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7511211 |
Securing drum head to drum body with quick-action drum lug assemblies
Methods of attaching a drum head to a drum body. Lug assemblies may include a lug body having a recess and a seating surface; an elongate link having a proximate end disposed near the drum head and...
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7511210 |
Drum rim gap or space dimension gauge
A drum gauge is disclosed that provides a measurement of the length of the tension rods. In operation the gauge is compressed, placed around each tension rod and released. A display on the gauge...
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7488882 |
Drum
An improved drum includes a substantially cylindrical drum shell having a drum head and containing a mechanical voice system including strings, and a mechanical tuning system for adjusting tension...
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7439431 |
Banjo tensioner
A banjo tensioner is provided in which wave springs inserted between the flange and the nuts operate to maintain a constant tension on the banjo hooks. The invention also contemplates using a wave...
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7402740 |
Tuning system for percussion instrument
A tuning mechanism for tuning a drum having a head and a shell. The tuning mechanism includes a tuning bracket or receptacle mounted to the shell with a stabilizing portion formed thereon. A tuning...
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7371955 |
Drum tuning key
A drum tuning key comprises a handle portion, a barrel portion defining an axis connected to the handle portion, the barrel portion having internal walls defining a cavity extending inwardly along...
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7351900 |
Drum key having deployable handle
A drum key for adjusting the bolts that secure and tune the drum heads or skin that close one or more ends of a drum. The key is constructed in an elongated body with one end having a socket...
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7351899 |
Quick action drum lug assembly and method
Lug assemblies and associated methods of attaching a drum head to a drum body. The lug assembly may comprise a lug body having a seating surface; an elongate link having a proximate end disposed...
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7244883 |
Drum container
A drum including a cylindrical shell having an upper edge defining an open top end, and a lower edge defining an open bottom end; a drum skin disposed over the top end; a plurality of lugs mounted...
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7163431 |
Toy percussion instrument with tethered striker
A toy percussion instrument that is characterized by a novel method of attaching a tether to a striker and/or main instrument body. The new location of attachment enables compliance with stringent...
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7084338 |
Lug fixing structure for drum
A hollow cylinder of a drum is equipped with a lug fixing structure for detachably attaching a lug thereto by using a lug fixing member, which projects externally from the hollow cylinder and...
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7074996 |
Drum head assembly and method of tensioning a drum head
There is provided a drum head assembly. The drum head assembly has an outer member and an inner member. The outer member has an L-shaped step on its inside surface with posts extending outward from...
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7045696 |
Single adjustment balancing and tuning of acoustic drums
Apparatus and method for enabling simultaneous balancing and tuning of an acoustic drum with a single adjustment. A band, such as a cable, extends about adjustment ties which holds the drum skin or...
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6963022 |
Drum and head diaphragm adjustor for drum
A head diaphragm adjustor for adjusting tension applied to upper and lower head diaphragms of a drum. A first bolt adjusts the tension applied to the upper head diaphragm. A second bolt adjusts the...
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6956159 |
Drum head securement device
A securement device for securing a drum head upon a drum shell or body through a tension rod, including a lug assembly that not only allows a downward pull on and hence tightening of the associated...
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6953883 |
Drum hoop
A drum hoop includes an annular ring having inward and outward faces and a plurality of flanges formed on the outward face projecting radially outwardly from the lower edge. A plurality of parallel...
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6949702 |
Drumhead quick disconnect
A quick disconnect that enables a drummer to quickly remove and apply tension to a drumhead of a drum is provided. The disconnect is operable with many types of drums, such as a conga drum. The...
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6916977 |
Drum
In a drum in which a drum head installed on one or both of open ends of a trunk main body that constitutes a drum main body of the drum is tightened by lug bolts and stretched by a hoop,...
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6828495 |
Drum and drumhead stretching mechanism therefor
In a drumhead stretching mechanism adapted to a drum, a bolt for tightening or loosening a drumhead stretched at ends of a hollow cylinder under tension is inserted into a latch that is hooked on a...
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6747199 |
Quick release drum lug assembly
A quick release lug system for musical drums. The assembly utilized by the present invention uniquely allows a user to remove a drumhead quickly, dispensing with the need to unscrew multiple tuning...
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6700045 |
Constructive arrangement disposed in a tuning mechanism for percussion instruments
A constructive arrangement disposed in a tuning mechanism for percussion instruments having a substantially parallelepiped-shaped body having a front face and an upper portion. The front face of...
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6686527 |
Tightening frame for a drum
A drum tightening frame having bolt attachment openings disposed in a circular plate portion of the tightening frame, the bolt attachment openings being arc-shaped slots closed at both ends, and...
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6573442 |
Anti-friction drum strand tensioner
A throw-off device for use on a drum having a side wall and a head, a support body attachable to the side wall of the drum, a tensioning member movable relative to the body to tension or release...
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6570074 |
Quick release latch assembly for drumhead
A quick release latch assembly for securement of a drumhead utilizes a rim for retaining the drumhead and tension bolts for tuning the drumhead. A keeper member is threaded to an end portion of the...
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6552253 |
Structure of a rim hoop for positioning
An improved structure of a rim hoop for positioning is disclosed. An improved structure of a rim hoop for positioning having a drum bell, a drum hoop for positioning a drum head bolts, and rim hoop...
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6525250 |
Differential supporting of drum heads
In a drum assembly, the combination comprising a drum shell having opposite ends, drumheads at the opposite ends of the shell, and annular drumhead supports carried by the shell, the supports...
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6492583 |
Drum head tensioning apparatus and method
A tension rod positioning assembly and method for installing, replacing, and clamping a drum head between a drum rim and a drum shell using a tensioning rod. The tension rod positioning assembly...
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6489547 |
Metal drum frame with fixing lugs
A metal drum frame with fixing lugs. A drumhead is mounted on each end face of a drum barrel of the drum. A drum frame is mounted around each drumhead. A top and a bottom edges of the drum frame...
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6483017 |
Method and device for hydraulically tensing of relaxing a membrane of a musical instrument
A method and apparatus for tensioning or relaxing a membrane of a musical instrument, such as a traditional frame drum. A pressurized fluid is guided into at least one variable pressure chamber...
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6417432 |
MyMi free floating drum
A musical drum 40 which utilizes a principle of physics to achieve an unequal tensioning of the upper head 20 and the lower head 36 without the need of physical attachments or piercing of the...
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6372972 |
Protector device for the tension lock on a conga or the like
With a view to improving a protector device for the tension lock of a conga or the like so as to obtain cost-effective production and easy attachment and the possibility of operation of the tension...
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6365812 |
Drumhead material and method
A drum head material is prepared by assembling a multi-layer laminate comprising upper and lower sheets of resilient, polymeric film and at least two oriented fiber layers positioned between said...
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6365811 |
Drum head attachment and tuning assembly
A drum head attachment for use with a drum where the mechanism allows the user to individually tighten the normal lug bolts to tighten the drum head at discrete localized areas or to use the...
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6350941 |
Hand drum hoop
A drum hoop having an asymmetrical cross section for use in combination with hand drums. The drum hoop upper inner edge is connected to a lower inner edge having a larger diameter producing a drum...
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6265650 |
Drum shell
A drum comprising a drum shell (11) formed with a circumferential channel (17) in its external surface; a shell hoop (15) located in the channel (17); and at least one fixing member (16), in which...
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6255573 |
Tension member for percussion instrument
A percussion instrument, including a drum of any variety, having a tension member disposed between the drumhead and the end of the shell of the drum. The tension member maintains substantially...
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6242680 |
Drum tuning device
A drum tuning device distributes the drawing force exerted on the drumhead by the tensioning lugs over an increased circumferential segment of the drum hoop. The tuning device includes a generally...
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6166311 |
Drum hoop with protective edge
A drum hoop assembly wherein the annular drum hoop has an inwardly directed edge which partially or substantially covers the bearing edge of the drum shell. The inwardly directed edge protects the...
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6093877 |
Snare drum strainer with quick release mechanism
A snare strainer for a drum. The snare strainer includes a tube having a noncylindrical transverse cross section with a first axis and a second axis with oppositely located curved bearing surfaces...
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6069307 |
Inflatable musical drum
A musical drum in which an inflatable bladder is employed to regulate the tension on the drum head.
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6043419 |
Hoop and counter-hoop tuning device for a drum
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5977463 |
Tuning mechanism for a drum
A percussion-type drum assembly is disclosed including a generally cylindrical shell which is open at both ends and has a sidewall that defines an inner diameter and an outer diameter. A generally...
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5952594 |
Snap-fastening structure for securing a drum counterhoop to a drum shell
A snap-fastening structure of a drum comprises a fixing socket disposed laterally on a surface of a drum shell, a drum clasp snap-fastened at a counterhoop, and a link bolt penetrating the drum...
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5936175 |
Drum head assembly
An integral drum head assembly including a drum head frame, a skin adapted to be positioned about the frame, a mount for mounting the skin firmly to the frame, and a tensioning device for...
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5880385 |
Peg device for use in tensioning drum skins and to novel shaped drums using the peg device
Disclosed is an elongate peg, preferably of wood, which has lips or shoulders generally perpendicular to the length of the peg body and adjacent opposite ends. The lips or shoulders are on opposite...
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5798472 |
Drum beater for bass drum equipped with exactly adjustable return spring regulator
A return spring regulator incorporated in a drum beater has a regulating nut rotatable with respect to a frame and a regulating bolt screwed into the regulating nut, and a player regulates the...
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5739448 |
Drum tuning system
An improved tuning system is provided for a musical percussion drum. The tuning system utilizes an inverted J-shaped counterhoop that is threadably engaged with an externally threaded, outwardly...
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5610350 |
Variable pitch drum
A variable pitch percussion instrument comprising a drum body having an open end with an annular edge, and at least one drumhead assembly, including, flexible drumhead material stretched across the...
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5587544 |
Drum
A drum producing a wooden tom-tom sound free of any disharmony including reinforcement rings made of wood, plastic, etc. and fastened to both ends of the shell and batter heads stretched over these...
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5561255 |
Tensioning device for the skins of percussion instruments
A tensioning device for the skins of percussion instruments includes a plurality of bearing brackets which are provided with threads and are arranged distributed over the circumference of the...
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