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US1192993A
US1192993A US1374615A US1374615A US1192993A US 1192993 A US1192993 A US 1192993A US 1374615 A US1374615 A US 1374615A US 1374615 A US1374615 A US 1374615A US 1192993 A US1192993 A US 1192993A
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  • WITNESSES INVEN TOR.
  • the invention relates particularly .to a
  • the responding apparatus' is the combination lof a phonograph and a telephone, together witlrother.mechanisms and is an instrument adaptedV to be furnished to a subscriber in addition to his regular telephone set. -It enables subscriber to leave any message, which/will be Atransmitted to a party calling overjthe talking circuit of the ed, vbeing of particular valuel to doctors, lawyers, real estate and business men generally,both for oiice and residence uses.
  • Responde No. 1. Respondo peatingthe code number 'is toavoid mis-1 understanding the response.
  • the party calling then refers to the code directoryiand finds the doctor Will be back. ⁇ at two oclock.
  • Respondo No. 3 may be the' code number for At home in which case party could reach the doctorby calling his residence number indicated in the regular telephone directory.
  • doctral and instruct-her tol change his'. oilice ap paratusto the code desired, for yinstancelet Responde No. 28"refer 'to Call Wichita hospital.
  • Centralfhaving a reset'machne through which shecan set any responding l A 9o c ange from No. Lto No.
  • Fig. 5 is a rear Aview of the apparatus
  • Fig. 6 shows the insulated disk, also v'seen in Fig. 5, for breakingthe ringing circuit.
  • Fig. 7 is a side view ⁇ of theelectromagnets for opening and closing the telephone transmitter circuit.
  • Fig. 8 is a side view of a switch inside a desk telephone.
  • Fig. 8A is a side view of a modification of such switch.
  • Fig. 8B' is a front view of the switches seen in Figs. 8 and 8 ⁇ .
  • Fig. 10 is a sectional rear view of the ratchet bar and guide for carrying the arm of the diaphragm holder.
  • Fig. 11 is a view showing the step by step magnets, ratchet bar and dog, also switch on talking. circuit ofthe apparatus.
  • Fig. 12 is a front view of the ratchet and dog mechanisml seen in Fig. -1 forrecording calls.
  • Fig 13 is a .sectional front view of the governor brake mechanism shown in Fig. 1. Fig.
  • Fig. 14 is a sectional view taken through the diaphragm holder, record, cam, showing the driving mechanism and the bar for closing the Hold the line clutch mechanism.
  • Fig. 15 is a plan View showing the bar for closing the Hold the line clutch mechanism, also the spring for returning the diaphragm holder after the re sponseis made.
  • Fig. 16' is a sectional view taken along the line X 4X in Fig. 1, looking in the direction ofthe arrows, and shows the end gearing, drive gear with belt connecting the cylinder pulley, parts being broken away to show portions ofthe housing.
  • FIG. 1 7 is a plan view of a portion of the record cylinder-gears connecting the threaded shaft which carries the diaphragm holder, gears connecting the cam, and showing the Hold the line contact disk,4 back gears, electromagnet and contact drum sections.
  • Fig. 17 A is a sectional view of the armature control? ling the small clutch pin gear seen in Fig.
  • Figs. 18, 19 and 20 are end views of the three sections of the contact drum.
  • Fig. 21. is a vertical sectional view taken along the shaft through the contact ydrum sectionsl and showing the return spring.
  • Fig. 22 is asectional view taken along the line Z-Z vin Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, and showing the back gears for the Hold Athe line response, clutch pin and electromagnet.
  • Fig. 23 is a. sectional view of the cam shaft taken along the line XX in, Fig. 17 and also showing the lever for raising and lowering the diaphragm holder and alliedv arts.
  • Fig. 23A is a. sectional view of the cam shaft taken along the line Z-'Z in Fig.
  • Fig. 24 is a top view of the dia-l plate on the reset machine.
  • Fig. l25 is an edge view of such dial plate.
  • Fig. 26 is a top view of the reset machine, with the dial plate removed, the position of the dial plate being indicated by the dotted circle.
  • Fig. 27 shows a. side ofthe reset box removed to expose the reset mechanism to view.
  • Fig. 27A is an elevation of that portion of the mechanism seenY in Fig. 27 controlling the setting of the dial plate.
  • Figs. 28, 29 and 30 are plan views of the three ratchet wheels seen in the reset box in Fig.
  • Fig. 32 is an edge view of reset contact gear.
  • Fig. 33 is a top sectional view of reset contact showing make and break. Fig.
  • 35 is'i'a plan view showing the wiring dia gram.
  • a framework for the phonographic apparatus comprising a bed plate 36, having legs 37, cross braces 38r and a top plate 39.
  • a standard 40 attached to the bed 39 is located the shaft 41 on which is mounted a cylinder 42 and on the .cylinder 42 is a phonographic record 43 on which are recorded the code .wordings in proper series and arrangement.
  • At 44 is au electric motor, at 45 a motor shaft mounted in hangers 4G attached to the plate 39.
  • the cylinder drum 42 is driven by the motor 44 through the shaft 45, 1oelt 47 and pulley wheel 48.
  • Housed in the standards 40 and 49 isa shaft 50 parallel to45.
  • the diaphragm holder 51 is mounted and slides on this-shaft 50.
  • At 52 is seen atelephonic transmitter wired ⁇ at 52X t'o the telephone circuit.
  • 53 is the reproducing pin.
  • At 54 is the indicator shaft at right angles to the shaft 50. lin
  • Fig. 2 is seen-the front face ofthe'indica tor dial 55.
  • Fig. 3 shows a rear view of 55.
  • Fig. 1 the indicator dial 55 has been re- ⁇ moved from the shaft 54 t ouncover conf 5 cealed mechanism, its position being indi# cated bythe dotted circular line.-
  • the clips 56 on'the rear of the indicator plate or dial y 55 are vusefull for attaching the said dial to ,the top plateJ 39. Near the edge of the dial -55 are seennumbers in sequence from 0 to '-3'1, these numbers as Will be furtherl eX-.
  • the phonographic record 43- is properly prepared having a list of suitable code reeA sponses recorded thereonin sequence, such responses being numbered and recorded in a code or telephone directory available to all telephone uses# Presuming the sub-l scriber to be a doctor and that he is-called ⁇ to the Wichita hospital, and that he has no one' in his 4office to answer telephonie calls, bygmeans of my invention any patients .or
  • the arm 68 would be forced to travelcar#v rying the 'holder '51 andpi'n '53'.to the starting position on record 43 corresponding to such No. 28 o'n thefdial. the .motor circuit is closed and the motor operatesfthe record 43 revolves and the reproducing pin is -thenwith contact Withsaid record 43 by'cam action as Will'be later described. ⁇ The transmitter 52 then re' VWords Respondo No.- ⁇
  • Fig. 14 shows three levers 84,85, 86 attached tothe arm 68 and holder 51.
  • lever 84 is operated by the cam shaft 83 be- .ing held in contact thereto by the spring 87.
  • The' lever 85 has'a tension spring 88 which tends td hold the threaded foot 89'in contact With a revolvingfthreaded screw ,fashioned onthe shaft 73 between the points 9.0 and 91,4
  • The-lever 86 controls the up and ldown movement of the reproducing pin'53.
  • the hand 57 is set at 0 on the'indicator dial 55 by means further explained. In this po sition the telephone proper only is in operation.
  • the numbers 1 to 30 referring to code words, are adapted to furnish the person calling with desired information relative to the whereabouts of the absent subscriber.
  • the hand 57 points to ⁇ 0 he would answer the regular telephone call, the apparatus beingdead, but perchance he is at a slight distance but within hearing and desires to finish some work engaged upon before answering the telephone ring.
  • this event he hasset the hand 57 to No. I31 on the dial this moves the lever 84 to 95 on the cam shaft where only one recess 94- is seen as in Fig. 23A.
  • The. apparatus set. to this position will answer Hold the line, your party will be here in a minute or similar recordedv information, said response being repeated once at every revolution 4of the cam shaft 95 for a certainl period, say vfor ten or twelve revolutions occupying an elapsed time of say three minutes.
  • the cam shaft 83 revolves only once for the code responses such, as Responde No. 28 previously referred to, the operation ofthe cam shaft in either case being controlled by certain means hereinafter set forth.
  • Fig. 35 the call comes in from central or C through the ringing circuit, the circuit is carried through section 96 of the contact drum by the wires 97, 97.
  • 98r is shown an electromagnet closing the motor circuit.
  • 99 is shown acondenser.
  • Disk 58 is shown revolved in Fig..5, for 'instance to No. 28 as indicated by the han( 57 on the d-ial at 57X, the circuit closer at 100 being thereby lifted tofmake a contact and the circuit closed.
  • Fig. 6 shows the circuit ,on the inner line of numbers.
  • a bar 109 attached to the end of the shaft 106 has a ratchet 110 engaging a ratchet wheel 111 in rear of the indicator dial, said wheel 111 being loose on the shaft 54. Movement of the shaft 106 ⁇ moves the wheel one notch by means of the ratchet ⁇ 110. 112 shows ⁇ a stop pawl. i The hand 113 which is attached to the wheel ⁇ 111 is seen pointing'to No. 12
  • Fig. 5 shows the other end of shaft 106.
  • ⁇ 114 is an insulated bar attached'to said shaft/106.
  • the motor is tripped as follows. Referring to Figs. 1, 15 and 17. At-1.16 is seen an insulated disk slidable on a key way on the cam shaft axle 81. This disk 116 rotates with the axle 81 but its position on the keyway can be changed-for purposes later diagnosed.
  • a shaft 119 Supported in the standards 117, 118 on plate 39 is a shaft 119 and on this shaft is seen a spring 120,y bearing against the standard 118.
  • Abase block 121 is slidably mounted on the'shaft 119, the spring 120 normally holding the block 121 away from the standard 118.
  • This block supports the wires 122, 122 of the motor tripping circuit, also the-wires 123, 123 which assist in moving the disk 116 on its key way as later described.
  • Theends of the wires 122, 122, 123. 123 travel in grooves 124, 124 formed in the periphery of the disk 116.
  • a contact drum comprising three sections 96,126, 127 sleeved on ⁇ a shaft'128' supported by the standards' 117, .118.
  • This shaft 'sleeve s linto and supports 'the right hand end of the cam sha-ft ⁇ axle 81 at 129.
  • an electromagnet At 130 is seen an electromagnet.
  • 132 are back gear wheels rigidly attached to a sleeve floating on axle shaft 73, these gears mesh respectively with the gears 134, 135 on' shaft 128.
  • the gear 135 is connected the ,sleeve 136 to the drum sections 96', 126, 127
  • v At 137 is a spring attachedi to the standard 11'7 and drum section 127.
  • Section 127 of the drum as seenin Figs. 17 and 18 comprises a metallic contact disk grooved vat 144 and having ,an ⁇ insulated point in said grooves at 145.
  • Section 126 of the drum comprises an insulated disk 'grooved at 146 and having two contact points 147, 148 in the grooves' 148x,
  • Sec/tionA 96 of the drum comprises a metallic contactl disk grooved at 149 and having an insulated point in said grooves at 150.
  • the drum sections stand stationary as in Fig.
  • the motor trip circuit is closed when theA wires-122, 122 come on contact at 125 on thel ics 135 are geared so that the disk ⁇ 116 makesa plurality of revolutions before such contacts'l For in- 148 and 125 coincide as above. stance the timing may be so arranged that the motor -tripping circuit will not close for -several minutes. During all this time, f therefore, the cam shaft 83 has been actingy on 84 at 95 and the phonographic apparatus has been Arepeating the words Hold the line, your party 'willbe here in a minute at' each revolution lofthe cam shaft 83.y Should the subscriber neglect answering the 4vcall, the apparatus would go dead afterthe .l
  • lVhen thereceiver is left off the hook, the telephone transmitter circuit is closed, the. ringing ⁇ circuit is closed all the time but the bell will not ring while thetelephone transmitter circuit is closed. conditions, 'central would cutoff the telephonie service to av subscriber whose receiver was off the hook, after a period had elapsed, or else send some one to hang up the receiver.
  • One of the main objects of my invention is to enable the said subscriber-"s transmitter circuit to be broken by central ⁇ under such conditions, thus enabling a ring to come in.
  • a relay magnet At 161 is seen a relay magnet, at 162 and 163 are electron'iagnets'.
  • the magnet 161 is energizedA by a battery at central or by a special battery through line 1, or 165 and ground 166, this closes the circuit energizing the magnets 162 and 163.
  • the magnet 162 being energized, the contact 167 inthe transmitter circuit is broken and contact 168 closed as in Fig. 7 thusenabling central to ring the subscriber who notices his receiver is oft' the hook and he hangs it up, thus closing contact at 169 Fig. 8 thus energizing the magnet 170 which raises the hook 171 hinged to the armature 172, the weighted b'ar 173 then breaks the contact 168 and makes the contact at 167 closing the transmitter talking circuit again.
  • Figs. 1, 4l, 9 is the push button 17-1L on a shaft 175 supported by standards 176, 177 suspended from the plate 39.
  • a spring 178 shoulder-ing against a pin 179 on the shaft 175 breaks the Contact at 180.
  • Pushing the button 171 closes the circuit at 180 energizing the magnet 163.
  • the armature of 163 is attached to a dog 181 which passes through a hole in a ratchet bar 182; At 183 is seen a tension spring. lllhenthe circuit is closed through the magnets 163, the armature releases the dog 181 from engagement' with the ratchet wheel 184 Also a pin 185 in the end of the dog 181 pulls the ratchet bar 182 from engagement with the wheel 184.
  • the spring 186 returns the hand 57 to 0 on the dial 55,- also the disk 58 "tof 'the position seen in Fig. 6 and the dia phragm holder 51 and allied parts to their Under ordinary proper position corresponding to 0 on the dial. It will be observed that this operation will remove the pressure of the block 157 from ,the base platc 121 as in Fig. 15, the spring 120v would move the disk 116 away fromthe gear wheel 134(l breaking the clutch actionof pins 1&1, 142 whereby the spring 137 would return the drum sections back to normal as in Fig. 17, providing they had moved.
  • a bok containing the reset apparatus 188 represents the reset dial on a. main shaft 189 in bearings 190, 191 on perf tions of the box frame. 192 represents numbers and holes on the dial 188, 193 is a ⁇ reset stop, 194 is a stop on the dial. 195 and 196 are ratchet wheels on the shaft 189.
  • a contact 201 attached to the negative line or 202 on an insulated block 203.
  • This contact- 201 is normally not in contact with the teeth of the Contact gear 197 but stands between the teeth as in Fig. 33, the insulated disk 19,8 preventing the point 201 from dropping down between the teeth and forming a contact.
  • Contact is made when the-shaft 189 and gear contact 197 revolve by clock mechanis'm, the teeth on the gear touching the point 201 in sequence.
  • the positive line, ground line 201 and negative line 202 At 165 Fig. 31 is seen the positive line, ground line 201 and negative line 202.
  • Pushing 'the button 16st makes ar Contact 165M- 201X which performs the function of energizing the magnets 161, 162, 163 for the purposes before explained.
  • At 205 is a. ratchetP wheel attached to a clock escapement 206.
  • A.. spring 207 is attached to the shaft 189.
  • At 208 is shown a ratchet on a disk 209 attached to the shaftl 189, this, ratchet 208 engages withv the wheel 205.
  • the push buttonpreviously mentioned attachedv to the shaft 210 housed in the frame 199.
  • a base block 211 supporting a spring 212 which acts against a beveled cam block 213 keyed onthe shaft 210.
  • a bar 214 is attached to the spring plate 215.
  • a pawl bar housed in the hanger 217 and frame 199.
  • On 216 at 218 is a shoulder, bearing against this shoulder 218 is a spring 219, t-he bar -216 is threadedy through a hole in the, spring bar 215 and the spring 219 presses againstl215;
  • Ait 222 is a pawl bar housed in 2 17 and 199. On 222 is a pin 223.
  • the reset dial 188 cannot b e advanced to any number when the bars 216, 222 stand as in Fig. 27A, their normal position.
  • This motor operating revolves the phonograph cylinder' of ⁇ a standard phonograph, it also closes thev talking circuit of the transmitter.
  • the apparatus then .repeats the code answer twice, the cam that raises and lowers the reproducer hasiiow made a complete 'revolution rand the lcontact disk that revolves with the cam now passes under contact points', closing the circuit through a magnet to raise the latch of the motor circuit relay, causing the motor to stop and the talking open.
  • th'e apparatus is set to any number of a predetermined code or program and then if aring comes in, the regular telephonebell when he takes the receiver oiil the hook, 'a-
  • the subscriberv If the subscriberv is away from hisphone and wishes to have the apparatus set to any code number, he can'call information operator at central, who, having a reset machine for this purpose, presses a push button which sendsa current along the positive line through a release relay which closes the circuit torthe release magnet which allows the spring to return the hand and reproducer apparatus to 0. slVhile still pressing this button, she. revolves the reset dial to the proper code number asked for and releases the push button. . The dial now turns back ⁇ to its normal position and in so doing sends ⁇ impulses along the negative line to operate a reset relay which in turn closes .a circuit to operate the reset magnets which through the action of a ratchet bar and dog move the reproducing apparatus to the desired new code number position.
  • a combined telephone and phonographic sound transmitting apparatus comrisinfr a tele Jhone," a tele )hone circuit.
  • a signal circuit and acontact, a circuit closer and an electromagnet in said signal circuit an independent circuit, an electromagnet, a latch attached to an armature on said electromagnet in said independent circuit, -revolving contactineans driven by motor mechanism for-closing said independent circuit, a motor and a motor circuit, ⁇ said motor actuatinglthe phonograph, said motor circuit being closed by the closing of the signal circuit, and means whereby said armature'is held closed by said latch on the armature of the electromagnetin the independent circuit, the closing ot' said independent circuit by said revolving contact means energizing said magnet to release the latch and trip the' motor circuit.
  • a combined telephone and phonographic sound transmitting apparatus comprising a telephone, a. telephone circuit, a phonograph and a phonographic record, a .telephonie transmitter Wired to the telephone circuit, said transmitter having a reproducing pinin contact 'with said record, an electric motor and a motor circuit and res means operated by the closing of the signal circuit in the telephone circuit for closling the motor circuit, said motor operating I phonograph phonographic record, 'al
  • vtelephone. transmitter Wired to the telephone circuit, said transmitter having a re- .producing pin in contact With said record,
  • an electrically energized motor actuating the phonograph, an electroiuagnet energizedby the telephone circuit, an independent electric circuit, an electromagnet in this circuit having an armature anda latch, arevolublev insulated disk, the armature on the magnet in -thetelephone circuit closing the motor circuit and.
  • a telephone signal circuit an electromagnet and an armature con-- trolled by said circuit,'an electric motor and amotor circuit, said motor circuit-being closed by the closing of the signal circuit energizing the magnet, an independent electric circuit, a circuit closer for said independent circuit comprising a revoluble contact disk operated by the motor, and
  • a telephone signal circuit said circuit having a contact, ya circuit closer, an electromagnet and an armature; an independent circuit, an elect-roinagnet having anarmature lwith alatchattached thereto, a
  • ⁇ motor and motor circuit actuating the phonograph, said motor circuit being-closed by theJ closing of the signal circuit and means whereby said armature of the electromagnet of the signal circuitis held closed 'by said. latch; a revolving'contact disk driven by ⁇ jsaid motor, a-shaft, backgearing and a revolublc contact drinn, said diskbeing slid- ⁇ abl i mounted on said shaft and engaged through the back gear mechanism with the drum, said disk making a plurality ⁇ ot" revolutioiis duiing one lrevolution of the drinn,
  • the disk being iii series with one section of the drum in the Vindependent circuit so ythat when the contacts on said' disk and drum gizing its magnet 'to release the latch and trip the motor circuit.
  • A, combined telephone and phonograph sound reproducing apparatus consaid motor. circuit, and, an* independent elec-y tric circuit, a revolving contact disk driven by the motor, back gear mechanism, a revoluble contact drinn and electrically controlled circuit tripping apparatus and means, said disk being slidably mounted to engage said back gearing and drive said drum,.said disk being in series with oneI section of lthe drum in said independent circuit,
  • a combined telephone and phonora )li sound re )roducinfr aiiaiatus consisting of a telephoneand a phonograph
  • va'- transmitter on said phonograph a motor and ⁇ a. motor circuit, electrically controlled apparatusv in the telephone signal circuit for closing said motor circuit, means for imparting. movement to said phonograph operated .by said'I motor and means whereby a' plurality of vlike predetermined 'phonographic responses are transmitted through the telephone talking circuit from said transinitter during the closure of the motor circuit; andrevolving contact mechanism operatingfduring said closure of the motor circuit or opening said motor circuit after suchplurality of phonographic 'responses have been made, and means whereby a second closing of said signal circuit-rings the telephonev bell only;
  • a combined telephone and phonograph sound reproducing apparatus consisting of a telephone andphonograph, a transmitter on said phonograph, a'inotoi anda motor circuit, electrically controlled apparatus in the telephone signal circuit for closing the motor circuit, means operatedjby said motor for impartingmovement to the phonograph and means ,whereby a plurality ot'x like i'iredetermined phonographic' responses are transmitted through the telephone' talking circuit from said transmitter during the closure 'of the motor circuit', an independent electric circuit, arevolving contact disk driven bvthe motor, back gear mechanism,
  • a back gear wheel a i'evoluble Contact drum, a spring and'electrically controlled circuit tripping apparatus and means, said disk being slidably mounted to engage through said back gear mechanism and drive said ioo drum, and means whereby said disk makes a plurality of revolutions during vone revolution of the drinn, andan electric ciiciiit,
  • Van electromagnet anda contact section on the drum in said circuitfsaid circuit being closed by releasing the telephone liook lever to form a Contact, thereby energizing said magnet, the armature of which diseiigages said back gear wheel from the contact disk, whereby the spring returns the drum to its original position, when upon the revolving disk coming on contact, the independent circuit is closed, Awhereby said circuit tripping apparatus operates to trip the motor circuit.
  • a combined telephone and phonograph sound 'reproducing apparatus consisting of a telephone and phonograph, a transmitter on said phonograph, a motor and tact section'on the'drum in said .circuit, said,
  • a motor circuit electrically controlled ap- .fparatus in the telephone signal.
  • circuit fori closing the mctor circuit means ,operated bysaid moto'ig'for imparting-movement to .thefphonograph, and meanswhereby a plu. rality-of like predetermined.' phonographic responses are transmittedl through the telef 'phone talking circuit from said transmitter .Y 4 'during 4theclosure of the motor circuit; an ,'10
  • a numbered indicator dial on corresponding to the indicator dial on the combined telephone and phonog aph instrument, a shaft and clock mechanism in said reset machine, said reset dial being connected to said shaft, this 'shaft being revoluble by said clock mechanism when the indicator dial is set to a desired number, ratchet Wheels on said dial shaft for controlling the position of the reset dial, pawl bars and cam means for 'driving said bars operated by said paul bars controlling said ratchet wheels; a contact gear on the dial shaft, a contact point, an electric circuit, a relay magnet, another electric circuit, a step by step mechanism, electromagnets in said mechanism, gear, during rotation of the reset dial back to its normal position, touching said contact point in sequence thereby sending electric impulses over said circuit to operate said re.
  • tached ratchet bar move the first mentioned i ratchet Wheel, its attached shaft, hand and sound reproducing mechanism to the desired position thereby setting the combined telephone and phonographic apparatus to ay new desired phonographic response through the telephone talking circuit.
  • a combined telephone and phonograph instrument a closed transmitter circuit, a reset machine7 mechanical means on the teeth of such contact said reset machine electrically operating to disconnect the phonograph and open the transmitter telephone circuit.
  • va combined telephone and phonograph instrument a closed transmitter cirrcuit, a reset machine, mechanical means on said resetmachine electrically .operating to disconnect ⁇ the phonographic apparatus and open'the transmitter telephone circuit 'Ito enable a ring to be made; an electromagnet land an electric circuit, a hook operated by the armature of said magnet, the closing of saidcircuit, ⁇ by hanging up the telephone receiver, energizing said magnet to disconH nect said hook thereby enabling a Contact to be made to close'the transmitter circuit.
  • a combined telephone and phonographic instrument a closed transmitter circuit, a reset machine, mechanical means on said reset machine electrically operating to disconnect the phonographic apparatus and open the transmitter circuit to enable ⁇ a ring to be made; an electromagnet and an electric circuit, a hook operated by thearmature of said magnet, the closing of said circuit, by hanging up the telephone receiver, energizing said magnet to disconnect said hook thereby enabling a contact to be made to close the transmitter circuit, the energizing or' said magnet consuming line energy for an instant only.

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E. I.A @BESSE-Y.' i AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE 'AND RESPONDINGVAPPARATS.
APPLICATION FILED MARVII. 19,15.
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AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE AND RESPONDING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. Il. 1915.
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AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE A-ND RESPONDING APPARATUS.
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E.1. CRESSEY.
AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE AND RESPONDINGAPPARATUS.
' APPLICATION FILED MAR. Il, I9I5.
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I. To all whom t may concern The invention relates particularly .to a
.. EDWARD a, onns'sEY, orWICHITA, KANSAS.
AU'roM-ATICTELEPHONE AND RESPONDING APBARATUS.' l
a citizen of the United States,.and a resident of Wichita, inthe county of Sedgwick fand State of Kansas'aliaveinvented certain new and' useful Improvements in Automatic Telephone and Responding Apparatus, ofl .which-the following is a description, ref-vv erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming va part of this specification.
method for'producing automatically telephonic responsesof predetermined acoustic records. Second; .To-transmit/such response instantly to the'party calling andrepeating such response to prevent misunderstand-y ing by vsuch party. ThirdTo transmit a response to the party calling that will inform such party'of the Apresence of the subscriber,said response being continued atintervalsi during a ,certain periodfof time.
Fourth. Means for cutting out the phonographic mechanism, electrically operated, whereby the telephone propen only is in ae.-
tion; Fifth. To automatically control the' position of the record reproducing mecha` nism. i Sixth. To govern the movements of The invention embodies Acertain improvements. over .my invention iiled'v October" 14,
' telephone... Its uses are practically'unlim'it! 1913, Serial No. 795,099. l
. The responding apparatus' is the combination lof a phonograph and a telephone, together witlrother.mechanisms and is an instrument adaptedV to be furnished to a subscriber in addition to his regular telephone set. -It enables subscriber to leave any message, which/will be Atransmitted to a party calling overjthe talking circuit of the ed, vbeing of particular valuel to doctors, lawyers, real estate and business men generally,both for oiice and residence uses.
' 'O11 the -retfords-of the apparatus are num#l A Specication of Letters Patent. Application led Marchll, 1915. Ser'ial No. 13,746.V
Be it known that I, EnwARnv J. CRES-snr,
Will be back atA two o7clockl If set at No. 1.
call twice -Withthe code message `Patented Aug 1, 1916.
bers, each ofwhich :represents a code for'A some speciall message which -.is fully eX- plained in the coole directory, 'similar to'or lmade `a part ofthe regular telephone directory. v-There 4is practically no limit to the number of code numbers, ormessages that to f can be vtransmitted by therespo'nding 'apparatus. To illustrate, let .Respondo No.L
l. Ibe the codel number for the message any party, calling for instance a doctors his. absence,
will immediately answer. such Responde No. 1.,Respondo peatingthe code number 'is toavoid mis-1 understanding the response. 'The party calling then refers to the code directoryiand finds the doctor Will be back.` at two oclock. Respondo No. 3 may be the' code number for At home in which case party could reach the doctorby calling his residence number indicated in the regular telephone directory. Supposenowithe doctral and instruct-her tol change his'. oilice ap paratusto the code desired, for yinstancelet Responde No. 28"refer 'to Call Wichita hospital. Centralfhaving a reset'machne through which shecan set any ,responding l A 9o c ange from No. Lto No. 28 on thedoctors a paratus to any number desired.'.makes the oiice machine. These and other features enable the subscrlbers-friends orbusiness asw'ith .the subscriber, whether at/-thetheater, church, hotel or other place having telephonic communication.
17o l No. 1., the object of re- '80 torgetsa. vcall to go to the Wichita hospital -l at two oclock and finds he will'not have'v time to go to his office 'to reset his machine, he can call the information 'operatorat cenl y sociates'to quickly-get into communication .Another valuable feature ofthe appara- I tus in this; when y'ou are 'around the office -or home, perhaps in the yard, -the telephonev often rings and before you canreach it,lthe
party calling has gone. `The apparatuslcan' be set at Hold the line, your party will be here in a minute which by certain mechanism on the apparatus willadvise ,the party calling that you are'coming.' 3
All the abovev mentioned p results are obvtained and fully lexplained in the following description, reference'being had ,to the ac- .companying drawings,fin `which similar nu'Tv merals of reference indicate corresponding" parts infall the figures of thedrawings,
. 1. Fig. 5 is a rear Aview of the apparatus,
omitting certain mechanisms seen in Fig. 1, and showing principally the electromagnets,I motor relays, binding posts for the wiring system andthe cut outs for ringing and talking. Fig. 6 shows the insulated disk, also v'seen in Fig. 5, for breakingthe ringing circuit. Fig. 7 is a side view `of theelectromagnets for opening and closing the telephone transmitter circuit. Fig. 8 is a side view of a switch inside a desk telephone. Fig. 8A is a side view of a modification of such switch. Fig. 8B'is a front view of the switches seen in Figs. 8 and 8^. The lswitch seen in Fig. 8 only is used in this specification, controlling both the regular telephone and the respond'- ing apparatus instruments. Under certain conditions of wiring this switch is used for the apparatus only, and the eXtra switch seen inFigfSA. is employed for the regular telephone, both switches, however, being operated by the telephone hook lever. Fig. 9
is a plan view of the mechanism suspended.
from the top plate of the apparatus, being an inverted view, showing the push button 1 release, release magnet and shaft and mechanism for closing talking circuit of the appay ratus indicating each call. Fig. 10 is a sectional rear view of the ratchet bar and guide for carrying the arm of the diaphragm holder. Fig. 11 is a view showing the step by step magnets, ratchet bar and dog, also switch on talking. circuit ofthe apparatus. Fig. 12 is a front view of the ratchet and dog mechanisml seen in Fig. -1 forrecording calls. .Fig 13 is a .sectional front view of the governor brake mechanism shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 14 isa sectional view taken through the diaphragm holder, record, cam, showing the driving mechanism and the bar for closing the Hold the line clutch mechanism. Fig. 15 is a plan View showing the bar for closing the Hold the line clutch mechanism, also the spring for returning the diaphragm holder after the re sponseis made. Fig. 16' is a sectional view taken along the line X 4X in Fig. 1, looking in the direction ofthe arrows, and shows the end gearing, drive gear with belt connecting the cylinder pulley, parts being broken away to show portions ofthe housing. Fig. 1 7 is a plan view of a portion of the record cylinder-gears connecting the threaded shaft which carries the diaphragm holder, gears connecting the cam, and showing the Hold the line contact disk,4 back gears, electromagnet and contact drum sections. Fig. 17 A is a sectional view of the armature control? ling the small clutch pin gear seen in Fig.
17. Figs. 18, 19 and 20 are end views of the three sections of the contact drum. Fig. 21. is a vertical sectional view taken along the shaft through the contact ydrum sectionsl and showing the return spring. Fig. 22 is asectional view taken along the line Z-Z vin Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, and showing the back gears for the Hold Athe line response, clutch pin and electromagnet. Fig. 23 is a. sectional view of the cam shaft taken along the line XX in, Fig. 17 and also showing the lever for raising and lowering the diaphragm holder and alliedv arts. Fig. 23A is a. sectional view of the cam shaft taken along the line Z-'Z in Fig. 17 and also showing the lever for raising and lowering the diaphragm holder and allied parts. Fig. 24 is a top view of the dia-l plate on the reset machine. Fig. l25 is an edge view of such dial plate. Fig. 26 is a top view of the reset machine, with the dial plate removed, the position of the dial plate being indicated by the dotted circle.
Fig. 27 shows a. side ofthe reset box removed to expose the reset mechanism to view. Fig. 27A is an elevation of that portion of the mechanism seenY in Fig. 27 controlling the setting of the dial plate. Figs. 28, 29 and 30 are plan views of the three ratchet wheels seen in the reset box in Fig.
27. -Fig 31 is a top view of reset contact,`
gear. i Fig. 32 is an edge view of reset contact gear. Fig. 33 is a top sectional view of reset contact showing make and break. Fig.
34 is aside viewof switchin reset box. Fig.
35 is'i'a plan view showing the wiring dia gram.
' Referring to the drawings, in Figs. 1 and 4 is seen a framework for the phonographic apparatus comprising a bed plate 36, having legs 37, cross braces 38r and a top plate 39. ln a standard 40 attached to the bed 39 is located the shaft 41 on which is mounted a cylinder 42 and on the .cylinder 42 is a phonographic record 43 on which are recorded the code .wordings in proper series and arrangement. At 44 is au electric motor, at 45 a motor shaft mounted in hangers 4G attached to the plate 39. The cylinder drum 42 is driven by the motor 44 through the shaft 45, 1oelt 47 and pulley wheel 48. Housed in the standards 40 and 49 isa shaft 50 parallel to45. The diaphragm holder 51 is mounted and slides on this-shaft 50. At 52 is seen atelephonic transmitter wired `at 52X t'o the telephone circuit. 53 is the reproducing pin. At 54 is the indicator shaft at right angles to the shaft 50. lin
Fig. 2 is seen-the front face ofthe'indica tor dial 55. Fig. 3 shows a rear view of 55.
In Fig. 1 the indicator dial 55 has been re-` moved from the shaft 54 t ouncover conf 5 cealed mechanism, its position being indi# cated bythe dotted circular line.- The clips 56 on'the rear of the indicator plate or dial y 55 are vusefull for attaching the said dial to ,the top plateJ 39. Near the edge of the dial -55 are seennumbers in sequence from 0 to '-3'1, these numbers as Will be furtherl eX-.
plained have reference to certain codel responses recorded in sequence on the record 43. .The dial'han'd 57A attached'to the shaft 54 stands at 0 normally. At the other end of shaft 154, vsee Figs. 5 .and 6, is an insu-v 1 lated disk 58 havinga flat'place 59 on its periph'ery. When the indicatorhand 57 'stands guide holder 63. 30
. at .0. on thel dial 55, this flat place-.59 stands directly over'the s haft'as'in Fig. 6 for thel purpose furtherv explained.' On the shaft 54 as seen in Figs. 9 and 10 is theratchet Wheel 60. Moving the hand 57 to any number such as 28 on'the dial as seen at 5,7", re-4 volvesthis shaft 54,- Whereby theratchet Wheel60 engaging With a. rack bar 61 on top of plate 39, through a slot 62 in such plate 39, Will move the bar 61 andv its attached This holder slides` on a shaft 64, parallel to 45, Whichis housed in the standards and 65. Theholder 63 is notched out from 66l to 67. The arm 68 attached tothe diaphragm holder 51 is.
mounted and slides von the shaft 64 Within the space 66-67 ofthe' holder 63, being normally held at 66 by the spring 69.
` parties lcalling him Will be told to Call the The phonographic record 43- is properly prepared having a list of suitable code reeA sponses recorded thereonin sequence, such responses being numbered and recorded in a code or telephone directory available to all telephone uses# Presuming the sub-l scriber to be a doctor and that he is-called `to the Wichita hospital, and that he has no one' in his 4office to answer telephonie calls, bygmeans of my invention any patients .or
Wichita hospital. Supposingthe code directory gave Respondo No.`28 as the code response for Call theWichita hospital,7 then if the hand A57 Were moved from 0 to 28 on `the dial 55 as seen at 57X Fig. 2,
the arm 68 would be forced to travelcar#v rying the 'holder '51 andpi'n '53'.to the starting position on record 43 corresponding to such No. 28 o'n thefdial. the .motor circuit is closed and the motor operatesfthe record 43 revolves and the reproducing pin is -then putin contact Withsaid record 43 by'cam action as Will'be later described. `The transmitter 52 then re' VWords Respondo No.-`
.peats the `code 28 Whichanswer'is carried overthe'tallring circuit of the telephone tothe -party calling, the transmitter being in circuit as.i
When' seenin Figi`35l. This partythen refers to lthe code, then telephones thev Wichita vhospital and thereby reaches the doctor.
Duringthe operation'the guide 63 of 'course Vstands stationary, a -dogoperating to prevent movement 5f the shaft ,54 as Will be later seen; the arm 68 however, is cari riedtoward-the dottedposition seen in Figs.
10 and 15. At 70 on shaft 41 is a sma`ll gear,
at 71 is a stud pin housed in 40 on which revolves a gear .Wheel 72 in mesh'with 70",.'
to 73 is the smallfgear 7 5 driving thejbig .gear 76, supported by a stud pin 77 in a The'smallgear 79 isattached to and'revolves With 76, meshing With t'he housing 78.
gear to a drive shaft4 81 -hous'ed in the standard 82.' On this shaft'81 'is the cam and another gearA Wheel 74,on" a shaft 73,- Asaid shaft being parallel to 45 and being housed in the standards 40A and 49. Keyed shaft 83 Which revolves in the direction offthe arrowv Fig. 2 3. v
Fig. 14 shows three levers 84,85, 86 attached tothe arm 68 and holder 51. The
lever 84 is operated by the cam shaft 83 be- .ing held in contact thereto by the spring 87. The' lever 85 has'a tension spring 88 which tends td hold the threaded foot 89'in contact With a revolvingfthreaded screw ,fashioned onthe shaft 73 between the points 9.0 and 91,4
whereby the larm 68 and pin 53 Will. be
forced to travel uponfthe record 43 at the proper `time to produce phonographicy re.- sponses. The-lever 86 controls the up and ldown movement of the reproducing pin'53.
The camacting upon the lever 84 controls When the action of the levers 85 and 86. the cam 83 and lever 84 standas seenA in Fig. 14, theA portion 84 of the lever 84 bears against thev portion 86X on lever 86 hinged at 92 whereby the upper portion of lever 86 holding the pin 53 is raised off of the record 43. The portion 8.4z of 84 bears againstthe lever 85 hinged at '93,- lifting the threaded foot 89 from engagement with the threaded screw on the shaft 73.- When the cam 83 revolves farther and the lever 34 drops into the recess 94 on the cam,l lever 84 does not 4act on llevers 85 and 86 and the spring 95A pulls the lever 86 down so that the pin 53 travels upon the cylinder record 43 since the spring 8 8 has drawn the foot 89 into engagement with thev revolving threaded screw ron 73, and .the arm 68'is traveling toward the instance, the mechanism'will repeat the Code Ail@ response Responde No. 28l twice since by action of the two recesses 94 and 94 and allied parts and the action of springs 69 on the arm 68, the pin 53 has been Lmade to Y show this response to mean Call respondo information operator at central upon callthe apparatus `ing her, 'any desired information left with her by the subscriber would be given to the party calling.
Suppose the subscriber desires to cut out from the telephone circuit, the hand 57 is set at 0 on the'indicator dial 55 by means further explained. In this po sition the telephone proper only is in operation. The numbers 1 to 30 referring to code words, are adapted to furnish the person calling with desired information relative to the whereabouts of the absent subscriber.
.Assuming the subscriber on the premises. if
the hand 57 points to `0 he would answer the regular telephone call, the apparatus beingdead, but perchance he is at a slight distance but within hearing and desires to finish some work engaged upon before answering the telephone ring. In this event he hasset the hand 57 to No. I31 on the dial this moves the lever 84 to 95 on the cam shaft where only one recess 94- is seen as in Fig. 23A. The. apparatus set. to this position will answer Hold the line, your party will be here in a minute or similar recordedv information, said response being repeated once at every revolution 4of the cam shaft 95 for a certainl period, say vfor ten or twelve revolutions occupying an elapsed time of say three minutes. `The cam shaft 83 revolves only once for the code responses such, as Responde No. 28 previously referred to, the operation ofthe cam shaft in either case being controlled by certain means hereinafter set forth.
Referring to the wiring diagram, Fig. 35, the call comes in from central or C through the ringing circuit, the circuit is carried through section 96 of the contact drum by the wires 97, 97. At 98r is shown an electromagnet closing the motor circuit. At 99 is shown acondenser. Disk 58 is shown revolved in Fig..5, for 'instance to No. 28 as indicated by the han( 57 on the d-ial at 57X, the circuit closer at 100 being thereby lifted tofmake a contact and the circuit closed. Fig. 6 shows the circuit ,on the inner line of numbers.
circuit closer resting on the fiat portion 59 of disk 58, this being the position when hand 57 points to 0 on the dial `55 and the apparatus is dead.
Vhen the circuit is closed and motor 44 is in operation, the speed of the revolving vparts is controlled by the fly wheel, 102, governor' 103, brake 104 and brake disk 105, Figs. 1 and.13. The brake 104 is attached to and suspendedfrom a shaft 106 by the bar 107. The revolving governor 1 03 draws the brake disk against the. brake 104 causing movement of the bar 107 and shaft 106, said shaft being housed in the holder 108 suspended from the plate 39. This movement of shaft 106 performs two oflices. First. As Aseen in Figs. 1 and 12, a bar 109 attached to the end of the shaft 106, has a ratchet 110 engaging a ratchet wheel 111 in rear of the indicator dial, said wheel 111 being loose on the shaft 54. Movement of the shaft 106`moves the wheel one notch by means of the ratchet `110. 112 shows` a stop pawl. i The hand 113 which is attached to the wheel `111 is seen pointing'to No. 12
These numbers register the'number of calls made during absence of thesubscriber, since move'- ment of the hand 113 hasfollowed at each call. Second. Fig. 5 shows the other end of shaft 106.` 114 is an insulated bar attached'to said shaft/106. The movement of shaft l106 occasioned by the movement of the bar 107 above referred to, throws 114 downwardly, acting on the-parts forming the circuit closer 115 to close the talking circuit of the apparatus during the operation of the motor, andthe phonograph mechanism answers Responde No.v 28 through the transmitter 43, which answer is carried to the party calling, over the regular telephone circuit. Then the motor stops, the Contact is broken at 115 and the talking circuit ofthe apparatus iscut out.
The motor is tripped as follows. Referring to Figs. 1, 15 and 17. At-1.16 is seen an insulated disk slidable on a key way on the cam shaft axle 81. This disk 116 rotates with the axle 81 but its position on the keyway can be changed-for purposes later deined.
Supported in the standards 117, 118 on plate 39 is a shaft 119 and on this shaft is seen a spring 120,y bearing against the standard 118. Abase block 121 is slidably mounted on the'shaft 119, the spring 120 normally holding the block 121 away from the standard 118. This block supports the wires 122, 122 of the motor tripping circuit, also the- wires 123, 123 which assist in moving the disk 116 on its key way as later described. Theends of the wires 122, 122, 123. 123 travel in grooves 124, 124 formed in the periphery of the disk 116.
At 125, 125 the grooves 124,124 'isa con-- 4Referring to Figs. 1, 4, 17,18, 19,29 and 21 is seen a contact drum comprising three sections 96,126, 127 sleeved on` a shaft'128' supported by the standards' 117, .118. This shaft 'sleeves linto and supports 'the right hand end of the cam sha-ft` axle 81 at 129. At 130 is seen an electromagnet. At 131, 132 are back gear wheels rigidly attached to a sleeve floating on axle shaft 73, these gears mesh respectively with the gears 134, 135 on' shaft 128. The gear 135 is connected the ,sleeve 136 to the drum sections 96', 126, 127
so that 135 revolving carriesl with it said drum sections. v At 137 is a spring attachedi to the standard 11'7 and drum section 127.
This spring normally holds the drum secx tions in the position seen in Fig. 17 Where avstop pin138 on the flange oftv'the gear wheel'135 is shown in contact With the stop post 13,9'. At 140 is seen a circular armature for the magnet 130. The gear ,Wheel 134 is provided with a shoulder 134Xthe armature 140 as seen in Fig. 17A being mounted between the gear134 and its shoulder `134", movement of the armature toward 130 will therefore pull the gear 134 a slight dis.- tance to the right. The armature does not: revolve with the gear wheel 134. The gear wheel 134 and diskV 116 are each provided with clutch pins as at 141 and 142 for thel purpose lfurther defined. At 143, Fig; 15,
is seen a spring on shaft 128 bearing against' the standard 118 4and holding the armature 140 and attached gear Wheel 134 away from the vmagnet 130 to a desired position with respect to the disk'116 for the purpose further-explained.
Section 127 of the drum as seenin Figs. 17 and 18 comprises a metallic contact disk grooved vat 144 and having ,an` insulated point in said grooves at 145. Section 126 of the drum comprises an insulated disk 'grooved at 146 and having two contact points 147, 148 in the grooves' 148x, Sec/tionA 96 of the drum comprises a metallic contactl disk grooved at 149 and having an insulated point in said grooves at 150. The drum sections stand stationary as in Fig. 17 'at all times "except when the Hold the line re- 'sponse 'is made by the apparatus.y The ends of the terminal wires97, 97 areseen supported by a base block 151l and rest in contact in the grooves 149 of disk 96. The ends of the terminal wires 122x, 122X supported by the base-block 151 rest on'the Iso `tact at 147 non the drum section 126, thereby 4 energizing the magnet 153, thusjreleasing the latch 154 and breaking the contact atl 155 whereby the motor circuit is cut out. Howeverl the momentum ofl the iywheel 102 and revolving parts carriesthe contact point 125 past the point of contact with thewires 122, 122 Aand the tripcircuit is open again.
In Figs. ifi-and 15 is Seen a barns st tached to the guide 63, this bar' 156 terminates in a block 15'7 having a recess 158 into -which the shaft 119 mayenter. When the vhand 57 is set at No'. 31 on dial 55, this beingl '.the Hold the line number, the block 157 moves to the right as in Fig. 15, pushing the base block 121 against the spring 120.
The terminal wires 122 and carrying wires,l
123 attached to said block 121 and resting v in the grooves 124 in the slidable disk '116, carrysaid disk toward' the gear wheel 134. Thev spring 143 holding the gear wheel 134 toward the disk 116, the clutch-pins 141'` and 142 will engageon rotation of the shaft '81 Whereby'the back gear wheels 134, 131, 132, 135 will revolve, thus' slowly revolving- Athe drum sections '9 6, 126, 127 against the springtension 137.
-As'previously, described the wires 122x, 122 are on contact normally at 147 sothat revolution of the disk 116. Inj the Hold the line response, however, thel contact is broken lat 147 since the drum is revolving and themotor trip circuit is not closed until anew contact 148, on the-drum section 126,- for the wires 122", 122X coincides with the contact of wires 122, 122 at 125, 125 on disk .116. .The back gear wheels134, 131, 132,l
.the motor trip circuit is closed when theA wires-122, 122 come on contact at 125 on thel ics 135 are geared so that the disk^116 makesa plurality of revolutions before such contacts'l For in- 148 and 125 coincide as above. stance the timing may be so arranged that the motor -tripping circuit will not close for -several minutes. During all this time, f therefore, the cam shaft 83 has been actingy on 84 at 95 and the phonographic apparatus has been Arepeating the words Hold the line, your party 'willbe here in a minute at' each revolution lofthe cam shaft 83.y Should the subscriber neglect answering the 4vcall, the apparatus would go dead afterthe .l
motor circuit was tripped and another telephone ring or call would not close the motor y circuit because an insulated point 150 on disk 96 is in' contact with. the wires 97, 97 ofV the ringing circuit, whereby the circuit is broken through the apparatus, said point 150 being in line with 148. When however the subscriber answers the ring, either whenl the time limit has expired and the appav ratus has gone dead or during the time the apparatus is rcpelling Hold the line, etc,
` thereinoval of the .receiver from the hook isc lever 159 will make the contact 160, Fig. 8 thus energizing the magnet 130, since the circuit is closed, the wires 15,2, 152l being in contact on the disk 127, the armature 110 therefore drags the clutch pin 111 on gear 131 from engagement with the clutch pin 142 onl the' ldisk 116, then the spring 137 returns the drum sectionsback: to normal as in Fig.'17. y
lVhen thereceiver is left off the hook, the telephone transmitter circuit is closed, the. ringing` circuit is closed all the time but the bell will not ring while thetelephone transmitter circuit is closed. conditions, 'central would cutoff the telephonie service to av subscriber whose receiver was off the hook, after a period had elapsed, or else send some one to hang up the receiver. One of the main objects of my invention is to enable the said subscriber-"s transmitter circuit to be broken by central `under such conditions, thus enabling a ring to come in. At 161 is seen a relay magnet, at 162 and 163 are electron'iagnets'. By pressing a button 16st at central as will be later described, the magnet 161 is energizedA by a battery at central or by a special battery through line 1, or 165 and ground 166, this closes the circuit energizing the magnets 162 and 163. The magnet 162 being energized, the contact 167 inthe transmitter circuit is broken and contact 168 closed as in Fig. 7 thusenabling central to ring the subscriber who notices his receiver is oft' the hook and he hangs it up, thus closing contact at 169 Fig. 8 thus energizing the magnet 170 which raises the hook 171 hinged to the armature 172, the weighted b'ar 173 then breaks the contact 168 and makes the contact at 167 closing the transmitter talking circuit again.
The hand 57 .can be set at 0 on the indicator dial by two means, a push button 171, or a push button 161 on a` reset machine Fig. 27. rlhe reset machine is preferably located at central.
In Figs. 1, 4l, 9, is the push button 17-1L on a shaft 175 supported by standards 176, 177 suspended from the plate 39. A spring 178 shoulder-ing against a pin 179 on the shaft 175 breaks the Contact at 180. Pushing the button 171 closes the circuit at 180 energizing the magnet 163. The armature of 163 is attached to a dog 181 which passes through a hole in a ratchet bar 182; At 183 is seen a tension spring. lllhenthe circuit is closed through the magnets 163, the armature releases the dog 181 from engagement' with the ratchet wheel 184 Also a pin 185 in the end of the dog 181 pulls the ratchet bar 182 from engagement with the wheel 184. Then the spring 186 returns the hand 57 to 0 on the dial 55,- also the disk 58 "tof 'the position seen in Fig. 6 and the dia phragm holder 51 and allied parts to their Under ordinary proper position corresponding to 0 on the dial. It will be observed that this operation will remove the pressure of the block 157 from ,the base platc 121 as in Fig. 15, the spring 120v would move the disk 116 away fromthe gear wheel 134(l breaking the clutch actionof pins 1&1, 142 whereby the spring 137 would return the drum sections back to normal as in Fig. 17, providing they had moved.
As previously described, the relay magnet 161 was energized by pressing the button 164 at central thus closing the circuit and energizing the magnets 163, the action of the armature and dog 181 of the magnets 163 is thus the same whether button 171er button 161 be pushed, and the hand 57 will always return to 0J Referring tol Figs. 21 to 35v inclusive. At 187 is seen a bok containing the reset apparatus. 188 represents the reset dial on a. main shaft 189 in bearings 190, 191 on perf tions of the box frame. 192 represents numbers and holes on the dial 188, 193 is a` reset stop, 194 is a stop on the dial. 195 and 196 are ratchet wheels on the shaft 189. 197 is a Contact gear on shaft 189 and at 198 is an insulation on such gear. On astandard 199 supported by the plate 200 in the box is seen a contact 201 attached to the negative line or 202 on an insulated block 203. This contact- 201 is normally not in contact with the teeth of the Contact gear 197 but stands between the teeth as in Fig. 33, the insulated disk 19,8 preventing the point 201 from dropping down between the teeth and forming a contact. Contact is made when the-shaft 189 and gear contact 197 revolve by clock mechanis'm, the teeth on the gear touching the point 201 in sequence. At 165 Fig. 31 is seen the positive line, ground line 201 and negative line 202. Pushing 'the button 16st as previously mentioned makes ar Contact 165M- 201X which performs the function of energizing the magnets 161, 162, 163 for the purposes before explained. At 205 is a. ratchetP wheel attached to a clock escapement 206. A.. spring 207 is attached to the shaft 189. At 208 is shown a ratchet on a disk 209 attached to the shaftl 189, this, ratchet 208 engages withv the wheel 205.
At 161 is seen the push buttonpreviously mentioned, attachedv to the shaft 210 housed in the frame 199. On the shaft 210 is a. base block 211 supporting a spring 212 which acts against a beveled cam block 213 keyed onthe shaft 210. A bar 214 is attached to the spring plate 215. At 216 is a pawl bar housed in the hanger 217 and frame 199. On 216 at 218 is a shoulder, bearing against this shoulder 218 is a spring 219, t-he bar -216 is threadedy through a hole in the, spring bar 215 and the spring 219 presses againstl215;
yon the opposite side of the spring 215 and on the bas` 216 is a shoulder 220. rli'he spring 21.3
v with the ratchet wheel 196. At 221 isa normally holdsthe bar 216 frontil engagement beveled camblock on the sha-ft 210..A Ait 222 is a pawl bar housed in 2 17 and 199. On 222 is a pin 223. At 224 a spring attached to 199 normally holding the bar 222 in engagement with the ratchet wheel 19.5. The reset dial 188 cannot b e advanced to any number when the bars 216, 222 stand as in Fig. 27A, their normal position. Pushing on the button 164, the hand 57 has returned to 0 on 55, now the .i cam 221 acts on the pin 223 forcing 'disengagement of the bar 222 from tlie'ratchetwheel 195, also'the cam 213 acts on the bar 214 on the spr-ing 215 so that 215 pushes the] spring 219 against the shoulder 218, wherev by the bar216" is forced .into engagement with the ratchet wheel 196. ,This action revei'ses the positionv of such pawl bars with reference to the ratchet wheels 195, 196. Now the dial 188 can be set to ay number, such 'as 28. The central operator places a stylus in the hole 28 in the set of numbers 192 on the dial 188 and b-y vthis means rotates the dial 188 in the direction of the arrow until the stylus in hole I28 comes to the stop 193. l The stylus is removed and the push button 164 then -rev leased, the dial 188 is now returned to the 0 position as in Fig. 24 by means of the clock 'escapementt `The cont-act point 201 on line 202 is no w being touched in sequence by the teeth on the contact gear 197. At eacli con- I t'act therefore the circuit through line 202 motorcircuit. This relay is heldclosed by a latch. This motor operating, revolves the phonograph cylinder' of` a standard phonograph, it also closes thev talking circuit of the transmitter. The apparatus then .repeats the code answer twice, the cam that raises and lowers the reproducer hasiiow made a complete 'revolution rand the lcontact disk that revolves with the cam now passes under contact points', closing the circuit through a magnet to raise the latch of the motor circuit relay, causing the motor to stop and the talking open.
When the apparatus is set on -.Holdthe line and a ring comes in, the operation 'is the same for any code answerv except `that theAcam is now permitted to revolve ten or twelve times by means of a back gear which revolves a second set of contact disks; one of these disks is in series'l with the contact disk that revolves with the cam and the two revolve together for about three minutes when the contacts on these disks coincide, closing the circuit of themagnet to raise `the latch ofthe motor circuit relay, causing the motorto stop andthe talking circuit to' open; ifthe apparatus completes its cycle before the subscriberanswers, it goes dead and does not respond to another ring until theV subscriber either takes the receiver off the hook, th'us closing a circuit through the magnet to release the back gear, -or sets and ground is closed and opened. -This ciry 'the apparatus t0@ new 00de number Which cui/t leads to, a `relayL magnet 225 and ground 166 closing the circuit and-energizing magnets 226, controlling the step by step mechanism; the ratchet bar 182 is attached to the,r
` armature 227 of 226, at 228 is seen the spring for the armature. At eachv contact therefore' of 201 and a tooth on the gear contact 197,
the armature 227 and attached ratchet bar to No. 28 on the dial and the rings and a relay on the apparatus closes a 182 controlled by spring 229 will move and thus revolve the gear wheel 1.84 one notch, this gear being attached to theshaft 54 will therefore move this shaft and its attached mechanism, namely the hand 57 and the diaT I phragin holder 51 andi' allied parts, the final position of the hand 57 pointing to the number 28 on the dial 55 and-the reproducing pin 53 is thus brought to the proper position over the record 43 to repeat the code -re sponse Respondo No. 28 shoulda ring'come in. Pressing the button 174 brings the hand '57 to 0 as previouslydescribed, the sub-l scriber is thus enabled to push the hand 57 pin4 53 to the 'position mentioned above.
The following briefly summarizes the'action and advantages of the apparatus and allied parts. During the absence of the subscriber, th'e apparatus is set to any number of a predetermined code or program and then if aring comes in, the regular telephonebell when he takes the receiver oiil the hook, 'a-
circuit is closed through a magnet on the apparatus which releases the back gear, which allows the drum sections toreturn to normal,
this cutting outof the cir'cuit for energizing magnet to release/'the back gear takes but a second vand even now with the receiver off the hook, 'no energy is used, and the contact disk continues to revolve until it closes iio the circuitthrough the. magnetV to raise the latch of the motor circuit relay, causing the i motor'to stop and the talking circuit of the apparatus tol open.- l
1f the subscriber wants to-killthe appl-X ratus, he will press a push'button, the action of which is to 'close'a `circuitlthrough the magnet to `release the 'dog and ratchet of the step by step. mechanism the ratchet bar and reproducer return by the aid of aspring to 0. and at that position the ringing `circuit' of theapparatusis open, thus cutting it out of use f Should a call now come in, it only acts on the regular telephone.
If the subscriberv is away from hisphone and wishes to have the apparatus set to any code number, he can'call information operator at central, who, having a reset machine for this purpose, presses a push button which sendsa current along the positive line through a release relay which closes the circuit torthe release magnet which allows the spring to return the hand and reproducer apparatus to 0. slVhile still pressing this button, she. revolves the reset dial to the proper code number asked for and releases the push button. .The dial now turns back` to its normal position and in so doing sends` impulses along the negative line to operate a reset relay which in turn closes .a circuit to operate the reset magnets which through the action of a ratchet bar and dog move the reproducing apparatus to the desired new code number position.
It' the subscriber leaves the receiver oil' the hook central wishing to call him is unable to do so, but with the aid ot' my apparatus, central can first push the buttoli on her reset machine which sets the apparatus to O. This opens the'talking circuit of the regular telephone set which enables a ring to come in and close the apparatus end ot a circuit through a magnet that is not Aenerized until the subscriber puts the receiver back on ,the hook, when thisis done, the magnet on the apparatus is energized and its armature is restored to normal and the talking circuit closed again, and the magnet circuit opened again. These magnets per- :torm their Work .in an instant and no more energy is used on same. l
f.It is obvious that the electrical connections and the apparatus can be varied to conform to any changes made in the arrangement of the phonographic mechanism and that the parts may be modied in any desired manner. The cylinder type or rphonograph as shown is preferably employed, as the setting position of the reproducing pin can be more exactly regulated mechanically than Where the disk phonographic machine is used, however the principles or my invention may be embodied to the disk phonograph Xvithont departing from the spirit of the invention.
Having fully described my invention, what I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;-
l. A combined telephone and phonographic sound transmitting apparatus comrisinfr a tele Jhone," a tele )hone circuit. a
phonograph and-a phonographic recordv` a telephonie transmitter and reproducer ivired to the telephone circuit, said reproducer having a reproducing pin in contact ivith said record, a motor and means operated by the closing of the signal circuit in the telephone circuit for starting the motor, said motor operating means for imparting movement to the phonograph, and to cause said reproducing pin to travel a plurality et times over a predetermined portion of -to the telephone circuit, said reproducer having a reproducing pinin contact with 'said record, a motor and means operated by theclosing ot' vthe signal circuit in the telephone circuit 'tor starting the motor, said motor operating means for imparting movement to the phonograph and to cause said reproducing pinto travel a plurality oit times over a predetermined portion of said record ivhereby a-pluralityotl like phono graphic responses are transmitted,through the telephone talking circuit from the phonographic reproducer duiing the operation ot said motor, and 'means for stopping said motor.
3. In a combined phonograph instrument and telephone, a signal circuit and acontact, a circuit closer and an electromagnet in said signal circuit, an independent circuit, an electromagnet, a latch attached to an armature on said electromagnet in said independent circuit, -revolving contactineans driven by motor mechanism for-closing said independent circuit, a motor and a motor circuit, `said motor actuatinglthe phonograph, said motor circuit being closed by the closing of the signal circuit, and means whereby said armature'is held closed by said latch on the armature of the electromagnetin the independent circuit, the closing ot' said independent circuit by said revolving contact means energizing said magnet to release the latch and trip the' motor circuit.
4. A combined telephone and phonographic sound transmitting apparatus comprising a telephone, a. telephone circuit, a phonograph and a phonographic record, a .telephonie transmitter Wired to the telephone circuit, said transmitter having a reproducing pinin contact 'with said record, an electric motor and a motor circuit and res means operated by the closing of the signal circuit in the telephone circuit for closling the motor circuit, said motor operating I phonograph phonographic record, 'al
vtelephone. transmitter Wired to the telephone circuit, said transmitter having a re- .producing pin in contact With said record,
anindependent electric circuit andrevoluble contact meansV in said circuit', an electric v nie/tor and a motor circuit and means operated by the closing of the signall circuit in the telephone circuit vfor closing the motor circuit, said motor operating means for imparti-ng movement to the phonograph and for operating the vrevoluble contact meansA to close the independent circuit, and meansl whereby a plurality o flike phonographic lresponses are transmitted through the telephone talking circuit from the' phonographic transmitter during the closure of' said motor circuit, the closure of said indedependent circuit, the` energizing of A this magnet on the closing of said disk switch operating to trip the motor circuit. 7. In combined phonograph and telephone instruments, an electrically energized motor actuating the phonograph, an electroiuagnet energizedby the telephone circuit, an independent electric circuit, an electromagnet in this circuit having an armature anda latch, arevolublev insulated disk, the armature on the magnet in -thetelephone circuit closing the motor circuit and. being held closed bythe latch on the armature of the electromagnet in said independent circuit, said latch being released to trip the motor circuit by closing the independent circuit thereby energizing its magnet, the ivires of this circuit leading to the revoluble insulated disk operated by the motor, said `4disk havingl a contact point timed to connect said Wires afterproper phonographic re-I sponse has been transmitted through the telephone talking circuit.
8. In a combined telephone and phonographic instrument, a telephone signal circuit, an electromagnet and an armature con-- trolled by said circuit,'an electric motor and amotor circuit, said motor circuit-being closed by the closing of the signal circuit energizing the magnet, an independent electric circuit, a circuit closer for said independent circuit comprising a revoluble contact disk operated by the motor, and
electrically operated means on the inde]; end` ent circuit for* tripping the Amotor c'rcuit, a. threaded shaft vand'a cam shaftA driven ments of the phonographc instrument.
9. Inthe mechanism for controlling phonographs, a motor and afmotor circuit, an electioniagnet` and an armature acting to by said motor andcontrolling the moveclose'th motor circuit,fan,independent elec- `tric circuit, the timeof closing. of which i governs the' duration of closure o f 4the motor circuit, power transmitting. gears operated by said motor, a threaded shaftand aca'm shaft ,driven byfsaid gears,said shafts'controlling the movements of the phonograph, and a revolving contact disk. driven by theV motor, timing the closing. of the independent electric circuit. .4
10`. In. a' phonograph, the combination with the record and sound reproducing'dia'- phragm and holder, an indicator plate having numerical registrations thereon correspending numerically. With. registrations on the record, a shaft terminating in a hand .adapted to be set to any number indicated on the plate,*a ratchet Wheel `on said shaft,I a rack bar having a -guide holder and spring attached thereto,l said ratchet Wheel meshing Withsaidrack bar, said guide holder and spring thereby controlling the position and movement of said sound reproducing'.
diaphragm and holder.
11. Ina combined telephone and phonographic instrument, the combination with A means on the phonographfor automatically closing thetelephone circuit, of arecord indicator dial, aphonographic record, a shaft.
and a rack bar, a ratchet Wheel on the shaft engaging said rack bar, a movablehan'd at'-.
ta chedto the shaft, and a guide holder on the rack' bar, controlled by the movement of the hand andshaft, for moving the arm of the. diaphragm v holder to any predeterminedl point, said arm being flexibly attached toI said guide holderfto permit 'of independent movements of said diaphragm holder Within certain limits.
12. In av combined telephone and phonograph instrument, the combination with the' record reproducing apparatusand the transmitter on the phonograph and with means for automatically'closing the telephone talking circuit through said transmitter and f with an electric motor operating said phonograph; of a rotary shaft actuated by the-motor, a plurality of cam devices fashioned on said shaft, said record reproducing apparatus having a pin and an arm, devices on said arm acting With said cam devices to cause a plurality of movements of the reproducing pin overv the same portions of the record, during the time the motor is operating.
13. In a combined telephone and phonograph instrument, the combination .ofthe plurality reproducing pin and telephonetransmitter on the phonograph and means `for automatically closing the telephone circuit through said transmitter; of means forI regulating vthe position'of the* reproducingpin to any predeterminedposition on the record and of means for causingsaid pin to travel a of times vover the same' identical portion of the record duringv a-single closing of" the telephone circuit, whereby a repetition of a predetermined record is teleplionically transmitted. i
'14. Ina combined telephone andphonograph. instrument, automatic means for closing the telephone circuit through a transmitter on the phonograph and automatic means for resetting the phonograph instru-` ment a plurality oftimes during one closure section coincide, said circuit is closed enerof said circuit whereby a plurality of responses ofthe same identical plionographic'.
response is telephonically transmitted.
15. In 'a combined telephone and phono` graph instrument ,a telephone signal circuit, said circuit having a contact, ya circuit closer, an electromagnet and an armature; an independent circuit, an elect-roinagnet having anarmature lwith alatchattached thereto, a
`motor and motor circuit actuating the phonograph, said motor circuit being-closed by theJ closing of the signal circuit and means whereby said armature of the electromagnet of the signal circuitis held closed 'by said. latch; a revolving'contact disk driven by` jsaid motor, a-shaft, backgearing and a revolublc contact drinn, said diskbeing slid- `abl i mounted on said shaft and engaged through the back gear mechanism with the drum, said disk making a plurality `ot" revolutioiis duiing one lrevolution of the drinn,
the disk being iii series with one section of the drum in the Vindependent circuit so ythat when the contacts on said' disk and drum gizing its magnet 'to release the latch and trip the motor circuit.
'16. A, combined telephone and phonograph sound reproducing apparatus consaid motor. circuit, and, an* independent elec-y tric circuit, a revolving contact disk driven by the motor, back gear mechanism, a revoluble contact drinn and electrically controlled circuit tripping apparatus and means, said disk being slidably mounted to engage said back gearing and drive said drum,.said disk being in series with oneI section of lthe drum in said independent circuit,
so thatpwhen the contacts 'on said disk and drum section coincide, said circuit is closed,
ywhereby said circuit tripping apparatusopcrates to tripthe motor circuit.
17. A combined telephone and phonora )li sound re )roducinfr aiiaiatus consisting of a telephoneand a phonograph,
va'- transmitter on said phonograph, a motor and \a. motor circuit, electrically controlled apparatusv in the telephone signal circuit for closing said motor circuit, means for imparting. movement to said phonograph operated .by said'I motor and means whereby a' plurality of vlike predetermined 'phonographic responses are transmitted through the telephone talking circuit from said transinitter during the closure of the motor circuit; andrevolving contact mechanism operatingfduring said closure of the motor circuit or opening said motor circuit after suchplurality of phonographic 'responses have been made, and means whereby a second closing of said signal circuit-rings the telephonev bell only;
18. A combined telephone and phonograph sound reproducing apparatus consisting of a telephone andphonograph, a transmitter on said phonograph, a'inotoi anda motor circuit, electrically controlled apparatus in the telephone signal circuit for closing the motor circuit, means operatedjby said motor for impartingmovement to the phonograph and means ,whereby a plurality ot'x like i'iredetermined phonographic' responses are transmitted through the telephone' talking circuit from said transmitter during the closure 'of the motor circuit', an independent electric circuit, arevolving contact disk driven bvthe motor, back gear mechanism,
a back gear wheel, a i'evoluble Contact drum, a spring and'electrically controlled circuit tripping apparatus and means, said disk being slidably mounted to engage through said back gear mechanism and drive said ioo drum, and means whereby said disk makes a plurality of revolutions during vone revolution of the drinn, andan electric ciiciiit,
Van electromagnet anda contact section on the drum in said circuitfsaid circuit being closed by releasing the telephone liook lever to form a Contact, thereby energizing said magnet, the armature of which diseiigages said back gear wheel from the contact disk, whereby the spring returns the drum to its original position, when upon the revolving disk coming on contact, the independent circuit is closed, Awhereby said circuit tripping apparatus operates to trip the motor circuit. i
19. A combined telephone and phonograph sound 'reproducing apparatus, consisting of a telephone and phonograph, a transmitter on said phonograph, a motor and tact section'on the'drum in said .circuit, said,
a motor circuit, electrically controlled ap- .fparatus in the telephone signal. circuit fori closing the mctor circuit, means ,operated bysaid moto'ig'for imparting-movement to .thefphonograph, and meanswhereby a plu. rality-of like predetermined.' phonographic responses are transmittedl through the telef 'phone talking circuit from said transmitter .Y 4 'during 4theclosure of the motor circuit; an ,'10
independent electric circuit', a revolving contact disk `driven 'by the 'motor, back gear I,
.mechanism, a 4back' gear'whee'l, a revoluble contact diiim,"a spring, and electrically con-v trolled circuit tripping .apparatus andmeans, said'disk being'slidably mounted to engage through saidgback -g'ear'mechanism andv drive said drum', and means whereby said disk makes apl-urality of revolutions during one revolution of the drum, andanA electric circuit, an eleCtIlQfnfflgnetand a conf circuitv being vclosed by releasing'the telephone hookl lever to form a contact thereby uponthe revolving diskcomingl on contact, the independent circuit is closed, whereby said circuit'tri'pping apparatus operatesto trip the motor circuit,.the energizing of said magi'ietsconsuming lineenergy for an` inl...
` reproducingmechanism ofthe phonograph,
' stant. only.
` 20. In a combined telephone vand phono? `graph instrument, anindicator dial, a shaft.
.and a rack bar driven by'a gear. on said shaft, said bar having attached means for controlling the position of `thelsound repro gducing mechanism of -the phonograph, :a
hand on said shaft pointing to some vnumber .on-*the dial corresponding t0 the, Position of the sound re )roducinfr mechanism. toI effect a'suitable'predetermined response; and.
mechanical means electrically operated for returning said hand,fshaft,"rack bar and allied mechanism to vtheir normal .positionwhereby! the phonograph mechanism does not operate during telephone signals.
21. In a combined telephone and. .phonograph inst'rument, 'an indicator dial, azshaft and a rack bardriven by a gearronrsaid'. sliaft,"said 'bar having attached means forl controlling'the position of the sound reprof ducing mechanism 'of the phonograph, a hand on said shaft pointing tosome number' onthe dial corresponding to the position of th'e sound reproducing mechanism to effect a suitable predetermined response and l mechanicalmeans electrically operated for returning said hand, shaft, 'rack-A bar and allied mechanism to their `v normal position whereby the phonograph mechanismgdoes not operate during telephone'signals; a stepby step mechanism and .other means electrically operating through saidv step by [step mechanism forjsetting said shaft, vhand and vsound reproducing mechanism to some new position to effect a desired phonographic response during a closure of thetelephone talking circuit. F y
22. In a combined' telephone and phonograph instrument, an indicator dial, a shaft,
aia"
a dog and; ratchet, a gear and ratchet wheel lon said 'sha-ft, a rack bar driven ,by said gear,
and' (means .attached -to said rack bar for controlling the position of the sound reproducing mechanism 'off the phonograph, a
hand 'on said shaft pointing vto .some number 'on the indicator dial corresponding -to the position of thevrsou'nd reproducingl means whereby the phonographic mecha? ,doesynot operate 'during telephonie signals.A i i- '23. "In a combined telephone and phono'- .nected mechanismto anormal' position a`n d graph instrument', an indicator dial, a shaft, a dog and ratchet, a gear and a ratchet -wheel on 'said shaft, 'a rack,` bar driven by .said ngear, and means-'1 attached to -said rack bar for controlling theposition of the sound a' hand on vsaid shaft pointing tosome number on the-'indicator 'dial corresponding to the position 'of "the soundv reproducing mechanism to effect a` suitable predeter-` mined response,a reset machine, a push butr ton on same, an electric circuit', a relay magf net', 4'anda spring, said pushbutton actuating a switch to close said circuit through said relay magnet, an electric circuit and an electromagnet, the armature -of said relay` said. electromagnet `to releasea dog and ,magnet-closing lsaid latter ycircuit through ratchet bar' from' the, ratchet wheel' whereby y,said spring returns said shaft,v hand' and c onnectedmechai'iismv toa normal position, whereby the phonographic mechanism'does not. operate di'irin'g"- telephonie signals.
.24.[In 'a combinedV telephone and lphonograph instrument, lindicator dial, a shaft,
wheel 'on "said shaft, a rack vbar drivenby .l said gear, and means Aattached to said rack vr120 bar lfor controlling the :position of the sound reproducing mechanism,y of the, phonograph, a ha'nd'on said 'shaft-pointing to vsome number on the indicator dial corresponding to the', posi-tion. of the.' sound reproducing mechanism vto effect la suitable predetermined'. response,y a" reset machine, a push button on saine, anelectric circuit, a relay magnet, and a spring, said Apush button actuating a switch to close said circuit through` said relay magnet, an electric circuit and anvelectromagnet, the armature of said relay mag nected 'mechanism to a normal position;
lsaid push button,
a numbered indicator dial on ,said reset machine corresponding to the indicator dial on the combined telephone and phonog aph instrument, a shaft and clock mechanism in said reset machine, said reset dial being connected to said shaft, this 'shaft being revoluble by said clock mechanism when the indicator dial is set to a desired number, ratchet Wheels on said dial shaft for controlling the position of the reset dial, pawl bars and cam means for 'driving said bars operated by said paul bars controlling said ratchet wheels; a contact gear on the dial shaft, a contact point, an electric circuit, a relay magnet, another electric circuit, a step by step mechanism, electromagnets in said mechanism, gear, during rotation of the reset dial back to its normal position, touching said contact point in sequence thereby sending electric impulses over said circuit to operate said re.-
` lay magnet, which in turn closes the second the magnets in the step circuit to energize Whose armature and atby step mechanism,
tached ratchet bar move the first mentioned i ratchet Wheel, its attached shaft, hand and sound reproducing mechanism to the desired position thereby setting the combined telephone and phonographic apparatus to ay new desired phonographic response through the telephone talking circuit.
n a combined telephone and phonograph instrument, a closed transmitter circuit, a reset machine7 mechanical means on the teeth of such contact said reset machine electrically operating to disconnect the phonograph and open the transmitter telephone circuit.
QG. In a combined telephone and phonograph' instrument, a closed transmitter circuit, a Areset/machine, mechanical means onv said reset machine electrically operating to disconnect the phonographic apparatus and open the transmitter telephone' circuit to enable a ring to be made.
27; In va combined telephone and phonograph instrument, a closed transmitter cirrcuit, a reset machine, mechanical means on said resetmachine electrically .operating to disconnect `the phonographic apparatus and open'the transmitter telephone circuit 'Ito enable a ring to be made; an electromagnet land an electric circuit, a hook operated by the armature of said magnet, the closing of saidcircuit,`by hanging up the telephone receiver, energizing said magnet to disconH nect said hook thereby enabling a Contact to be made to close'the transmitter circuit.
28. ln a combined telephone and phonographic instrument, a closed transmitter circuit, a reset machine, mechanical means on said reset machine electrically operating to disconnect the phonographic apparatus and open the transmitter circuit to enable `a ring to be made; an electromagnet and an electric circuit, a hook operated by thearmature of said magnet, the closing of said circuit, by hanging up the telephone receiver, energizing said magnet to disconnect said hook thereby enabling a contact to be made to close the transmitter circuit, the energizing or' said magnet consuming line energy for an instant only.
e EDVARD J. CRESSEY.
Vitncsses:
Manin AYER, GEORGE lV. COX.
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