US1350975A - Tambourine - Google Patents

Description

l. LEVY.

TAMBOURINE.

APPLICATION man APR. I6, 1920.

1 3 50, 975-. Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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TAMBOURINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

Application filed April 16, 1920. Serial No. 374,366.

'1 b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Tsnion LEVY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of. New York, have invented a new and Improved Tambourine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in musical instruments, and it pertains more particularly to instruments commonly known as tambourines.

It is one of the primary objects of the present invention to so construct a tambourine as to materially reduce the cost of its manufacture.

It is another object of the invention to so construct a device of this character as to render the same more durable than tambourines as commonly constructed.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a tambourine constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 5 designates the head of the tambourine, and 6 represents the flange or rim.

In constructing a tambourine in accordance with the present invention, a single piece of metal is employed to form the body portion, and said metal is put through the necessary operations to form the head 5 with the integral flange 6, defining the marginal edge of the head. The defining edge of the flange 6 is preferably provided with a bead or turned over portion 7 in order to materiall strengthen the edge, as well as to provide a finish therefor. The flange is provided preferably at equi-distantly spaced points, with cut-out portions 8. These cutout portions 8 have their side edges spaced from the side edges of the flange 6, and suitably secured within the side edges of the flange are transverse posts 9. These posts 9 may be set in recesses 10, formed in the flange and secured therein by means of solder or the like 11. These posts 9 form the means by which the jingles or soundproducing elements 12 are mounted within the cut-out portions 8. These jingles 12 are centrally perforated, as at 13, to receive the posts 9.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that the present invention provides a tambourine in which owing to the fact that all parts are constructed of metal, an economical and durable device is produced, thus making the article especially suitable for use as a cheap and lasting amusement device.

Claims:

1. A tambourine comprising a main body portion, an integral flange defining one of the edges of said body portion and provided with a plurality of cut-out portions, and sound-producing elements mounted in said cut-out portions.

2. A tambourine comprising a body portion and a flange formed from a single piece of sheet metal. said flange being provided at equi-distantly spaced intervals with cutout portions and sound-producing elements loosely mounted in the cut-out portions of the flange.

3. A tambourine comprising a body portion formed of sheet metal having an integral annular flange defining its marginal edge and provided with a plurality of cutout portions, rigid rods rigidly secured to the flange in the cut-out portions, and. a plurality of sound-producing disks reciprocatively mounted in the cut-out portions on said rigid rods.

ISIDUR LEVY.

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