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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ned Steinberger, Cornwall, NY (US);
Assignee:
Steinberger Sound Corporation, Newburgh, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8431 / ; 8429 / ; 84313 ;
Abstract
A clamping device for the strings of a musical instrument includes a base with stationary clamping plates and a threaded shank, movable clamping plates in opposed relation to the stationary clamping plates, nuts threaded on the shank, actuators interposed between a threaded nut and a movable clamping plate for selectively applying clamping pressure to a movable clamping plate by engaging and rotating with a threaded nut while rotating relative to a movable clamping plate for clamping a string between the movable clamping plate and the stationary clamping plate.