Patent ID: 7473834
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. An electronic percussion instrument, comprising: a first pad having a striking surface comprising an elastic body; first fixing means with which the first pad is fixed such that the pad is free to swing on a rod that moves up and down in accordance with a specified operation; a second pad that faces the first pad; second fixing means with which the second pad is fixed such that the pad is free to swing on the rod and in a position in which it is possible to transfer the swinging motion of the first pad to the second pad; and a first sensor with which a striking of the first pad is detected, wherein a sliding member that promotes the mutual sliding of the pads is furnished in an area in which the first pad and the second pad are mutually in contact; wherein the first pad and the second pad have a roughly circular dish shape; wherein a first sliding member protrudes from an attachment surface of either the first pad or the second pad, the first sliding member having a roughly arc shaped portion that protrudes from the attachment surface in the cross-section in the direction of the diameter of said first or second pad; wherein a flat shaped second sliding member is disposed on the outer periphery of the other pad from the pad that has the first sliding member, the second sliding member located in a position that faces the first sliding member; and wherein the first sliding member is a tube shaped member that has a roughly toroidal shape.