Patent ID: 7384323
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: A01M,G10K

Abstract:
1. An open reed air-operated sound producing device, comprising: a main housing comprising a downwardly curved reed-plate, at least two sound channels formed in the reed plate, an exit area, and a reed receiving and retaining area between the downwardly curved reed-plate and the partitioned exit area; a multiple reed assembly comprising a single flat and thin material layer comprising at least two vibratable reeds; and a reed holding block; wherein the sound channels extend from the reed receiving and retaining area and along the downwardly curved surface of the reed plate; wherein the multiple reed assembly is aligned to the reed receiving and retaining area such that pressing the vibratable reeds to the surface of the downwardly curved reed plate covers the sound channels; and wherein pressing the reed holding block into the reed receiving and retaining area fastens the multiple reed assembly the reed receiving and retaining area.