and slid along the guide projections when the cover is opened or closed. When the cover is open, the outer surface of the second cover body stands facing forward and serves as a music rack.

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Dependent claims

A housing assembly of an electronic musical instrument with a keyboard, comprising:

a musical instrument housing with said keyboard and an operation panel located adjacent to said keyboard;
and
a cover for covering said keyboard and said operation panel,
said housing assembly further being provided with guides located at two sides of said keyboard and said operation panel of said musical instrument housing,
said cover being constituted by first and second cover bodies, a first coupling device for coupling said first and second cover bodies in a foldable manner, and a second coupling device for pivotally coupling a rear end portion of said first cover body to said musical instrument housing,
said second cover being adapted such that a front end portion thereof is moved along said guides while said cover is opened/closed, and
said second cover being adapted such that an outer surface thereof stands facing forward and serves as a music rack when opened.

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