US1231061A - Phonograph. - Google Patents

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A.. N. PIE RMAN.

PHONOGRAPH'.

' APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11. IBM.

Patented June 26, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB-17,1911- 2 nnw 2M awe;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JERSEY.

ALEXANDER N. PIEHMAN, OF NEW'ARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEW JERSEY PATENT COMPANY, ()F wES'I ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATIDN OF NEW PHoNoGRArH.

Specification of Letters Patent. P Patented Jll Ill. 26, 191 7.

Application filed February 17, 1911. eel-m nojsoaosa.

I he Iwhore'itvimy concern: I

it lnumn that 1 Annxannnn N. PIER- a. citizen oi the United States, residing cwarli, in the county of Essex and State ,Ncw Jersey, have invented. cr; 'tain new 1i'i(l.fnet-lad l1nprovcincnts inv Phonographs,

which that allowing is a. ,descri njon. I icinrcntion relates to phonographs and more particularly to lneniorandun] attachincnl'a i rn' such macl'iines. My object to I I rvidea new arul improved device of this i I cter which will permittheready mark- 111g,or iiulicatirm of instructions for any desired part at the record; a-ndin conformity with. this ohject nrv invention in its prer d-forin. coinpr es means for moving a ineinoranihua tape or other receiver across the .recmsd at a speed corre's 'mnding with that ot, the recorder and. reproducer and neans for marking or ind' ating on the said tape the desired ins actions and the parts the recorduto which they refer. v r 'i i tWit h this and. other objects in mind, my invention consists in the features hereinafter ,QitfOrth and, claimed.

I111 the ;accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in thefollow- )t'ioInI l'ltLVQ shown and described ed. forin of my invention as apto the- Edison business phonograph; is understood that the same may he iam lied to phonographs of any tvpe Whatever. e i

Referring: to the drawings: mi igate-.1 is a plan view of a husiness phon t' n adapted for use by a dictatinin markii'ig the desired instructions on the n1e1no- 'l'mltlllll'l tape;v

wl ig. .J- is a. front elevathm thereof;

a Ri le 3 isa. plan view of a like phonograph k vided with a jl'orin'of myinvention for intlicatng to a transcriber the instructir s .llowcd in.transcribingthe recon .4 la afscction on the line i -l of Fig,

.1 having .rod 12' an wginde rod 3, on which 'iavehng carr age s slidahly.

hrough t intd operative position. .l

o 'rapltprovided with. a f()1' 11'1 of my inven upper part ofthe arm 15 into the slot a so tion on the line 55 Iii x-QQ ll'l( )llllt(!.(l. Pivotally mounted on the "Front "end oithe; arriagc l is a frame 5 supporting a. recorder 4.5 and a reproducer T, the

pivotal nioven'ient of this frame permitting either the "recorder or the reproducer to lie 1' and 2 show tl'lflfljilll'lfl 5 in. position .for recording; and Fig. 3 shmve the same in posit-ion for1,'e ')roducing. The mandrel 8 is inounted on the main shaft 5) which is adapted to be driven from the pulley 10 when operativcly connected thereto by the cl'utcl'rll. 12 rep-- resents a ,feed screw, which is ada i ted to he engaged by a. nut mounted on the bottom or the traveling carriage: to feed the carriage .4 alone the record atthe desired speed.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, my improved memorandum attachment therein shoivn comprises a frame 13 provided with a lower horizontal. arm 14, 21.11 upper luarizontal arm 15, and an outwardly extending horizontal arm 16 at right angles to the arms 14 and ll". The arm 1+1: engages the top 16 of the cabinet of the phonograph and detachahly secured thereto adjacent the left hand edge thereof by a, plate 17. This plate secured tothe arm ldand passes tln'ough a slot 18 Fig. 3) in the, top 01 the cabinet to which last named, part it is locked by the lever 19. This lever pivotedto the r-abinet and provided with an extension 20 adapted to engage the slot 21 in the plate 1 7. As it is custon'iary to provide phonographs with the slot 18 and the locking lever 1D for securing the cover in" place, the frame 13 can he applied to such machines Without any change in tllflfitrlfl'filllllfl thereof. The

arm 15cis provided with a. horizontal slot 22 and hasseciired to its upper face a iilurality of lugs 23 each pivotally siuiportinoa lever 24. l lach oil these lerers has pivoted intermediate its ends an axially inovahle ll'lalkil'ig pin or punch 25 passing loosely througl'i the 09 These pins and levers are normally held in an elevated IIJOSllJlOD by 'coil springs 26 surronndingthe pins and engaging attheir ends th top of tllfl'll'll'l 15 and shoulders 26 on the mnches 25; Aronical seat'Q-T is proe vided in. thehottnm oftlle 'slotiZQ for-each slot 22, and 29 a screw or equivalent bearing secured to the arm 16 and adapted to support a roll 30 of memorandum tape of paper or any other suitable indentable material. 2W are washers engaging thesides of the roll 30 to hold the same in place. The memorandum tape is passed through the guide QTand the slot 22 and is detachably engaged with the pins 31 on the spring arm 32 which is secured to the traveling carriage of the phonograph. Both the bearing 2!) and the arm 32 thus serve as supports for the tape. In the operation of my device, the tape 30 is fed past the punches25 at the same speed as the recorder and reproducer are fed across the record. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, these punches are located in a line at right angles to the line of motion of the memorandum tape and are mounted respectively above and adapted to mark upon the various parts of the said tape corresponding to the parallel longitudinal instruction spaces shown between the wires 38 in Fig. 3.

In Figs. 3 and 4, I have shown a memorandum holder 33 preferably made of sheet metal, and secured to and movable with the traveling carriage. This holder preferably comprises a lower sheet metal base 3+ secured to the said carriage and an upper frame 35 secured at its front longitudinal edge to the base Bl and provided ith two openings 36 and 37. The memorandum tape is adapted to be frictioually held between the base 34 and the f nine 35, and in order to divide the said tape into the desired instruction spaces, spaced wires 38 are run longitudinally across the openings 36 and 37 as shown in Fig. 3. A preferably transparent card or plate 39 is placed above the'opening 37 to designate the various longitudinal spaces. To indicate the part of the record to which the instructions indicated refer, an index 40 pro vided with a pointer 41 located adjacent to the opening 30 is secured to the cross rod 3.

In the operation of my device, the memorandum tape is-fcd past the punches 25 at a speed cm'respondii'ig with that of the recorder. The dictator may, therefore, mark thereon any instructions desired relatiy'ely to the various parts of the record by simply ,depressing tht proper lever 24. \Vhen it is desired to transcribe the record, the transscriber places the tape in the holder 33 bringing it into the same position relatively to the traveling carriage as it held when marked by the dictator. By bringing the pointer 41 to any desired mark on the tape,

the part of the record to which the instructions correspondiiig to this mark refer can be readily found.

' \Vhile I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be under stood that my invention is not limited thereto. 7

Having now described my invention what in fixed relation with one of said members,

and a recording mechanism in fixed relation with the other of said members, said recording mechanism con'iprising a plurality of devices for indicating differentinstructions, together with means for operating said devices to cause the same to record upon said memorandum receiver to indicate instructions at certain points'on the sound record receiving member.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a phonograph, of movable tape supporting means connected with said phonograph and adapted to impart to the tape a movement of translation with reference to the fixed parts of the phonograph, and marking means mounted in proximity to the path of the tape, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a phonograph having a rotatable record support, means for supporting a sound box, and means for producing a relative feeding movement between said first named means and said record support, of a tapesupport connected with said 5. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a phonograph having a rotatable record support, means for sup porting a sound boxfand means for producing a relative feeding movement between said first named means and said record support, of a tape support connected'with said first named means and adapted to move the tape in the direction of the relative'feeding movement between said first named means and said record support, and marking means immovable m the directlon of movement of the tape mounted in proximity to the path thereof, substantially as described.

6. In a device of. the class described, the combination with a. phonograph. provided with a rotatable record support, of means for supporting. a roll of tape, and means connected with' said phonograph and n'ifov able thereby for imparting a mo'vemeii't'of translation to the tape, substantially as described.

7. In a device of the class-described, the combination with a phonograph provided with a rotatable record support, of a 'guide for 'amen'iorandum tape, and means connected with said phonograph and movable thereby for imparting a movement of translation to the memorandum tape through said guide, substantially as described. I

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with a phonograph provided with a rotatable record support, of means for supporting a roll of tape, means mov able by said phonograph for imparting a movement of translation. to the tape, and marking means connected With said phono graph and mounted in proximity to the path of the tape, substantially as described.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with a phonograph provided with a rotatable record support, of a guide for a memorandum tape, means connected with and movable by said phonograph for moving the tape at anniform speed through a memorandum receiver in i lixed r' latioirto j said guide and marking means mounted in proximity to the path of the tape, substan tially as described.

10. In a. device of the class described, the combination with a phonograph provided with arrotatable record support, of means for supporting a roll of memorandum tape, means movable to feed the tapein a. direc; tion at" right angles to the direction of rotation of the record support, means .for guiding the tape in such movement, and marking .means mounted in proximity to the path of the tape, substantially as described. Y

11. In a device of the class described, the combination with apbonograph having a rotatable record support, means for supporting a" sound box, and means .ior p'ro dueing a relative -feeding movement between said first named means aml said rec-.

ord support, of a tape support connected with said first named means and adapted to be moved thereby at a speed correspondinguiith that of the relative feeding |novement'between sald first named means and said record support, substantially as described.

12. In a device of the class described, the combination with a sound record supporting member and a sound recording member in opcratiw relation thereto, said members being movable with respect to each other, of a, memorandum device comprising a memorandum receiver, and means for re cording on said receiver to indicate transversely of the same a plurality of diiierent instructions, said memorandum receiver and recording means being movable with respect to each other tQ dpel'lTl lpfitlld re or ing'unean jto' dum receiver: nstructions for-certa n point on a record. carried by sa d record support,

substantially as described.

ced-a up-an said n'ie iioran- ..-70 13. In a device 01' theclass described, the

combination with a sound record supporting member and a sound recording n'emher in operative relation thereto, s'aid mem-l bers being movable with respect iO each other, of a memorandum device "comprising 7 a memorandum receiver, and recorfiiig means comprising a plurality of devices for indicating difi'erent instructions on memorandum receiver, said memoifandum receiver and recording means being mo able with respect to each other to permit said devices to record upon said ll hel lnit'lill'e dum receiver instructions for certain points -on a record carried by "said record support substantially as described. a p p 14. In a deviceof the elassdescribed, the combination with a sound record support ing member and a sound recording member in operative relation thereto, said incmb being movable with respect to each other,

one of said'members, and a 1 ecori ingfmeol anism in fixed relation. with the other being arranged to indicatetransversely of said memorandum receiver diflerent 1nstructions for certain points-on a record said vmembers, said recording mechai'iisn'i 9 ing movable with respect to each other, of a memorandun'i device comprising a memorandum receiver, and recording means com prising a plurality oi" punches for indicat ing diifcrent instructions on said memorandum receiver, said memorandum receiver and recording means being movable with respect to each other to permit said punches to record upon said memoraiulum receiver in structions for certain points on a record carried by said record support, substantially as 5 described.

16. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a sound record supporting member and a sound recording member in operative relationthereto, said members be-' ing movable with respect to each other, of a meniorandnm device con'i 'nfising a memorand fi'm rcreiver, and recording means com prising a plurality of axially movable devices for indicating diflerent histruction's on said memorandum receiver, said memorandum receiver and recording means being movable with respect to each other to permit said axially movable devices to record upon said memorandum receiver instructions 13o for certain points on a record carried by said record support, substantially as described.

17. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a sound record supporting member and a sound recording member in operative relation thereto, said members being movable with respect to each other, of a memorandum device comprising a memorandum receiver, recording, means comprising, a. plurality of devices for indicating different instructions on said memorandum receiver, said memorandum receiver and recording means being movable with respect 1: to each other to permit said devices to record upon said memorandum receiver instructions for certain points on a record 'carried by said record support, and means tending to retain each of said devices in inoperative position, substantially as described.

18. .In a device of the class descrilwd, the combination with a sound record support-- ing member and a sound recording memberin operative relation thereto, said members being movable with respectlto each other, of

a n'ien'ioramlum. device com 'irising a memorandum receiver, and recordin,, means for indicating instructions in different parallel lines extending longitudinally of said re- 3 ceiver, said 'memoranduIn receiver and recording means being movable with respect 'to each other to permit said recording means to record upon said memorandum receiver instructions for certain points on a record one of said members, and means connected with the other ol said members aml movable.

thereby for imparting movement to the memorandum tape through. saidiguide, sub stantially as described.

20. In a device of the class described, a sound recording member and a sound record receiving member, said members being movable u'ith respect to each other, tape upporting means, means movable by 075 of said members torimparti'ng movement to the tape, and marking means fixer relation to the other of said. m'fnl n*s and in proxin'iity to the path, o 't'. the tape, substantially as described. p

This specification signed and witnessed this 15th day of 1*ebruary, 1911.

I ALEXANDER IIERMAX. \Vitnesses l iucnmuclt Bacnnas ANNA It. Kmzma.

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