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 *** *** |
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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 *** *** |
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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 *** *** |
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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 *** *** |
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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 *** *** |
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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 |