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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Orii, Nagano, JP;
Katsuhiko Hayashi, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Sankyo Seiki Mfg. Co., Ltd., Nagano-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10F 1/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10F 1/06 ;
Abstract
A music box with reduced weight and improved sound quality has a base frame that is formed by plastic deformation of a plate that includes a metal material, a drum that is held on the base frame and which comprises a plurality of engaging pins, a comb that is fixed to a comb mount formed on the base frame and which generates a given sound by being picked by the engaging pins, and an improved, rigid base frame.