Turntable assembly for phonograph records

A phonograph turntable assembly comprising:

• a rotatable turntable and a plurality of support means on said turntable for supporting a phonograph record, each of said support means being of an elastically flexible material and shaped as an upwardly dished member having a central lower portion mounted on said turntable and a relatively raised upwardly facing peripheral portion of larger diameter than the lower portion thereof, the peripheral portion of each of said support means being flexibly vertically engageable with the undersurface of a phonograph record to cooperate with the undersurface of a phonograph record supported thereon for defining air space therebetween, each of said record support means having means defining at least one air passage of small cross-sectional area through which said space communicates with the atmosphere outside of said space to produce high viscous resistance of air flowing through said passage and to damp vertical vibrations of said record;
• and in which said turntable has a depending circular flange radially inwardly spaced from the perimeter of said turntable and adapted to be engaged by a drive belt for rotating the turntable, and at least one hole in said turntable radially outwardly of said flange but adjacent to said flange and through which access may be had to said flange from above said turntable for engaging the belt with said flange;
• and wherein said central lower portion of the dished member constituting at least one of said record support means extends into said hole of the turntable to engage the edge defining said hole for mounting the respective record support means on the turntable, the air passage of the respective record support means being in communication with said hole.