Head shell
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
InventorAya MASHIMO
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Abstract
A head shell enabling easy and accurate regulation of overhang is provided. A head shell 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 held to the cylinder, and a fixing screw capable of fixing the head shell main body to the cylinder. 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. A space is defined between the fixing screw and the groove in a circumferential direction of the cylinder.
Claims17
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,
- a part of the fixing screw is disposed inside the groove, and
- a space is defined between the fixing screw and the groove in a circumferential direction of the cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.