Tower-type speaker cabinet with pivoted plural speaker subassembly
AssigneeSparkomatic Corporation
InventorsTommyca Freadman, John F. Castagna
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AssigneeSparkomatic Corporation
InventorsTommyca Freadman, John F. Castagna
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A tower-type speaker cabinet assembly for plural speakers of a high fidelity audio system, including a vertically elongated tower cabinet having a pair of front wall segments adjacent the uppermost and lowermost ends of the tower speaker cabinet and an intermediate forwardly opening cavity extending between the upper and lower front wall segments, a pair of vertically spaced large subwoofer speakers in the respective upper and lower front wall segments with associated inner cabinets forming sound boxes therefor, and a swivelled movable center subcabinet spanning the vertical distance between said front wall segments, having a woofer, a mid-bass speaker and a pair of tweeters carried by a front wall portion of the center subcabinet in vertical alignment. The subcabinet has a range of swivel movement horizontally through predetermined angles about a vertical axis located a short distance rearwardly from the front wall of the swivelled subcabinet. Shock absorber strips are provided between the inner cabinets and the outer cabinet for minimizing vibration transfer therebetween.
A tower-type speaker cabinet assembly for plural speakers of a high fidelity audio system, comprising a vertically elongated tower cabinet of generally rectangular horizontal cross-section having vertical side and rear walls spanning a height thereof and upper and lower front wall segments adjacent uppermost and lowermost ends of the tower speaker cabinet spaced apart vertically and lying in a vertical plane, wall means defining an intermediate forwardly opening cavity extending between the upper and lower front wall segments, a pair of vertically spaced large subwoofer speakers in the respective upper and lower front wall segments having cone portions peripherally mounted to said front wall segments, a swivelled movable center subcabinet vertically spanning the space between said front wall segments, a plurality of vertically spaced speaker units including a mid-range speaker and tweeters carried by a front wall portion of said center subcabinet, pivot means supporting said subcabinet for a predetermined range of swivel movement horizontally through predetermined angles about a vertical axis located a short distance rearwardly from the front wall of said swivelled subcabinet locating the front wall at one angular position thereof in said vertical plane of said front wall segments of the tower cabinet, sound box structure for each of the subwoofers, and means for minimizing vibration transfer between the subwoofer sound box structure and said tower cabinet.
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