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EP 0 872 826 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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20.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/42 |
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21.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/43 |
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Date of filing: 09.04.1998 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)6: G10D 13/00 |
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Priority: |
14.04.1997 IT MI970262
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Applicant: Meli, Giuseppe |
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28041 Montrigiasco-Arona (Novara) (IT) |
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- Meli, Giuseppe
28041 Montrigiasco-Arona (Novara) (IT)
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Representative: Gervasi, Gemma, Dr. et al |
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Notarbartolo & Gervasi S.p.A.,
Corso di Porta Vittoria, 9
20122 Milano
20122 Milano (IT) |
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Antislip drumsticks, drumsticks for timpani and brushes for percussion instruments
in general. |
(57) Drumsticks for drums, brushes for percussion instruments, and drumsticks for timpani
which do not slip from the player's hands during execution of pieces of music, characterized
in that the said drumstick:
(i) is wrapped in a sheath which covers it partially, the said sheath being made of
latex or, in any case, a material with a certain degree of adhesiveness to enable
even acrobatic handling of the same, and/or
(ii) the said drumstick is provided with a double metal ring, in which the two rings
are set perpendicular to one another, the first of which slips into the drumstick,
and the second into a finger of the percussionist, in general the middle finger.