Patent ID: 6762354
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A beater for striking a drum, said beater comprising:an element which is swivel-mounted in relation to an axis, said element bearing a head which is intended to strike the drum and which is connected to a mechanism operated by the foot in order to displace the head towards the drum and to a return mechanism for moving said head away from said drum, a support, a non rotatable shaft fixed on said support, and an intermediate part having a recess intended to receive at least part of a bearing mounted on the non rotatable shaft so that said intermediate part can swivel about the shaft, whereby said element is mounted on said intermediate part, and whereby the return mechanism is designed in order to exert a return force on an component swivelling around the non rotatable shaft selected from the group consisting of said intermediate part and components attached to said intermediate part.