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US 3,937,902 AGranted
Cartridge muting circuit
AssigneeQuadracast Systems, Inc.
InventorLouis Dorren
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Abstract
A muting circuit is provided for a phonograph record amplifier employing a semi-conductor cartridge wherein the cartridge has a shorting switch operative during the changing cycle wherein the amplifier associated with the cartridge is deactivated during the changing cycle of the pickup preventing transients in the output of the amplifier.
Claims3
An automatic muting system for a semi-conductor phonograph pickup cartridge, said cartridge having a shorting switch for the output leads of the cartridge, said muting circuit being actuated solely by said shorting switch, comprising in combination:
- a. bias means for biasing said semi-conductor pickup cartridge through its output leads at a first polarity,
- b. first output leads from said semi-conductor pickup cartridge, said leads being connected through a passive time delay circuit to the input leads of an amplifier,
- c. bias means for said amplifier,
- d. second output leads from said semi-conductor pickup cartridge connected directly to said bias means for said amplifier, and
- e. means whereby the bias means for said amplifier is cut off when a voltage of opposite polarity is applied to said second output leads.
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