Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Sigrist
[54]
[76]
5,650,581
Jul. 22, 1997
4,532,847
INSTRUMENTS
4,941,389
5,010,802
7/1990 Wendler
4/1991 Lanham
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..... .. 84/743
Inventor;
5,042,356
8/1991
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5,409,403
Karch. . . . . . . . .
[22] Filed:
[57]
[51]
Int. Cl.
[52]
[58]
ABSTRACT
439/669
669
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hole. This twists the signal wires further together until one
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
via a hole drilled in the guitar and accepting the jack ferrule.
This leaves the guitar body surface around the jack vulner
able to damage from the male jack. as there is no protective
plate. In other words. as the musician attempts to insert the
the male jack by simply pushing toward the guitar body. but
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fastens the jack ferrule to the plate. In such case. the length
of ferrule not used in mounting must protrude from the
guitar as there is no bacldng nut for adjustment in ferrule
position.
Jack plates. stamped into a concave shape are known. for
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also works to de?ect the male input jack away from the hole.
The musician blindly searches for the jack hole when
attempting to plug-in the signal cord for connection to the
ampli?er. Once the protrusion of the female jack is located.
the musician attempts to guide the A inch diameter male
jack into the 1%: inch hole of the female jack. This can require
several attempts and often leads the musician to ?ip over the
instrument to see the target hole. Also. nuts fastening the
jack to the plate are thin and often become loose. due to
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cup 35. The outer cup 35 is stamped 0.034 inch thick steel.
A nut 40 tightens down against the outer cup 35 and forces
the wedge 15 to lodge into the walls of the mounting hole 10
allows the outer cup 35 to rest ?ush against the guitar body
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?nding the nut loose. Once the nut is over tightened. its
useful life is near completion. It cannot be successfully
tightened again. The most common short term effect of this
input jack 25. The ferrule 20 passes through the hole 48 from
inside the guitar body 5 and a washer 50 resides under nut
40.
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Illustrated in FIGS. 9A-9D show the previously discussed
niently connect input jack 25. To achieve this goal. the end
of the male half 55 must fall within a 0.049 square inch
target area 13. If the male half 55 lands outside the target
area 13 (FIG. 9A) the male half 55 wedges between the outer
cup 35 and the nut 40. In FIG. 9B. the male half 55 is either
stopped at the plate 45 or it slides off the plate 45 and
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impacts with the guitar body 5. In FIG. 9C. the male half 55
is most likely de?ected away from the target area 13 and
ing the old part simple and also preserves value to collectors
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the factory.
A smooth dish shape. e.g.. continuous concave surface.
The target area of the jack base is twelve times that of the
65. This outer most edge of the base forms a lip 70 resting
against the guitar body 5 when screwed into place. The two
of the concave radius arc and the edge of the 3/s inch threaded
hole 85 in the center of the base. The screw holes 80 are
countersunk. leaving the heads of the screws 75 flush with
the base concave surface 60. This gives the male jack 55 an
obstacle-free path to the opening of the female jack 25 as it
more thread to thread contact relative prior art structures.
slides along the concave surface 60 of the jack base 65.
Hence. more friction exists to maintain the jack mounting to
This greatly increases the amount of material to be
the base.
55 displaced for the screw 75 to be ripped out. as it can not be
pulled straight out. but rather must travel sideways through
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
female jack 25. The jack 25 is threaded into the hole till the
end of the ferrule 20 is ?ush with the concave outer surface
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the drill 95 makes full contact with the guitar body 5. This
allows the lip 70 of the jack base 65 to rest ?ush against the
guitar body 5.
FIGS. 15 and 16 illustrate a second embodiment of the
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guitar body 5.
concave surface.
goal of guiding the male half 55 into the input jack 25.
male half 55 into the ferrule 20 of the input jack 25. The
musician enjoys greater opportunity to insert the male half
55 without directly observing the operation. i.e.. without
?ipping over the instrument to view the input jack. Further.
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base resides within said mounting hole and said at least one
mounting screw resides within said at least one mounting
aperture.
7. In combination.
original condition.
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aperture engages said concave surface and said mounting
aperture to secure said base within said mounting aperture.
11. A combination according to claim 10 wherein said
mounting hole de?nes a central axis and said mounting
screw aperture lies in non-parallel relation to said central
aperture.
15 screw.