US1245568A

US1245568A - Toy phonograph.

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Publication number: US1245568A
Application number: US13267116A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lee A Collins
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-11-21
Filing date: 1916-11-21
Publication date: 1917-11-06
Anticipated expiration: 1934-11-06

Description

L. A. COLLiNS.

TOY PHONOGRAPH.

APPLICATION mm flOV 2|. 191s.

Pabenteil Nov. 6, 191?.

LEE A. CGLLINS, OF LGUISVILLE, KEEITUGKY.

' roY rnonosnarz-i.

Specification of Letters Patent.

iatented Nov. 6, 3191? Application filed November 211, 191G. Serial iil'o. 132,671.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, LEE A. CoLLINs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and 6 State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Phonographs,-of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved phonograph and has as its primary object to provide a device of this character which will constitute an attractive toy.

The invention has as afurther object to provide a toy phonograph designed for attachment to a wall or other support and which may be easily mounted in position to be operated.

- And the invention has as a still further object to provide'an improved and simple means for manually operating the phono-' ferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my im- 36 proved phonograph showing the manner in which the device may be connected to a wall or other support and particularly illustrating the mechanism employed for manually rotating the record carriage of the phonograph.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device with the sound box removed, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a slightly'modified form of operating mechanism for the device.

In carrying out the invention, my 1mproved phonograph is formed with a body or frame including upper and lower parallel bars 10 and 11 connected at their inner ex tremities by a transversely extending strip or attaching member 12 and at their outer extremities by an upstanding post 13. The frame may be integrally formed, if desired or if preferred, the attaching member 12 5 and the post 13 be connected to the bars 10 and 11 in any approved manner. The attaching member 12 projects, at its extremities, above and below the bars 10 and 11 for receiving screws or other suitable fastening devices 14 by which the device may be connected to a wall or other support as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. The post 13 is extended above the bar 10 and at its upper end is provided with an upstanding pivot pin 15. Mounted to swing about this pin, is a sound box 16. This sound box is formed with a laterally extending arm 17 which, adjacent its free extremity, is directed upwardly and pro Vided with an opening to freely receive the pin 15 with the arm thus pivotally connecting the sound box with the post 13. The sound box 16 is hollow and extending forwardly and outwardly from the upper side thereof is a suitable horn 18. Closing the front side of the sound box 16 is a diaphragm 19 of approved character and connected to the said diaphragm is a pivoted stylus 20. At its lower extremity, the. stylus is formed to detachably receive the usual needle 21. The sound box and its associated parts as thus described provides the reproducing mechanism of the phonograph.

Rotatably mounted upon the frame of the device is a record carriage including a shaft 22 extending. transversely through the bars 10 and 11 of the frame and suitably journaled therein. Connected to the lower end of the shaft is a suitable washer 23 confronting the bar 11 and fitted over the upper extremity of the said shaft is a washer 24. ltemovably fitted on the upper extremity of the shaft to rotate therewith and seating against the said washer is a record receiving member This member is preferably formed of crossed strips secured togetherat their-intersection and bored to snugly receive the upper terminal of the shaft, as particularly shown in Fig. 1. The shaft 22 is preferably provided with a reduced upper terminal 26 projecting above the said member for removably receiving a record disk as conventionally shown at 27 in Fig. 1. Connected to the upper sides of thestrips of the record receiving member 25 are facings 28 which may be formed of cardboard, cloth,

or other soft material.- These facings are Y disposed to receive the disk 27 and will prevent the scratching thereof as well as rotation of the disk independent of the member As particularly shown in Fig.1, the

record receiving carriage is disposed to support the disk 27 with the needle 21 resting thereagainst in the usual manner.. For removing the disk, the sound box is swung to one side upon the pivot pin 15.

Mounted upon the lower bar 11 of the frame at opposite sides of the shaft 22 are

pulleys

29 and 30.

These pulleys are received in suitable slots in the said bar and are rotatably supported by pivot pins 31 extending transversely through the bar. Trained over the

pulleys

29 and 30 is an endless flexible element or cord 32 which is wrappedaround the shaft 22 of the record receiving carriage. The shaft 22 is preferably formed with a squared portion 33 for receiving the cord so that the cord may grip the shaft without slipping. In this connection, attention is directed to the fact that the roller 29 is somewhat larger than the roller 30. The reaches of the cord between the said rollers and the shaft 22 will thus be supported by the said rollers one above the other so that the cord will not become tangled about the said shaft. The cord 32 is arranged to depend in a loop below the rollers and is threaded loosely through a Weighted element 34 adapted to tension the cord about the shaft 22.

In use, the record disk 27 is positioned upon the member 25, as previously described, and the needle 21 rested upon the disk adjacent its 'outer margin, in the usual man ner. The cord 32 is then grasped by the right hand of the operator below the pulley 29 with the fingers of the left hand loosely engaging the cord below the pulley 30. The

cord is then pulled downwardly by the right hand to rotate the shaft and conse quently rotate the disk 27 when the needle 21 and its associated parts will act to reproduce the record upon the disk. As the cord is pulled downwardly by the right hand, the fingers of the left hand are employed to tension the cord for regulating the speed of the rotary movement of the record receiving carriage with the weight 34: acting to tens1on the cord about the squared portion 33 of the shaft 22 to prevent the said cord from slipping.

It will, therefore, be seen that I provide an exceedingly simple construction for the purpose set forth and a device of a nature to provide an exceedingly attractive toy.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, I have illustrated a slight modification of the invention which relates more particularly to the operating mechanism for the record receiving carriage of the device. In this modification, the shaft of the said carriage is indicated at 22 and the pulleys at opposite sides of the said shaft at 29' and 30 respectively, all of these parts being identical with the preferred form of the invention. Trained over the pulleys 29 and 30' and wrapped about the squared portion of the said shaft is a flexible element or cord one end of which is free and to the opposite end of which is connected a weighted element 36. The free end of the cord is grasped and pulled in one direction until the weight 36 moves to a position adjacent the pulley 29. Then, by-

loosening the grasp upon the free end of the cord, the weight 36 will gravitate to rotate the shaft 22' and consequently turn the record receiving carriage, the grasp upon the free end of the cord being employed for tensioning the cord to regulate the speed of rotation of the carriage In some instances, it may be found preferable to employ this modified arrangement and it will beseen that the construction provides a very simple and device.

Having thus descrilied my invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A de ice of the character described including a oody, a record receiving carriage rotatably mounted thereon and including a shaft, reproducing mechanism mounted upon the body to cooperate with a record arranged upon the carriage, and manually 0p arable means connected to said shaft for rotating the carriage, said means including an endless flexible element wrapped about the shaft and normally extending therefrom to provide a loop, and a weighted element.

threaded upon the said flexible element and received by the saidloop with the said weighted element normally tensioning said fl xible element about the shaft.

2. A device of the character described in: cluding a body frame, a record receiving carriage rotatably mounted thereon and including a shaft, reproducing mechanism mounted upon the frame to cooperate with a record upon said carriage, pulleys mounted upon the frame at opposite sides of the said shaft, and a flexible element arranged about the said shaft and trained over said pulleys with the said flexible element operable for rotating the said carriage.

3. A device of the character described inpluding a body frame provided with spaced Jars, said bars at one extremity of the frame, a post connecting the bars at the opposite extremity of the frame, a record receiving carriage mounted upon the frame and including a shaft extending transversely between and journaled upon said bars, reproducing mechanism mounted upon the said post to cotiperate with a record arranged upon the an attaching member connecting the f 1-10 carriage, and a flexible element connected a record arranged I 5. A device of the character deseribed inelement arranged to be grasped for manuclucling a body, a record receiving carriage ally rotating the carriage, and means slidrotutfably mounted thereon and including am able upon said flexible element and acting to shaft,reprod11eing mechanism mounted upon normally tension the element about said 5 the body to cooperate with a record arranged shaft.

upon the carriage, an endless flexible ele- In testimony WhereofI afiix my signature. ment Wrapped about the shaft with the Said LEE A. COLLINS.