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US 9,040,795 B2Granted
Cymbal
AssigneeRoland Corporation
InventorKiyoshi Yoshino
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Abstract
A cymbal is provided with an annular part having an annular shape and having a predetermined rigidity, a center part located at an inner circumference of the annular part and having a predetermined rigidity, and a first connecting part including an elastic material and connecting an outer circumference of the center part and the inner circumference of the annular part.
Claims17
A cymbal, comprising:
- an annular part having an annular shape having a first predetermined rigidity,
- a center part located at an inner circumference of the annular part and having a second predetermined rigidity, and
- a first connecting part including a first elastic material and connecting an outer circumference of the center part and the inner circumference of the annular part,
- wherein, the center part is formed in a cup shape sloping downward toward the outer circumference of the center part in a radial direction of the center part;
- and
- the annular part is formed in an annular shape sloping downward toward an outer circumference of the annular part at an angle less steep than that of the center part in a radial direction of the annular part.
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A method for manufacturing a cymbal, comprising:
- dividing an acoustic cymbal into an annular part having an annular shape and a center part located at an inner circumference of the annular part, and
- connecting the inner circumference of the annular part and an outer circumference of the center part by a first connecting part including an elastic material,
- wherein, the center part is formed in a cup shape sloping downward toward the outer circumference of the center part in a radial direction of the center part;
- and
- the annular part is formed in an annular shape sloping downward toward an outer circumference of the annular part at an angle less steep than that of the center part in a radial direction of the annular part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.