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US4787285A
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Anchor bolt device for tremold device
Assignee: Gotoh Gut Co Ltd
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Filing: 1987-10-07
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Granted: 1988-11-29
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Expires: 2007-10-07
Abstract
Abstract An anchor bolt device for a tremolo device which is constructed so that a bolt is thread-fitted to a bottomed and threaded tube which is buried to be open upwardly in a stringed instrument, said bolt being provided at its top part with a groove for securing the front edge portion of said tremolo device and at the center of the bolt in its axial direction with a through hole inside which a pushing member capable of shifting itself inside said through hole with an external operation is thread-fitted and being tightly fixed by protruding said pushing member from said through hole so that the lower end of said pushing member contacts under a pressure with the bottom of the tube after the position of the groove has been adjusted by shifting said bolt in the tube.
Inventors
- 👤 Takao Goto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 19:31
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10D; G10D3/00; G10D3/14; G10D3/147; G10D3/153
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
217 words
An anchor bolt device for a tremolo device comprising a bottomed tube which is buried to be open upwardly in a body of a stringed instrument and provided with an internal thread on its inner wall, a bolt which is provided on its outer surface with an external thread which meshes with the internal thread of said tube to allow to be thread-fitted into the tube from the opening of the tube so that the bolt can be moved in the tube, at the circumference of its top part with a groove for securing a front edge of a tremolo device, and at the center of the bolt in its axial direction with a through hole in which an internal thread is provided on an internal wall of at least the lower part of the bolt, and a pushing member which is threaded at least partly to be thread-fitted to the internal thread inside the through hole of said bolt and adapted so that the lower end of said pushing member can be moved as desired from the lower end of the through hole toward the bottom of the tube by an external operation, wherein said bolt is fixed to the internal thread of the tube by depressing said pushing member onto the bottom of said tube.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
217 words
An anchor bolt device for a tremolo device comprising a bottomed tube which is buried to be open upwardly in a body of a stringed instrument and provided with an internal thread on its inner wall, a bolt which is provided on its outer surface with an external thread which meshes with the internal thread of said tube to allow to be thread-fitted into the tube from the opening of the tube so that the bolt can be moved in the tube, at the circumference of its top part with a groove for securing a front edge of a tremolo device, and at the center of the bolt in its axial direction with a through hole in which an internal thread is provided on an internal wall of at least the lower part of the bolt, and a pushing member which is threaded at least partly to be thread-fitted to the internal thread inside the through hole of said bolt and adapted so that the lower end of said pushing member can be moved as desired from the lower end of the through hole toward the bottom of the tube by an external operation, wherein said bolt is fixed to the internal thread of the tube by depressing said pushing member onto the bottom of said tube.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
An anchor bolt device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said pushing member is made to be short and thread-fitted to the lower part of the through hole of said bolt.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
An anchor bolt device in accordance with claim 2, wherein the internal thread of said through hole is provided only at the lower part of the through hole.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
An anchor bolt device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the top of said pushing member is provided with a socket hole which receives a jig inserted from above said bolt.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
An anchor bolt device in accordance with claim 1, wherein a through hole is provided in the bottom of said tube and a bottom plate is placed on the bottom of the tube to cover said through hole.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
An anchor bolt device in accordance with claim 5, wherein a mount leg which is inserted into said through hole is provided on said bottom plate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
An anchor bolt device in accordance with claim 6, wherein said mount leg is threaded and said through hole is threaded to mesh with the thread of said mount leg.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1991-11-29 | 1992-05-30 | 1992-11-29 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1995-11-29 | 1996-05-30 | 1996-11-29 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1999-11-29 | 2000-05-30 | 2000-11-29 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |