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US 10,839,783 B2Granted
Automated singing bowl
OwnerRandolph Sean Beckerinventor
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Abstract
A singing bowl player for selectively striking, turning and playing a bowl. The singing bowl player comprises a central axis, a mallet assembly, a rotating layer, and a base. The base supports the singing bowl player. The mallet assembly attaches to the rotating layer. The rotating layer is configured to rotate about the central axis relative to the base in a 360-degree pattern. The base supports and secures the bowl. The mallet assembly comprises a mallet having a striking tip. The mallet assembly selectively holds the striking tip of the mallet at a rim of the bowl as the rotating layer rotates the striking tip around the rim.
Claims17
A singing bowl player for selectively striking, turning and playing a bowl, wherein:
- said singing bowl player comprises a central axis, a mallet assembly, a rotating layer, and a base;
- said base supports said singing bowl player;
- said mallet assembly attaches to said rotating layer;
- said rotating layer is configured to rotate about said central axis relative to said base in a 360-degree pattern;
- said base supports and secures said bowl;
- said mallet assembly comprises a mallet having a striking tip;
- said mallet assembly selectively holds said striking tip of said mallet at a rim of said bowl as said rotating layer rotates said striking tip around said rim;
- said singing bowl player further comprises a top plate;
- said top plate is situated above said rotating layer;
- said rotating layer is above said base;
- said top plate, said rotating layer, and said base are connected to one another along said central axis:
- said rotating layer further comprises a drive system placeholder configured to mate with a top plate central aperture of said top plate;
- said drive system placeholder, and said top plate central aperture are both aligned with said central axis;
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- said drive system placeholder and said base to attach to one another and allow said base to transmit a drive force to said top plate through said rotating layer.
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A singing bowl player for selectively striking, turning and playing a bowl, wherein:
- said singing bowl player comprises a base assembly, a vertical assembly, a neck assembly, a horizontal assembly, a striker adjustment assembly, and a bowl seat;
- said base assembly supports said singing bowl player;
- said vertical assembly connects said base assembly to said neck assembly;
- said neck assembly connects said vertical assembly to said horizontal assembly;
- said striker adjustment assembly is attached to a portion of a mallet assembly;
- said neck assembly comprises variable height;
- said horizontal assembly comprises a variable radius;
- said striker adjustment assembly comprises striker;
- said striker comprises a tip;
- said singing bowl player is configured to place said tip at a striking circumference;
- said striking circumference comprises said variable radius and a variable height;
- said singing bowl player comprises a rotary motor assembly for turning said horizontal assembly;
- turning said horizontal assembly causes said tip to rotate through said striking circumference;
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- said bowl seat holds a portion of said bowl.
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A singing bowl player for selectively striking, turning and playing a bowl, wherein:
- said singing bowl player comprises a central axis, a mallet assembly, a rotating layer, and a base;
- said base supports said singing bowl player;
- said mallet assembly attaches to said rotating layer;
- said rotating layer is configured to rotate about said central axis relative to said base in a 360-degree pattern;
- said base supports and secures said bowl;
- said mallet assembly comprises a mallet having a striking tip;
- said mallet assembly selectively holds said striking tip of said mallet at a rim of said bowl as said rotating layer rotates said striking tip around said rim;
- said singing bowl player further comprises an intermittent striker assembly;
- said intermittent striker assembly comprises a striking tip, a hinge, and a vertical striker support assembly;
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- said intermittent striker assembly is configured to selectively gong said bowl by swinging said striking tip into a portion of said bowl around said hinge.
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A singing bowl player for selectively striking, turning and playing a bowl, wherein:
- said singing bowl player comprises a central axis, a mallet assembly, a rotating layer, and a base;
- said base supports said singing bowl player;
- said mallet assembly attaches to said rotating layer;
- said rotating layer is configured to rotate about said central axis relative to said base in a 360-degree pattern;
- said base supports and secures said bowl;
- said mallet assembly comprises a mallet having a striking tip;
- said mallet assembly selectively holds said striking tip of said mallet at a rim of said bowl as said rotating layer rotates said striking tip around said rim;
- said singing bowl player further comprises a plurality of bowl supports;
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- said plurality of bowl supports surround and center said bowl about said central axis.
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A singing bowl player for selectively striking, turning and playing a bowl, wherein:
- said singing bowl player comprises a central axis, a mallet assembly, a rotating layer, and a base;
- said base supports said singing bowl player;
- said mallet assembly attaches to said rotating layer;
- said rotating layer is configured to rotate about said central axis relative to said base in a 360-degree pattern;
- said base supports and secures said bowl;
- said mallet assembly comprises a mallet having a striking tip;
- said mallet assembly selectively holds said striking tip of said mallet at a rim of said bowl as said rotating layer rotates said striking tip around said rim;
- said singing bowl player further comprises a top plate;
- said top plate is situated above said rotating layer;
- said rotating layer is above said base;
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- said top plate, said rotating layer, and said base are connected to one another along said central axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.