An ecological carriage for drums is described which is constituted by a metallic structure and a basin. The drum is disposed with an horizontal axis and rests on the metallic structure. The basin is below the drum and functions as a bowl to collect fluids, mineral oils and similar fluids which are lost or spilled during the decanting or due to rupture of the drum. This assembly is mounted on a base provided with wheels. The carriage is characterized by the fact that the structure supporting the ...

A foot pedal unit for use in a drum set comprises a beater, a rotation shaft, a pair of support poles for rotatably supporting the rotation shaft, and a foot pedal connected to the rotation shaft. The foot pedal unit provides an automatic return structure that comprises a tension coil spring whose upper end is connected to a crank arm at one end of the rotation shaft via a first roller, an adjustment screw, and a second roller by which the lower end of the tension coil spring is connected with t...

A fabricated metal stillage for storing and/or transporting a plurality of drums containing hazardous material, such as radioactive waste, comprising a rectangular planar base having a post extending upwardly from each corner. Each post is hollow and is provided with a support pad at an end remote from the base. The support pads lie in a plane substantially parallel to the base. Upper and lower tie plates extend between the four posts to define a perimeter around the stillage. Internal partition...

A method and apparatus for gently holding, lifting and rotating a drum which may contain hazardous waste and may be likely to rupture, characterized in that an open-ended overpack is lowered around the drum and held fixed in relation to the floor while a platform slides beneath the overpack and drum, the overpack then being clamped by a lid against the platform and then elevated and rotated so that the drum therewithin is disposed in an upside-down position.

A mute for drums to reduce unwanted acoustical overtones and ringing. The mute includes a strip of leather, preferably suede, placed adjacent to the drum rim and lying loosely on the drumhead. Attaching flanges extend from the mute and are releasably attached to the drum rim, preferably by hook and teazle material. One such mute, or a plurality, may be used on a single drumhead as desired.

A device for lifting and handling open end drums, especially fiber, or other non-metallic drums includes a support, an inner member and toggle clamps mounted on the support. The toggle clamps cooperate with the inner member to engage the open top of the drum. The drum can then be lifted by engaging and lifting the support.

The present invention relates to a method of cleaning the outer circumferential surface of a drum by spraying a cleaning fluid thereon and a device for cleaning drums. The cleaning fluid is circulated and is cleaned with a filter during circulation. The drum is cleaned with a cleaning fluid passed through a primary filter having a porous structure at high pressure, after which the drum is cleaned with a cleaning fluid passed through a finishing filter having a fine porous structure. A device for...

A hydraulically operated handler for drums and the like is mounted on the boom of a tractor so as to be selectively pivoted from a vertical position to fifteen degrees past a horizontal position. Grappling arms are mounted on a front plate which is selectively rotatable through 360.degree. by a hydraulic motor. A spindle rotatably supporting the front plate contains hydraulic operating fluid passages which are coupled through a rotating coupling mechanism to hydraulic cylinders operating the gra...

Apparatus for reconditioning drums has a conveyor extending through a series of equally spaced stations. The conveyor has a series of members, each in the form of a forwardly opening V and with the members so spaced that when any one is at a station, other members will be at the other stations. Drums are placed, one at a time, and inverted, on the infeed end of the conveyor with the bung of each in a position to be caught and held centered by one of the members and pulled thereby along the cente...

A rigid frame provides a mount for musical drums and cymbals as well as a seat for a drummer to provide him with vibrational feedback from the drums. The seat is adjustable and accommodates the drummer in a recumbent position. Sidewardly extending wings on the frame accommodate a special mounting arrangement for a bass drum. An upwardly extending post on the frame mounts an acoustical drum and a high hat cymbal. A snare drum is mounted in front of the seat on a telescopically adjustable double r...