Portable turntable device, system, and method

• US 9,583,122 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2016
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Love Turntable, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Love Turntable, Inc.
• Inventors: Pinhas, Charles-Henri
• Primary Examiner(s): Cao, Allen T
• Application Number:
  US15/215,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20170025134A1
• Time in Patent Office: 223 Days
• Field of Search: 720/724, 369/95, 369/272.1, 369/275.1, 369/275.5, 369/280, 369/283
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 17/00 Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor guiding cards or sheets G06K13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 17/04 Feeding or guiding single record carrier to or from transducer unit guiding during transducing operation G11B17/34
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 21/006 for track following
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 21/043 for stationary discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 21/046 details of the feed mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 21/06 the record carrier having mechanical means to ensure traverse movement of the head , e.g. grooves
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 21/106 on disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 21/26 Means for interchange or replacement of head or head element
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 3/10 Arranging, supporting, or driving of heads or of transducers relatively to record carriers guiding record carriers G11B17/00, driving record carriers G11B19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 3/46 Constructions or forms ; Dispositions or mountings, e.g. attachment of point to shank attachment of stylus directly to transducer H04R1/16
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 3/60 Turntables for record carriers

Abstract

A turntable device, comprising: a base and an arm. The base may comprise a pad and a spindle. The arm may comprise: a housing; one or more buttons; a spindle engagement portion; a stylus cartridge; a power supply; one or more wireless communication devices; a linear actuator; a motor; and a vertical solenoid. The base may receive a phonographic record, and the spindle engagement portion may engage with the spindle, such that the arm is entirely supported above said base via said spindle and only the spindle.

Claims

1. A turntable device, comprising:

a base having a pad and a spindle; and

an arm;

wherein said arm comprises;

a housing;

one or more buttons;

a spindle engagement portion;

a stylus cartridge;

a power supply;

one or more wireless communication devices;

a linear actuator;

a motor; and

a vertical solenoid;

wherein said base is adapted to receive a phonographic record;

wherein said spindle engagement portion engages with said spindle, such that said arm is entirely supported above said base via said spindle;

wherein said motor drives said spindle engagement portion, such that said arm revolves around said base at said spindle;

wherein said linear actuator is configured to move said stylus cartridge along a length of said arm;

wherein said vertical solenoid is configured to allow a stylus of said stylus cartridge to engage with said phonographic record that is loaded on said base.

2. The turntable device of claim 1, wherein said arm further comprises one or more sensors;

wherein said one or more sensors are configured to cause said linear actuator to move said stylus cartridge along said length of said arm in order to begin a desired track on said phonographic record.

3. The turntable device of claim 2, wherein said arm is configured to automatically determine a speed of said phonographic record.

4. The turntable device of claim 2, wherein said arm further comprises a speed switch that allows a user to manually select a revolution speed that conforms with a speed of said phonographic record.

5. The turntable device of claim 2, wherein said one or more buttons is a single button that allows a user to control a plurality of operating functions of said arm;

wherein said plurality of operating functions of said arm are selected from the group of operating functions consisting of;

turning on;

turning off;

selecting a specific track;

skipping one or more tracks;

pausing; and

muting.

6. The turntable device of claim 2, wherein said one or more buttons is a display touch screen.

7. The turntable device of claim 6, wherein said display touch screen allows a user to control a plurality of operating functions of said arm;

wherein said plurality of operating functions of said arm are selected from the group of operating functions consisting of;

turning on;

turning off;

selecting a specific track;

skipping one or more tracks;

pausing; and

muting.

8. The turntable device of claim 2, wherein said base further comprises one or more base magnets;

wherein said arm further comprises one or more arm magnets;

wherein said one or more arm magnets and said one or more base magnets are configured to allow said arm to revolve on said phonographic record in a supported manner but without having any portion of said turntable device other than said stylus touch a top face of said phonographic record.

9. The turntable device of claim 2, wherein said arm further comprises a circuit board;

wherein said one or more wireless communication devices are coupled to said circuit board and are configured to send and receive signals from one or more computing devices.

10. The turntable device of claim 9, wherein said one or more computing devices comprise a software application.

11. The turntable device of claim 10, wherein said software application is configured to allow a user to control a plurality of operating functions of said arm from said one or more computing devices;

wherein said plurality of operating functions of said arm are selected from the group of operating functions consisting of;

turning on;

turning off;

selecting a specific track;

skipping one or more tracks;

selecting a record speed;

alarm clock function;

pausing; and

muting.

12. The turntable device of claim 11, wherein said one or more computing devices are one or more mobile smartphones.

13. The turntable device of claim 10, wherein said software application further comprises a DJ scratching function.

14. The turntable device of claim 2, wherein said base further comprises a port and a cable;

wherein said port is configured to connect to a power cord;

wherein said cable is configured to connect to said port and to said spindle;

wherein said base is configured to provide power to said arm.

15. The turntable device of claim 2, wherein said power supply of said arm is a battery;

wherein said base further comprises a port and a cable;

wherein said port is configured to connect to a power cord;

wherein said cable is configured to connect to said port and to said spindle; and

wherein said base is configured to provide power to said arm, such that said battery is recharged.

16. The turntable device of claim 2, wherein said base further comprises a port and a cable;

wherein said port is configured to connect to an external device;

wherein said cable is configured to connect to said port and to said spindle; and

wherein said base is configured to allow said arm to send or receive data or sound to said external device.

17. The turntable device of claim 16, wherein said external device is selected from the group of external devices consisting of:

speakers;

headphones; and

one or more computing devices.

18. The turntable device of claim 2, wherein said arm further comprises one or more ports.

19. The turntable device of claim 18, wherein said one or more ports are a micro USB and a micro SD.

20. A turntable device, comprising:

a base having a pad and a spindle; and

an arm, comprising;

a housing;

one or more buttons;

a spindle engagement portion;

a stylus cartridge;

a power supply;

one or more wireless communication devices;

a linear actuator;

a motor;

a vertical solenoid; and

one or more support wheels

wherein said base is adapted to receive a phonographic record;

wherein said spindle engagement portion engages with said spindle;

wherein said one or more support wheels are positioned such that they do not engage with a playing surface of said phonographic record;

wherein said motor drives said spindle engagement portion, such that said arm revolves around said base at said spindle;

wherein said linear actuator is configured to move said stylus cartridge along a length of said arm;

wherein said vertical solenoid is configured to allow a stylus of said stylus cartridge to engage with said phonographic record that is loaded on said base.