US1279464A - Record-cabinet. - Google Patents

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LE GRAND SKINNER.

RECORD CABINET. I APPLICATION FILED SEPT-25, i917.

Patented Spt. 17, 1918.v

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LE GRAND SKINNER.

RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-25.1917.

1 ,279,4:64. Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

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RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.25.19|7.

Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

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. To all whom it may concern:

andparticularly to suclr cabinets for storing phonograph records, and has for its object the construction of a cabinet with a series nnrrnn s'ra rns rna nn'r onn oa.

LE GRAND SKINNEB, or Earn, PENNSYLVANIA RECORD-CABINET:

Be it known that I, LE a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Record-Cabinets; and I-do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tofthe accompanying drawings, andto the.

letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this speclfication.

My invention relates to filing cabinets of compartments, one above the other and provided with ejecting mechanlsm whereby a desired record can be removed fromand replaced in the compartment in which it is stored.

tically movable ejecting mechanism provided with a series of numbers corresponding with the compartments, the numbers of which mechanism can be readat the upper part of the cabinet, and means thereon for operat-' ingsaid mechanism from *the'upper part of I the cabinet. These and other features of this invention are hereinafter fully 'set forth and explained, and illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which: I

Figure l, is a front view in elevation,

- with the front doors left off,

Fig. 2, is a vertical section on the dotted lines m-w in Figs. land 3, looking in the direction of the arrows. g

Fig. 3, 1s a transverse section on the lines 1 y inFigs. f1 and 2 looking in the direc tion of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a top or plan view, with the top of the cabinet removed.

Fig 5, is a sectionalidetail the line in Fig. 1, looking in .the' direction of the arrow v7 M these drawings have illustrated my invention by; showing a phonograph record cabinet embodying. the invention. It is ob f vious, however, that 131118 invention can be utilized with equalI facility in filing. cablnets for other purposes In theseidrawings- A g indicat s tr ads walls, Al the .rearwal ls,an l B the top of an P ii t ab net-- T bin eisp rl v vided preferably with two rows or stacks of I: GRAND SKINNER,

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented 1'7, 1918. Application filed September 2551 5 17. Serial l\l'o.193,099. Y I

compartments C and Dto receive and sup port phonographic records c and d. These compartments are preferably made in short sections 03 and 0 extending inward from each sidewall of the cabinet, and d and 1c? outwardly-from two inner vertical Walls, E and F.- These compartments I haveshown as inclined inwardly as illustrated in Fig. 1

compartment to the bottom compartment, as

illustrated in 'Fig. 1. These numbers may, however, be dispensed with if desired." Between the inner walls E and F, ,I= place a verticalshaft G. on which thereis mounted a vertically movable carrier traveling between vertical guides E' and E and F" andF se cured tothe inside of the front and rear v edges of the inner walls E andF whereby To accomplish thls result I PIfOVldQfiVQflatera1 ,movement of the ends of the carrier is prevented. This carrier preferably c onsists of a; transverse sleeve I which, by means of a vertical sleeve I thereon, slidesfreely up and downon the shaft G .Mounted in the carrier there isa spur-pinionv H through that therota'tion of' the-shaft G1 operates to move .therock-shaft J forward .and back ward in, the sleeve 1.. therear end of the rock-shaft :J .thereis an ejector arm K adaptediopassfinto the rear of thecompartments G 1 1), and the front end of the .90 shaft J provided with circular teeth J f :en-.. I gaging .the teeth of the gear-pinion I-I, so

rock-shaftJais squared for some distance. I

and. adapted to slide through a square hole; inthe hub of a bifurcated indicator arm v L, in front of the front edges of the com; partmentsC or D, and receive and support war ant edges. of records pushed forward: by the: action of the ejector arm Kv against. the rear edges thereof. I The hub L of thisarm L. rests'in a semi-circular recessxI in the frontend of. the sleeve I, and its movement is limited by its'contact with. the edges f/the'..recess' I which retains the ejector arm K, a d the arm L; in their proper p0,.

sitions relative to the compartments or D that they will perform their functions in removing the records therefrom.

On the upper end of the shaft G there is a lever Or (see Figs. 2 and 4t) which, when moved in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 4t) operatesoto rotate the shaft. G and move the ejector arm K into the rear of the compartment which it is at the time opposite, and force the record therein forward into the bifurcated arm L, and on the lever G being released, a spring 9 operating on an arm 9 secured to the lower end of the shaft Gr operat'es to rotate the shaft G in the opposite direction until the lever G is returned toi'ts normal position against the stop 9 thisaction operating to withdraw the ejector arm K from the compartment and allow the replacing of the record therein.

In the top of the" cabinet at the rear of the upright shaft G, I mount a drum M provided with sprocket-teeth m; the shaft MT of this drum M extending outward through the side of the cabinet where it is squared to receive an operating crank (not shown) whereby the drum M can be rotated. On the drum M there is mounted a sprocket belt N adapted to engage the'sprocket-teeth on said drum and be actuated thereby; One

end of this belt is secured to'an arm 2' on the sleeve I moving on the shaft G, and the opposite end of this belt N is provided with a counter-weight N adapted to counterbalmice the sleeve I and the mechanism carried thereby.

On this belt N, I place preferably two rows of consecutive numbers corresponding with the compartmentsO andD; To control the-movement of the drum M, I provide" a spring stop' m engaging the sprocket teeth m thereon. The rotation of this drun'rM operates through the belt N to'move the sleeve I up and down on the shaft G and bring the sleeve Iinto such position that the operating arms K and I) will be opposite a compartment corresponding with a desired number on the belt Ni Over the top of the drum M I preferably place a cover M provided with sight openings 0 and O.

Figs. 4 and 5,;as leaving the opening-'Oopen, and the opening'O closed, as illustrated in Fig; 4:. This shutter is made with its ends ofi'set, as shown in' Fig. 1 so that when it is in the position shown in l and 5" the opening O is uncovered, showing the lefthand row offigures on the-belt, asin- Fig. 4, and when the shutter P is moved upward as indicated in Fig. 2,. the opening 0 is closed and the opening O is opened. The shutter Pis operated by means of'armsP thereon journaled on the drum-shaft- M and is provided below the axis of the shaft M" with an ear p in-which there is pivoted a link 2, the

opposite end ofwhich' is pivoted to an arm" For opening and closing'the openings Oand O" I provide a vibratory shutter P shown in operated with the left hand row of figures, operates to move the part R of'the yoke R outward against a spring R", which spring operates when the mechanism is adjusted to use the right hand row of figures to move. the part B of the yoke R forward, and

thereby move the shutter P so as to close the opening O andopen the opening O. z

I have herein shown and described convenient mechanism for utilizing my invention with a single row of compartments 0';

when, however, it is desired to operate the mechanism in conjunction with the compartments D; it is onlyne'cessary to swing the" arms L and K from the left to the right, where they occupy the same relation to the compartments D as they did to the compartments O, and operate in all respects in'the same manner, and produce the same results as hereinbefore described, as thismovement of the arms L and K operatesto rotate the shaft J in the sleeve I, which removes the lug- L from contact with the-part R of the'yoke R, whereuponthe spring R moves the yoke forward so as to operate the shutter-P to.

close the opening O, and open the opening" O disclosing the right hand row' offigures operating in connection with the compartments D, the same as 'hereinbefore described. It is believed" that the operation of the mechanism hereinbefore described so clearly explains the operation of my invention, that further description is unnecessary.

Havingthus described. my invention so as to enable others to utilize the'same, I do not desire to be limited to the exact construction hereinbefore described; as what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Petters-Pat ent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a series of compartments therein, one above another, a vertical shaft at one end of said series ofcompartments a transverse carrier movable up and down on said shaft, an ejector arm mounted in said carrier behind saidcompartments, means on said shaft for operatingsaid' ejector arm" in a designated compartment, a Wheel, detent mechanism to stop said Wheel at certain points, and flexible means secured to said carrier and passing over'said wheel.

2. In a device of the character described,

an upright cabinet having a series of com partments therein one above another, avertical shaft'satone end of said series of'compartments, a" transverse carrler movable up and down on said shaft, arms mounted in said carrier in front of and at the rear of said compartments, means for adjusting said carrier up and down on said shaft, and means engaging said shaft for moving the rear arm forward in a compartment to which the carrier is adjusted.

3. In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a series of compartments one above the other, a vertical shaft adjacent to said compartments, a carrier embodying an ejector arm movably mounted on said verti' cal shaft so as to be moved up and down thereon, and be operated thereby, a drum in the upper part of the cabinet, a numbered belt connected with said carrier passing over said drum and operated thereby and means for operating said drum to adjust the carrier up and down on said vertical shaft.

4. In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a series of compartments therein one above the other, a vertical shaft mounted in said case adjacent to the ends of said compartments, a transverse carrier on said shaft movable up and down thereon, a rock-shaft movable longitudinally in said carrier, an ejector arm on said rock-shaft,

means on said vertical shaft for operating the rock-shaft longitudinally, a sprocketdrum in the upper part of the cabinet, a numbered belt passing over said drum and connected with said carrier, and means for rotating said drum.

5. In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a series of compartments one above the other, a vertical shaft in said cabinet adjacent to said compartments, a transverse carrier slidably mounted on said shaft, a shaft capable of endwise movement in said carrier, an ejector arm on said shaft, a spur-gear in said carrier embracing said vertical shaft and operated thereby engaging teeth on the shaft in said carrier, a sprocketdrum in the upper part of said cabinet, a sprocket belt connected with said carrier, passing over said drum and operated thereby,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for and means in the upper part of the cabinet for operating said drum.

6. Ina device of the character described, a cabinet having two stacks comprising series of compartments one above another therein,

o a vertical shaft between said two stacks of compartments, a transverse carrier slidably mounted on said vertical shaft a rock-shaft slidably mounted in said carrier, an ejector arm mounted on the rear end of said rockshaft, means on the vertical shaft for operating said rock-shaft and the ejector arm rier mechanism passing over said drum and operated thereby, having tWo rows of numbers on said belt corresponding with the compartments of each stack, means over said drum for exposing the figures in one of the rows of numbers at a time, means for operating said drum, and means for rotating said vertical shaft to operate the ejector mechanism.

7 In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a series of compartments one above another therein, a vertical shaft adj acent to said compartments, a carrier embodying an ejector arm movable up and down on said vertical shaft and so connected to the ejector arm as to move it longitudinally in the carrier, a sprocket-drum in the upper part of the cabinet, a belt numbered to correspond with said compartments connected to said carrier and passing over and operated by said drum, means for rotating said drum, and a spring detent operating on the drum to control the rotation thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LE GRAND SKINNER.

five cents each, by addressing the "Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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