Apparatus, methods, and systems for achieving linear tonearm tracking for a record turntable
AssigneeKoolance, Inc.
InventorsKioan Cheon, AnKuk Song
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Abstract
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.
Claims17
A tonearm tracking system for use in playing a record comprising:
- a tonearm;
- a joint member movably connected to the tonearm and movably connected to a track having a nonlinear guiding slot for guiding a guide member of the joint member, the joint member also being connected by a hitch member to a slidable pivot base to which the tonearm is pivotably connected at a rear pivot location;
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- wherein the slidable pivot base is slidable in a rearward and forward direction in response to pressure applied to the hitch member by the joint member, the hitch member extending longitudinally rearward from the slidable pivot base.
A method of guiding a tonearm to track in a linear manner comprising:
- applying pressure against a stylus of the tonearm;
- and
- moving a joint member as a result of the pressure, the joint member being movably connected to a guiding slot having a nonlinear configuration and the joint member being movably connected to a slidable pivot base to which the tonearm is pivotably connected;
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- moving a pin of the joint member within the tonearm as a result of the pressure.
A tonearm tracking system for use in playing a record comprising:
- a tonearm;
- a joint member movably connected to the tonearm and movably connected to a track having a nonlinear guiding slot for guiding a guide member of the joint member, the joint member also being connected by a hitch member to a slidable pivot base to which the tonearm is pivotably connected at a rear pivot location;
- wherein the joint member includes a top horizontally extending joint member, and a bottom horizontally extending joint member, and wherein the hitch member is pivotably connected to the joint member between the top horizontally extending joint member and the bottom horizontally extending joint member;
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- further comprising a pin chamber on the tonearm and a pin extending from the joint member and received within the pin chamber, the pin chamber extending longitudinally along the tonearm and the pin being moveable longitudinally within the pin chamber by pivoting the tonearm relative to the slidable pivot base.
A tonearm tracking system for use in playing a record comprising:
- a tonearm;
- a joint member movably connected to the tonearm and movably connected to a track having a nonlinear guiding slot for guiding a guide member of the joint member, the joint member also being connected by a hitch member to a slidable pivot base to which the tonearm is pivotably connected at a rear pivot location;
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- wherein the guiding slot is curved and wherein the guide member extends downward from a lower structural element of the joint member into the guiding slot, and wherein the joint member further comprises an upper structural feature spaced apart from the lower structural feature, and wherein a pin extends upward from the upper structural feature to the tonearm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.