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US4244096A
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Speaker box manufacturing method
Assignee: Kyowa Electric and Chemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1979-05-30
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Granted: 1981-01-13
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Expires: 1999-05-30
Abstract
Abstract A thermoplastic front frame having many small protrusions on the whole front face and many thorn-like sharp projections on the whole rear face. The frame is strongly forced onto a cloth with the front face of the frame being directed downwardly, so that the front protrusions cut into the cloth so as to temporarily secure the cloth to the frame. Thereafter, the peripheral portion of the cloth extending outside of the frame is folded upwardly and then further folded inwardly and pierced by the rear projections thereby being temporarily secured. Then, a heated iron is forced onto the rear projections to depress the head portions of the rear projections to cause the projection to make the head of each projection larger than the mesh of the cloth whereby the cloth is permanently secured to the frame. Then, the cloth covered frame so formed is integrally attached to the speaker box.
Inventors
- 👤 Hirota Kashichi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 14:33
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23P; B23P11/00; B29; B29C; B29C63/00; B29C63/02; B29C65/00; B29C65/56; B29C65/60; B29C65/606; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/13; B29C66/131; B29C66/50; B29C66/51; B29C66/53; B29C66/534; B29C66/5346; H; H04; H04R; H04R1/00; H04R1/02; H04R1/023; B29C66/5344; B29L; B29L2007/00; B29L2007/008; B29L2012/00; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/737; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49833; Y10T29/49863; Y10T29/49876
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
A method of manufacturing a speaker box comprising the steps of preparing thermoplastic front frame having many protrusions formed on a substantially whole front face thereof and many thorn-like projections formed on a substantially whole rear face thereof; forcing said front frame onto a cloth with the front face of said front frame being directed to said cloth, so that said front protrusions cut into said cloth so as to temporarily secure said cloth to said front frame; rearwardly folding a peripheral portion of said cloth extending outside said front frame and further inwardly folding said peripheral portion to make said cloth pierced by said thorn-like projections on said rear face of said front frame; softening and depressing the head portions of said thorn-like projections piercing said cloth to cause each of the said projections on said rear face of said front frame to have a head larger than the mesh of said cloth so that said cloth is permanently secured to said front frame; and integrally engaging the cloth covered front frame so formed with the front face of a speaker box.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
183 words
A method of manufacturing a speaker box comprising the steps of preparing thermoplastic front frame having many protrusions formed on a substantially whole front face thereof and many thorn-like projections formed on a substantially whole rear face thereof; forcing said front frame onto a cloth with the front face of said front frame being directed to said cloth, so that said front protrusions cut into said cloth so as to temporarily secure said cloth to said front frame; rearwardly folding a peripheral portion of said cloth extending outside said front frame and further inwardly folding said peripheral portion to make said cloth pierced by said thorn-like projections on said rear face of said front frame; softening and depressing the head portions of said thorn-like projections piercing said cloth to cause each of the said projections on said rear face of said front frame to have a head larger than the mesh of said cloth so that said cloth is permanently secured to said front frame; and integrally engaging the cloth covered front frame so formed with the front face of a speaker box.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said integrally engaging step is performed by bringing said cloth covered front panel in registration with said front face of said speaker box and inserting rearwardly extending engaging projections of said front frame into retaining holes formed on said front face of said speaker box.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said softening and depressing step is performed by using a heated iron.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
171 words
A cloth covered front panel for use in a speaker box comprising a front frame having many protrusions formed on a substantially whole front face thereof and a cloth covering said front face of said front frame and secured to said front frame by forcing said front frame onto said cloth with said front face of said front frame being directed to said cloth so that said front protrusions cut into said cloth so as to temporarily secure said cloth to the front frame; rearwardly folding a peripheral portion of said cloth extending outside said front frame and further inwardly folding said peripheral portion to cause said peripheral portion to be pierced by thorn-like projections formed on a substantially whole rear face of said front frame; and softening and depressing the head portions of said thorn-like projections to cause the projections on said rear face of said front frame to have a head larger than the mesh of said cloth so as to permanently secure said cloth to said front frame.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
171 words
A cloth covered front panel for use in a speaker box comprising a front frame having many protrusions formed on a substantially whole front face thereof and a cloth covering said front face of said front frame and secured to said front frame by forcing said front frame onto said cloth with said front face of said front frame being directed to said cloth so that said front protrusions cut into said cloth so as to temporarily secure said cloth to the front frame; rearwardly folding a peripheral portion of said cloth extending outside said front frame and further inwardly folding said peripheral portion to cause said peripheral portion to be pierced by thorn-like projections formed on a substantially whole rear face of said front frame; and softening and depressing the head portions of said thorn-like projections to cause the projections on said rear face of said front frame to have a head larger than the mesh of said cloth so as to permanently secure said cloth to said front frame.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1984-01-13 | 1984-07-14 | 1985-01-13 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-01-13 | 1988-07-14 | 1989-01-13 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1992-01-13 | 1992-07-14 | 1993-01-13 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |