Cymbal stand and method for setting up the same
AssigneePearl Musical Instrument Co.
InventorAkito Takegawa
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Abstract
A cymbal stand for mounting at least one cymbal. The cymbal stand comprises a base assembly including a base pipe, a support pipe assembly including a first support pipe, and a first locking clamp for releasably locking said first support pipe and said base pipe together. The base pipe has an upper end and a longitudinal axis. The first support pipe has a length, opposite terminal ends and a first longitudinal axis along the length. The first support pipe is telescopically and coaxially movable relative to the base pipe. The first support pipe is connected to the base pipe along the longitudinal axis of the first support pipe by the first locking clamp at a nodal point of the first support pipe.
Claims28
A cymbal stand for mounting at least one cymbal, said cymbal stand comprising:
- a base assembly including a base pipe, said base pipe having an upper end and a longitudinal axis;
- a support pipe assembly including a first support pipe having a length, opposite terminal ends and a first longitudinal axis along said length, said first support pipe telescopically and coaxially movable relative to said base pipe;
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- a first locking clamp for releasably locking said first support pipe and said base pipe together;
- said first support pipe being connected to said base pipe along said longitudinal axis of said first support pipe by said first locking clamp at a nodal point of said first support pipe, wherein said nodal point is an area with amplitude of vibration equal to zero.
A method of setting up a cymbal stand for mounting at least one cymbal, said cymbal stand comprising a base pipe having an upper end and a longitudinal axis, a support pipe assembly including a first support pipe having a length, opposite terminal ends and a first longitudinal axis along said length and a first locking clamp for releasably locking said first support pipe and said base pipe together, said first support pipe telescopically and coaxially movable relative to said base pipe, said method comprising the steps of:
- adjusting the location of said first support pipe relative to said base pipe along said longitudinal axis of said first support pipe so that a nodal point of said first support pipe substantially coincides with said first locking clamp;
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- locking said first locking clamp so as to connect said first support pipe to said base pipe at said nodal point of said first support pipe;
- wherein said nodal point is an area with amplitude of vibration equal to zero.
A cymbal stand for mounting at least one cymbal, said cymbal stand comprising:
- a base assembly including a base pipe, said base pipe having an upper end and a longitudinal axis;
- a support pipe assembly including a first support pipe having a length, opposite terminal ends and a first longitudinal axis along said length, said first support pipe telescopically and coaxially movable relative to said base pipe;
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- a first locking clamp for releasably locking said first support pipe and said base pipe together;
- said first support pipe being connected to said base pipe along said longitudinal axis of said first support pipe by said first locking clamp at a nodal point of said first support pipe;
- wherein said nodal point of said first support pipe is located at a distance of approximately 0.224 times said length of said first support pipe measured from one of said terminal ends thereof;
- wherein said nodal point is an area with amplitude of vibration equal to zero.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.