American Patents

american PATENTS



The list of american patents being fairly long is devided into parts.

Patent no. date name type

   554 242 1896 Clapp adjustable tip opening
   787 127 1905 Starke metal-ebonite hybrid mouthpiece

numbers with 1 *** ***
1 060 946 5-6-'13 Riday adjustable tip opening
1 101 420 1914 Erdahl loose cushion supporting the teeth
1 411 563 1922 Clark build in cushion supporting the teeth
1 413 929 1922 Naujoks metal table in an ebonite mouthpiece, heat flow
1 467 524 1923 Babbitt reinforced ebonite to prevent deformation
1 487 566 Henton enhanced tip for better ergonomics
1 583 337 5-27-'25 Chiron ligature with separated functions
1 696 516 4-15-'27 Bercioux chamber form
1 748 077 7-27-'26 Packman adjustable tip opening
1 771 109 1930 Arthur metal-ebonite hybrid mouthpiece
1 771 217 1930 Grant/Holton metal-ebonite hybrid mouthpiece
1 801 421 4-21-'31 Gemeinhardt ligature with cork lining
1 896 814 2-7-'33 Gemeinhardt adjustable tip opening

numbers with 2 *** ***
2 003 576 1935 Bühren oboe mouthpiece with single reed
2 180 383 11-21-'39 Anderberg tuning mechanism applying a force on to the reed
2 181 880 12-5-'39 Fauss adjustable tip opening
2 200 054 5-7-'40 Bundy flexible ligature without a screw
2 292 584 8-11-'42 Tafarella ring shaped ligature with cork or felt lining
2 352 372 6-27-'44 Colarusso flexible hose clamp
2 368 556 1-30-'45 Maccaferri polished chamber
2 397 593 4-2-'46 Brilhart mouthpiece with loose elements
2 411 380 11-19-'46 Maccaferri spring clamp as a ligature
2 456 299 12-14-'48 Miller reed with minute apertures on each side
2 494 231 1-10-'50 Dunn chamber form
2 496 749 2-7-'50 Reddick precizely adjustable ligature
2 517 077 8-1-'50 Berry chamber lenghtwise splt in two
2 530 155 11-14-'50 De Luca adjustable chamber form with flexible bulges
2 648 246 8-11-'53 Mueller ligature with a stamp
2 669 897 Topor reed cut open in the middle
2 672 782 Topor little aids to position reeds
2 837 003 6-3-'58 Collis 'floating' ligature with minimal reed contact
2 988 947 6-20-'61 Hauser means for preventing the pinching of the reed

numbers with 3 *** ***
3 150 554 9-29-'64 LeLoup hollow table and a special ligature
3 202 032 8-24-'65 Strathmann adjustable chamber form
3 410 170 11-12-'68 Gigliotti 'floating' ligature with 6 pointed supports
3 433 113 Portnoy 'floating' ligature with a support over the middle of the reed
3 521 517 ligature with eccentric arm
3 564 965 23-23-'71 Carlini ligature a with rubber cushion
3 618 440 11-9-'71 Ratterree 'floating' ligature with 2 supports on the reed
3 791 253 Pascucci tuning mechanism applying a force on to the reed
3 863 540 Buffet Crampon uniform rotation of the right hand mechanism
3 865 005 Buffet Crampon right hand little finger mechanism without rolls

numbers with 4 *** ***
4 041 827 8-16-'77 Daglis chamber with a (removable) stepped element
4 056 997 1977 Rovner flexible band ligature with a screw on top
4 080 866 3-28-'78 Toof adjustable ligature supporting the reed in the middle
4 185 535 1980 Lorenzini ligature with cords
4 210 055 7-1-'80 Platamone adjustable ligature with 4 points
4 212 223 7-15-'80 Runyon chamber with a 'secondary reed'
4 275 636 6-30-'81 Vandoren flexible ligature with 2 supports
4 308 781 1-5-'82 McGuerty mouthpiece with 'boundary layer control'
4 345 503 8-24-'82 Runyon chamber with cuneiform secondary reed
4 372 190 precizely adjustable ligature
4 449 439 5-22-'84 Wells mouthpiece with a passage in the form of a keyhole
4 485 559 clock gauge for the lay
4 517 875 5-21-'85 Dossekker adjustable tip opening
4 596 175 6-24-'86 Dossekker adjustable tip opening (identical to EPA 0 189 223)
4 669 352 6-2-'87 Bichon flexible ligature with flexible coating
4 745 838 5-24-'88 Johnson ligature with 2 longitudinal rims
4 991 483 febr. '91 Petit flexibele ligature with a mouthpiece cap

numbers with 5 *** ***
5 000 073 ligature, traditional, but 'floating' on metal ridges
5 018 425 5-28-'91 Rovner mouthpiece with a long window, matching ligature
5 033 350 7-23-'91 Galper mouthpiece with elongate protrusions reducing the players lip tension
5 105 701 april '92 Hall chamber form with a trapezial cross section
5 192 821 sidelong embedded reed, flexible ligature
5 208 411 5-4-'93 Yamaha, Satoh tuning correction through widening the bore
5 289 752 Barbaglia ligature with cords (identical to EPA 0 499 070A1)
5 293 805 3-15-'94 Guardala chamber with an large elliptical cavity
5 303 628 4-19-'94 Salazar chamber with a spiral interior form, exterior with extending 'wings'
5 357 837 10-20-'94 Disera mouthpiece with a staight-through air passage way
5 398 582 Barbaglia ligature with cords and a tightening mechanism (variant of EPA 0 499 070A1)
5 419 229 5-30-'95 Vandoren ligature with eccentrics (identical to EPA 0 604 267A1)
5 440 962 8-15-'95 Valtchev ligature with a flexible band or elongated spring and 2 reed supports
5 456 152 10-10-'95 Cusack adjustable tip opening through a wedge under the reed