Mounting clamp for bass-drum foot pedal
AssigneeSonor Johs. Link GmbH
InventorsKarl-Heinz Menzel, Werner Sassmannshausen
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Abstract
A drum having an annular rim is connected to a pedal assembly by a clamp having an outer clamp part engaging an outer surface of the rim only at a pair of locations axially spaced along the rim and an inner clamp part generally aligned with the outer part and engaging an inner surface of the rim only at a pair of locations axially spaced along the rim and lying between the locations of the outer clamp part. The clamp parts are pressed toward each other against the respective surfaces of the rim, and a coupling secures the clamp parts to the pedal assembly.
Claims12
In combination with a drum having an annular rim and with a pedal assembly, a clamp comprising:
- an outer clamp part engaging an outer surface of the rim only at a pair of locations spaced along the rim;
- an inner clamp part generally aligned with the outer part and engaging an inner surface of the rim only at a pair of locations spaced along the rim and lying between the locations of the outer clamp part;
- means for pressing the clamp parts toward each other against the respective surfaces of the rim;
- and
- a coupling securing the clamp parts to the pedal assembly.
In combination with a drum having an annular rim and with a pedal assembly, a clamp comprising:
- an outer clamp part engaging an outer surface of the rim only at a pair of locations spaced along the rim;
- an inner clamp part generally aligned with the outer part and engaging an inner surface of the rim only at a pair of locations spaced along the rim and lying between the locations of the outer clamp part;
- means for pressing the clamp parts toward each other against the respective surfaces of the rim;
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- a releasable coupling securing the clamp parts to the pedal assembly, the coupling including
- a coupling seat formed on the clamp parts, and
- a coupling element carried on the pedal assembly and fittable in the coupling seat.
In combination with a drum having an annular rim and with a pedal assembly having a rod, a clamp comprising:
- an outer plate-shaped clamp part engaging an outer surface of the rim only at a pair of locations, spaced along the rim;
- an inner plate-shaped clamp part generally aligned with the outer part and engaging an inner surface of the rim only at a pair of locations spaced along the rim and lying between the locations of the outer clamp part, the parts together forming a concave seat open toward the pedal assembly and fittable with the pedal-assembly rod;
- means including screws engaged between the clamp parts for pressing the clamp parts toward each other against the respective surfaces of the rim;
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- a coupling securing the clamp parts to the pedal assembly, the coupling having
- a coupling seat formed on the clamp parts, and
- a coupling element carried on the pedal assembly and fittable in the coupling seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.