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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Richard Ned Steinberger, Nobleboro, ME (US);
Inventor:
Richard Ned Steinberger, Nobleboro, ME (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 3/14 (2020.01); G10D 3/12 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 3/14 (2013.01); G10D 3/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A low friction tuner for use on stringed musical instruments is described in this application. The low friction tuner transfers the force of string tension from an area between the shoulder of the tuning knob and the tuner housing to a an area between a pointed tuning screw and bearing carrier, reducing the amount of force needed to turn the tuning knob when the string is under tension.