Transport securing device for record players

Claim 1

A transportation securing device for a turntable, the base plate of which when in operating condition rests, with the interposition of elastic support elements, on a mounting plate, comprising a spacer member arranged substantially below the base plate of the turntable, said spacer member has a lower part and a top part, said lower part is formed with a female thread and has a bottom side projecting downwardly past a lower edge of said base plate, said spacer member including on said top part thereof upper projections which extend non-rotatably through said base plate of the turntable and rest loosely thereon, said base plate is formed with a bore, a screw seated in said female thread of the spacer member and extending upwardly through said bore formed in the base plate, a lower collar on said screw being larger in diameter than said bore in the base plate of the turntable and lies therebelow, and upon screwing up said screw said lower collar clamps the base plate between said lower collar and said upper projections of said spacer member, a foot part fastened on a lower end of said screw, said mounting plate is formed with a laterally open recess, said recess is smaller in diameter than that of said foot part, said screw is tiltably mounted on the base plate of the turntable, being swingable into and out of said laterally open recess in the mounting plate, said foot part being disposed below the mounting plate, said mounting plate is clampable between said bottom side of said spacer member and said foot part of said screw by said screwing up of said screw, said foot part of said screw is arranged at such a distance from said lower collar of said screw that upon said screwing up of said screw, said base plate of the turntable and the mounting plate are simultaneously clamped fast.