Patent · US Expired

Record player

US4196907A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 16, 1978
Grant dateApr 8, 1980
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B17/05
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A record player with a turntable mounted for rotation in a substantially fixed horizontal plane on a chassis and a tone arm for reproducing signals recorded on the surface of a record disc which faces upwardly when the disc is rotatably supported on the turntable, is provided with a record turn-over mechanism comprised of a support structure, for example, in the form of lever assemblies, mounted on the chassis for swinging between raised and lowered positions about an axis which extends parallel to a diameter of the turntable and is disposed to one side of the latter, a pair of spaced apart gripping devices directed inwardly towards each other from end portions, respectively, of the support structure and being axially movable between gripping positions at which the gripping devices are engageable with diametrically opposed locations on the periphery of a record disc and released positions, the gripping devices also being turnable relative to the support structure about a common axis parallel with the axis of swinging movement of the support structure, and cams for effecting the swinging movements of the support structure and the axial and turnable movements of the gripping devices …

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