Patent ID: 9734863
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G11B

Claim:
1. A record player adapted to a scratch performance operation for outputting a sound by directly rotating a phonographic record in a forward or backward direction by a finger operation of an operator, comprising: a turntable driven to rotate around a first rotation core; a tonearm, having a first end and a second end, which is supported so as to be capable of horizontally swiveling around a rotating second rotation core positioned outside said turntable, said tonearm including a needle proximal the first end for tracking a record groove of said phonograph record as viewed from a plane; a sensor which is proximal the second end to detect a sound signal by said needle for tracking said record groove of said phonograph record and, a tonearm suspension system proximal the second end, wherein the tonearm suspension system includes a vertical tension control element configured to control movement of the tone arm in a vertical plane at the location of the vertical tension control element, the vertical tension control element being a center of rotation in the vertical plane for the tone arm and a horizontal tension control element configured to control movement of the tone arm in a horizontal plane at the location of the horizontal tension control element, the horizontal tension control element being a center of rotation in the horizontal plane for the tone arm.