WO2003071538A2 - Tone arm assembly with interchangeable tone arm tube - Google Patents
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- WO2003071538A2 WO2003071538A2 PCT/US2003/004273 US0304273W WO03071538A2 WO 2003071538 A2 WO2003071538 A2 WO 2003071538A2 US 0304273 W US0304273 W US 0304273W WO 03071538 A2 WO03071538 A2 WO 03071538A2
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- tone arm
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B3/00—Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing, e.g. of grooves or pits; Reproducing by mechanical sensing; Record carriers therefor
- G11B3/02—Arrangements of heads
- G11B3/10—Arranging, supporting, or driving of heads or of transducers relatively to record carriers
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- the present invention preserves the advantages of prior art turntables and tone arm assemblies. In addition, it provides new advantages not found in currently available turntables and tone arm assemblies and overcomes many disadvantages of such currently available apparatuses.
- the tone arm assembly of the present invention enables the easiest and most cost-efficient way of providing both high fidelity sound and best anti-skip performance in a single tone arm assembly.
- the present invention addresses the foregoing problems associated with the prior art while providing superior performance and rehability.
- the tone arm assembly of the present invention includes a includes a fixed base.
- a support bracket is connected to the fixed base and rotatable thereon.
- a tone arm housing is mounted in the support bracket and rotatable therein.
- a separate straight tone arm tube and an S-shaped tone arm tube both have a connector at one end that is engageable with a connector on the tone arm base.
- the other ends of the tone arm tubes have another connector for removably attaching a cartridge thereto.
- the straight tone arm tube and the S-shaped tone arm tube are interchangeably connected to the tone arm housing via the respective connectors.
- the straight tone arm tube is connected to the tone arm base.
- the straight tone arm tube is disconnected from the tone arm base.
- the S-shaped tone arm tube is then connected to the tone arm base using a connector which is identical to the connector used to connect the straight tone arm tube to the tone arm base.
- the S-shaped tone arm is then disconnected and the straight tone arm is then re-connected.
- the straight tone arm tube and tire S-shaped tone arm tube can be easily interchanged on the same tone arm base depending on the desired performance.
- Fig. 4 is a close-up perspective view of the tone arm assembly of the present invention shown in Fig. 2; [28] Fig. 5 is an exploded front perspective view of the tone arm assembly of Fig.3; [29] Fig. 6 is an exploded front perspective view of the tone arm assembly of Fig. 4; and [30] Fig. 7 is an exploded rear perspective view of the tone arm assembly of Fig. 3. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
- the tone arm assembly 10 of the present invention may be installed on many different types of turntables 12.
- the turntable 12 of Figs. 1 and 2 is shown by way of example to illustrate a typical environment for the tone arm assembly 10 of the present invention.
- the turntable 10 includes a turntable base 18 with a rotating platter 20 and a center spindle 22.
- the platter 20 is preferably made of die-cast aluminum.
- the usual strobe pattern 24 is provided on the edge of the platter for precise speed adjustment.
- the tone arm assembly 10 is placed in a location proximal to the platter 20 that optimizes both playback with a straight tone arm 14 and with an S-shaped tone arm 16. This location enables the cartridge 26 and stylus 28 (shown in Fig. 7) to be positioned as parallel as possible within the grooves of a record (not shown) when either one of the tubes 14 or 16 are employed.
- the platter 20 is preferably powered by a direct drive high torque motor (not shown) for rehabihty and precision.
- the present invention enables the same turntable 12 and tone arm assembly 10 to be used to provide both the sweep path 34 of Fig. 1 for a straight tone arm tube 14 as well as a the sweep path 38 of Fig. 2 for an S-shaped tone arm tube 16.
- tone arm assemblies are permanently configured to have either a straight tone arm tube or an S-shaped tone arm tube.
- the tone arm assembly is permanently mounted to the turntable body for the purposes of providing either the sweep path 34 of Fig. 1 or the sweep path 38 of Fig. 2.
- Figs. 3-7 details of the construction of the tone arm assembly 10 of the present invention is shown.
- the unique modular construction of the tone arm assembly 10 of the present invention enables either a straight tone arm tube 14 or an S-shaped tone arm tube 16 to be used on the same tone arm base 36.
- a keyed locking collar arrangement is preferably used.
- a tube 68 with a pair of slots 70 is affixed about the boss 60.
- a pair of protrusions 72, which emanate outwardly from a reduced neck portion 14c of the first end 14a of the tone arm tube 14 are received in slots 70 in the tube 68.
- a threaded collar 66, with female threads 74 resides over the outer circumference of the tone arm tube 14. The female threads 74 engage with the male threads 76 on the exterior surface of the tube 68 with is affixed about the boss 60.
- tone arm tube 14 can be structurally and electrically disconnected from the tone arm housing 44 without special tools.
- prior art tone arm tubes are permanently electrically and structurally connected to the tone arm housing 44.
- this second locking collar arrangement is identical to the operation of the first locking collar arrangement to connect the first end 14a of the tube 14 to the tone arm housing 44.
- a continuous electrical path is provided from the cartridge 26, through the tone arm tube 14, through the tone arm housing 44 and into the electronics of the turntable 12.
- the S-shaped tone arm tube 16 is similar in construction to the straight tone arm tube 14 except that it has an S-shaped configuration.
- the S-shaped tone arm tube 16 also includes a first end 16a which connects to the tone arm housing 44 by a locking collar arrangement, generally referred to as 84 and a second end 16b which connects to a cartridge 26.
- the first end 16a of the S-shaped tone arm tube 16 includes a reduced neck portion 86 with an array of contacts (not seen in Fig. 6) and protrusion keys 88 to interconnect with the tone arm housing 44 in the same way as the first end 14a of the straight tone arm tube 14.
- the second end 16b of the S-shaped tone arm tube 16 includes another array of electrical contacts for receiving the electrical contacts of the phonographic cartridge 26 shown in Fig. 7.
- the tone arm tube can be easily interchanged between different types of tone arm tubes, namely straight tone arm tubes 14 and an S-shaped tone arm tubes 16.
- the common type of interconnection facilitates the connection and disconnection of the tone arm tubes between a cartridge 26 and a tone arm housing 44.
- the tone arm assembly 10 of the present invention With the tone arm assembly 10 of the present invention, the overall type and performance of the turntable 12 can be quickly and easily converted from one type to another by interchanging the tube configuration.
- the unique and novel tone arm assembly of the present invention enables interchangeability of different types of tone arm tubes with the same tone arm assembly 10 on the same turntable.
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AU2003215195A AU2003215195A1 (en) | 2002-02-15 | 2003-02-11 | Tone arm assembly with interchangeable tone arm tube |
GB0418072A GB2401242B (en) | 2002-02-15 | 2004-08-13 | Tone arm assembly with interchangeable tone arm tube |
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US35745002P | 2002-02-15 | 2002-02-15 | |
US60/357,450 | 2002-02-15 |
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WO2003071538A3 WO2003071538A3 (en) | 2003-12-31 |
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PCT/US2003/004273 WO2003071538A2 (en) | 2002-02-15 | 2003-02-11 | Tone arm assembly with interchangeable tone arm tube |
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Citations (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4257615A (en) * | 1978-05-26 | 1981-03-24 | Morch Hans H | Tone arm |
US4340957A (en) * | 1980-09-25 | 1982-07-20 | Audio Dynamics Corporation | Cartridge and headshell assembly |
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- 2003-02-11 AU AU2003215195A patent/AU2003215195A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-02-11 WO PCT/US2003/004273 patent/WO2003071538A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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Patent Citations (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4257615A (en) * | 1978-05-26 | 1981-03-24 | Morch Hans H | Tone arm |
US4340957A (en) * | 1980-09-25 | 1982-07-20 | Audio Dynamics Corporation | Cartridge and headshell assembly |
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