Chest valve for pipe organs

申请号 US3795170D 申请日 1972-12-29 公开(公告)号 US3795170A 公开(公告)日 1974-03-05
申请人 KLANN P; 发明人 KLANN P;
摘要 The outlet opening of the air chest is provided with a sleeve for supporting the organ pipe externally of the chest and which acts as a valve seat for the flexible resilient diaphragm of the chest valve. The diaphragm forms one wall of an auxiliary chamber located beneath the sleeve. An electro-magnetic valve controls the communication of the auxiliary chamber to the atmosphere or the air under pressure in the chest. When the auxiliary chamber is in communication with the interior of the air chest the pressures on opposite sides of the diaphragm are equalized around the sleeve and the pressure differential between the atmospheric pressure in the sleeve and the air under pressure in the auxiliary chamber maintains the diaphragm in sealing engagement with the sleeve. When the auxiliary chamber is in communication with the atmosphere, the pressure differential acting on the diaphragm will move the diaphragm away from the sleeve allowing air under pressure to escape from the chest through the sleeve to the pipe of the organ. The chest valve is preferably mounted on the underside of the air chest externally thereof with the diaphragm exposed to the interior of the chest for cooperation with the sleeve.
权利要求
1. A chest valve for pipe organs comprising an air chest for holding a supply of air under pressure, at least one aperture in the top of said chest leading to an organ pipe, a second aperture in the bottom of said chest disposed in alignment with said one aperture, sleeve means disposed in said one aperture and extending through said chest and said second aperture to define an annular valve seat on the end extending through said second aperture, an auxiliary pipe control unit for each pipe secured beneath said second aperture outside said chest comprising auxiliary chamber means, a taut thin flexible resilient diaphragm forming one wall of said chamber and normally disposed in sealing relation across said valve seat when the air pressure in said chest and said chamber are equal, a valve body secured directly to said chamber means outside said chest, first passage means connecting the interioR of said chest to the interior of said chamber, second passage means connecting the interior of said chamber to atmosphere, valve means in said valve body disposed between said chamber and said first and second passage means, said valve means normally disposed to maintain said chamber in communication with said chest through said first passage means while closing said second passage means, and operator controlled means for shifting said valve means to open communication between said chamber and atmosphere through said second passage and to close said first passage whereby the pressure differential acting on said diaphragm will shift said diaphragm away from said valve seat to allow air under pressure to enter said pipe through said sleeve.
2. A chest valve as set forth in claim 1 wherein said diaphragm and said valve seat are circular and disposed concentrically with respect to each other.
3. A chest valve as set forth in claim 1 wherein said diaphragm and said valve seat are circular and disposed with their centers offset from each other to provide a gradual opening of said valve.
4. A chest valve as set forth in claim 1 wherein said valve means is comprised of a free floating valve disc reciprocable between said first and second passage means whereby air under pressure in said chest will normally maintain said valve disc in sealing engagement with said second passage means, said valve disc including magnetically responsive means and electro-magnetic means disposed adjacent said first passage means whereby upon energization of said electro-magnetic means said valve disc will shift into sealing engagement with said first passage means.
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