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US 5,309,809 AGranted
Windchime apparatus
OwnerKenneth E. Sambuchiinventor
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Abstract
A central support tube includes an annular array of tonal tubes positioned thereabout, with each of the tubes suspended by an associated support line, that in turn is secured to a plurality of support pins directed into the central support tube. A cylindrical tuning disc is suspended below the central support tube for communication by the tonal tubes.
Claims5
A windchime apparatus, comprising,
- a central support tube, the central support tube having a first end spaced from a second end, with a support member mounted to the first end, and
- a first tether line extending from the second end, and
- a cylindrical tuning disc mounted to the first tether line spaced from the support member, and a second tether line secured to the tuning disc spaced from the first tether line, and
- a balance plate mounted to the second tether line spaced from the tuning disc, with the balance plate, the second tether line, the tuning disc, and the first tether line and the central support tube coaxially aligned relative to one another, and
- a plurality of tonal tubes mounted to and in a surrounding relationship about the central support tube in a spaced relationship arranged for communication with the tuning disc,
- wherein each of the tonal tubes includes a through-extending bore directed through each of said tonal tubes and a plurality of support lines with an individual support line of said plurality of support lines directed through one of said through-extending bores of an individual tonal tube of said plurality of tonal tubes, with a plurality of support pins fixedly mounted in an annular array to and about the central support tube, with each of said support lines secured to a pair of adjacent of said plurality of support pins.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.