Antibacterial keyboard
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
InventorMuneo Ishida
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an antibacterial key for use in a keyboard of a musical instrument. The antibacterial key comprises a key stick and a key cover adhered on the upper surface of the key stick through an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer comprises an adhesive containing a volatile antibacterial agent and can readily add an antibacterial function to the key with an antibacterial effect of the antibacterial agent, which volatilizes from the adhesive layer, at a low cost irrespective of a material or a manufacturing method of the key cover.
Claims18
An antibacterial key having sides and a top, said key comprising:
- a key stick;
- and
- a key cover adhered to only an upper surface of said key stick by an adhesive layer, said adhesive layer having a volatilizing antibacterial agent therein, wherein said antibacterial agent volatilizes from side surfaces of said adhesive layer and surrounds the sides and top of the key to provide an antibacterial effect.
A key cover having a top and a bottom adapted to be positioned on a key stick, only said bottom of the key cover being adhered to said key stick by an adhesive having a volatilizing antibacterial agent therein to form a key having sides and a top, wherein said antibacterial agent volatilizes from side surfaces of said adhesive layer and surrounds the sides and top of the key to provide an antibacterial effect.
A method of providing an antibacterial effect to sides and a top of a key which comprises a key cover and key stick, comprising:
- incorporating a volatile antibacterial agent into an adhesive layer;
- and
- adhering the key cover to the key stick with the adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive laver is applied only between an upper surface of the key stick and a bottom surface of the key stick,
- whereby the antibacterial agent volatilizes from side surfaces of said adhesive layer,
- thereby providing said sides and top of the key with an antibacterial effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.