US1369233A

US1369233A - Double drum-pedal

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Publication number: US1369233A
Application number: US403744A
Authority: US
Inventors: Grover M Fitzgerald; Henry C Lockey
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-08-16
Filing date: 1920-08-16
Publication date: 1921-02-22
Anticipated expiration: 1938-02-22

Description

G. M. FITZGERALD AND H. C. LOCKEY.

nouapz mwm PEDAL. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16. I920.

1,369,233.. Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

I INVENTORS Grover M Fiizgarald and Henry C. Lac/e 1 [UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE.

(mom rn'zanmn m HENRY c. LOCKEY, or STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

DOUBLE DRUM-PEDAL.

Application filed August 16, 1920. Serial No. 403,744.

To all whom it my camera: I

Be it known that we, GROVER M. FITZ- GERALD and HENRY C. Looxnr, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Stockton, county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Double Drum- Pedals; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of sound the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of devices known as drum and cymbal playing apparatus such'as are used by the trap operators of orchestras and bands, the principal object of the device being to devise a unit apparatus of this character by means of which the drum may be played with or without the cymbal being sounded, and with a single foot of the operator. By this means also the volume of produced may be increased without increasin the ressure of the blow on the drum. fiereto ore, as far as we are aware, this has not been accomplished, and the trap operator must, to get the separate results stated, employ Separate hand beaters very often at a time when the musical effect of the piece being played would be improved if the operator were at libertyto use both his hands to play other devices.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedin ly effective for the purposes for which it 1s designed. These objects we accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully a pear by a perusal of the following spec' cation and claim.

The figure on the drawing is a perspective elevation of our improved device.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawing, the numeral 1 denotes a suitable base having a clamp 2 by means of which it may be fixed t the rim of a drum.

A double pedestal 3, preferably in the form of an H, projects upwardly from the base, and is provided at its upper end with a pair of transverse and independent bearing "sleeves 4, in which are turnably mounte pins 5 which project therebeyond. On the common outer ends of the pins are fixed socket-arms 6 in which are adjustably and removably fitted rods 7 on the outer ends of which are the drum-beaters 8. On one of the rods 7 is fixed a cymbal-playing attachment 9, such as 1s commonly used. Formed with the arms 6 are substantially right angled extensions 10 to the outer ends of which are secured links 11 which are also connected to the pedals 12 which extend rearwardly and downwardly t the pivotally mounted on a pin 13 journaled in an extension 14 of the basel. The pedals are spaced apart just enough so that the foot of the operator may strike either one at a time, or both together, the rear ends of said pedals being cut down to narrow arms 12 and conver ing together to their pivotal pin 13. I n

this manner, the rear ends are spaced rela-.

tively far apart so that there is very little likelihood of the foot depressing both edals when only one is intended to be move and yet making it easy to depress both simultaneously when so desired. Beyond the rear end of the pedals 12 and mounted on the pin 13 is a heel pad 15.

The adjacent ends of the pins 5 are pro vided with short arms 16, there being sprin 17 connected to such arms and to the pedestal 3 to normally maintain the at-rest position of the beaters and pedals.

In operation, the heel of course rests constantly on the pad 15, while the ball of the foot may be moved from one side or the other to engage either pedal, or may be held central to engage them both simultaneously.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily seen that we have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to and do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A double drum pedal including a pair of independently and pivotally mounted beat ers, pedals operatively connected to the beaters to actuate the same, the pedals com- Speciflcation of Letters Patent. Patented Feb 1921;

prising wide portions adjacent their conrear ends and being pivoted in common at nection with the heaters and spaced apart a such ends. distance sufiicient to enable the foot to en- In testimony whereof we aflix our signa- 1O gage them independently or in unison, and tures.

5 relatively narrow and widely spaced arms projecting rearwardly from said wide por- G-ROVER M. FITZGERALD. tions the pedals converging toward their HENRY C. LOCKEY.