US1274960A - Automatic talking-machine. - Google Patents

Description

J. L. VAUGHN.

AUTOMATIC TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001m. 19x5.

1,274,960. Patented Aug. 6, 191&

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AUT'OJEATIG TALKING-mumps.

Shaciflcdtloh of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6; 1918.

, Application filed October 16, 1916. Serial No. 125,767.

citizen of the United States, residing at the,

cityand county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certuin new and useful Improvements in Automatic Talking- Machines. of which the following is a. specilication.

The present invention relates to a. phonograph und more particularly to a type of apparatus which is automatic in its operations after the depositing of a check or controlliug coin therein.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide :1 construction wherein theoperat-or may have at his disposal at all times the choice of playing any record associated with the apparatus; one wherein the'records may be removed and replaced individually or may be removed or replaced as a single unit:- one wherein the selected record is lifted from its support and is deposited on the rotatable supporting table when the upparetus is put into operation and is also lifted from the table and is returned to and is deposited on its support after the playing thereof thus adapting the device to the play ing of double faced d'isli records without injuri'ng or scratching the under face of the selected record as removed from or returned to its support. To provide an apparatus heaving an improved needle, feeding and discharging mechanism: one wherein the playing needles nfay be indiscriminately posi-.

tioned. in a. suitable magazine. and will feed therefrom, one at :1 time, point downward; to provide an improved drive for the record supporting table wherein a uniform speed I of the record table will he'assured nt'nll times; to provide an apparatus which is simple in construction and owing to its simplicity may be manufactured at a cost far below those now on the market which are designed to' accomplish the same purpose, and one which is automatic in all of its operations after t-hedepositiug of the actuating coin or token, A further and important object of the invention is to provide a structure having u means" for interrupting the operation of the mechanism on the failure of the feeding of a, new needle to the reproducer, A

With the above mentioned and other ob-' jects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction flIldCDlIlbiIlttlllOIl of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and. pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, pro portion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

To more fully comprehend the invention, reference is directed to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and wherein Figure 1 is 21 view in front elevation of a cabinet for mounting the preferred emhodi ment of my invention and provided with it transparent portion through which certain parts of the apparatus are visible.

Fig. 2 is a broken side eh' 'ti iiin of the cabinet. illustrating the so on in vci'- ticel central section.

Fig. 3 is a vertical plnn vie it 2x13026011 of the sound box illustrated. in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view in front elevation of the improved mechanism removed from the ca'binet, with the parts thereof in normal position, and with a selecting mechenism ad juste'd to a position so that the top' record or disk of the Stuck W/Hl he positioned on tins table for playing on the next operation the apparatus.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4, disclosing the means for moving the record engaging devices, and the trip mechanism for operating the'snme;

ig. dis :1 detail broken sectional view taken on line 6'6 of Fig; 5.

Fig. 7 is a detailed sectionalview taken on line 77 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a View in detail of the solenoid andthe trip controlling means for the record engeging throw mechanism, viewed in'the direction of the arrows on line- 8'-8' of Fig. 5 of the drawings.

Fig. 9 is a view in plan taken on line lot,

9-4) of Fig. 4 of the drawings illustrating the means for moving a selecte record into playing position and for returning the same to normal position on the completion of: the playing thereof.

1 lg. 1.0 is a broken detailed plan View of one of the record carriers and its supporting frame.

Fig. 11 is a vertical sectional view of a record carrier and associated parts t'aken on line 11 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 12 is a view in detail of the spring mechanism carried by one record carrier throw arms for delaying the movement thereof until the record is en aged and lifted by the cooperating recor engagmg lever.

Fig. 13 is a detailed view in elevation, partly in section, of the coin or token actuated switch mechanism associated with the coin or token guide.

Fig. 14' is a broken detailed view of the table and drive construction lhcrcol'.

Fig. 15 is a view in broken detail of the reproducer. the needle clamp associaicd therewith and the needle discharge chute.

Fig. 16 is a view in detail of the needle discharge shifting and mounting means.

Fig. 17 is a detail view in side elevation of the reproducer arm, the needle clamp controlling means carried thereby, and the switch controlling arms carried by the arm.

Fig. 18 is a view in plan of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 17.

Fig. 19 is a detailed view in side elevation of the needle magazine.

Fig. 20 is a view in side elevation of the needle magazine partly in section, illustrating the movable controlling slide.

Fig. 21 is a view in plan of the controlling slide'taken on line 21 3] of Fig. 20, with the opening of the slide in register with the chute outlet opening.

Fig.- 2.2 is a transverse sectional view of the needle magazine taken on line 2222 of Fig. 19.

Fig. 23 is a view in perspective of the mechanism for gently lowering the reprodncer/in cooperative relation with the positioned disk and for returning the same to normal position after the playing of the record.

Fig. 24 is a detailed View in elevation of the means for adjustably supporting record container.

Fig. 25 is a View in detail of the record ofreference designate corresponding parts, 1 indicates a suitable cabinet for protectin and housing my improved mechanism, an

the same is provided in the, upper portion of its front wall with an opening 2, through which certain parts of the mechanism are visible, and said opening is preferably covered or protected y a glass 3. A dividin wall 4 extends across tie upper portion the cabinet and provides a chamber which opens at the front of the cabinet and 1S preferably covered by a fine mesh screen 6. A sounding board 7 extends the full width of chamber 5, and the same rests at its rear edge on the rear edge of the wall 4, and curves upwardly with its forward edge adjacent the front of the chamber, as in Fi 2 of the drawings. A suitable opening 8 ts provided at the center of the dividing wall 4, and extending from each side thereof, are the diverging sound box side walls 9.

Mounted within the cabinet is a suitable supporting frame consisting of the vertical members and the top and bottom members 11. A disk supporting table 12, is positioned within the cabinet in rear of the opening 2 and is mounted on the upper end of the shaft 13, resting at its base in a hearing 14 which rotatably mounts the same and which is carried by the supporting arm 15, projecting from one of the vertical members 10. The shaft 13 extends through an arm 16 extended from one of the members. said arm maintaining the same in avertical position.

The table is rotated at a constant speed by the following mechanism, particular attention being directed to Figs. 4 and 14 of l the drawings. Rotatable on the shaft 13 are the friction drive andedrivcn disks 16 and 17, and positioned between the same is a suitable felt or olhcr fabric friction surface 18. A spring 19 interposed between the urn der face of the disk 16 and a collar on the shaft 13, forces the drive disk 16 upwardly in frictional contact with the surface 18. and through said surface drives the disk 17. A peripheral groove 21 is formed in the disk 16 and in the same operates adrive belt 22 passing over the guiding rollers 23 anddriven by a driven pulley on a shaft n'iounted in bearings 26, and which is in turn driven by a belt 27 passing over a drive pulley 28 and operated by a. suitable motor 29 which receives its power'through the leads 29' from an electrical source 30. A suitable governor 31 of the well known type is carried by the arm 15, and is in geared relation with the shaft 13, and the same limits, according to its adjustment, the maximum speed of the driven disk 16. It will be apparent by driving the table 12 through the friction disks 16" and I7, fluctuations in the speed thereof is overcome, as the frictional cony muses tact between the drive and driven disks is the same at all times.

The records to be positioned on the table by a hereinafter described mechanism are carried in the following manner, attention being directed to Figs. 4, 9, 24 and 25 of the drawihgs.

Suitable verticallydisposed guide rails 32 are positioned within the cabinet adjacent one side thereof, and on the some operate the guide rollers 33 carried by the upper end of a vertically movable supporting frame 34 which is formed with the hori zontally disposed base portion 35. Suitable weights 36 carried at one end of chains 37, passing over the two supporting gears ,38 and secured at their opposite ends to the frame 34 enable the frame 34 to. be adjusted relativel to the guides 32 and to be retained in its a justed position by the counterbalaneing weights 36. The 'frame. 34 is capable of adpistment 'to properly position the selected record for movement to the table 12, by a suitable handle 39 at the front of the rabinct 1, and which is carried by a rotatable shaft 40 extending within the cabinet and mountin a gear 41 which in ermeshes with a gear 2 coiiperating with one of the gears 39. The rotation of the shaft 40 causes a corresponding rotation of the gears 38 which raises or lowers the frame 34. The records 43 are carried in a horizontal position in spaced relation, one above the other in a suitable magazine or holder 44 comprising the looped frame, the horizontal portion 45 of which rests on the base portion 35 of the frame 34. Suitable substantially U-shaped horizontally disposed record sup porting frames 46 are secured at one side to the vertical portion 47 of the holder 44 and are slightly spaced one above the other as in Fig. 25 of the drawings. The fran-les each carry a plate #18 on which rests one of the records: 1:), they being centered on their respective frames by suitable centering pins 49, one of which projects upwardly through the "central opening 51) in the respective records. A suitable pawl 51 pivotallv mounted at one end to the frame 44 and forked atits free end is adapted to be moved into engagement with a pin 52 on the portion 47 of the holder l4. and to lock the same in position on the holder ilh the pin 53 at the base lhrroot', received in lhc row terin hole 54in the horizontal-base portion 35 o the frame 34-. A hacking it'ranm Til piaufml in bearings 51 on one of thiguides 5 2 may be swung into the path of the frame Ill-to limit the d wnward movement oi the frame or to lock the l'ramo in its lowermost. pwition within the ca inet and prevent the raising thereof.

Sil'nultam-onsly movable with the raising and lowering of the vertical movable frame plate (12 :nljaccnt its lower cm].

34 to indicate the record selected for placing on the table 12, is a pointer or other indicating means 54, which operates over a suitable index frame 55 in which are removably poare positioned in the holder 44 and the pointer 5-l'is adapted to more over the face thereof to indicate the record in position to be transferred to the table 12 by a suitable flexible connection 57 secured thereto and which passes over a roller 58 in geared relation with one of the cogs 38. A weight 5:) counterbalances the pointer 54 and said pointer operates on a guide rod 60 adjacent the holder 55, Fig. 4 of the drawings.

The mechanism for engaging, lifting and moving the selected record from its support and for positioning the same on the table 12 for the playing thereof, and for lifting and returning the record after playing to its support is more fully illustrated in Figs. .4. 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the drawings, and u-perates in the following manner.

Supporting and guide rails ('31 are secured at the1r ends to the uprights 10 and extend transversely of the frame in a plane approximately level with the top surface of the table 12, and slidably mounted on each of said rails is a carrier, said carriers being adapted to be operated in unison at oppo site sides of the record. Each carrier comprises a faceplate (32 positioned at the outer side of the rail and a top plate 63 projecting inwardly a slight distance over the top thereof. The base of the guide plate operates on a guide rail til and the upper portion thereof carries guide roller-s65 at each side thereof for operating in contact with the outer side fare of guide rail 61, and also carries a supportin flange (56 adjacent. each roll for resting on and supporting said carrier on the rail 61.

Pivotally mounted on the top plate 63, as at 67, are the levers (38 carrying at their ends the downwardly extending engaging fingers ($9 for movement beneath a disk or record to raise and lower the same, as hereinafter described. A lever operating plate is movably mounted beneath the top plate (33 and is slotted at its opposite ends, as at 71, to receive the pins 72 carried bythc lever 68 at a point beyond their pivotal support 67, and

said plate is yieldably supported at its base by. a fiat spring 73 secured to a member 74 attached to the inner surface of the face The tendcnov of said spring is to draw said plate 70 inwardly and to force the ends oiiarms 68 away from each other and from beneath record 12. i

A forked lug 75 is carried by the vertical portion 76 of the plate 70, and cooperating the motor 29;

the leads 29 and permits the operation of .Tlie blade ispivoted, as at.117, to a base 118 wh'ch carries jacd contacts 119, one of whic I is 'c arri h each lead 29 and said switch -blade is loc ed in closed position by an am 120 of the locking frame 121 .pivotally mounted in bearings on the base 118 an normally forced inwardly by the spring 122.

The operation of themotor rotates the pinion 95 and gear 94, and during the movement of said gear in the direction of the arrowFig. 6, one of the pins 104 engages the hooked end,102 of the awl 100 and cailses the shaft 91 and gear 4 'to rotate in unison to operate the carriers to position the selected record on the table 12. After a one-half revolution of the plate 99 with the shaft 91, which is sufiicient tojopera'te the carriers to position the selected on thetable 12, the rear end of the pawl 100 in his travel engages the opposite pin 108, thereby disengaging the pawl 100 from its cooperating pin 104 and permittin the carriers to remain at a point of rest tiring the playi of the pos tioned record.

A repro ucer 124 carried by, thearm 125, Figs; 4, 1,5, 17, 18 and 27 of the drawings, coacts with the positioned record in the playing of the same, and said. reproducer supports and carries a spring finger "126 at the rear end thereof, which is adapted after the reproducer has traveled inwardly over the face of the positioned recordto play the same, to engage and force together the spring contacts 1,27and 128 in leads 129 and 130, which connect with' the leads 112 and 113 Fig. 27 of the drawings.

Then I leting of the circuit through the leads 129 and 130 again energizes the solenoid 110-'whlch operates the frame 107 to withdraw the pin 108 from in rear of the awl 100'and to permit the pawl and plate 59 to rotate a one-half revolution with gear 94 and ermit the *playedrecord to be moved from t e table 12 and carried by the carriers to its normal place of deposit.

On the return of the record to its normal place of deposit, the pin 131, Figs. 5 and 26 of the drawings, carried by one of the cranks 90 range es the curved freeend 132 of the frame 1 1 and actuates the. same in the directionof the arrow, Fig. 26, withdrawing the arm 120 from the blade 116, and permitting the spring 133 to operate the blade 116 to break the motor circuit through leads 29' and stop the motor.

It will be apparent that the solenoid is operated immediately on the-depositing of a controlling coin or token and duririg its initial operation closes the'motor circuit, which remains closed durin the positionng of the selected record on t e table 12, the playing of the record, and the return of the record same tp its place of deposit. The solenoid "13 again operated after the completion of theplaying of the record, due to the movement of the arm 125, but this operation does not effect the motor circuit the motor circuit remaining closed until the pin 131 on one of the cranks 90 releases the motor control switch blade 116.

During the positioning of the selected record on the table 12, a new needle is deposited in the needle holder of the reproducer, the mechanism for accomplishin this urpose being clearly illustrated in i S.

15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 to 22 inclusive of the drawings.

The reproducer 124 is of the us\ial disk form provided with the usual diaphragm 135, co-act1ng with the center of which is an arm 136 extending from the inner end of the Tshaped needle holder 137 carried at the lower peripheral edge of the reproducer by the 111 138. holder 13 is centrally bored, as at 139 to permit the passage of the needle therethrough, and said main arm is recessed or notched as at 140 to permit the curved lower portion 141 of a needle clamp to be received therein and engage the needle positioned within the holder and retain the same therein. The needle clamp is pivptally mounted as at 143 to the arm 137 at right angles to the 1pivotal mounting of said holder and the ower portion 131 thereof is normally forced into. said. recesses 140 by a coiled spring 144. Carried by theshaft 91, Fig. 17 of the drawings, is a cam 145 on the peripheral edge of which is adapted to ride the pin 146 on a vertically disposed rodv 147 pivoting on a vertical axis, and said rod carries an arm 148 at its upper end which meets through a link 149 with the upper end of'a lever 150. The lever is ivoted within its length, as at 151, to a racket 152, extending from the base of the amplifying horn 153 which projects upwardly through the opening 8 into the chamber 5 and to said horn the reproducer arm 125 is connected by a coupling 154, which permits a yertical and horizontal movement of the o ijterend of the reproducer arm. The lower end of the lever 150 is provided with angularly disposed portion 155' which is'adapt'ed when the reproducer arm 125 is in nonlaying osition, as in Fig. 18 of the drawngs, to )e received in the looped end of a horizontally disposed trigger rod 156, the front hooked end 157 of which rests on and coii crates with the upper end 158 of the nee le clamp. The inner terminal end of the trigger 156 is looped as at 156 and in the same operates a supporting arm 156 carried by the reproducer supporting arm 125. The terminal spring portion 156 of said trigger operates to normally force said trigger forwardly to permit the clamp 142 The arm of the needle 6 portion 155.

The needles 155 to be fed to the needle holder on the reproducer are carried within a suitable magazine 160 with their pointed ends toward either end of said magazine.

10 The feed opening of the magazine through which the needles are inserted to lie one on another, as in Fig. of the drawings, is

adapted to be closed by a suitable cover 161 he] in position by a substantially U-shaped 16 member 162, and reciprocating beneath the open bottom of the magazine and providing a bottom therefor, is a needle feed slide 163, resting upon a supporting plate 164. A frame 165 connects with the sides oi the 20 plate 164 and extends over the slide 163,

guiding the some in its reciprocation. A needle feed opening 166 extends transversely of the slide 163 and is of Slltllrififlt size to admit of the reception of but one needle at a time, as in Fig. 20 of the drawings, when the opening is in register with open bottom of the nniguzino. To in ure the discharge of the needles 155, point downwardly, through the chute 167 which extends down- 80 wardly from the underside of the supporting plate 164, said plate is provided in line with the upper end of said chute and at one side of said magazine with a transversely extending groove 168, below which is a di- 86 rooting opening 169 with which the feeding .opening 166 in slide 163 is adapted to regis- -tcr on each forward reciprocation of the slide. The directing opening 169 is of a length less than that of the needles, and at its opposite ends has the contracted tapering portions 170, as in Fig. .21 of the drawings, through which the points of the needles 155 pass when disposed in either direction. This construction ,insures the needles pass' ing point downwardly into the chute 167 as the bases thereof project. beyond the end of the directing opening 169, as in Fig. 21 of the drawings.

To reciprocate the feed slide 163 immediately prior to the positioning by the can riers of the selected record on the table 12, to positions. new needle 155 in theholder 137, a link '171, Figs. 4 and 20 of the drawings, pivotallv connects at one end, as at 172,

with the slide and at its opposite end with the upper end of a lever 173, pivoted within its length as at 174 and curved at its lower end as at 176, Fig. 7 of the drawings. The curved end 176 lies within the path of move- 6 ment ofthe actuating in 177, Figs. 5 and 7 of the drawings, carried by" a disk 178 on the shaft 91'. Immefl1ately after the opera.- tion of the new on the initial'operation of the device, the rotation of the shaft 91 causes the pin 177 to coact with the lower end of lever 173, pressing the same outwardly and causing the needle 155, received in the opening in said slide, to be moved from the magazine and drop point first throu h the chute 167. A spring 167' resets t e slide 163 ,to its normal position, as in Fig. 20. immediately after its actuation. During the operation of the magazine to feed a new needle, the reproducer is directly below the chute 167 thereof, it having been swung there by the operation of the following niec anism immediately after the playing of the last record.

The reproducer carrying arm 125 is pro vided at its outer end with a bracket 178 mounting an idler 179 which operates on a suitable curved guide arm 180 forming'one end of a. frame, the main member 181 of which is disposed horizontally and is mount ed in bearings 182. The opposite arm 183 of the frame is disposed at substantially right tngles to the main member and connects at its end through a link 184 with the crank 185 of the shaft 186 of a suitable clock work 187. The shaft 186 carries a ratchet 188 cotiperating with which is a pawl 189 carried by a gear 190; this construction enabling a free upward movement of the crank 185 during the lifting of the memo dueer from the record without the actuating of the clock work and a slow downward movement of the reproducer when lowered on a positioned record. 7 A lug 199 is carried by the arm 180 and the same limits the inward movement of the idler 179 on the arm 180 and positions the reproducer arm at one side of the table 12 for the discharge of the used. needle and to receive a new needle on the playing of a succeeding record.

The arm 180 is raised to lift the arm 125 and cause a. movement of the reproducer to one side of the record after the playing of the same, through the actuation of the lever 190 pivotally connected at one end to the arm 183. Fi 23 of the drawings. The lower end of the ever enacts with one end of a link 190" pivotally connected at its opposite end with a support 190*, Fig. 7, and said link carries a. pin 190 for cofiperating with the depressions 190" arranged at diametrica-lly opposite sides of the periphery of the disk 178 rotatable with the shaft 91. One of said depressions lies beneath the pin 190, during each period of rest of the carrier moving levers 80 to permit the dro ping of the link 1 90 and the lowering of the reproducer 124 onto the record. The link 190 carriesain 190 which cooperates with a retaining ug 190' on a pivoted supporting lever 191 carried by a suppdrtlill. The curved end of the lever -191Plies withintlie path of travel of one of-the carrier movrgwmgm ing levers 80 and is adapted to be engaged and actuatrd thereby when said lever is at the and of its travel in a direction to position a record on the table 12. A spring 191 moves the lever 191 to normal position on tho disengagement of tho lover 90 from the end thereof, and maintains the lug 190" beneath the pin 190" after the pin hasbecn elevated during the raising of the reproducer from the record In the pin 190 riding on the periphery of the disk 178.

The not! le 15?) as it leaves the ehutc 167 is deposited point d wnward into the upper flared end of the needle guide 191. Figs. 1 and 15 of the drawings. carried on the reproduccr "l24 and the lower ond of said guide cooperates with the upper end of the bore 138 and guides the ncedlc thereinto. At tho/time of the feeding of thc' needle to the chute 167, thc arm 125 is in its position at one side of tho table 12 with the top of the guide 191 in aliuclnent with the chute 167 and the clamp 142 in its raised position, as in Fig. 1501 the drawings.

An open ended tu ular needle discharge 192 issupported within its length by a bracket 193 pivotnlly 'mounted as M193 to a support .94. A needle rcst- 195 is pivot ally-mounted as at 196 to the upper end of the discharge 192 and is yieldably'held inn plane parallel to-thc upper endof thedischarge by a spring 197-. Thodischarger192 isoscillatcd on i s pivot by tho foilowing mechanism to pos tion the same in line with the bore 139 to rmive the-used nocdlu-ro leased therefrom on the raising of the'clamp 141-2. and carry the sa'moto a place dcposit tmd to positiomthe rest in linerwlth the'borc when :1: new neodlc is'fcrl the'rainw,

to-prnvo-nt the passing of the needle there through and to retain the-noodle inposition imtbo bore until the cliimp 142 is released.

The-bracket 193, Figs. 16 and 17 of the drawings, carries spaced upper and-'lowcr 5 arms-198 audit)", and adapted to cotiperate with tho film ends of each is an actuatingtpin l 200 earriedby a: disk 201 secured to the shaft Stand rotaataftrlc therewith in the direction of the arrows; The rotation of thodisk- 201 causos tho pin 200 to first c-ofict with-thohevnlPl ond 202 of the lower: arm 199*Whi0h action: tilts'lhc discharge 192-ou its pi'vot 195 and positions the rest 1% beneuthitho how 130 to rot-viva tho cud of the noodle. ()n the completion of approximately'gionehalf revolution of the disk BOI thQpiH 200 roaetis with tho upper arm 198, causing the ('li.-('lml;1o- 1.92 to tilt ioru'ari'llv, as in Fig; 15 oftho drawings to rrcoirc the used needle us released from tho holder 137. A spring 203 carried by a plate 204 through which the upper cudof the discharge 192 (Nt(Il( l;S;b0aTi amiiiistnthowal-l oi the rlisrhargo und retains thcsamein its tilted position. A spring 197 is of such tension-as to readily yield to the weight of the reproducer 124 and the arm 12.: when the same are permitted toslowly lower on the actual ion of the lover 191.

Should a needle fail to feed to the reproduecr inunediat'cly prior to the positioning thereof on the record to be played, the ch seuce of the noodle in' the bore 139 will permit the reproducer to drop onto the record, so in order to stop the operation of the motor, to'prevent injury of the record, a contact finger 201, Figs. 17, 1S and 27 of the drawings. is provided at the rear ofthc 1111 125-. and the same is adapted to connect the contacts 127 and 128 to short circuit the motorshould the reproducer he lowered on the record without. a needle. 1

To lock the record holder in its adjusted position. after the starting of tho motor, the following mechanism is provided, attention being directed to Figs. 4, 9, 16 and 25 of the drawings.

A lover 205 is pivotally mounted at the side'of one of the guides 32 t0 rotwe on a vertical axis in hearings 206 and the curved upper cnd-of'thc same carries a wedge lockingr lug 207-, which is adaptd formoving to a position between theprojecting ends 207 of the'frames 46 and to lock the holder in its vcrtical'adjusted position. The lower curved and 208 of the lever is connected through a link 209 with a lever 210 pivotallj supported'at its end as at 211 on the su 011193. The-lever 210 is rovided within its length with a pin 212 n" ich is adapted, when the carrier 18 in cooperative position with the record holder, to lie in a groov'e or 213 in the peripheral edge 0 the disk the lngBOTtolucked' position between the pro'ccting-ehds of the frame 46.

be starting ofthe mech'trnism is prefcrably controlled by the dcpositing of a; coin or" token in the coinchutc 215 positioncd within tl'tcrcubin et 1 and'tho u'ppor ond-2 16 onf which-projects tlh'bugh the cabinet from wall ng-in Fig; 4 of the. drawings.

'Ehcchmo 215 'is cut out wit-hin its length, asat 217 Figs. 4 and'13 of'the drawings, and in said out out-is adapted to be received tho coiir rotcining lug 218 on oneof the carrier' shifting: levers 80. The lug 218 is :idwptedfwlmn the l'vers 80 are in their normal position; to I cotiperate with a corresponding lug 219 onono'of the coutact fingors of this switch 114. Tho lugs will retainthe operating cohr'ojr tokcu' suspended within the tube as'ufieient time: to enable tho motor circuit to ho cioscd andthc various mechanisms to be put! in motion, at

recesses 190-. and to be received in one of the same to frictionelly retain the shaft 91 in its rotated position on each period of rest of the record carriers.

The rte being inla position as in Fig. 4 of the rawings, the operation of the device is as follows The handle 40 is operated until the indicator 54 points to the index of the desired record to be played and which is correspondingly moved into cooperative relation with the carriers on the registering of the indicator with the proper card. A controllin coin ortoken is now deposited at 216 an the same makes a circuit through the switch 114 and solenoid 110 which closes the switch 116 operating the motor 29. The momentary operation of the solenoid permits the lug 102 to fftll within the path of the pins 104, enabling the shaft 91 and gear 94 to rotate, in unison for a one-half revolution in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 6. During the rotation of the shaft, the selected record 43 is lifted from its centering pin 49 by the movement of the fingers 69 beneath the same, and the raised or lifted record is moved by the carrier levers .80 to a position over the table 12 and is deposited thereon. As the record is deposited on the table 12, the rear end of the catch 100 has completed a ode-half revolution with the shaft 91 and is in contact with one of the pins 108 which disengages the hooked end 102 thereof from its coiiperating pin 104 at which time the carriers are permitted to remain stationary. Immediately prior to the depositing of the record on the table, a new stylus or needle 155 is fed, point downwardly, to the holder 157, and strikes the rest 195 as the same has been moved beneath the bore 139by itsoperatingmechanisml The needle is now retained in the holder by the operation of the clamp 141, Fig. 15, which is released through the continued operation of the shaft 91. After the needle is fed to the holder 157, one of the levers 80 contacts with and operates with the lever 191' permitting the reprodncer 124, which has been in starting position, to slowly lower onto thepositione rotating record, through the action of the clock work 187. Immediately after the selected record is removed from the carrier 34, said carrier is locked in its adjusted position by the lug 207. w The record is now played and as the needle has completed its movement inwardly over the face thereof, '65 during the playing of the record, the finger 126engages the contact 128 and again actuatis the solenoid 110 which again permits the hooked end 102 of the catch 100 to engage another of the pins 104 on the gear 94, causing a simultaneous one-half revolil-tion of the shaft 91 and gear 94, during which time the r producer is first lifted from the record and returned to normal starting position,- due to the operation of the disk 118. The record is then lifted from the table 12 and is returned to and lowered onto its support by the action of the carriers, and about this time the finger .131 engages the switch release 132, Fig. 26 of the drawings, to re lease the switch and break the motor circuit which stops the operation of the mechanism until such time as another coin is deposited.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to protect by Lettors Patent is:-

1. In a talking machine, the combination with'a rcproducer, a horizontal turn-table and motor mechanism, said turn-table pro vided with a record centering pin for ing through an opening in the center of the record when the same is positioned thereon, a magazine for disk records vertically movable to bring any one of the records therein opposite the turntable, said magazine pro 95 vided with record centering pins, a carrier including a plurality of arms one pair posh tioned at opposite sides of the record and each having a downwardly inclined portion for engaging beneath the selected record to move the same vertically relatively to said centering pins, means for operating said carrier to move the record engaged thereby to and from the magazine and into and out of position on the table, and means for vertically moving said magazine and mecha nism for engaging said magazine for looking the same.

2. In an automatically operated token controlled talking machine, the combination with a turn table for disk records, driving mechanism for said turn table, a reproducer arm mounted to shift both horizontally and vertically, a sound box on said arm, carriers for automatically moving records into and out of operative position upon said turn table, means for positioning a selected rec-- 0rd into operable position relatively to said carriers, and mechanism for rapidly raising and slowly lowering said arm and formoving the same to starting position, the same including a curved arm cooperating with the sound arm and fulcrumed at one end for vertically swinging movement, a cam for raising said arm, and an escapement for regulating the lowering of said am.

3. In a talking machine, the combination with a turn table for rotating the disk rec 10 centering pin in said magazine and for moving the same horizontall to a position over ,said turn table and for epositlng the same on said turn table with the centering pin of said turn table through the aperture in the 15 record.

4. In a talking machine, the combination with a reprodueer, a turn table provided with a record centering pin and an operating mechanism, a .ma azine arranged to r3 support a plurality of disk records in superimposed su Ported r'elation at one side of said turn ta e, record support and adapted or extending through the centering openings in the re spective records means for movin said magazine for bringing any one of e records therein in line with said turn table,

and a. carrier mechanism for first raising the record from its centering pin, carr ing the same to its place of deposit, and lhwerin said carried record onto its support wit the centering pin projecting through the central opening therein.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in 'the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN L. VAUGHN. Witnesses:

HARRY A; To'rrsn, D. B. RICHARDS.

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