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#1 New Type Of Unipivot

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Lot of dross on the thread, but an interesting idea I thought-

https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads ... ce.245983/
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Yes, I read that, I wish him luck. Can’t say I like the look of it or the bit of string finger lift but it’s an interesting design.
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of string finger lift
Is it the Spyder version?

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Had a quick skip, mentions a patent, is there a number in there anywhere? Hopefully that would explain the idea better.
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It was mentioned that he would be applying, haven’t seen any confirmation though.
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More info here Nick-

http://supatrac.com/
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Not much
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Ali Tait wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 6:31 pm It was mentioned that he would be applying, haven’t seen any confirmation though.
Problem,with that is I think he has published enough for someone to make something based on that website and refute any patent application.

Its easy to say but much harder to do without money for lawyers.
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Yes agreed, might have been better to lay things a bit closer to his chest.
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Ali Tait wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:16 pm ......might have been better to lay things a bit closer to his chest.
Wouldn't that make it really hard to play the records though if he laid a turntable on his chest?

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He’s probably going for an implementation patent, unfortunately anyone can make a slight modification/improvement to circumvent it. Putting the patent challenges aside- not sure I like the idea as the filament isn’t under tension, unless you used a magnet to stabilise it, pulling it down. Yes the triangular filament removes side load only if it can slide over the hook friction free.
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#11 Re: New Type Of Unipivot

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Dave the bass wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:03 pm
Ali Tait wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:16 pm ......might have been better to lay things a bit closer to his chest.
Wouldn't that make it really hard to play the records though if he laid a turntable on his chest?

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We had a Mitsubishi vertical turntable back in the 80’s bought from Laskys..... linear tracker too.. I remember there were a lot of weird turntables back then... it was on offer so my parents bought it :?
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On that subject, anyone else remembers the Juke Boxes that had the record vertical with an arm for each side?
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Nick wrote: Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:36 am On that subject, anyone else remembers the Juke Boxes that had the record vertical with an arm for each side?
I thought that was done with mirrors :wink:
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Ladies and Gents,

I'm the SUPATRAC chap. If you have any questions about this evolved tonearm, please ask.

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