Patent classifications
G11B3/38
TONE ARM AND RECORD PLAYER
A tone arm according to an embodiment includes: a first arm configured to rotate around a rotation shaft in a horizontal direction of a record; a second arm configured to rotate around a free fulcrum of the first arm as the first arm rotates; a motor configured to rotatably drive the first arm; and a controller configured to control a phase angle of the motor so that the second arm is disposed with a longitudinal axis thereof extends in a tangent direction of a groove of the record at a contact position of a stylus attached to a tip portion of the second arm and the groove of the record.
ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACTUATING A STYLUS
A motion inducing system for playing sounds over a gramophone is provided. An electrical signal such as that from a digital music player is converted to lateral movement of a surface using a linear motion transducer. The lateral movement moves the stylus of a gramophone, and the music from the digital music source is played over the horn of the gramophone.
ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACTUATING A STYLUS
A motion inducing system for playing sounds over a gramophone is provided. An electrical signal such as that from a digital music player is converted to lateral movement of a surface using a linear motion transducer. The lateral movement moves the stylus of a gramophone, and the music from the digital music source is played over the horn of the gramophone.
Floating head shell for a self propelled, tangentially tracking tone arm
A pivoting, passive servo controlled, self propelled and tangentially tracking tone arm, featuring a floating head shell/transducer assembly that tracks the groove in a disk-record independently of the tone arm itself and utilizing the so-called inward force to propel the tone arm across the disk record.
AUTOMATIC TONEARM LIFTER
An automatic tonearm lifter for use in a turntable that includes a main body and a tonearm rotatably mounted on the main body. The tonearm lifter includes a casing adapted to be fixedly mounted to the main body of the turntable, a lifting unit adapted to be mounted to the main body, adapted for supporting the tonearm, movable relative to the casing along a vertical axis, and non-rotatable about the axis relative to the casing, and a rotating unit including a threaded seat that is rotatable about the axis and that is threadably engaging the lifting unit, and a driving module that is connected to the threaded seat and that is operable to drive rotation thereof, thereby moving the lifting unit along the axis.
AUTOMATIC TONEARM LIFTER
An automatic tonearm lifter for use in a turntable that includes a main body and a tonearm rotatably mounted on the main body. The tonearm lifter includes a casing adapted to be fixedly mounted to the main body of the turntable, a lifting unit adapted to be mounted to the main body, adapted for supporting the tonearm, movable relative to the casing along a vertical axis, and non-rotatable about the axis relative to the casing, and a rotating unit including a threaded seat that is rotatable about the axis and that is threadably engaging the lifting unit, and a driving module that is connected to the threaded seat and that is operable to drive rotation thereof, thereby moving the lifting unit along the axis.
Automatic tonearm lifter
An automatic tonearm lifter for use in a turntable that includes a main body and a tonearm rotatably mounted on the main body. The tonearm lifter includes a casing adapted to be fixedly mounted to the main body of the turntable, a lifting unit adapted to be mounted to the main body, adapted for supporting the tonearm, movable relative to the casing along a vertical axis, and non-rotatable about the axis relative to the casing, and a rotating unit including a threaded seat that is rotatable about the axis and that is threadably engaging the lifting unit, and a driving module that is connected to the threaded seat and that is operable to drive rotation thereof, thereby moving the lifting unit along the axis.
Automatic tonearm lifter
An automatic tonearm lifter for use in a turntable that includes a main body and a tonearm rotatably mounted on the main body. The tonearm lifter includes a casing adapted to be fixedly mounted to the main body of the turntable, a lifting unit adapted to be mounted to the main body, adapted for supporting the tonearm, movable relative to the casing along a vertical axis, and non-rotatable about the axis relative to the casing, and a rotating unit including a threaded seat that is rotatable about the axis and that is threadably engaging the lifting unit, and a driving module that is connected to the threaded seat and that is operable to drive rotation thereof, thereby moving the lifting unit along the axis.
Floating Head Shell for a self propelled, tangentially tracking Tone Arm
A pivoting, passive servo controlled, self propelled and tangentially tracking tone arm, featuring a floating head shell/transducer assembly that tracks the groove in a disk-record independently of the tone arm itself and utilizing the so-called inward force to propel the tone arm across the disk record.
Apparatus, methods, and systems for achieving linear tonearm tracking for a record turntable
Apparatus, systems and methods for use in imparting linear tonearm tracking for a record player are provided. The systems can include a joint member having three separate movable connections to a tonearm, guiding slot and slidable pivot base, wherein a rear pivot location of the tonearm is on the slidable pivot base. A movement of the tonearm can cause the joint member to adjust a position of the slidable pivot base, as a function of a configuration of the guiding slot, and this combination of interactions is combined to impart substantial linear tracking for the tonearm.