Patent ID: 9286867
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G10D

Claim Text:
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.