DE1906032A1 - Talking machine, especially for play figures or dolls - Google Patents

Description

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Company Trossinger Metallstimmenfabrik Hans Eisen, Trossingen / Württ.

Talking machine, in particular for play figures or dolls

The invention relates to a speaking machine, in particular for play figures or dolls, in the housing one on one by a drive device drivable carrier latchable .and exchangeably arranged record, as well as a a tonearm pivotable about a pivot axis and a playback device having a membrane is provided, wherein To replace the record, the interior of the housing is accessible from a housing wall part.

Talking machines with which it is possible to swap out the record for another record, for example Various constructions are already known to expand the repertoire of statements in dolls.

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In one of these prior art embodiment, the speaking machine is combined with the doll's body, that is, the same forms the housing of the speaking machine at the same time. In this design, a removal slot is provided on one narrow side of the fuselage for changing records, through which the record to be inserted can be inserted into the device or into the doll. The construction is made such that by means of a protruding through said slot lever check of the record on the corresponding turntable centering pin in the central opening of the disc lift and the doll's body can be set into a ready position _a so that, when inclined and hold the record in question can slip off the turntable and emerge from the slot in the doll's body. If a new record has been inserted through the slot in the doll's body and thus placed on the turntable of this speaking machine, the relevant lever must be returned to its normal position, whereby the center bolt attached to it is inserted into the record opening and this is set to the center of the turntable will.

This construction requires certain manipulations by means of the mentioned in order to carry out a plate change Levers, which, if they are not carried out carefully, which is always to be expected with children, the change of a Do not allow plate, rather the lever will if it is not pivoted exactly into its unlocking position » Clamp the record on the turntable. In addition, the lever mechanism makes such speaking machines more expensive.

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In a further known embodiment, the record is freely accessible in that the record carrier in the form of a turntable is rotatably arranged on a wall part that can be folded away from the housing. The drive of the record carrier takes place from the drive device via a drive belt guided in a circumferential groove of the turntable. When folding out the aforementioned, the turntable bearing wall portion of the housing is forcibly deforms the g turntable encompassing drive belt functional hazardous by the same claimed extremely strongly to train and is stretched with time so that a secure records drive, in the long run, can not be guaranteed is.

The invention effectively remedies these difficulties and disadvantages when used in accordance with the invention in such speaking machines the record carrier is rotatably arranged on a bearing shaft built into the housing and the tonearm and the playback device having the membrane is arranged in the housing so that it is located away from the accessible Side of the record viewed, behind the same | finds. With this construction, the record is free accessible. The arrangement of the drive and Viie of the device would allow on one side of the record a removal of the record without interfering with the mechanics of the speaking machine. The inventive arrangement of the drive and playback device and the special storage of the record also enable the device to save space and so designed that the record is in a convenient position for gripping within the case is located.

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Conveniently, the housing opening through which the record is accessible, closed in a known manner by a cover, so that in the mechanics of the No foreign bodies can get into the device.

The record can be used on both sides; Equipped with sound grooves so that when using a record, the number of sentences to be played can be doubled. the Record can also be equipped with sound grooves only on its one end face and at least in In this case, at least one further record must be assigned to the speech device. Now to make sure that the One or more reserve panels cannot be misplaced or can be lost, it is suggested on the inside this cover to arrange a plug-on device for attaching at least one further record A record which is only equipped with sound grooves on one of its faces is advantageously used provided with a collar on its accessible side on the circumference, which results in a good Can achieve stiffening of the record.

According to the invention, the record carrier is preferably by a Formed by a plastic injection-molded part and mounted on the bearing shaft socket formed on the outer circumference has an annular shoulder on which the record, which can be secured against rotation by means of a latching device, is attached supported in the attached state. This socket replaces the turntable in the prior art Talking machines, which are normally located on the face facing away from the accessible side of the record.

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finds. It was only through the arrangement of this socket that it became there possible to play the record on the side facing away from its accessible side. An advantageous one Latching the record on the socket can be accomplished by means of a latching device that has at least has a locking member that is radially movable in the socket and displaceable against the action of a spring, which engages in a locking recess on the inner circumference of the central record opening.

In order to secure the record against tilting or tilting in spite of the relatively low thickness of the record when it is placed on the socket, a clamping nut could be screwed onto the socket, with the help of which the record could be placed under pressure on the ring shoulder of the socket. In this case, a locking device for the rotationally secured arrangement of the record on the socket could be dispensed with. Such an attachment option would, however, be cumbersome and, above all, hardly be able to be achieved by small children. In an advantageous further development of the invention, it is therefore proposed to form a collar centrally on the record, which collar penetrates the record opening. This collar ensures good guidance and retention of the record on the receptacle of the talkin chine.

The drive device of the speaking machine according to the invention can be designed in various ways, whereby it can, for example, be similar to the construction of the known speaking machines. It can, for example, have a battery-operated electric motor as the drive mechanism, usually at _c

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such devices the tonearm can be returned to its starting position by means of a return spring when it is released from the record. A drive and playback device designed in this way results in a favorable overall construction if the bearing shaft of the record carrier protrudes from the housing and can be axially displaced towards the inside of the housing against the action of an energy storage device in order to release the tonearm needle from the sound grooves of the record. By axially adjusting the bearing bracket, the record can be moved out of the plane in which it is located for playing the sound recordings, so that the tonearm or its needle is released from the record and can be swiveled back into its starting position by the return spring. At the same time, the tonearm can be used to operate its switch to close or open the circuit for the electric motor, and it can be designed, for example, so that the tonearm in its end position opens a switch when playback ends, so that the circuit "to drive the motor is interrupted and the record is stopped. The device can be switched on again in this case by actuating or axially displacing the bearing shaft by returning the tonearm to its starting position when the record is axially adjusted and the switch during this return control released by the tonearm and thus the circuit for driving the record is reconnected. A control of the drive device designed in this way has the advantage that the record already rotates when the speaking machine is switched on again when the tonearm needle is renewed, for example on the P periphery of the record.

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The drive of the record carrier formed by the socket by means of an electric motor can be relatively easily done with a drive belt that runs in a circumferential groove in the socket. Between the electric motor and the socket carrying the record can be interposed with a stepped pulley for reduction.

If the speaking machine has as a drive device a spring motor which can be pulled up by means of a pull-up rope "pulled out of the housing", then, according to a further proposal of the invention, the construction is to be made so that the pulling out of the pull-up rope to pull up the
Spring motor at the same time causes an adjustment of the record or the bearing shaft in order to achieve a release of the tonearm needle from the record to return the tonearm. This adjustment of the bearing stock or the record can advantageously be achieved in various ways. The bearing shaft can, for example, be tilted or the record can be tilted under the action of the cable pull. Furthermore it is also possible to go through
the cable actuation to bring about an axial adjustment of at least the record i on the bearing shaft. For this purpose, for example, under or next to the socket receiving the record on the bearing shaft, a socket-like adjusting member can be arranged whose end face facing away from the record carrier is inclined at an angle deviating from 90 ° to its axis, with which end face it is at a corresponding Supports inclined surface of the bearing shaft or a housing part. In this case, the pull-up rope must be guided in such a way that it causes a rotary movement of the sleeve-shaped adjusting element when it is pulled out and

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For this purpose, the adjusting member can advantageously be equipped with a radial arm which, in the standby position of the adjusting bushing, stands in an angle over the general direction of the tightening cable. By this radial arm the Aufziehseil can pass out to be _s so that when tightening ■ dessslben necessarily a rotation of the radial arm is carried in "the cable direction. Due to the inclined end surface of the Yerstellgliedes the same is characterized necessarily adjusted together with the record, in the axial direction" The construction can must also be made in such a way that when the Pedermctor is opened, the bearing shaft is axially adjusted against the action of a spring.

The speaking machine can form a self-contained structural unit, which can be inserted with its housing into the body of a doll. In this case, it will be advantageous to choose the construction _{9 so} that the housing cover is directly on the wall of the doll's body. The SpreciiiHasehinengehause can also be formed from the doll's body itself. In this case, the bearing shaft with the socket used to hold the record and the drive and playback device are built into the doll's body. This results in an advantageous construction when the opening through which the record is accessible inside the doll's body is provided on the back of the body and can be closed by a cover that does not enclose the back piece that is missing in the area of the opening. Also with this verification it is advantageous to store at least; in: r we "'-? Ren Sehallplatte on the inside of the removable"' v ', -. "Te.'Us of a hollow cylindrical Aufsteekdorn, -_:"α; ηιγ ' ^γ "δ'; · 3ΐΐ3 put on another record

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In the drawing is a speaking machine according to the invention shown, the housing of which is formed by the torso of a doll. It shows:

Fig. 1 is a partially broken away front view of the doll's body it,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the doll's body along the

Line 2-2 of Figure 1. i

The doll's body forming the housing of the speaking machine shown has a front body half Io and a rear body half 12, which are firmly connected to one another. All functionally essential parts are arranged in the front half of the fuselage Io. For this purpose, an axially displaceable bearing shaft 16 is held in a post 14 formed on the inside of the front half of the fuselage. This bearing shaft protrudes in the interior of the fuselage with a shaft end piece 18 serving as a bearing axis from the post 1H. On this end piece, a record carrier forming a socket, denoted as a whole by 2cv, is rotatably arranged. The socket 2o is held immovably in the axial direction on the part 18 of the bearing shaft 16 by means of locking washers 22, 24. The socket 2o is preferably formed by a plastic injection-molded part. It has an inner transverse wall 26 from which, according to FIG. 2, a bearing hub 28 extends downward. The bearing hub rests on the locking washer 22 with its free end face. The end piece of the bearing shaft 16 forming the bearing axis 18 penetrates the hub 28 and ends in a space 32 of the bushing that is closed by a cover 3o attached to the end face. A locking device is housed in this space, for example, two spring-actuated, radial _ ■, __

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has movable locking bolts 34 which penetrate the wall of the bushing. In the plane of the inner transverse wall 26 , the bushing has a ring collar 36 on its outer circumference. The socket is, to a certain extent, cantilevered on the bearing shaft 16 and rotatably mounted, and a record designated as a whole Mt 42 can be attached to its cylindrical socket part 4o which extends beyond the bearing shaft. This is supported on the ring shoulder 36 of the socket and has a central point according to Pig. 2 upwardly extending collar 44 on ₃ through which a good guidance of the record on the socket part 4o is achieved. The locking bolts 34 engage in corresponding locking recesses 46 in the collar and thus secure the record against both axial adjustment and rotation on the socket 2o. According to the invention, as FIG. 2 shows _? Below the record level designated as aa, a playback device designated as a whole as 48 and a drive device are arranged “which has, among other things, a stepped disk designated as a whole as 50 and an electric drive motor designated as a whole as 52. '

As seen from Fig. 2 is _s penetrates eggs bearing shaft, the wall of the front ₉ and Rumpfhalfte Io tail on this shaft, a cap 54 is disposed. This cap protrudes into the partially hollow-cylindrical post 14. A compression spring 56, which tries at one end on an inner · 'front wall of the post and on the other hand on the cap 54. _Supports-9, the support shaft in its Fig, 2 gezeig * - to keep th normal position. Corresponding to the arrangement of the playback device 48 below the record level designated by aa in FIG. 2, those on the can 2o

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Attachable records H2 are provided with sound grooves at least on their lower end face according to FIG. 2. They can also be equipped with sound grooves on both sides so that they can be played on both sides. In this case, however, instead of the record collar HU, for example, a clamping nut that can be screwed onto the socket is to be provided in order to hold the record securely on the socket. To replace the record, an opening 58 is provided in the wall of the rear half of the fuselage 12, which can be closed by means of a cover 60, which replaces the back section of the rear half of the fuselage that is missing in the area of this opening. This cover has an inwardly drawn edge piece 62 rests on s with the same on a rear in the Rumpfhalfte sunk angeordnetenDeckelabstützschulter Sk. 66 a formed on the lid edge piece locking lug is designated, the on an inwardly directed portion 68 of the wall of the rear fuselage half braced in the inserted state of the lid opposite of this locking projection 66 is approximately lower in the middle level of Dekels in the region of FIG. 1 On the edge a sliding bolt designated 7o is arranged, which in its closed position engages with its locking lug 72 in an opening of an inner wall part 74 of the rear half of the fuselage. In this way, the cover 60 is securely held in the rear half of the fuselage.

As can be clearly seen from FIG. 2, a hollow cylindrical plug-on mandrel 76 is formed on the inside of the cover 6o, and a reserve record 78 corresponding in its construction to the record k2 can be attached to this mandrel, which is therefore always at hand and cannot be relocated. By removing the cover 60, it is possible to reach through the opening 58 in the " Einnpfhirte" and the Bueiv: -; -

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2ο Recorded and played record on collar 44 captured j pulled from the socket and through the on the mandrel the record attached to the lid must be replaced.

The playback device 48 provided on the opposite side of the accessible side of the record has a conical membrane 8o permanently installed in the housing, which carries a sliding plate 82 on its central part extending in the direction of the record. A slider 84 of a tonearm 88 pivotable about a pivot axis 86 cooperates with this sliding plate, which a return spring 9o, which is anchored on the one hand at 91 on the tonearm and on the other hand on a post 92, tries to pivot back into its starting position according to FIGS. 1 and 2 . 94 denotes the needle of this tonearm and $ S denotes a switching lever attached to the tonearm which, in the initial position of the tonearm, interacts with a stationary stop 98 to fix the initial position. In the pivoting end position, the switching arm 96 acts on a contact tongue loo, which normally rests constantly on a contact piece Io2. An electrical line Io6 leads from a solder lug Io4 of this contact piece to a connection pole of the electric motor 52 of the drive device. Another electrical line Io8 leads from the contact tongue loo to one voji two direct voltage sources Ho, 112 in the form of dry cells. On the inside of the cover 6o there is an angular contact bridge 114 which, when the cover is in the closed position, is in constant contact with the DC voltage sources Ho, 112 is. Another line, not shown, goes from the Glei.cnspannungsquelle 112 to a further connection pole of the electric motor 52. -13-

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The electric motor 52 drives the record via drive belts. According to the invention ^ is the according to Fig. 2 lower portion of the socket 2o at the circumference a Running groove 116 arranged. In addition, between socket 2o and electric motor 52 for reducing the motor shaft speed the stepped disk 5o interposed. This stepped pulley on the one hand drives the bushing 2o via a belt 118, while on the other hand it is driven by the drive motor 52 is driven via a belt 12o. The stepped pulley is on a bearing axis held in a post 122 124 rotatably mounted.

The speaking machine works as follows:

To switch on the machine, pressure must be exerted on the cap 54, as a result of which an axial adjustment of the bearing shaft 16 or the record 42 is achieved. As a result, the needle of the tonearm is released from the record and, under the action of the return spring 9o, the tonearm is returned to its starting position shown in FIGS. As a result, the contact tongue loo is released from the switching arm 96 of the tonearm and can again rest on the contact piece Io2. As a result, the circuit is closed and the electric motor 52 is switched on or the socket 2o is set in rotation. After releasing the cap 54, the bearing retainer 16 is automatically reset under the action of the compression spring 56, whereby the needle 94 of the tonearm 88 comes into contact with the record again and the sound recordings are reproduced again via the membrane 8o. When the tonearm arrives in its pivot end division, the contact tongue is loo from its switching arm 96

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New moves from its closed to its open position and thereby the circuit for driving the electric motor 52 interrupted. After each finished playback, it resets the drive of the speaking machine turns off automatically. . '

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Claims (1)

A 37 o45 h Feb. 5, 1969 Patent claims: 1. Talking machine, especially for play figures or dolls, in the housing thereof a latchable and exchangeable carrier that can be driven by a drive device arranged record as well as a tonearm pivotable about a pivot axis and a membrane having Playback device is provided, the interior of the housing from a wall part for exchanging the record of the housing is accessible, characterized in that the record carrier (2o) on an in the housing (lo, 12) built-in bearing shaft (16) arranged rotatably and which has the Tronarm (88) and the membrane (80) Playback device (48) is arranged in the housing that it is from the accessible side of the record (42) viewed from behind, is located behind it. 2. Speaking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that that the wall opening (58) through which the record (42) ( is accessible inside the housing, as is known per se, can be closed by a cover (60) and that on on the inside of this cover an attachment device (76) is arranged for attaching at least one further record (78). 3 · speaking machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the record carrier (2o) by a preferably is formed by a plastic injection molded part and on the bearing shaft (16) mounted bushing on the The outer circumference has an annular shoulder (36) on which -2- 00983 57 16 08 A 37 o45 h ^y " ¹²⁹ 'r
Feb. 5, 1969 secured against rotation by means of a locking device (3 * 0) Record (42) is supported. 4. Speaking machine according to claim 3, characterized in that that the locking device has at least one radially movable in the socket (2o) against the action of a spring (-) Slidable locking member (3 * 0, the engages in a locking recess (46) on the inner circumference of the central record opening. 5. Talking machine according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the record (42) has a central collar (44) that penetrates the record opening. 6. Talking machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the record (42) has only one collar (-) on its accessible side on the circumference. 7. Talking machine according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 5 »characterized in that the record (-) is provided with sound grooves on both sides. 8. Talking machine according to one of the preceding claims, 'whose drive device has a battery-powered electric motor, and whose tonearm when released from the Record can be returned to its starting position by means of a return spring, characterized in that that the bearing shaft (16) of the recorder tent rager (2O-) "" protrudes from the housing (lo, 12) and to release the 009835/160 8 A 37 o45 h y - 129 Feb. 5, 1969 ' -cent Tone arm needle (94) from the sound grooves of the record (42) is axially displaceable against the action of an energy store (9o) in the direction of the interior of the housing. 9. Speaking machine according to claim 8, characterized in that that the socket forming the record carrier (2o) has a circumferential groove (116) in which a drive belt (II8) the drive device is running. " 10. Speaking machine according to claim 8 or 9 » characterized in that a stepped disk (5o) is interposed between the electric motor (52) and the record carrier (2o) for reduction. 11. Speaking machine according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 7, the drive device of which has a spring motor which can be pulled up by means of a pull-up rope guided out of the housing, characterized in that on the bearing shaft (-) next to the record carrier (-) a radial arm (-) having a radial arm (-) a female (Versteh member (- rotatably mounted) whose from the record carrier (-) remote from the end face is disposed at an angle deviating from 9o ° to its axis inclined with which it against a corresponding inclined surface of the bearing shaft (-) or a housing part (-) that the winding cable (-) is passed through the radial arm of the adjusting member and that the record carrier is arranged axially displaceably on the bearing shaft by a predetermined amount against the action of a spring. 00983 5/160 8 A 37 o45 h y - 129 Feb 5, 1969 12. Talking machine according to one of the preceding claims 2 to 11, the housing of which passes through the torso of a doll ■ is formed, characterized in that the opening (58) through which the record (42) inside the doll's body (Io, 12) is accessible, on the back of the torso provided and by one in the area of the opening (58) cover (6o) replacing missing back piece can be closed. . . 13. Speaking machine according to claim 12, characterized in that that for storing at least one further record (78) on the inside of the removable cover (6o) forming, back part a hollow cylindrical push-on mandrel (76) is formed. . 009835/1608 Blank page