Patent ID: 6518489
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A harmonica comb comprising:an elongated essentially rectangular body including a front side, a top adjacent side, a bottom adjacent side, a rear side, and two ends with the thickness of said body wider from said front side to said rear side than from said top adjacent side to said bottom adjacent side; a plurality of cavities or valve cells spaced longitudinally along the central longitudinal axis of said front side of said body, said valve cells separated by cell walls, said valve cells open to said front side of said body and closed at said rear side of said body; a plurality of blow reed/blow enabler reed cells spaced longitudinally along said top adjacent side, said blow reed/blow enabler reed cells separated by said cell walls, said blow reed/blow enabler reed cells in alignment with said valve cells, the bottom of said blow reed/blow enabler reed cells comprising a blow valve platform with said blow valve platform also comprising the ceiling of said valve cells; a plurality of draw reed/blow enabler reed cells spaced longitudinally along said bottom adjacent side, said draw reed/draw enabler reed cells separated by said cell walls, said draw reed/draw enabler reed cells in alignment with said valve cells, the top of said draw reed/draw enabler reed cells comprising a draw valve platform with said draw valve platform also comprising the floor of said valve cells; a blow reed/blow enabler reed valve slot formed in said ceiling of each of said valve cells, said blow reed/blow enabler reed valve slots forming an open passageway between each of said valve cells and each of said blow reed/blow enabler reed cells; a draw reed/draw enabler reed valve slot formed in said floor of each of said valve cells, said draw reed/draw enabler reed valve slots forming an open passageway between each of said valve cells and each of said draw reed/draw enabler reed cells; a blow reed/blow enabler reed valve located in each of said blow reed/blow enabler reed cells and positioned over said blow reed/blow enabler reed valve slot, said blow reed/blow enabler reed valve secured at one end to said blow valve platform and said blow reed/blow enabler reed valve free to move at its opposite end; and a draw reed/draw enabler reed valve located in each of said valve cells and positioned over said draw reed/draw enabler reed valve slot, said draw reed/draw enabler reed valve secured at one end to said floor of said valve cells and said draw reed/draw enabler reed valve free to move at its opposite end.