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US1747778A
US1747778A US148923A US14892326A US1747778A US 1747778 A US1747778 A US 1747778A US 148923 A US148923 A US 148923A US 14892326 A US14892326 A US 14892326A US 1747778 A US1747778 A US 1747778A
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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    • H04R5/033Headphones for stereophonic communication
    • H04R5/0335Earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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    • H04R1/10Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1008Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1016Earpieces of the intra-aural type

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  • This invention relates to improvements in the construction of head telephones for radio reception, the main object of the invention being to produce a plastic or stereoscopic sound effect.
  • plastic or stereoscopic sound efiect I understand the impression created on the ears that the sound comes from space. The sounds reach the two ears with difierent higher harmonics and therefore different colouring, so that a person has the impression that the sounds come from a room or from space. It is entirely immaterial what kind of a room it is and where it lies.
  • the sounds should 35 produce such an effect, which is referred to herein as a plastic or stereoscopic sound effect. It is known in the artificial reproduction of sound that its plastic effect can be substantially increased by taking'into consideration the feeling of direction, the sounds being led' with a time lag to the left and to the right ear and/or sound impressions of different tones being produced in the two ears.
  • Another object of the invention is so to construct the improved head telephones that the user shall, nevertheless, be able to hear conversations, etc. that are carried on around him.
  • Figure'l illustrates the improved head telephone in elevation.
  • Figs. 2 and 3 are res ectively a side elevation and a rear elevat1on of the improved head telephone with a diiferent kind of strap;
  • Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate in plan view and elevation respectively one of the ear pieces provided with valve openings and with an ad'ust ing device.
  • t e left ear piece a is made hollow and is provided with an'iron diaphra m 6, while the right ear piece 0 guides the sound in a manner similar to the end piece of a tubular stethoscope to the opening of the ear, by meansof a projection d, the diaphragm 6 being for instance made of wood or mica and provided with a small iron piece opposite the magnetic cores of the telephone.
  • the diaphragm 6 being for instance made of wood or mica and provided with a small iron piece opposite the magnetic cores of the telephone.
  • the user is thus in a position to receive from the proper direction, viz on his right or on his left, the different tones exactly as in the concert hall, according to the actual po- Owing to the two car pieces a and 0 being differently constructed in the arrangement hereinbefore described the necessity arises of providing means which will ensure that the user shall always place the head telephones in the proper position.
  • This is especially important when use is made of a plurality of receiving devices and of separate transmission of different individual groups, which may be retarded with respect to one another, and it is desired to produce a directional feeling. In that case an interchanging of the ear pieces would lead to an unbearable sound distortion.
  • the differentiation between the right and left ear-ca in addition to being established by the di erence in their shapes may otherwise be indicated for instance by a different colouring of/or indication on the ear-caps themselves, the difference being thus established by sight as well as by feeling.
  • the head strap 7 may be formed in the manner of a cap g capable of being placed on the head only in one definite position as shown in Figures 2 and 3. Also the fastening or mounting of the two telephones may be used for this purpose.
  • the head telephones constructed according to the invention are provided with slot-like re- 'sition of the various parts of the orchestra.
  • a head telephone for radio reception and talking machines having a head strap to which the two ear pieces are attached, the said head strap having a tail piece which adapts itself to the shape of the head and having the telephone cords leading to the two ear pieces passing through the rear tail piece of the head strap for the purpose set forth.

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Feb. 18, 1930- H. KUCHENMEISTER HEAD TELEPHONE Filed NOV. 17, 1926 I22 V612 far.-
Patented Feb. 18,1930
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HEAD TEl'JEPHONE Application med November 17, 1926, Serial No. 148,923, and in Germany February 17, 1926.
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of head telephones for radio reception, the main object of the invention being to produce a plastic or stereoscopic sound effect. By plastic or stereoscopic sound efiect, I understand the impression created on the ears that the sound comes from space. The sounds reach the two ears with difierent higher harmonics and therefore different colouring, so that a person has the impression that the sounds come from a room or from space. It is entirely immaterial what kind of a room it is and where it lies.
The main point is that the sounds should 35 produce such an effect, which is referred to herein as a plastic or stereoscopic sound effect. It is known in the artificial reproduction of sound that its plastic effect can be substantially increased by taking'into consideration the feeling of direction, the sounds being led' with a time lag to the left and to the right ear and/or sound impressions of different tones being produced in the two ears.
This approach to the original in the reproduction of sounds is effected according tothe invention by constructing the telephone, as regards form and material, differently for the left and right telephone piece.
Another object of the invention is so to construct the improved head telephones that the user shall, nevertheless, be able to hear conversations, etc. that are carried on around him.
Referring to the accompanying drawings which illustrate the'invention by way of ex ample, Figure'l illustrates the improved head telephone in elevation. Figs. 2 and 3 are res ectively a side elevation and a rear elevat1on of the improved head telephone with a diiferent kind of strap; Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate in plan view and elevation respectively one of the ear pieces provided with valve openings and with an ad'ust ing device.
Referring to Figure 1, t e left ear piece a is made hollow and is provided with an'iron diaphra m 6, while the right ear piece 0 guides the sound in a manner similar to the end piece of a tubular stethoscope to the opening of the ear, by meansof a projection d, the diaphragm 6 being for instance made of wood or mica and provided with a small iron piece opposite the magnetic cores of the telephone. In this way it is attained that in consequence of the diiferent natural periodicities of the two ear pieces the one ear receives better the tones of higher fre uencies and the other one the tones of lower requencies.
The user is thus in a position to receive from the proper direction, viz on his right or on his left, the different tones exactly as in the concert hall, according to the actual po- Owing to the two car pieces a and 0 being differently constructed in the arrangement hereinbefore described the necessity arises of providing means which will ensure that the user shall always place the head telephones in the proper position. This is especially important when use is made of a plurality of receiving devices and of separate transmission of different individual groups, which may be retarded with respect to one another, and it is desired to produce a directional feeling. In that case an interchanging of the ear pieces would lead to an unbearable sound distortion.
The differentiation between the right and left ear-ca in addition to being established by the di erence in their shapes may otherwise be indicated for instance by a different colouring of/or indication on the ear-caps themselves, the difference being thus established by sight as well as by feeling. Further, for the same purpose the head strap 7 may be formed in the manner of a cap g capable of being placed on the head only in one definite position as shown in Figures 2 and 3. Also the fastening or mounting of the two telephones may be used for this purpose. In
order to prevent the cords from becoming entangled they are led to the telephones in or in the lower tail piece h of the head strap.
In order that the user may be able, in spite. of the loud sound produced in thetelephone, to listen to other surrounding sounds without taking the telephones off, or in order to listen to communications from other persons, the head telephones constructed according to the invention are provided with slot-like re- 'sition of the various parts of the orchestra.
cesses i which can be opened or closed, according to requirements, for instance by means of a small valve is.
What I claim is A head telephone for radio reception and talking machines having a head strap to which the two ear pieces are attached, the said head strap having a tail piece which adapts itself to the shape of the head and having the telephone cords leading to the two ear pieces passing through the rear tail piece of the head strap for the purpose set forth.
In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.
HEINRICH KUCHENMEISTER.
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US2440439A (en) * 1942-07-04 1948-04-27 Permoflux Corp Permanent magnet electrodynamic transducer
US2611831A (en) * 1947-06-07 1952-09-23 Lillian D Cates Cord support for hearing aids
US3190973A (en) * 1960-05-13 1965-06-22 Leonard P Frieder Rigid shell helmet and rigging and sound attenuating means therefor
US4620068A (en) * 1984-06-06 1986-10-28 Remic Corporation Communication headset
US4993074A (en) * 1988-04-13 1991-02-12 Carroll Robert J Earphone spacer
US5257318A (en) * 1989-01-11 1993-10-26 Carroll Robert J Earphone spacer with electronically variable sound level
US6741719B1 (en) * 1998-07-24 2004-05-25 Meditron As Head phone
US20160192061A1 (en) * 2014-12-31 2016-06-30 Sea Trade Electronic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd Headphone
USD835064S1 (en) * 2016-01-15 2018-12-04 Sony Corporation Headphone
USD966231S1 (en) * 2021-03-10 2022-10-11 Dlogixs Co., Ltd Headset
USD983163S1 (en) * 2021-03-10 2023-04-11 Onanoff Limited Headphones

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2440439A (en) * 1942-07-04 1948-04-27 Permoflux Corp Permanent magnet electrodynamic transducer
US2611831A (en) * 1947-06-07 1952-09-23 Lillian D Cates Cord support for hearing aids
US3190973A (en) * 1960-05-13 1965-06-22 Leonard P Frieder Rigid shell helmet and rigging and sound attenuating means therefor
US4620068A (en) * 1984-06-06 1986-10-28 Remic Corporation Communication headset
US4993074A (en) * 1988-04-13 1991-02-12 Carroll Robert J Earphone spacer
US5257318A (en) * 1989-01-11 1993-10-26 Carroll Robert J Earphone spacer with electronically variable sound level
US6741719B1 (en) * 1998-07-24 2004-05-25 Meditron As Head phone
US20160192061A1 (en) * 2014-12-31 2016-06-30 Sea Trade Electronic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd Headphone
US9609413B2 (en) * 2014-12-31 2017-03-28 Sea Trade Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd Headphone
USD835064S1 (en) * 2016-01-15 2018-12-04 Sony Corporation Headphone
USD966231S1 (en) * 2021-03-10 2022-10-11 Dlogixs Co., Ltd Headset
USD983163S1 (en) * 2021-03-10 2023-04-11 Onanoff Limited Headphones
USD997124S1 (en) * 2021-03-10 2023-08-29 Onanoff Limited Headphones

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