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US 9,966,090 B2Granted
Electromechanical system and method of actuating a stylus
OwnerTed Thomasinventor
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Abstract
A motion inducing system for playing sounds over a gramophone is provided. An electrical signal such as that from a digital music player is converted to lateral movement of a surface using a linear motion transducer. The lateral movement moves the stylus of a gramophone, and the music from the digital music source is played over the horn of the gramophone.
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A device for playing sound over a gramophone, the device comprising:
- at least one linear motion transducer configured and arranged to be driven by an audio signal originating from an audio signal source;
- a carriage mechanically coupled to the linear motion transducer, the carriage having an upper surface constructed and arranged to contact and retain the tip of a gramophone stylus;
- and
- a base for supporting the carriage, the base configured and arranged to allow for lateral movement of the carriage in response to movement of the linear motion transducer.
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A method of playing music from a digital music source on an analog gramophone, the method comprising:
- moving a surface laterally in response to an electronic sound signal;
- moving the tip of a gramophone stylus in contact with the surface in unison with the movement of the surface;
- vibrating a diaphragm in a sound box of the gramophone via a stylus bar linked to the stylus;
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- producing air waves with the diaphragm, the air waves reproducing the sound represented by the electronic sound signal.
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A system comprising:
- a gramophone comprising a stylus, a sound box, a diaphragm and a sound horn;
- a motion inducing device comprising at least one linear motion transducer configured and arranged to receive an electrical signal from a sound source;
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- a carriage physically coupled to the at least one linear motion transducer, the carriage in physical contact with the stylus of the gramophone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.