Loudspeaker enclosure
AssigneePeavey Electronics Corporation
InventorsRobert M. O'Neill, Jason K. Dunaway
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Abstract
A loudspeaker enclosure which is adapted to be easily assembled with other like enclosures. The loudspeaker enclosure comprises a front wall through which sound can emanate, two essentially parallel end walls, each end wall being in the shape of a trapezoid and a back wall. The enclosure further includes two side walls extending between the end walls, each of the side walls having a plurality of outwardly projecting linear ribs extending on a line between the front wall and the back wall.
Claims13
An enclosure adapted to contain a sound generating means, the enclosure comprising a front wall through which sound can emanate, two end walls, each in the shape of a trapezoid, a back wall, and two side walls extending between the end walls and all joined together to form the enclosure, each of said side walls having a plurality of outwardly projecting linear ribs extending on a line between the front wall and the back wall, one of the two side walls having an even number of ribs and the other of said side walls having an odd number of ribs and adjacent ribs on each of said side walls defining grooves therebetween, each of said grooves is of a width to receive one of said ribs therein, spacing between the ribs being approximately equal, the ribs having a thickness approximately equal to the spacing between the ribs and a space between one of said end walls and the grooves on one side of said walls being equal to the spacing between the other of said end walls and the ribs on the other of said walls so that a pair of enclosures may be disposed in side-by-side relation with adjacent side walls thereof touching and the ribs thereof interdigitated.
A loudspeaker system comprising the combination of a plurality of loudspeaker enclosures, each adapted to contain a sound generating means therein, each loudspeaker enclosure having a generally rectangular front wall provided with a sound permeable grille from which sounds primarily emanate, a generally rectangular back wall generally parallel to the front wall, opposite end walls extending between and joining the front and back walls, and opposite side walls extending between the front and back walls and between the opposite end walls and joining such walls to provide the loudspeaker enclosure, the back wall being of a width less than the width of the front wall so that the end walls are of trapezoidal shape and the side walls are convergent from the front wall toward the back wall, and a plurality of outstanding linear ribs projecting from one side wall of each enclosure and defining grooves therebetween, the grooves of one enclosure being of widths to receive the ribs of an adjacent enclosure in interdigitated relation and said one and said adjacent enclosures being positioned with the said end walls thereof substantially in common planes and said ribs thereof interdigitated so as to position each grille thereof in angular relation.
A loudspeaker system comprising the combination of a plurality of loudspeaker enclosures disposed in side-by-side touching relation to define an arcuate group thereof, each loudspeaker enclosure including a front wall of rectangular form from which sounds principally emanate and a back wall of rectangular form smaller than the front wall with the front walls of the arcuate group defining segments of a convex arc of the arcuate group, each enclosure also including parallel top and bottom walls of trapezoidal shape and opposite side walls of rectangular form, all of the walls being joined to defined a closed loudspeaker enclosure, adjacent side walls of the group which are in touching relation being provided with interdigitated ribs which locate the enclosures in the arcuate group thereof with bottom walls of all the enclosures of the group lying in the same plane.
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