IP Library Granted Patent US 8,163,988
Granted Patent B2
US 8,163,988 · App. 12/729,635 · Granted Apr 24, 2012

Snare tension device

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Patent No.
US 8,163,988
App. No.
12/729,635
Granted
Apr 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a snare tension device for tensioning and releasing a snare wire. In the snare tension device a rotation movement of a rotation element is transferred to a pushing element by means of a transfer element.

Claims (23)

1. A snare tension device comprising: a rotation unit and a transfer unit, wherein the transfer unit includes a pushing element for tensioning or releasing a snare wire, and a separate transfer element that is connected with the rotation unit and the pushing element, wherein the separate transfer element transfers a rotational movement of the rotation unit into a longitudinal movement of the pushing element.

2. The snare tension device according to claim 1 , wherein in a tensioned state of the snare wire, the rotation unit is rotated into a position in which a tensile force, which acts on the rotation unit by the snare wire, generates a torque that acts on the rotation unit in the same direction as a rotational direction of the rotation unit, which causes a tensioning of the snare wire.

3. The snare tension device according to claim 1 , the rotation unit is a body with an axis of rotation and a pin placed at a position away from the axis.

4. The snare tension device according to claim 3 , wherein the transfer element includes a first end located near the pin and a projection at the first end against which the pin is abuttable.

5. The snare tension device according to claim 1 , further comprising a bolt, wherein the rotation unit includes a body with an axis, an axial aperture at its center and a ball bearing disposed within the aperture and the ball bearing positioned between the body and the bolt.

6. The snare tension device according to claim 5 , wherein the transfer element is a curved eccentric lever partly surrounding the bolt.

7. The snare tension device according to claim 6 , further comprising an adjustment device, and the bolt is fixedly connected to the adjustment device.

8. The snare tension device according to claim 7 , wherein the adjustment device includes an adjustment mechanism, an adjustment body and an adjustment shaft and the adjustment body is moveable relative to the adjustment shaft.

9. The snare tension device according to claim 8 , wherein the rotational movement of the adjustment mechanism is transferred to the adjustment shaft.

10. The snare tension device according to claim 9 , the adjustment device is arranged in a snare tension housing.

11. The snare tension device according to claim 5 , wherein the rotation element is a rotating wheel.

12. The snare tension device according to claim 7 , wherein the adjustment device is arranged in a snare tension housing.

13. The snare tension device according to claim 8 , wherein the adjustment device is arranged in a snare tension housing.

14. The snare tension device according to claim 2 , wherein the rotation unit is a body with an axis of rotation and a pin placed at a position away from the axis.

15. The snare tension device according to claim 5 , further comprising an adjustment device and the bolt is fixedly connected with the adjustment device.

16. The snare tension device according to claim 15 , wherein the adjustment device includes an adjustment mechanism, an adjustment body and an adjustment shaft, and the adjustment body is moveable relative to the adjustment shaft.

17. A snare tension device comprising:

a rotation wheel;

a transfer unit having a mechanical element mechanically coupled to the rotation wheel and a pushing element for tensioning or releasing of a snare wire; and

a separate transfer element connected with the rotation unit and the pushing element, to transfer a rotational movement of the rotation unit into a longitudinal movement of the pushing element.

18. The snare tension device according to claim 17 , wherein the wheel comprises a pin placed at a position away from the axis of the wheel.

19. The snare tension device according to claim 18 , wherein the transfer element includes a first end located near the pin and a projection at the first end and the pin abuts against the transfer element projection.

20. The snare tension device according to claim 17 , further comprising a bolt and a ball bearing, wherein the bail hearing is disposed within the rotation wheel between the rotation element and the bolt.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2016
From: DRUM WORKSHOP, INC.
To: OPUS BANK
Reel/Frame 038589/0666 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2010
From: HOLL, WINFRIED; STEINHAUSER, RUBEN
To: GEWA MUSIC GMBH
Reel/Frame 024574/0259 →