Head shell
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
InventorAya Mashimo
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Abstract
A head shell having accurate regulation of overhang is attachable to and detachable from a connector of a tone arm of a record player, and holds a pickup cartridge. The head shell includes a cylinder attachable to and detachable from the connector, a head shell main body, and a fixing screw for fixing the head shell main body to the cylinder. The cylinder includes a groove disposed on a cylinder external circumferential surface along an axial direction of the cylinder. A space is defined between the fixing screw and the groove in a circumferential direction of the cylinder.
Claims16
A head shell attachable to and detachable from a connector of a tone arm of a record player, and holding a pickup cartridge, the head shell comprising:
- a cylinder attachable to and detachable from the connector;
- a head shell main body held to the cylinder;
- and
- a fixing screw capable of fixing the head shell main body to the cylinder, wherein
- the cylinder includes:
- a cylindrical cylinder external circumferential surface;
- and
- a groove disposed on the cylinder external circumferential surface along an axial direction of the cylinder,
- wherein the fixing screw includes a distal end part disposed inside the groove,
- the groove includes:
- a bottom surface,
- a first side surface disposed at one end of the bottom surface, and
- a second side surface disposed at the other end of the bottom surface, and
- a space is defined between the distal end part of the fixing screw and each of the first and the second side surface of the groove, and
- wherein the space defines an angle range of rotation of the head shell main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.