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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2018
William A. Rickard, Aurora, CA;
William A. Rickard, Aurora, CA;
Michael Edward Rowe, Sr., Elkhart, IN (US);
Other;
Abstract
A tuner for a stringed instrument, comprising: a housing mounted to the stringed instrument; a knob coupled to one end of the housing; a post coupled to the other end of the housing, the knob and the post positioned on a rotation axis, the post for receiving a string and the knob for causing rotation of the post; a gear assembly mounted in the housing between the knob and the post, the gear assembly having a first gear for rotating about the rotation axis and a second gear mounted on a gear body, the second gear having a center axis offset from the rotation axis, the first gear being meshed with the second gear, the gear body including a plurality of pins, being opposed to the second gear, for positioning in a respective plurality of cavities in the housing; wherein the second gear being coupled to the knob and the first gear being coupled to the post.