Music box
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkihiro Ikeda, Yasuhiro Shibata
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Abstract
A music box includes a plurality of star wheels, a frame, a casing, a vibration plate, and a moving mechanism. Each of the plurality of star wheels being configured to rotate about a first axis. The frame is configured to rotatably support the first axis. The vibration plate comprises a plurality of vibration valves corresponding to the plurality of star wheels. Each of the plurality of vibration valves is extending in a first direction. The plurality of vibration valves is arrayed along a second direction parallel to the first axis. The vibration plate is fixed to the casing. The moving mechanism is configured to move the frame to the vibration plate in the first direction.
Claims6
A music box comprising:
- a plurality of star wheels, each of the plurality of star wheels being configured to rotate about a first axis;
- a frame configured to rotatably support the first axis;
- a casing;
- a vibration plate comprising a plurality of vibration valves corresponding to the plurality of star wheels, each of the plurality of vibration valves extending from the vibration plate in a first direction, the plurality of vibration valves being arrayed along the first axis, the vibration plate being fixed to the casing;
- a moving mechanism configured to move the frame so as to separate from the vibration plate in the first direction or approach the vibration plate in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.