A universal joint includes two yokes respectively connected to two rotary members, a spider rotationally coupled to the two yokes, and a bearing disposed at a portion that couples the two yokes to the spider, the bearing rotationally supporting the spider. The spider is configured to be arranged in a space defined by inner surfaces of the two yokes and allow an outer ring of the bearing to be fixed to the spider.
F16D 3/41 - Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slideably connected with a single intermediate member with trunnions or bearings arranged on two axes perpendicular to one another with intermediate member provided with two pairs of outwardly-directed trunnions on intersecting axes with ball or roller bearings
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Leg opening angle changing member for stand and stand
A leg opening angle changing member includes an insertion portion arranged between a leg attaching portion of a base of a stand and the proximal end of a leg of the stand, and an attachment portion attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg. The leg opening angle changing member is attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg by means of the attachment portion. The leg opening angle changing member is configured to change the leg opening angle to an opening angle smaller than an opening angle of the leg in a fully opened state by arranging the insertion portion between the leg attaching portion and the proximal end of the leg in a state in which the leg opening angle changing member is attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg.
A marching carrier is worn by a percussion player and supports an instrument at a front of a body of the player. The marching carrier includes a belly plate that covers an abdomen region of the player and includes a belly pad in a section that contacts the abdomen region, and a carrier main body that is put on shoulders of the player and is fixed to the belly plate. The carrier main body includes shoulder pads in sections that contact the shoulders. The carrier main body includes a rod that includes two front extending portions. The front extending portions extend from the shoulders toward the abdomen region. The carrier main body is configured to adjust a position in a front-rear direction of the belly pad.
A bass pad includes a frame body, a pad body, and a leg-opening mechanism. The frame body includes a pad base and a main post. The pad base is fixed to a clamp of a pedal device. The main post is arranged integrally with the pad base. The leg-opening mechanism includes two legs, two stays, and a sliding member. The height and angle of the pad base are adjusted by moving the sliding member in an axial direction of the main post to open or close the legs and the stays with respect to the main post.
A snare pad includes a pad body, a batter surface member, and a dummy snare wire member. The batter surface member is coupled to the pad body. The dummy snare wire member is arranged in the pad body. The dummy snare wire member includes a plate-shaped first rigid member and a second rigid member that is arranged in a manner allowing for contact with the first rigid member. The batter surface member is coupled to the pad body without the pad body being located between the batter surface member and the dummy snare wire member.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electric and electronic effects units for musical
instruments; guitar effects processors; sound effects pedals
for musical instruments; electronic effects pedals for
musical instruments; effects pedals for use with electrical
musical instruments; electric and electronic phasers
[effects units] for electric or electronic musical
instruments; sound processors; digital signal processors;
multichannel sound processors; digital sound processors;
electric and electronic musical effects equipment;
electroacoustic transducers; audio mixers; sound mixers;
equalisers [audio apparatus]; audio interfaces; data
processing apparatus; amplifiers for musical instruments;
computer software for creating and editing music and sounds;
computer software, recorded; computer hardware; batteries
and cells; electric wires and cables; downloadable music
files; downloadable image files; electronic publications.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Electric and electronic effects units for musical instruments; guitar effects processors; sound effects pedals for musical instruments; electronic effects pedals for musical instruments; effects pedals for use with electrical musical instruments; sound processors; digital signal processors; multichannel sound processors; digital sound processors; electric and electronic musical effects equipment; electroacoustic transducers; audio mixers; sound mixers; equalisers being audio apparatus; amplifiers for musical instruments; computer software for creating and editing music and sounds; computer hardware; electric wires and cables; downloadable music files; downloadable image files containing artwork, text, audio, video, games and Internet Web links relating to entertainment activities; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, brochures in the field of musical instruments.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electric and electronic effects units for musical instruments; guitar effects processors; sound effects pedals for musical instruments; electronic effects pedals for musical instruments; electronic effects pedals for use with electrical musical instruments; amplifiers for musical instruments
The hi-hat attachment includes an upper unit, a lower unit, and an operation lever. The lower unit includes a regulation unit that regulates the maximum fall position of the lower unit. The regulation unit is configured to adjust the maximum fall position of the lower unit.
An electric guitar includes a body, a neck, and a tremolo device. A tremolo cavity for accommodating a tremolo spring is formed on the back of the body. A metal cover is attached to the tremolo cavity so as to cover the tremolo spring from the outside. A magnetic force generating portion that generates a magnetic force for fixing the metal cover to the body is provided in the vicinity of the tremolo cavity.
A snare drum includes a tension adjusting device fixed to a strainer. The tension adjusting device includes a moving member that moves in a direction intersecting inner sound wires of the snare wire. A user can adjust tension of the snare wire by operating the tension adjusting device to cause the moving member to displace the inner sound wires.
A snare wire is attached to a snare drum using a snare frame. A string made of flexible material is employed as a coupling member for coupling the snare frame to the snare drum. In the state in which the snare wire is attached to the snare drum by means of the snare frame, frame end sections of the snare wire are each arranged outward with respect to the outer peripheral edge of the back-surface head.
A pedal angle adjusting device is coupled to a coupling arm such as to be pivotable about an axis. Also, the pedal angle adjusting device is coupled to a free end of a pedal such as to be pivotable about an axis and arranged to be fixable to the free end of the pedal.
Handbag frames; purse frames; horseshoes; leather cloth; leather, unworked or semi-worked; fake fur; industrial packaging containers of leather; clothing for domestic pets; boston bags; duffle bags; tote bags; carry-on bags; waist bags; shoulder bags; handbags; backpacks; briefcases; wallets incorporating card holders; key cases; music cases; purses; rucksacks; canvas shopping bags; wallets; key pouches; vanity cases, not fitted; umbrellas and their parts; walking sticks; canes; metal parts of canes and walking-sticks; handles for canes and walking sticks; saddlery Jackets being clothing; sweat shirts; sweat pants; polo shirts; T-shirts; parkas; pants; socks; gloves; bandanas; neck scarfs being mufflers; aprons; caps being headwear; ear muffs; hats; headwear; leggings; leg warmers; neck warmers being clothing; skirts; slippers; spats; tank tops; underwear; garters; sock suspenders; suspenders being braces; waistbands; belts for clothing; footwear, other than special footwear for sports; masquerade costumes; footwear for sports; clothes for sports, namely, shirts, pants, athletic uniforms, hoodies being clothing
An anti-loosening device includes a main body and an O-ring, which serves as an elastic member attached to the main body. The main body includes a fitting hole, into which the bolt head of a tension bolt is to be fitted, and eight holding sections, which laterally hold the bolt head fitted in the fitting hole. The holding sections are configured to open about the center line of the fitting hole and to laterally hold the bolt head fitted in the fitting hole.
A hi-hat stand includes an upper pipe and a lower pipe. A leg unit includes leg plates, stays, a fixing collar, and a sliding collar. The leg plates and the stays are assembled with the lower pipe via the sliding collar and the fixing collar. On the outer circumferential surface of the lower pipe, a slide preventing surface is formed in a fixing position of the sliding collar. The slide preventing surface is formed by diamond knurling.
A bracket includes a base that is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of a shell, a fixing member that is fixed to a rod portion of a holder or a drum stand, a shaft that couples the base and the fixing member to each other, and a fixing tool for fixing the fixing member to the rod portion. The base and the fixing member are coupled to each other by the shaft to be pivotal relative to each other about a horizontal axis that is perpendicular to the axis of the shell.
A pedal device includes a switching device, which is capable of selectively switching the position of a spring between a use position, at which the spring is disposed during the use of the pedal device, and a non-use position, at which the spring is disposed during the non-use of the pedal device. The switching device is configured such that the length between a first end and a second end of the spring when the spring is disposed at the non-use position is less than the spring length when the spring is disposed at the use position.
Musical instruments; drums [musical instruments]; snare
wires for use with snare drums; drumheads; drumsticks; drum
pedals; skins for drums; bass drums; drum machines; drum
practice pads; percussion instruments; cymbals; bags
specially adapted for holding musical instruments; cases for
musical instruments; stands for musical instruments; pedals
for musical instruments; music stands; tuning apparatus for
musical instruments.
A cymbal attachment includes an attachment body having a fixing hole to which a rod is fixed and a stopper assembly adapted to be mounted onto the attachment body. The stopper assembly includes a stopper holder and a stopper slider, which is accommodated in the stopper holder. The stopper slider has a round hole and a continuous hole, which is located above the round hole. An engagement surface by which the stopper slider is engaged with the attachment body is arranged in both the attachment body and the stopper slider.
Musical instruments; bags specially adapted for holding musical instruments; cases for musical instruments; drums and percussion instruments, namely, electronic drums, steel drums, drums and parts therefor, drum stands, cymbal stands, drum snares, drum pedals; drumheads; drumsticks; skins for drums; snare wires for use with snare drums; pedals for musical instruments
A drum pedal includes a unit body, a pedal, a chain belt, a shaft, a beater, and a tension coil spring. The tension coil spring has a lower end coupled through a bolt, an adjusting nut, and a locking nut to a bracket fixed to a column. The tension coil spring pivots together with the bolt and the adjusting and locking nuts relative to the bracket. A pivot fulcrum of the tension coil spring is provided on the lower surface of the bracket contacting the adjusting nut.
A pipe holding device includes a fixed clamp member, a movable clamp member, an upper ring and a lower ring. The fixed clamp member and the movable clamp member each have inner peripheral surfaces as metal surfaces coming into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter pipe. Furthermore, inner peripheral surfaces of cylindrical bodies correspond to a first resin surface and a second resin surface coming into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter pipe, respectively. The inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body, the inner peripheral surfaces of the fixed clamp member and the movable clamp member, and the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body are adjacent to one another in an axial direction of a large diameter pipe.
A boom tilter includes a tilter body, a boom, a holder, a bolt and nut. The tilter body is attached to a support post to be rotatable around a first axis, which is the axis of the support post. The holder is fitted to the tilter body to be rotatable around a second axis, which is orthogonal to the first axis. The boom is held by the holder to be rotatable around a third axis, which is the axis of the boom, and so that the boom can slide along the third axis.
F16M 11/04 - Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
F16M 11/12 - Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting in more than one direction
The drum stand includes a stand main body, a drum support, and an attachment that attaches the drum support to the stand main body. The drum support is composed of a first arm and two second arms that open and close with respect to the first arm. The first and second arms all extend obliquely and linearly from near the upper end of a post toward a bottom surface of a snare drum.
Musical instruments; drums and percussion instruments; drums
and parts therefor; drumheads; drumsticks; skins for drums;
snare wires for use with snare drums; steel drums [musical
instruments]; pedals for musical instruments.
The drum system has a floor tom, a bass drum, a tom-tom, a snare drum, legs, rods, attachment tools, first and second brackets, and the like. The floor tom is set with a drumhead facing upward, and the bass drum is set with a drumhead facing downward, via the three rods and the first and second brackets. The floor tom is set above the bass drum with a space therebetween via the three rods and the first and second brackets.
A cam assembly includes a wheel member fixed to a shaft and a cam member removably attached to the wheel member. By attaching the cam member to the wheel member while arranging the cam member in a first orientation, a first cam shape is given to the cam assembly. Moreover, by attaching the cam member to the wheel member while vertically inverting the cam member to set the cam member in a second orientation, a second cam shape different from the first cam shape is given to the cam assembly.
A bass drum lifter is provided with a drum connection member, a pedal connection member including a lift portion, and a long screw for rotationally connecting the pedal connection member and the drum connection member to each other. The pedal connection member is rotational around the axis of the long screw between a storage position in the vicinity of a shell of a bass drum and a use position at which the bass drum is lifted up by the lift portion. The long screw is arranged in the vicinity of the shell and in the vicinity of the batter head.
A tom-tom supporting device includes a bracket, a first arm having a plurality of first supporting portions for supporting an upper hoop, and a second arm having a second supporting portion for supporting a lower hoop. Two of the first supporting portions provided at ends of the first arm are each located near one of two intersection points at which a diameter of a batter head, which is perpendicular to a vertical plane containing an axis of a shell and an axis of the second arm, intersects the upper hoop.
A tom holder has a holder body, a pivoting member supported pivotally with respect to the holder body, and a rod, which projects from the pivoting member with the tom fixed to the rod. The tom holder has a pair of openings located at opposed positions. The tom holder is configured to be usable in either a first mode, in which the rod projects from the first opening, and a second mode, in which the rod projects from the second opening.
A spiked leg includes a first leg part and a second leg part, which are leg members, and a stopper fixed to a distal end of the second leg part. The stopper includes a stopper main body, a spike holder, and a spike. In the stopper main body, a part of the stopper main body is located between a first longitudinal hole and a second longitudinal hole. Due to this, the proximal end of the spike is arranged apart from a distal end of the second leg part when the second leg part and the spike are assembled onto the stopper.
A floor tom-tom is mounted on three floor tom-tom legs via three tom-tom mounting devices. Each tom-tom mounting device is composed of a memory lock and a floor tom-tom bracket located on the memory lock. The tom-tom mounting device is configured to be capable of fixing the floor tom-tom bracket to the memory lock.
A drum stand includes a center pipe, a fixed collar, a first movable collar, a second movable collar, legs, and stays. The fixed collar is secured to the lower end of the center pipe. The first movable collar and the second movable collar are slidably fitted to the center pipe. Legs of a first type are pivotally coupled to the first movable collar. A leg of a second type is pivotally coupled to the second movable collar. Stays of a first type are pivotally coupled to the second movable collar. A stay of a second type is pivotally coupled to the fixed collar.
A drum coupling system is configured as a coupling system for coupling various marching drums such as a snare drum, a tenor drum, and a bass drum to marching carriers and drum stands for the various marching drums, respectively. In the drum coupling system, a coupling structure for the various marching drums to the respective marching carriers and a coupling structure for the various marching drums to the respective drum stands are the same.
A hi-hat bottom supports a bottom cymbal, through which a rod is passed, from below in a state fixed to the upper end of an upper pipe via a retainer. The hi-hat bottom has the retainer, a receiving plate, a compression coil spring, and a lock nut. When a foot plate is depressed, the compression coil spring urges a top cymbal and a bottom cymbal in such a direction that the cymbals contact each other. When the foot plate is not depressed, the bottom cymbal is inclined, together with the receiving plate, at a predetermined inclination angle with respect to a horizontal plane by the urging force of the compression coil spring.
