US1154121A - Drum-pedal. - Google Patents

Description

G. KENDRICK.

DRUM PEDAL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10. m3.

1,1 54,1 21 Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

GLENN KENDRICK, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

DRUM-PEDAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed May 10, 1913. Serial No. 766,843.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GLENN KENDRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drum-Pedals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pedal actions for use in connection with bass drum pedals whereby the drum and a cymbal attached to the drum may both be operated by movement of the musicians foot and one object in view is to produce a construction of extremely simple character provided with means for securely positioning the pedal and with means for quickly and conveniently attaching the same to the drum.

Another object is to provide a simple device for supporting the cymbal in operative position in connection with means for ready attachment and removal of the cymbal from said supporting device.

The invention further comprises a novel form of spur-attachment for the drum whereby the drum will be properly braced in operative position.

A still further object is to provide an improved form of cymbal beating device in which the beating member may be readily adjusted to different angular positions.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and to afford a complete understanding of the same, reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is a side view in elevation of the various parts shown in connection with a drum, the latter being partly broken away and partially in section. Fig. 2, is a view in front elevation and also showing the drum partly broken away and with the spur attachments applied thereto. Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the spur attachment for the drum. Fig. '-l, is a plan view of the cymbal supporting device. Fig. 5, is a detail view showing a clamping washer for securing the cymbal beater to its supporting block.

Referring to the drawing, the pedal portion 2 of the device is pivoted at a point forward of its rear end to one end of a floor-rest member 4. Upon the opposite end of the member a is mounted the drum beating member 6, the lower end of which is pivoted between a pair of lugs 7 carried by the floor rest member. The member 6 is connected for operation by the pedal 2, by means of a l nk 8 of heavy wire or other suitable material. The link 8 is pivoted to the members and G at its opposite ends, the rear end or the end connected to the pedal having a down-turned arm 10 extending in position to engage the forward end of the pedal and thereby limiting the rearward swing of the member 6. It will be understood that the link 8 and the forward arm of the pedal together form a toggle with the parts in the position represented in Fig. 1, when not in action, but as the pedal is operated the toggle 1s straightened thereby operating the member 6, the pedal being again lifted to retract the drum stick by pressure of the heel of the operator upon the rear end of the pedal.

The front end of the member 4 to which the drum stick 6 is pivoted, is provided with a flattened extension 12, to extend under the rim 14 of the drum. This extension 12 forms one of a pair of clamping jaws, the other jaw comprising a spring 16, the rear end of which is secured between the lugs 7, the forward end of the spring being slightly upturned so that the jaws may readily be engaged with the rim of the drum.

In order to guard against any creeping of the floor rest member over the surface of the floor, thismember is equipped with a spur, comprising a pointed screw 18, having a wing top, the floor rest being provided with a suitably threaded bore near its rear end to receive the screw. Detachable spurs are also provided for the rim of the drum at opposite sides of the pedal in order to steady the drum and prevent the same from rocking. These spurs are in the form of attachments, each comprising a plate 20 equipped with a spur 22, and a clamping jaw 24 designed to cooperate with the plate 20 in presenting broad bearing surfaces for clamping the drum rim. The jaw 2-1 has a reduced portion 26 adapted to be received between a pair of lugs 28 formed on the plate 20 at opposite sides of a smooth-bored opening in the plate 20, this opening being for the purpose of receiving the bolt 30 formed rigid with said portion 26. The lugs 28 prevent the swinging of the aw 24 from side to side and the jaw is operated and the device held clamped in position by means of a wing nut 32 carried by said bolt 80.

The cymbal beating device, which is mounted on the stick, is in its general aspects of a form now on the market and com prises a split clamping block 3 for embracing the rod 6 and a cymbal beating member 36 pivoted on a bolt 38 held in the block M by means of a nut i0. lVithout other provision the cymbal beating member may not be conveniently adjusted upon the bolt without first loosening the nut 40 and my improvement consists in mounting on the bolt 38 adjacent the member 86, a split spring washer i2, and locking the bolt 38 by means of two nuts, the nut to and a nut 44: on the opposite side of the block adjacent the washer. This permits the member 36 to be readily swung to different positions in order to engage the cymbal properly and at the same time holds it frictionally in the position set.

For supporting the cymbal 46 upon the rim of the drum in position to be engaged by the member 36, a plate L8 is provided having a clamping lug 50 with which cooperates a clamping jaw 52 having a reduced portion bolt 56 and nut 58, corresponding in all respects to the analogous parts of the j aw 2%, the bolt 56 operating through an opening in the boss 60 formed at the rear of the lug 50, and the reduced portion 54 operating along the slot 62 extending lengthwise of the plate 48. The means for embracing the cymbal comprises washers 64 fitting against the opposite sides of the cymbal and receiving a bolt (36, which is adjustable along the slot 62. The diameter of the head of the bolt is greater than the width of the slot and the threaded end of the bolt is equipped with a wing nut 68, this nut and the head of the bolt cooperating to clamp the cymbal against the sides of the slot. The slot 652 communicates at one end with the opening 70 in the end of the plate 48, this opening being of larger diameter than the head of the bolt 58 so that the cymbal may be removed from the plate at any time by merely sliding the parts toward this opening and withdrawing the head of the bolt therethrough.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have produced a pedal action for use in connection with bass drum pedals embodying the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the object of the invention, and while the above represents one embodiment of the same, I do not wish to be restricted to the precise construction and arrangement shown, but reserve the right to such changes and modifications as fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim A drum pedal comprising a floor rest member provided with a drum clamping member at its front end and with upstanding ears adjacent the drum clamping member, a drum beating member pivoted to and between said ears, a pedal above and projecting rearwardly beyond the floor member and pivoted near its rear end to the latter and terminating substantially rearwardly of said ears, and a link 8 pivoted at its front end to the drum beating member near the lower end of the same and at its rear end to the front end of the pedal, and provided with a crank arm extending downwardly and adapted to strike and be arrested by the front end of the pedal substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I al'lix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

GLENN KENDRICK.

WVitnesses 2 CHAS. WV. GERARD, G. Y. THORPE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

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