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US 8,707,338 B2Granted
Visual enhancement for turntable playback
OwnerJoseph Wardinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for enhancing media playback on a turntable, such as an audio record turntable, includes an illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus is generally placed on the turntable's platter, beneath a record to be played. The record may be transparent or semi-transparent. The illumination apparatus includes a light source that projects light up through the record for producing a visual effect.
Claims16
A system for media playback, comprising:
- a turntable having a base, a platter, and a spindle;
- a powered apparatus with a central hole, the powered apparatus disposed on the platter with the spindle extending through the central hole, the powered apparatus having a to surface and a powered light source for projecting light upwards through the top surface;
- a non-opaque record disk containing playback information, the non-opaque record disk disposed above the powered apparatus and having a hole through which the spindle extends;
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- a battery unit disposed above the non-opaque disk, the battery unit having a hole into which the spindle extends and supplying power to the powered apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.