Continuous fiber composite acoustic drumshell
OwnerMichael D. Appolonia, IIIinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to the materials, method of construction, and design of a composite acoustic drum shell intended to enhance the sound quality of a drumhead. It involves the process of winding a continuous polisher saturated fiber around a symetrical mandrel to form the shape of the drumshell. The overall shape of the structure, the material selection, and the orientation of the fibers maximize the degree of coupling between the structure and the drumhead resulting in a resonating system. The shape of said mandrel may be advantageously varied to create different vibrational and acoustical properties for different size drumheads.
Claims8
A composite structure acoustic drumshell to which a drumhead is attached comprising a composite material of continuous fiber filament in a thermoset polymer matrix wherein the fibers are layered and angled in the drumshell, in relation to the drumhead, to maximize the degree of resonant frequency coupling between the acoustic shell and the drumhead.
A method of constructing a composite structure acoustic shell to which a drumhead may be attached comprising the steps of:
- a. supplying a mandrel;
- b. supplying continuous fiber filaments;
- c. passing the continuous fiber filaments through a thermoset resin bath;
- d. rotating the mandrel to take up the filaments after passing through said resin bath wherein the filaments are layered onto the mandrel and angled in the acoustic shell to optimize the degree of sonic frequency coupling between the acoustic shell and the drumhead;
- e. curing the thermoset resin by heat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.