US1230192A - Drum trap-holder. - Google Patents

Description

G. A. MANNING.

DRUM TRAP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Dias, 1915.

I1,230,192; PanIedJuneIQ,1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. u

GEORGE A. MANNING, 0E ELKHART, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO C. G. CONN, OF ELKHART, INDIANA.

DRUM TRAP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1917.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. MANNING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain new vand useful Improvements in Drum Trap-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for holding within convenient reach of the musician, instruments that are commonly associated with and played by the player of the bass drum, and it has for its object to provide upon one of the drum rods, cdnvenient means for firmly holding and presenting these accessory instruments in such position as may be desired by the player.

It is customary to provide so-called drum rods for drawing toward each other, the drum rings which stretch the heads upon the barrel of the drum and to have these rods constructed of a main portion and an ad- L justable portion with hooks engaging the respective rings. The present invention modifies the construction of the main portion of the drum rod so as to materially increase the surface of the vhook end which bears upon the cylindrical surface and preferably also the edge of the ring so as to firmly sustain the main part against rotation, and it provides on said main ortion, radially offset mountings for the hinese block and the crash cymbal which, by the broad bearing of the main hook, arevprevented from rotating; a triangle hook and damper being preferably provided at the outer of said main hook.

The invention will be filly understood upon reference to the accompanying drawing, in whichlFigure l is a perspective view of the new trap holder, with the instruments intended to be mounted thereon, and the drum for which it is intended shown in broken lines;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the trap holder;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the same, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view of the cymbal attachment. 1

1 represents the body or main portion and the adjustable portion of a drum rod adapted' to be applied to a base drum; the adjustable portion having a turning head 2 working through the hook 2b and termia nating in a shank 2, which is threaded into the main portion of the drum rod. The

body or main portion comprises a ring hook la, having its lateral dimension, increased sufficiently to give a broad bearing face in l contact with the drum ring, preferably at the portion which engages the edge of the drum ring, as well as that part which lies upon the cylindrical surface thereof; and said body or main portion has an integral shank lb.

In order to mount the Chinese block A upon the trap holder, the latter is provided with a pair of posts 3 projecting radially from the sockets 3 carried by the hook la and constructed with intermediate shoulders 8b, upon which the block A is adapted to rest and which offset the receiving ends of the posts, so that by turning them in their sockets 3a, the block A can be shifted angularly within certain limits. The broad bearing of the head la upon the drum ring adapts the posts 3 to sustain the Chinese block A in convenient presentation to the drummer, notwithstanding the overhanging position of the block.

In order to hold the crash cymbal B, the shank 1b of the main portion of the rod, which is rigid with the head la, has fitted intermediately upon it, post 4a for the cymbal socket, andpwith a clamping eye bar having its eye 4l" threaded upon the shank 1b intermediately of the eyes 40 of the bracket and having its shank 4d passing upward through the bracket, and receivinga wing nut 4e which serves the purpose of drawing the eye bar lb relatively to the bracket, and thereby firmly clamping the bracket against rotary or sliding movement upon the shank 1b, when the nut is tightened, but permittin free adjustment of the cymbal mounting, oth angularly and longitudinally of the rod shank' 1b when the wing nut is loosened.

The cymbal is not mounted directly upon the bracket-4, but indirectly through the -medium of a resilient socket 4f, which reduces to a minimum, restriction of vibration of the cymbal, thereby insuring a greater volume of tone and lessening the liability of injury to the cymbal by the cracking which is noticeably incident to more rigid supports. This resilient portion of the mountin is most eectively obtained from a coiled spring, which is preferably in the form of a helix in order to realize therefrom, the further structural feature of a socket which the bracket 4 with a yvill fit upon the post 4: as a means of uniting the intermedlate resilient member with the base of the cymbal mounting. This'form .of connection isfurther advantageous, in

that it provides for .quick and convenient separability of the cymbal fromv the base of the mounting Without removing nuts or screws. Byl merely rotating the helical member upon the post in the direction contrary to the winding of the helix, the friction'of a Vtightly ttingsocket and post is momentarily relieved suciently for easy lassembling and disassembling of the parts.

To secure the cymbal to the resilient mem-v ber', the ,helical spring 45 carries 'a head 4g with a clamp screw 4h and Wing nut v4*. i

For supporting the triangle C, a stud 5 is provided on the end of the head la, receivl i 7 'ing a screw 58, which passes through the eye 5b of the hookI 5, which may be, provided Withthe usual damper 5d.

f assume a pendent-position and .thus enable vv 'j i the. triangle in Whatever positionthe drum' v @may beheld. j' v1 n 'l '.Theposts 3 .with theinosets 3?. vmay be mainportion and an adjustable'portion,pro v the damper 5d to 4.assume proper-relation to.

f1; A trap holder drumA rod zelomprisingl a'.

4said main member The hookV 5 l," hangs upon the screw 5a Withgfreedom-.of i turning, so 'that the triangle C'Will always vided, respectively, with `hooks to vengage the edges of the drum rings; said main portion embodying in its structure a rigidly associated head upon which its ring-hook is formed, and a rigidlyjunited shank; said head being extended 1n thev circumferential direction of the cylindrical surface of the ring upon which it is to bear, and being provided with outwardly projecting means for holding an instrument; said instrumentholding means comprisin a pairl of vposts rotatably socketed in sai head, vand constructed-With osets which vary the positions of the receiving ends of the posts when the posts are rotated in their sockets.-

2. yIn a drum Strap holder, the combination .of main and adjustable members having hooks for engaging the rings of a drum;

tienofand providing abroad bearing face for a .cylindrical'surfaoe of theI drum, and a' A eing constructed with a i head extended in the clrcumferential direcv shank rigidly united with said head; and dan' instrument holdermounted uponjsaid shank and comprisingA a bracket constructed at its' outer end'with a seat-forthe .instrumentto'v :be mounted thereon, and at its inner end' with a pair` of :spaced eyes throught which 1 the shank isvthreaded, ,andl a clamping-eye; 'l rod projecting throughthebracket and' conj" structed at'itsinner end with an eye threaded u on the shankvbetweent-the 'eyes ofthe brac et, and having its outer end protruded'inposition to receive meansfordrawing l it relatively to the bracket.. The foregoin specification si nedl at 'Elkhart, Indiana, t is th day of une, 1915.'

v 'GEORGE A.V MANNING'.

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