Keyboard lid opening and closing mechanism for keyboard musical instrument and keyboard musical instrument
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
InventorKenichiro Hara
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Abstract
A keyboard lid opening and closing mechanism for a keyboard musical instrument having a simple structure and not requiring a large space for installation thereof. To house a keyboard lid in the folded state inside the keyboard musical instrument, the mechanism is provided with a reverse V-shape forming portion disposed at the place where the undersurface of the keyboard lid passes while moving, a rotation support portion including first connecting groove walls, and a keyboard lid stop portion including second connecting groove walls. Therefore, the structure of the mechanism for opening and closing the keyboard lid is simplified, and a large space for installation of the mechanism is not necessary since these portions include no movable parts.
Claims10
A keyboard lid opening and closing mechanism for a keyboard musical instrument comprising:
- a keyboard lid including a front lid for covering over a keyboard placed between arms arranged opposite to each other in the vicinity of the front left and right ends of the keyboard musical instrument, and a rear lid having a front end connected with the rear end of the front lid by a connecting portion in a foldable manner into a reverse V-shape, the keyboard lid being movable between a position of covering over the keyboard (lid closed position) and a position of being housed inside the keyboard musical instrument (lid open position);
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- a keyboard lid guide portion for guiding the keyboard lid between the lid closed position and the lid open position, wherein the keyboard lid opening and closing mechanism further comprises:
- a reverse V-shape forming portion for folding the keyboard lid moving from the lid closed position to the lid open position into a reverse V-shape configuration at the connecting portion;
- a rotation support portion for supporting the rear lid of the keyboard lid folded into a reverse V-shape configuration at the connecting portion by the reverse V-shape forming portion when the keyboard lid moves from the lid closed position to the lid open position, thereby rotating the rear lid around the support portion;
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- a keyboard lid stop portion for stopping the keyboard lid while moving in the lid open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.