Phonograph record player tone arm assembly

Claim 1

A phonograph record player tone arm assembly comprising a tone arm member, a stationary hollow vertical supporting member forming the housing of the tone arm assembly, a suspension system comprising a short cylindrical shaft affixed to said tone arm member, said shaft extending from each side of said tone arm; two flexible cords each wound around an end of said shaft and said cords being affixed to said shaft at about the middle of their wound lengths, one upper end of each of said cords being attached to one end of a third vertical flexible cord via a first rigid Ushaped member, the other end of said third cord being attached to a knob, said knob being rotatably attached to the top of said hollow vertical supporting member; the lower ends of said cords being attached to one end of a fourth flexible cord via a second U-shaped rigid member; the other end of said fourth flexible cord being attached to the lower inside end of said hollow supporting member; a damping system for damping oscillations in the tone arm system consisting of a rigid member attached to said tone arm near said shaft and said rigid member being immersed in a viscous fluid, said fluid being contained in a hollow section internal to said hollow supporting member which forms the stationary part of the tone arm assembly.