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US 6,271,450 B1Granted
Beater arrangement
OwnerKevin Mackieinventor
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A beater pedal arrangement for use with a drum, particularly a bass drum, wherein the beater pedal arrangement includes first and second drum beaters which are designed to strike the same drum. During depression of a play pedal of the arrangement by the user, the first beater travels on an arc towards the drum and strides the drum surface and the second beater travels on an arc away from the drum. The second beater is biased by return springs which force the second bearer to travel on an arc towards the drum to strike the drum surface when the user releases the play pedal. The beater pedal arrangement also includes a beater disactivating arrangement which enables the user to disactivate one of the drum beaters, particularly the second drum beater, by restraining the beater at a point along its striking arc, such that drum surface may be struck utilising one drum beater. The beater disactivating arrangement includes an activating lever and a disactivating lever in a preferred embodiment, the levers acting to activate and disactivate the disactivating arrangement by the user depressing the required pedal. The preferred embodiments of the invention further include shock absorbing means to prevent double-striking by the first beater induced by movement of the second beater.
A beater pedal arrangement comprising a first and a second beater each arranged to follow a respective striking arc towards and away from a forward (striking) position, in which the arrangement is also provided with a heel engaged disactivating means operable by a user while playing a drum to prevent at least one of the beaters from striking;
A beater pedal arrangement comprising a first and a second beater each arranged to follow a respective striking arc towards and away from a forward (striking) position, in which the arrangement is also provided with a heel engaged disactivating means operable by a user whilst playing a drum to prevent at least one of the beaters from striking
A beater pedal arrangement comprising at least one beater arranged to follow a striking arc in which the arrangement has opposing first and second resilient means which together act to bias the beater towards a neutral position along its striking arc.
A beater pedal arrangement having a first beater arranged to follow a first striking arc in a first plane about a first axis of rotation and a second beater arranged to follow a second striking arc in a second plane about a second axis of rotation in which the first and second axes of rotation are inclined such that said first and second planes of said first and second striking arcs converge in a forward striking direction.
A beater pedal arrangement comprising a first and a second beater rotatable about a common axis of rotation in which the first beater strikes a striking surface by means of rotating in a first direction about the axis and the second beater strikes a striking surface by means of rotating in an opposite direction about the axis of rotation.
A beater pedal arrangement comprising a first and a second beater each arranged to follow a respective striking arc towards and away from a forward (striking) position, therein the beaters are operable by means of a beater pedal having a foot board which is split into a first, left hand portion and second, a right hand portion, the first portion of the foot board being arranged to play one of said first and second beaters and the second portion of the foot board being arranged to play the other of said first and second beaters, said first and second footplate portions being arranged adjacent one another such that they are adapted to be depressed either independently or together, the beaters being arranged such that:
A beater pedal arrangement comprising a first and second beater each arranged to follow a respective striking arc towards and away from a forward (striking)position, in which the arrangement is also provided with a heel engaged disactivating means operable by a user whilst playing a drum to prevent at least one of the beaters from striking;
A beater pedal arrangement comprising a first and a second beater each arranged to follow a respective striking arc towards and away from a forward (striking) position, in which the arrangement is also provided with a heel engaged disactivating means operable by a user while playing a drum to prevent at least one of the beaters from striking;
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