US1230485A - Annotator for commercial phonographs. - Google Patents

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M. L. HUNTER & A. B. CHURCH. A ANNOTATOR FOR COMMERCIAL PHONOGRAPHS.

" 1 APPLICATION map JAN. 25. 1917.

Iapenfed June 19, 1917.

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ANNOTATOR FOR COMMERCIAL PHONOGRAPHS.

' APPLICATION FILED IAN. 25,1917- I 1,230,485, PatentedJune19,19l7.

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Original application filed September 15,

Be it known that we, MARTHA and ALBERT B. CHURCH, both citiaens of the United States, residing at the clty and county of San Francisco and State ofGali fornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Annotators for Commercial Phonographs, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to commercial phonograph's'and isa division of our copendin application, Serial No. 50,780, filed The object of this invention is to an attachment for a transcribing phonoously marked up with various instructions applying to the matters contained in the phonograph record, the transcriber may 10- cate upon the record'the position of the matters'to which said instructions apply.

Heretofore, it. has been proposed tosupply a specially printed sheet, properly ruled and provided with stock phrases, said sheet to receive upon its face'penciled marks made by the dictator to convey the necessaryinformation relative to the matters in the record for the convenience of the transcriber. Great difiiculty has been encountered by users of this memo sheet in properly "loeating from the. marks thereon-the position in the phonograph record of'the matters to which such marks apply.

In the present invention this .has been overcome by the provision of mechanical means for carrying .on these operations, whereby greater precision and accuracy are obtained.

In carrying out the object of this invention we employ a holder, fastened to the box of the transcribing phonograph, to receive sheets of memo paper previously marked with various instructions relating-to the matters contained in the phonograph record, and means movablefwith'thetraveling head of the phonographto indicate inadvance to tion on thephonograph record of the matters to which the marks-on the sheet apply.

One form whichour invention may assume is exemplified in the following description 1 and illustrated in the accompanying drawin s, in which.

igure 1' shows afront elevation-of the 1 provide objection transcribing attachment applied to a phonoap I v Fig. 2' shows a side elevation of the define-illustrated in Fig. 1;

In the drawings, a phonograph is shown comprising a box 10, a cylindrical record 11,

and a movable head 12. The latter is provided with a reproducer 13. Attached to the front side of the box, .by suitable brackets 14 and thumb screws 15, is a holder 16.

'A sheet 17 is marked during the process of dictating with various instructions applying to the matters contained Within therecord. It should indicate'whether a letter should be single or double spaced; the .location of letters and telegrams which should be transcribed first; letters of which extra copies are required, etc.

When transferring the record to the transcribing. machine, the memo sheet is introduced in the holder 16.

position with flanged sides.18, on the ends of which are spring-pressed clips 19 pivoted to rods 20, for retaining the. sheet in a 'flat- This holder comprises a base plate carried in inclined vided, with indicating notches 22 labeled "to correspond with the items on the memo sheet. Thus the operator is enabled to locate the position of the various matters in the record to which the marks on the memo 'she'et apply merely by sliding the reproducing device, to which the indicator plate is attached upon the record, until the notches on said plate'register with'the various marks on the paper. j These marks, while here shown in the form of dots, ma'y be of any nature, ,or may be the printed word itself.

Various changes in'conlstruction and arwithout departing from the spirit of our in vention as disclosed in'the appended claims.

'Having thus described our invention,

ters Patent israngement of the; parts may be employed 1'. In combination with a. commercial phonograph and a holder rigidly connected thereto, a stationary sheet having longitudito the traveling head of the phonograph a extending over and across mid sheet, said incheat-or having indicie thereon extending transversely thereof and in alinenient with the respective longitudinally arranged instructions of said sheet.

2. In combination With a commercial phonograph, an inclined holder, brackets connected to the holder and formed with right angled parts to engage over the front and top meeting edges of the phone aph case, a, stationary sheet having longitudinally arran ed instructions thereon carried by said hofier, and an indicator eonneeteci to the traveling head of the phonograph and extending over and across said sheet, saint indicator having indiem thereon extending transversely thereof and in slinernent With MARTHA HUNTER. ALBERT B. CHURCH.

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