US1029969A - Phonograph-record cabinet. - Google Patents

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ARTHUR A. BOTTEMILLER, OF RIDGEFIELID, WASHINGTON.

PHONOGRAPH-RECORD CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1%, 1912.

Application filed February 26, 1912. Serial No. 679,965.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. Borrn- MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ridgefield, in the county of Clarke and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Phonograph-Record Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cabinets designed particularly for use to hold cylindrical phonograph records.

The objects of my invention are to provide a simple, compact structure which will accommodate the greatest number of records of cylindrical style in proportion to the space occupied and to provide novel means cooperating with the door of the cabinet whereby the innermost record holder may be automatically drawn from within the compartment of the cabinet to permit ready access to the records held thereby.

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in front elevation showing the door of the cabinet in open position; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cabinet, partly broken away to show the mounting of the movable holder; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken about on the line 33 of Fig. 1, the door of the cabinet being closed.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Specifically describing my invention, a cabinet constructed in accordance therewith is denoted by the numeral 1, said cabinet being provided with a door 2, hinged at one side thereof. The cabinet may be suitably provided with legs or standards A and as a whole it may be of any particular design or shape as desired. Secured to the door 2 in any preferred manner is a record holder 5 having a plurality of cylindrically shaped recesses 6 of proper size to permit the records to be received therein, and said recesses are preferably lined with a soft fabric in order to prevent scratching or other injury to said records. Housed within the compartment 7 of the cabinet 1 is a movable record holder 8 similar in shape to the holder 5 and provided in like manner with a plurality of recesses 6 in which records may be placed. As in the case of the recesses 6, a lining is secured in the recesses 6. Rotatably mounted on the sides of the record holder 8 at its front and rear portions are roller bearings 9 mounted on the ways 10, secured to the inner sides of the cabinet 1 within the compartment 7 At the rear of the record holder 8 is secured a flexible connection 11 passing over a pulley 12 fastened to the back wall of the cabinet and having a weight 13 at its lower extremity. The object of this weight is to normally hold the record holder 8 in its rearward innermost position within the compartment 7. A flexible connecting member 14 of suitable length is secured at one end to the holder 5 and at its opposite end to the front portion of the record holder 8, in such a manner that when the door 2 is opened the holder 8 will be simultaneously moved into its outermost position, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings. As will be apparent, the records contained by the holder 8 are thus brought into accessible position, as well as the records contained by the holder 5 on the door 2. Then the door is closed the record holder 8 is drawn by the weight 13 within the compartment 7 and the holder 5 will occupy a position substantially against the holder 8 within said compartment. In this manner a large number of records may be stored in or contained by the cabinet and accessible at all times by merely opening the door to the same. A box, or receptacle 15 may be provided for the reception of any tools or accessories for the phonograph and is preferably secured to the door 2 above the holder 5. lVhile it is not necessary, 1 preferably form the recesses in the record holders so as to slightly incline downwardly toward the rear portion of said holders. The purpose of this is to materially assist in retaining the records within the recesses.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A phonograph record cabinet, a door therefor, a record holder secured thereto and provided with a plurality of inclined recesses to receive records, said holder being received within the cabinet when the door is closed, a second record holder having a plurality of inclined recesses to receive records and movably mounted within the cabinet, roller bearings secured at each side of the last mentioned holder centrally thereof, ways secured to the inner walls of the cabinet upon which said rollers are mounted, a flexible connecting member secured to the movably mounted holder adjacent its bearings, whereby the latter may be drawn from within the cabinet when the door is opened, a pulley secured to the inner walls of the cabinet, and a weighted member also fastened at one end to the movably mounted holder adjacent the bearings thereof and passing over In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR A. BOTTEMILLER.

WVitnesses:

J. \V. BLACKBURN, J. L. SIMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

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