US1446327A - Snare drum - Google Patents

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Feb. 20, 1923.

W. H. BALDWIN ET AL SNARE DRUM Fi 1 ed Feb 27 1922 r 4/ a w m anus" rm atto ney) Patented Feb. 20, 1923.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. BALDWIN AND CHARLES nfrmtmiui, 0F seem mmmrsocm.

SNARE DRUM.

Application filed February 2v, 1922; serial K03 539595.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that we, WILLIAM -H. BALp- WIN and CHARLES 'l. 'PLUMMER,- citizens of the United States of America,andresidents, respectively, of Duluth, county of Sty-Louis, and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in Snare Drums, of which the following is a full and clear specification.

The object of this invention is not only to provide simple means for tightening the snares individually so that they may all be tensioned alike, but also to enable-the snares to be released in a body when it is desired to mullle the drum, as more 'fully" herein after set forth.

In the drawing--- i I Fig. 1 is a partial sectional and perspective view showing the form of'our appliance which we prefer;

Pi 2 is a detail crossesecti'on through rrosshead 12 and its support; I

Fig.- 3 is a face view showing the detail of member used for individual snare adjustment;

Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line of Fig. 3, showing the application of the snare holdertothedrum.

Referring to the drawing annexed by refcreme-characters, 5 designates the head of the drum, 6 the usual eylindri'cal body of the drum, 7 the usual bead at the 'end of the cylindrical body, around which head the snares S are bent. At one end, the snares are attached to a. plate 9 which, midway its length, is provided with a threaded opening to enable it to have threaded engagement with :1 depending screw 10 having a milled thumbhead 11 at its upper end, this milled head resting upon a cross-head 12 whose cylindrical ends 13 have hearings in a air of brackets 14 rigidly projecting from t e side of the drum. By operating the screw 10 through the thumb-piece 11, it will be seen that the snares may he tensioned as a whole, and, in order, that the snare-s may be released as a whole, the bearing-pins 13 of the cross-head .12 are specially mounted in the brackets 14. The brackets are )rovided with arcuate slots 15 which extend downwardly and outwardly and are abruptly turned inwardl at their upper ends to provide upwar ly-iacing shoulders 16 and also inwardly at their lower ends to provide outwerdly-and-downwardly'facing shoulders 17. With this construction, it will be observed that when the pins 13*are at the upper endsof the slots,

they will rest upon the upwardly-and-outwardly=facingf shoulders 16 and thus be supportedand held down againstsaid shoulders by thetension' on'the snares; When, howeverz it is desired t'o"relea;se the "snares to nluflle-the drum. the cr0ss-head 12 is thrown out into the main parts of the'slots, whereupon the tension on the: snares 'pulls the cross-headdownwardly until the pins 13 rest in the lower-'ends'ofthe slots, being pulled inwardly'against th'e shoulders17 by the tension on the snares, When the snares are again to be ti htened,thecross-'head may be readily pulle up in theslots untilthe pins 13 again rest on the*shonlders 16." In this'waygWe'provid a ver y si'mplennd quick method] ofreleasing i and tightenin'g the snares as a whole. Itwvill be observed that the'cross-head'12"is*provided with sh'oulders "18" which "a re' adapted to"- contact with the inner facesof the brailiket's '14 td'th1 1s keep the eres head centrally positionedr At the opposite side Of the fduum; we provide" a speclal arrangement; for anchoring theindividual 'snares in order that they mayeach"be' teiisipnefl'jnd'ependently "of "all the V other snares. As a eonve'nient way of doing this, we provide" a block 19 rigidly .Eastened to the exterior-tithe 'mainfiwall'offthe drum aiidptpvid'e said block javitli-tjrto rows of-vertical holes; the holes drone-raw beingstaggered with reference to the holes in the other row. Up through these holes, the individual snares are inserted, and each is held in its adjusted position by means of an individual set-screw 20 tapped into the outer face of the block 19, the set-screws being also arranged in two rows, one above the other, the set-screws of one row being staggered With reference to the screws in the other row. lVith this construction, each individual snare may be pulled to the desired tension, this being done by hand, and, when the desired tension is obtained, it may be made permanent by tightening the set-screw. It often happens that certain individual snares, being a little loose, will sing and thus interfere with the pure tones of the drum; with our device, each snare' may be independently adjusted without reference to the tension of any other snare, and consequently we are able to maintain at all times the entire series of snares in proper condition to roduce the purest tones.

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i. In a snare drum having a body aml sngres, means for supporting the snares. means fnr tsnsioning as well as releasing the snares in a. body, embodying: a bar connected to all the snares. asorew for adjusting saiil bar, aprgss-hearl supporting said screw, and buckets supponting said cross-head. suid brackets having each an :ircuate slot extend ing downwardly and outwardly, and adapted to slidingly'holtl the ends of said crosshezrd, egch pf said slots bein; provided with an upwardly-facing shoulder at its upper owl and also with an outu'urilly-anil-tlou'nu'n 1'.ll \;'-1;i cing shoulder at, its lower i-nil.

In testimony whereof we hereunto :iflix our signatures this 20th day of Februaizy. 1 922.

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