Platter with improved braking control
AssigneeinMusic Brands, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Desplaines, John O'Donnell
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Abstract
A platter apparatus with improved braking control includes a support base where a platter is rotatably secured to the support base with a circular wall downwardly depending from the platter. An arm, which is slidably connected to the base is linearly actuatable between a first position and a second position. A brake pad is connected to an end of the arm and is in removable and adjustable frictional engagement with the circular wall to provide an amount of braking of rotation of the platter relative to the support base depending on the linear position of the arm. The brake pad is connected to the arm by a compression spring and limited by a torsion spring to enable a zero friction braking-free position.
Claims11
A platter apparatus with improved braking control, comprising:
- a support base;
- a platter, having a first side and a second side, rotatably secured to the support base about a platter axis;
- the first side facing toward the support base and the second side facing away from the support base;
- a circular wall downwardly depending from the first side of the platter having a wall axis substantially co-axial with the platter axis;
- an arm, having a first end and a second end, slidably connected to the base;
- the arm being linearly actuatable between a first position and a second position;
- a brake pad, connected to the first end of the arm, being in removable and adjustable frictional engagement with the circular wall to provide an amount of braking of rotation of the platter relative to the support base;
- whereby linear actuation of the arm changes the amount of braking of rotation of the platter relative to the base.
A platter apparatus with improved braking control, comprising:
- a support base;
- a platter, having a first side and a second side, rotatably secured to the support base about a platter axis;
- the first side facing toward the support base and the second side facing away from the support base;
- an arm, having a first end and a second end, slidably connected to the base;
- the arm being linearly actuatable between a first position and a second position;
- the first end of the arm being in removable and adjustable frictional engagement with the platter to provide an amount of braking of rotation of the platter relative to the support base;
- whereby linear actuation of the arm changes the amount of braking of rotation of the platter relative to the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.