US3264398A
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Electric organ crescendo system
Assignee: Hammond Organ Co
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Filing: 1964-03-26
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Granted: 1966-08-02
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Expires: 1984-03-26
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald R Kern
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 07:33
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/46; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S84/00; Y10S84/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
IN AN ORGAN OF THE TONE SYNTHESIZING TYPE IN WHICH THERE IS PROVIDED A MULTIPLICITY OF SINE WAVE TONE GENERATORS ACCORDING TO THE MUSICAL SCALE, A PLURALITY OF BUSSES INDIVIDUAL TO THE FUNDAMENTAL AND VARIOUS HARMONICS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL, PLAYING KEYS ADAPTED WHEN PLAYED TO CONNECT APPROPRIATE GENERATORS TO THE BUSSES SO THAT APPROPRIATE BUSSES HAVE APPLIED THERETO THE FUNDAMENTAL AND VARIOUS HARMONICS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL, AN OUTPUT SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUT TERMINALS OF GRADED EFFECTIVENESS FROM NO EFFECTIVENESS TO LOW EFFECTIVENESS, TO HIGHER EFFECTIVENESS, TO STILL HIGHER EFFECTIVENESS, AND SO ON PROGRESSIVELY UP TO HIGH EFFECTIVENESS, A PLURALITY OF CONTROLS OPERABLE TO CONNECT EACH OF SAID BUSSES INDIVIDUALLY TO ANY SELECTED ONE OF SAID INPUT TERMINALS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS IN THE OUTPUT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL AND VARIOUS HARMONICS OF THE NOTES BEING PLAYED, AND A CRESCENDO SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SWITCHES GANGED TOGETHER, A CONTROL FOR PROGRESSIVELY ACTUATING SWITCH MEMBERS OF SAID GANG AS SAID CONTROL IS PROGRESSIVELY MOVED, CONNECTIONS FROM SAID GANGED SWITCHES TO SAID INPUT TERMINALS SUCH THAT PROGRESSIVE ACTUATION OF SAID GANGED SWITCHES BY THEIR CON-
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
IN AN ORGAN OF THE TONE SYNTHESIZING TYPE IN WHICH THERE IS PROVIDED A MULTIPLICITY OF SINE WAVE TONE GENERATORS ACCORDING TO THE MUSICAL SCALE, A PLURALITY OF BUSSES INDIVIDUAL TO THE FUNDAMENTAL AND VARIOUS HARMONICS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL, PLAYING KEYS ADAPTED WHEN PLAYED TO CONNECT APPROPRIATE GENERATORS TO THE BUSSES SO THAT APPROPRIATE BUSSES HAVE APPLIED THERETO THE FUNDAMENTAL AND VARIOUS HARMONICS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL, AN OUTPUT SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUT TERMINALS OF GRADED EFFECTIVENESS FROM NO EFFECTIVENESS TO LOW EFFECTIVENESS, TO HIGHER EFFECTIVENESS, TO STILL HIGHER EFFECTIVENESS, AND SO ON PROGRESSIVELY UP TO HIGH EFFECTIVENESS, A PLURALITY OF CONTROLS OPERABLE TO CONNECT EACH OF SAID BUSSES INDIVIDUALLY TO ANY SELECTED ONE OF SAID INPUT TERMINALS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS IN THE OUTPUT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL AND VARIOUS HARMONICS OF THE NOTES BEING PLAYED, AND A CRESCENDO SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SWITCHES GANGED TOGETHER, A CONTROL FOR PROGRESSIVELY ACTUATING SWITCH MEMBERS OF SAID GANG AS SAID CONTROL IS PROGRESSIVELY MOVED, CONNECTIONS FROM SAID GANGED SWITCHES TO SAID INPUT TERMINALS SUCH THAT PROGRESSIVE ACTUATION OF SAID GANGED SWITCHES BY THEIR CON-
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