US1082361A - Cabinet for disk records. - Google Patents

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P.,J. ROBINSON. CABINET FOR DISK RECORDS. APPLICATION FILED AUG.12, 1912.

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PHILIP J. ROBINSON, 0F LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CABINET FOR DISK RECORDS.

Specification of Application filed August 12. 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, PHILIP J. RomNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leominster, in the county of Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Cabinets forDisk Records; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to furniture, and n'iore especially to cabinets; and the object of the same is to produce an improved rotary cabinet holding phonographie disk rec-. ords on edge and in narrow compartments where they will be protected from dust and handling but from which any desired record may be ejected instantly.

The invention consists principally in the means for latchingor locking each record in its compartment, and in special pro-vision which is made for adapting the cabinet to records of different sizes.

Details will. appear in the following speci fication and claims, and are shown in the drawings, wherein- Figure 1. is a front elevation of this improved cabinet showing some of its upright partitions, a few of the disk records in place, and one of the retainers tilted down ward. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section through a. portion of said cabinet, showing one of the compartments therein and illustrating in dotted lines how the retainer holds the disk in place whether at the rear or at the front of the compartment. Fig. 5) is a bottom plan view and Fig. 4 a side elevation of the male member of the pivot hereinafter described; and Fig. 5 is a top plan View, and Fig 6 a side elevation of the female member 1 of this pivot. Fig. 7 is a side elevation, partly broken away. of the filler hereinafter referred to; and Fig. 8 is a cross section thereof. Fig. 0 is a bottom plan view of a 5 simple 'form of the cabinet, showing the l pivot as attached to. its base. Fig. 10 is a vertical section through another form of i pivot employed on extra large cabinets.

The cabinet comprises a base or pedestal. and a body or casing, both of the desired size and ornamentation forming no part of the present invention excepting that ordi l Let r n ltatentcd Dec. 23,1913.

Serial No. 714,713

narily this device is kept in the parlor or on exhibition in the store. and I would prefer that it be tasteful and that it be of proper material to withstand the use to which it is to be put.- As to its size if it is not the intention that a large number of disk records are to be stored therein the body or casing may be small and will doubtless be mounted fixedly upon the base or pedestal by means which need not be illustrated; but where many disks are to be stored in the cabinet it will necessarily be large, and in that case I would mount it rotatably upon the base or pedestal in a manner to be described below. lff the cabinet be small the compartments in which the disks are stored will open only at its front. if it be larger the compartments may be disposed back to back so as to open on two sides of the casing and the latter will be suitably supported upon the base, andif the cabinet be quite large its compartments may open on all four sides and in which event the pivot and latch will be modified accordingly as will yet be explained. whatever the size of the cabinet, the COI] struction of each individual compartment and the means for locking the disk therein and releasing it when desired will be the same. and tl'lereforo a description of one will suiiicc for all. i

. Referring now .more particularly to Figs. ly and 2, each comparln'ient comprises a floor 1, which will doubtless be a board forming the bottom of the casing), and a track which in the present instance is shown as a groove 1 2 cut in the pper fa e of said llo r and depressed into a rest 23 near the front edge thereof so that the groove inclines toward the open front of the cabinet or the entire floor inclines as ilh slralcd; an ugu'ight iixrd back 1- which will be the rear wall of a sin "ole cabinet or the intermediate wall of a doubledaccd cabinet; and a. top which is a specially 5tm=-zlrncled member and will be described in detail below. This top is located such distance above the floor as to accommodate twelve inch disk records, but when it is desired to store smaller records in the cabinet, as for instance thosemeasuring ten in hes in diameter. a filler best seen in Fig. 7 is employed. This consists of a narrow board 5 having a tongue (3 along its lower edge shaped to fit into the groove? But I upper edge with a groove 7 and depression or rest 8 similar to those in the upper face 0 1 H or tne floor 1 excepting that the groove 1 will be longer than the groove 2 and the rest 8 will be struck on a circle of smaller radius as will be clearly understood. If this tiller be two inches high, when put into place in any compartment the latter will accommo-v date a ten inch record and the radius of the curve on which the rest 8 is struck will be such as to correspond with a record of that size; and it is obvious that a smaller or larger tiller can be inserted in any compartment so as to cause the same to accommodate. records of various sizes. It is quite -within the spirit of m invention that the filler shall be a board extending completely across the interior of the casing and resting upon the floor 1, with grooves 7 and 8 cut transversely across its upper face and in proper position to overlie those in the fixed floor 1; and if a filler of this character be employed, the entire casing may at once altered so that 'it will accommodate nothing but smaller records and all of them of one size. However, as a filler of this kind would in effect be nothing but a series of fillers as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 secured side to side, I have considered it hardly necessary to illustrate the amplified idea. T he top of each compartment, below the true top of the easing, is occupied by a retainer best seen in Figs. 1 and 2. This member is a bloclr 16 having in its lower edge a longitudinal groove 12 extending from near the rear end to a point 11 a little forward of the center of the length of the blocl: where the groove makes an angle with the deeper portion or cut-out 13 which is continued in line with the groove to and through the front end of the block. The whole is mounted on a pivot 14, which may be a cross rod extending throughout the casing and on which all of the blocks may be pivoted side by side. Bis-- ing from the upper edge of each block above its pivot is an eye 15 with which is loosely linked the inner end of a rod 16 that passes through the front wall 17 of the casing and carries a knob 18 on its forward extremity, a spring 19 being interposed between said wall and knob so that the latter is pressed normally forward and the block normally canted downward at its forward end as seen in Fig. 2. When the retainer stands in this position the disk record 1) will be held housed within the casing, its lower edge resting in the groove 2, its rear edge standing nearly or quite in contact with the back 4, and its upper edge standing within the groove 12 to the rear of the angle 11. hen now it is desired to withdraw a record, the record is selected by reading a suitable number or.character' inscribed on the head of the. knob 18, and the operator presses that knob; the result is that he. compresses the spring 19, pushes the rod 16 to the rear, and rocks the block 10 on its pivot 14 so that the angle 11 rises and the disk D is freed and permitted to roll down the groove 2 until it comes to rest within the depressed portion 3 thereof as seen,'and its front edge projects beyond the cabinet so that it may be grasped by hand. Thus it will be seen that a disk. is delivered from the casing through its own gravity which causes it to roll down the inclined track as soon as the retainer is elevated, rather than by being ejected forcibly bymeans of mechanism so commonly employed in devices of this character. lVithout further description or illustration it will be clear that a small-sized disk mounted within any compartment in the casing would follow the same rule and roll down the track on the upper edge of the tiller as soon as it is released by the retainer. l v hen the disk has come to rest within the depressed portion 3, the operator is free to release his pressure upon the knob 18 so that the retainer drops and its cut-out 13 gently on the upper edge of the disk to hold the latter in position ready to be grasped by the operator and drawn out of place at his leisure. After the disk is used, it is obviously restored to itsproper compartment by pushing it into place, this action simply fills ing the retainer around its pivot 14 until the highest point on the disk has passed the angle 11, after which the spring 10 causes said angle to descend and the disk is held by the groove 12 at the rear portion of the re tainer like all others which are stored within this cabinet. The width of each compartment will be only a trifle greater than the thickness of the disk record, and it is quite within the spirit of my invention to omit the side walls which separate the compartments, as indicated at- 20, and to store the records within the casing side by side and almost but not quite in contact with each other, although in that case I would provide a door to close the normally open front of the casing and eXclude dust. Then the partitions are employed and the size of the entire cabinet must be kept down, they may be of metal or perhaps of cardboard but in any event they will be as thin as possible, as they may be because there is no strain upon them. I would, however, make them removable in some way in order that occasionally the operator can withdraw the partition and sweep or dust out the interior of the casing, because. in time a certain amount of dust is bound to accumulate therein.

A feature of my invention consists in the fact that the retainers are mounted at the ,upper portion of the interior of the casing,

which mightinterfere with their successful operation. This fact also permits the partitions to be removed and the interior of the casing cleaned with ease, and even washed if necessary, because the lower side of the blocks will hardly need anything more than dusting.

Another feature of my invention might be called secondary because it is not employedunless the cabinet is sufficiently large to necessitate it. This is the special means for mounting 'the casing upon the base or pedestal 21, which latter may rest upon a table or have feet 22 if it. stands upon the floor. ll n F ig..1 l have shown the casing as provided with casters 23 movable over a plate secured upon the upper face of the base 21, so that the entire casing can be rolled or turned thereon at will and the o erator may thus gain access to any side of tie casing. in 3 to 6 I have shown a special form of pivot consisting of a male member secured beneath the casing and a female member letinto the top of the base, so that the casing is rotatably mounted upon the base and is held, frictionally in any posi: tion to which it is turned. The male Incinber comprises a plate having a central depending pin 81 surrounded by a plurality of sockets 32 of which two are shown in the present instance, and the plate is screwed to the bottom of the casing as at The female member consists of a plate having a central depending boss 41 provided'with a cavity as into which the pin 31 enters'and within which it may rotate freely; and the plate 40 is let into the faceplate or top of the base or pedestal and secured in place by screws Mounted within an upright hole 1 1 through the plate 40 and boss 41 is a spring do which sustains a ball 46 at its 32, and this spring is pressed upward by a screw plug 47 in the lower end of the hole 41. When the casnw is mounted on the base by means of this pivot, it can be rotated tltl easily, and the spring-pressed ball lti will be pressed upward into the sockets 32 as the male member'rotates with the casing. if the letter be sufficiently large to have four of its sides devoted to compartments for the disks D, the plate 30 will have four sockets 32 set quartering to each other, although it will be clearly understood that there could be a greater or lesser number of sockets and that they should'correspond with the faces of the cabinet devoted to compartments.

The construction illustrated in Fig. 10 is designed for an extra large sized cabinet whose casing when filled with records would be so heavy that it would hardly be safe to mount it on a single pivot without some meansfor reinforcing the latter and pre venting the tiltingor tipping of the casing.

Therefore I provide casters 50 carried by the bottom of the casing l and traveling on a ring-shaped track 51 mounted on the upper face of the base 21, this track being of considerable size. In addition to the casters .1 also provide a central pivot consisting of a male member 53 having sockets 5d and a central depending pin 55; and a. female member 56 having a cavity 57 for the pin, much like the construction above described. In this case I would pass a screw 58 through a washer 59 and up into the lower end of the pin 55, the washer being of suflicient size to underlie the boss in which the cavity 57 is bored, this detail being useful for absolutely preventing the tipping over of the casing off of the base. With so large a cabinet I would substitute for the spring-pressed ball and sockets above described, a trcadle 60 whose free end is normally supported by a spring '61 and whose inner end is mounted pivotally as at 62 in an ear (33 depending from the female member through the top of the base 21, and connected with this treadle is a pin 64 sliding vertically and a tubular boss 65 depending from the female member and with its tip adapted to be pressed upward by the spring 61 into any of the sockets 54 as the latter are moved over it. lVith this construction, the operator by depressing the treadle also depresses the pin (34, and then the entire case can be rotated around its central pivot, the pin 55 turning in the cavity 57 of the female member and the casters 5O traveling around on the track 51-; and when the proper face of the casing has been brought to the front, the operator will release pressure on the treadle G0 and the spring 61 will cause its pin (3% to rise so that it springs into the socket 54 in the male member which next comes over it. Thereafter the desired disk D is ejected by pressing the proper knob 18 as at first described above.

Thus it will be seen that I have produced a cabinet for disk records which is adapted for those of various sizes up to the maximum, if we assume that said maximum is twelve inches in diameter; which is adapted to permit the instant ejection of any record desired or its replacement after it has been used; which may be built in sizes ac ording to the uses to which it is to be put; and which if niade large enough will be mounted on a special pivot with special springactuated latch to hold any face of theoasing forward with ,the records in that side of the casing ready for instant removal or replacement.

It will not be necessary for the purposes of this invention to amplify the construction of details further than has been done, nor to show and describe the doors with which the open front or sides of the cabinet may be provided, although such doors are not absolutely necessary. i reserve the right to he changes in details such as come within the spirit of this invention. 1

hat is claimed. as new is 1. A cabinet for disk records comprising a casing having a series of open front compartments whereof each has a fioor inclined downward and forward and provided near its front edge with a rest so disposed that when the record, rests therein its edge will project out of saidopen front; combined with a retainer pivoted in the top of each compartment and having a shoulder in its lower edge, that portion of the retainer in rear of the shoulder adapted to engage a record when resting on the door in rear of said rest and the portion forward of the shoulder to en age a record when resting in the rest, and means for turning the retainer on its pivot. i e

2. In a cabinet for phonographic dislt records, the combination with a casing whereof each' record compartment has a floor inclined downwardly and forwardly and a depression between the front end of said incline and the front of the casing; of a retainer pivotally mounted in the top of the casing and having its lower edge grooved on two lines with a shoulder between said lines occurring substantially above th point he tween the inclined floor and its depression, for the purpose set forth, and means for actuating said retainer.

3.. A cabinet for phonographic dish records having a series of upright compartments each consisting of a floor inclined toward the open front of the cabinet and having a rest near its front edge, a retainer at the top of the compartment consisting of a block pivoted near its rear end and having in its lower edge a groove with a shoulder in its length, and a rod loosely connected with said block and extending through the front of the cabinet and there having a knob.

i. A cabinet for phonographic dislt records having a series of upright compartmentseach provided at-its bottom with a track inclined downwardly and forwardly and having near its front-end ao'est, an upright back at'the rear of the compartment, a retainer at the top of the compartment consisting of a block having in its lower edge a groove, a cut-out at its front end, and a shoulder between said groove and cut-out, and means for disengaging the clock from the record. i

rest so disposed that when the record therein its edge n' out of said open front; of a re llllQL d in the top of the casing and ha ing its lowered at its rear end and one end,

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In a c ords, the can open frontand a floor inc ward and forward toward said front tainer for each record consis pivoted near its rear end in J having in its lower edge 'groove with cut-out its shoulder be" vcen the g r'ng for normally and manua v g the tension t 1e retainer on piv t,

10TH}. v 4, i n a cabinet for disk records, the coinoination with a casing having an open front, and a floor therein having a ove in its upper face inclined i and forward and provided near its frontedge with a rest so disposed that when the record rests there in its edge will project out oi said open front; of a retainer the top of at will.

-Witnesses JAMES F, MURRAY. ALLEN lIOSh-EEZ? the casin and having a depo -ng shoulder between fro i r= r e t en-a spring tending to said .nw rd, and

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