Bridge pin
US4202240A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 13, 1978 |
| Grant date | May 13, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10D3/12
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An acoustic guitar having a plurality of strings each individually secured by a bridge pin at the bridge. Each pin has an enlarged head positioned on a stem secured to the guitar body through the bridgepiece. A bore extends through the head of the pin in the drection of the strings and has an enlarged counterbored portion at the tail-end. The anchoring element of each string is positioned within the counter-bored portion while the remainder of the string passes through the smaller bore and thence over the bridge nut. In one embodiment the side of the head has a slot that opens into the bore. In various embodiments the stem of the pin is secured to the guitar body by a nut threaded onto the stem, by a rib cooperating with grooves in a sleeve secured to the guitar or by a press fit.
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