US1179591A - Means for operating a picture-displaying apparatus from a sound-producing apparatus. - Google Patents

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RIA. WHITEHEAD.

MEANS FOR OPERATING A PICTURE DISPLAYING APPARATUS FROM/A SOUND PRODUCING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I3. I912.

1,1 79,591. Patented Apr. 18, I916.

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RICHARD A. WHITEHEAD, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

MEANS FOR OPERATING A PICTURE-DISPLAYING APPARATUS FROM A SOUND- PRODUCING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed March 13, 1912. Serial No. 683,537.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD A. WHITE- HEAD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Means for Operating a Picture-Displaying Apparatus from a Sound-Producing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to means for operating picture displaying apparatus or the like simultaneously with a sound. producing apparatus, such as a phonograph, the object of the invention being to provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby pictures can be displayed simultaneously with the renditions of music and monologues by the phonograph.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of this character which is simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can be quickly placed in operative position or removed therefrom, and which will not in any manner injure the phonograph or interfere with the proper operation thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel and useful provision, formation, combination, association and relative arrangement of parts, members and features, all as hereinafter described, shown in the drawing, and finally pointed out in claims.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a partial top plan view of a phonographic apparatus or mechanism showing the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partly in section upon the line 2-2, Fig. 1, and partly broken away for fullness of illustration; and, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional elevation, partly in full elevation, of a modified form of construction or combination of parts and features. f

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same reference characters.

Referring with particularity to the drawing, A designates the improved operating means for stereopticons and the like embodying the invention, a in Fig. 3 designating an added member thereon for use under certain work ng conditions and in certam env ronment.

B designates the casing of a phonograph or like sound producing apparatus, in Figs. 1 and 2, C in Fig. 3 designating a phonographic apparatus casing of a modified formation.

In all of the figures, D designates the rotatlng sound record disk table, E designates the sound record which is disposed thereon, in the performance of a production rendered by the phonograph, and F designates actuating means for the table D to cause the rotation thereof, said actuating means comprising a spindle 4 rising through the top of the casing B and upon which the table D is fixed to rotate, and a suitable motor or motor element 5 to cause the rotation of the spindle 4, all as per standard or preferred practice.

The operating means A comprises a body 6, preferably circular in form and of such diameter to fit within the confines of the blank center'of the record disk E, such body being provided with a central recess 7 fitting over the upper end of the spindle 4 which projects centrally through and above the record disk E in the customary manner. The body 6 is preferably of metal and of considerable mass or Weight whereby it frictionally engages With the center of a rotatable disk element such as the record E so as to be sufiiciently bound thereto to rotate in unison with the record Centrally of the body 6 rises a circular crown 8 having a peripheral groove 9- within which fits and which accommodates a cord or belt 10 by which the rotatable motion of the disk record and of the body 6 and its fixed crown 8 is imparted to the stereopticon or similar picture-displaying apparatus, which is not shown, as the invention in no way pertains to its construction and organization. In the modified form of construction shown in'Fig. 3, the crown 8 is provided with a central vertical squared socket 11 receiving the squared lower end of a stem 12 which detachably fits said socket 11 and carries at its upper end an adjustable circular crown 13" having a peripheral groove 14 and provided with a thumb screw 15 whereby it may be set in position of adjustment upon the stem. VVi-thin the groove 14 fits the cord or belt 10.

It will be noted that the casing B in Figs. 1. and 2 terminates beneath the plane of the table D, whereas the casing shown in Fig. 3 extends above the plane of such table and considerably above the plane of the record disk E as well as above the plane of the crown 8 of the body 6 of the operating means A.

In certain types of phonographs and the like the relative arrangement and dimensious of parts and features shown in Fig. 3 are approximated, requiring of course means for vertically extending the operating means A, -so that the belt or cord 10 may clear the casing in the extension of such belt or cord to the stereopticon or the like. Such means of'vertical extension is provided by the supplemental member a shown in Fig. 3. The body 6 and crown 8 may be employed equally efi'ectively with or without said member (2 comprising the stem 12 and crown 13, the rotatable -movement of the body 6 being imparted in one instance through the crown 8, and in the other instance through the crown 8 and the crown 13, to the belt or cord 10, and thereby imparted to the stereopticon or like apparatus to cause the actuation of the .same simultaneously with the actuation of the phonograph or like apparatus, the rendition produced by which being thus illustrated, as

predetermined, by the pictures produced by I the stereopticon or like apparatus or mechanism. The body 6 may frictionally, by tight fit, grip the top of the spindle 4 in the recess 7, thus binding the body to the spindle for rotation therewith and with the record disk and table, or the body may fit loosely over the top of the spindle and rely solely upon its frictional grip upon the central portion of the disk to cause rotation of the body with the disk and table.

The operating means A are extremely simple and inexpensive in organization, convenient to apply and detach, and are too simple to get out of order and are extremely durable and positive in operation. The same may be used for either style of casing B or C, either withoutor with the member a, as the case may be, such member being installed in or removed from working position by simply slipping its squared end into the correspondingly formed socket 11 or withdrawing it therefrom.

It is manifest that the operating means A may be employed to transmit the motion of a revolving disk element such as the table D of the sound producingapparatus to pictureproducing apparatus or any other apparatus capable of actuation under the power produced by rotation of the table D, with or without-the record disk E, being interposed claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1. Means for operating picture-displaying apparatus or the like simultaneously with sound producing apparatus, the latter having a rotatable disk element, comprising a body formed to frictipnally rest upon and rotate with the disk element, and motion transmitting means extending between said body and said picture-displaying apparatus or the like.

2. Means for operating picture-displaying apparatus or the like simultaneously with sound producing apparatus, said sound producing apparatus having a. rotatable disk element and a spindle for rotating the same, said spindle projecting above said disk element centrally thereof; comprising a body'formed to fit over the upper end of said spindle and to frictionally engage with said disk element, and motion transmission meansbetween said body and said picturedisplaying apparatus or the like.

- 3. Means for operating picture-displaying apparatus or the like simultaneously a with sound producing apparatus, said sound producing apparatus having a rotatable record disk and a spindle for rotating the same, said spindle projecting above said record disk centrally thereof; comprising a body formed to fit over the upper end of said spindle and adapted to frictionally engage with said record disk thereon within the inner confines of the record, and motion transmission means between said body and paid picture-displaying apparatus or the ike.

4. Means for operating picture-displaying apparatus or the like simultaneously with sound producing apparatus, said sound producing apparatus having a rotatable disk element and a spindle for rotating the same, said spindle projecting above said table centrally thereof; comprising a body formed to fit over the upper end of said spindle and to operatively engage with said disk element to rotate therewith; said body being provided with an axially disposed crown portion, and a motion transmission belt operatively engaging said crown portion.

5. Means for operating picture-displaying apparatus or the like simultaneously with sound producing apparatus, said sound producing apparatus having a rotatable disk element and a spindle for rotating the same, said spindle projecting above said disk element centrally thereof; comprising a .body formed to fit over the upper end of said spindle and to frictionally engage with said rotatable disk element; said body being provided with a crown having a belt receiving groove formed therein, and a motion transmission belt engaging the crown and received Within the before mentioned groove thereof.

6. Means, for operating picture-displaying apparatus or the like simultaneously with sound producing apparatus, said sound producing apparatus having a rotatable disk element and a spindle for rotating the same, said spindle projecting above said rotatable disk element centrally thereof; comprisin a body formed to fit the upper end of said spindle and to frictionally en-

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