Drum tuner
OwnerMichael Dale McGee, Peter Anthony Francoinventors
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Abstract
A drum tuner is described. The drum tuner includes: (i) a hub gear; (ii) two or more differential gears communicatively coupled to the hub gear and at least one of the two or more differential gears capable of engaging a tuning mechanism of a drum; and (iii) wherein, during an operational state of the drum tuner, rotation of the hub gear rotates at least one of the two or more differential gears to activate the drum's tuning mechanism.
Claims27
A drum tuner comprising:
- a hub gear;
- two or more differential gears communicatively coupled to said hub gear and at least one of said two or more differential gears capable of engaging a tuning mechanism of a drum;
- and
- wherein, during an operational state of said drum tuner, rotation of said hub gear rotates at least one of said two or more differential gears to activate said drum's tuning mechanism.
A clutch mechanism of a drum tuner, said clutch mechanism comprising:
- a female clutch component;
- a male clutch component capable of engaging with said female clutch component;
- a shaft designed to transfer torque at said female clutch component to a differential gear capable of engaging with a drum's tuning mechanism;
- a disengaging mechanism that is designed to cause said male clutch component to disengage with said female clutch component when a predetermined potential energy value is achieved at said disengaging mechanism;
- and
- wherein said predetermined potential energy value is reached at said disengaging mechanism after repeated rotation in a first direction of said male clutch component and said female clutch component.
A process of tuning a drum, said process comprising:
- engaging two or more tuning mechanisms of said drum with two or more differential gears that are communicatively coupled to a hub gear;
- inducing torque at said hub gear;
- and
- transferring torque at said hub gear to said two or more differential gears.
A process of removing a drumhead, said process comprising:
- engaging two or more tuning mechanisms of said drum with two or more differential gears that are communicatively coupled to a hub gear;
- inducing torque at said hub gear;
- and
- transferring torque at said hub gear to said two or more differential gears.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.