Percussion instrument, drumhead for percussion instrument, mold for manufacture of drumhead, and manufacturing method of drumhead

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10043499-B2
Application number	US-201414468321-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2014
Priority date	Sep 2, 2013
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

A percussion instrument includes: a cylindrical shell portion having an open upper surface side; and a drumhead stretched to be installed on the upper surface side of the shell portion, wherein the drumhead includes: a membrane formed of a membranous material, having a struck head portion configured as a striking face to be struck by a performer and an outer periphery located on an outer circumferential side of the struck head portion; and an annular frame formed of a resin material and having the outer periphery of the membrane fixed thereto, and the drumhead is integrally formed by the membrane and the frame by injection molding.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A percussion instrument, comprising
a cylindrical shell portion having an open upper surface side; and
a drumhead stretched to be installed on the upper surface side of the shell portion, wherein the drumhead comprises
a membrane formed of a membranous material, comprising
a struck head portion configured as a striking face to be struck by a performer; and
an outer periphery located on an outer circumferential side of the struck head portion; and
an annular frame formed of a resin material, wherein the outer periphery of the membrane is fixed on the frame, the membrane and the frame are integrally formed by injecting the resin material into a closed cavity, and the membrane is formed by a mesh material; and
a plurality of tightening bolts that fix the frame to the shell portion while imparting tension to the struck head portion and are threaded by external threads to be screwed into internal threads disposed on the shell portion or the frame, wherein
the frame comprises a plurality of bolt holes that allow the tightening bolts to be inserted thereinto.

2. The percussion instrument according to claim 1 , comprising an annular hoop that imparts tension to the struck head portion by pressing down the outer periphery while the struck head portion is disposed on the upper surface side of the shell portion, wherein
the hoop is integrally formed with the frame.

3. The percussion instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the membrane is fixed on the frame while an outer edge of the outer periphery is disposed inside the frame.

4. The percussion instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises
a lower relief portion depressed on a lower surface side of the frame; and
a gate trace formed by injecting the resin material during integration of the membrane and the frame is formed on an inner wall surface of the lower relief portion.

5. The percussion instrument according to claim 4 , wherein the membrane comprises a first cutting-off portion formed by cutting off a part of the outer periphery of the membrane.

6. The percussion instrument according to claim 5 , wherein the frame is formed at a position such that the gate trace corresponds to the first cutting-off portion.

7. The percussion instrument according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the membrane from an inner edge of the outer periphery in a radial direction is set smaller than a shortest distance from the inner edge to an upper surface of the frame.

8. The percussion instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the outer periphery of the membrane has an outer diameter set greater than a diameter of a virtual circle that passes through the plurality of the bolt holes.

9. The percussion instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the outer periphery of the membrane is fixed on the frame while the struck head portion has looseness.

10. The percussion instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the membrane comprises a plurality of the membrane parts, and one of the plurality of the membrane parts is set looser than the other of the plurality of the membrane parts.

11. The percussion instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the outer periphery of the membrane is fixed on the frame while the struck head portion has tension imparted thereto.

12. The percussion instrument according to claim 1 , wherein an outer edge of the struck head portion protrudes further upward than the outer periphery of the membrane.

13. A drumhead, for a percussion instrument comprising
a shell portion having an open upper surface side, comprising:
a membrane formed of a membranous material, comprising
a struck head portion configured as a striking face to be struck by a performer; and
an outer periphery located on an outer circumferential side of the struck head portion;
an annular frame formed of a resin material; and
an annular hoop that has a plurality of bolt holes and imparts tension to the struck head portion by pressing down the outer periphery while the struck head portion is disposed on the upper surface side of the shell portion, wherein the hoop is integrally formed with the frame,
wherein the outer periphery of the membrane is fixed on the frame, the membrane and the frame are integrally formed by injection molding,
the plurality of bolt holes are adapted to allow a plurality of tightening bolts to be inserted thereinto, wherein the plurality of tightening bolts are adapted to fix the frame to the shell portion while imparting tension to the struck head portion and are threaded by external threads to be screwed into internal threads disposed on the shell portion or the frame.

Assignees

• Roland Corp

Inventors

• Yoshino Kiyoshi
• Yasuno Hikaru

Classifications

• G10D13/20 Primary

  Drumheads · CPC title

• G10D13/26 Primary

  Mechanical details of electronic drums · CPC title

• G10D13/02

  Drums; Tambourines with drumheads · CPC title

• B29L2009/00

  Layered products · CPC title

• G10D13/027 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic