Record player having a device for damping vibrations of a tone arm

A record player comprising:

• a tone arm having a main arm and a sub-arm, said sub-arm being pivotably mounted with a shaft on a forward end of the main arm to rotate in swinging movement in a vertical plane and having a pickup cartridge mounted thereon;
• pivoting means for pivoting the main arm with a pivot shaft to rotate in swinging movement in a horizontal plane;
• a damping plate made of an electrically conductive material having a substantially arcuate shape and secured to said main arm projecting in a lateral direction thereof;
• a damping unit having a pair of permanent magnets with a gap therebetween for insertion therein of said damping plate to form a magnetic field within said gap, said damping plate being displacable in the gap between the permanent magnets with swinging motion of the main arm;
• support means for supporting the damping unit in a position whereby the damping plate being insertable into the gap between the permanent magnets;
• a leaf spring supported at a first end thereof at said main arm whereby a second free end being adapted to vibrate in a horizontal plane and extends in a longitudinal direction of the main arm;
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• a weight being secured to said second end of said leaf spring.