| CPC G11B 3/31 (2013.01) | 17 Claims |
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1. A tone arm for a record player, the tone arm comprising:
an anterior arm section adapted for mounting a pickup cartridge thereto;
a posterior arm section adapted for mounting the tone arm to the record player, the posterior arm section comprising an open chamber; and
a mounting component mounted in the chamber, the mounting component comprising i) a first contact surface for butting against the anterior arm section and ii) a second contact surface butting against the posterior arm section, whereby the mounting component secures the anterior arm section and the posterior arm section to each other,
the mounting component comprising a plurality of mounting-component sections having a different wall structure selected from the group of wall structures consisting of:
a) a wall structure consisting of crisscrossed radially extending walls;
b) a wall structure comprising, in longitudinal sequence, a first channel that does not butt against a first arm section among the anterior arm section and the posterior arm section, a radial ridge that butts against the first arm section, and a second channel that does not butt against the first arm section; and
c) a wall structure providing a first face that butts against the anterior arm section and a second face that butts against the posterior arm section, the wall structure comprising a plurality of hollow conduits extending longitudinally between the first face and the second face,
wherein each one of the mounting-component sections is made of a different one of the wall structures whereby each one of the mounting-component sections is transmitting longitudinally sound waves differently.
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