发明名称 Bucket drum
摘要 Apparatus and methods relating to a drum formed from a bucket, a drum head, and a drum hoop. The drum hoop has a leg that may be undersized relative to the drum head to compress the bucket, and the drum hoop includes attachment portions that may align with attachment portions of the drum head.
申请公布号 US9286867(B1) 申请公布日期 2016.03.15
申请号 US201514621452 申请日期 2015.02.13
申请人 发明人 Oliver Eric C.
分类号 G10D13/02 主分类号 G10D13/02
代理机构 Middleton Reutlinger 代理人 Middleton Reutlinger ;Eichenberger Robert H.;Bruggeman Chad D.
主权项 1. A bucket drum, comprising: a drum shell formed from a bucket having a side wall extending between an open first end and an opposing second end, and a shell fin adjacent said open first end projecting radially outwardly from said side wall; a drum head having a top hoop and a membrane positionable across said open first end of said drum shell and substantially enclosing said open first end, said drum head supportable by a surface adjacent said first end of said drum shell and affixable to said drum shell by said top hoop, said top hoop having a plurality of top hoop attachment areas; a bottom hoop dimensioned to substantially surround an outer perimeter of the drum shell and slidably engageable therewith to slide over said second end of said drum shell opposite said open first end, said bottom hoop is spaced away from said second end of said drum shell towards said open first end in an abutting position with said shell fin; wherein said bottom hoop is removably attachable to said top hoop by attachment members; wherein said bottom hoop includes a leg having an inner surface, and said bottom hoop includes a plurality of bottom hoop attachment areas extending radially outwardly from said leg; when said bottom hoop is in said abutting position with said shell fin, said inner surface of said leg is in a 360 degree circumferential face-to-face relationship with an outer surface of said side wall of said drum shell, wherein said outer surface of said drum shell side wall has a first diameter and said inner surface of said leg has a second diameter, and wherein said second diameter is smaller than said first diameter to compress said side wall of the drum shell; and wherein each of said bottom hoop attachment areas is substantially alignable with at least one of said plurality of top hoop attachment areas.
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