Circuit-unit-combined speaker apparatus
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorTakahiro Tashiro
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Abstract
Recessed section is formed in the rear surface of a speaker box body with a speaker mounted to the inner front surface of the body box. Circuit unit, such as a mixer, including operators is removably accommodated in the recessed section. There is also provided a retention structure for retaining the accommodated circuit unit in the recessed section. When the speaker is to be used, for example, the circuit unit can be removed from the speaker box body and placed near a human player, so that the human player is allowed to, for example, readily operate the operators of the circuit unit. The recessed section may be covered with a lid, in which case speaker-related accessories can be stored in the recessed section.
Claims22
A speaker apparatus comprising:
- a speaker box body having a speaker mounted on a front surface side thereof, said speaker producing audio signals through said front surface side, a rear surface side of said speaker box body being closed to provide a closed space in said speaker box body, the rear surface side of said speaker box body having a wall concaved inwardly over a predetermined range to provide a recessed section in the rear surface side, the recessed section being partitioned from the closed space in said speaker box body;
- a circuit unit removably accommodated in said recessed section of said speaker box body;
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- a retention structure for retaining said circuit unit, removably accommodated in said recessed section, in said recessed section,
- wherein the circuit unit is a mixer device having various manipulators;
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- wherein the mixer device is accommodated in said recessed section so that the mixer device faces the closed space.
A speaker system comprising:
- a first speaker apparatus comprising:
- a first speaker box body having a first speaker mounted on a front surface side thereof, said speaker producing audio signals through said front surface side, a rear surface side of said first speaker box body being closed to provide a closed space in said first speaker box body, the rear surface side of said first speaker box body having a wall concaved inwardly over a predetermined range to provide a first recessed section in the rear surface side, the first recessed section being partitioned from the closed space in said first speaker box body;
- a circuit unit removably accommodated in said first recessed section of said first speaker box body;
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- a first retention structure for retaining said circuit unit, removably accommodated in said first recessed section, in said first recessed section;
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- a second speaker apparatus comprising:
- a second speaker box body having a second speaker mounted therein and having a second recessed section formed in one surface thereof, one or more desired articles being removably storable in said second recessed section as far as a storage size of said second recessed section permits;
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- a retention member for retaining the articles, removably stored in said second recessed section of said second speaker box body, in said second recessed section,
- wherein the circuit unit is a mixer device having various manipulators;
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- wherein the mixer device is accommodated in said first recessed section so that the mixer device faces the closed space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.