US1306241A - Self-operating talking-machine - Google Patents

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G. w'. WOOD-WARD. SEU OPERATING-TALKING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

GARRETT W. WOODWARD. OE CHICAGO. ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 J. HERBERT BENJAMIN,

\ OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SELF-OPERATING TALKING-MACHINE.

Specificati n of L t r a t Patented J une 10,- 1.919.

Application filed April 26. 1918. Serial No. 230,858.

, To all '/1om it may concern:

hit known that I, GARRETT NV. (001* zum, a citizen of the United States, residing at (.hicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Self-Operating Talkingll'lachines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in talking machines of the type wherein provi sion is made for automatically playing in succession a plurality of records without re.- quiring any action on the part of the operator; and my primary objects are to provide improvements in machines of this type to the end that the'mechanism. may be simplified and rendered less expensive; that the space occupied by the mechanism and records may be reduced to the minimum, particularly with a view to providing a machine of such size that it will be especially desirable for household use; and to provide for the re-playing of any record, and by a simple manipulation, so condition the machine that it may be played vin the usual.

way; and other objects as will be understood from the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in 'side elevation, with certain parts broken away, of a cabinet talking machine constructed in accordance with my. invention, the parts illustra'ted'being shown in the positions they assume While playing one of the records. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevational view of the operating mechanism shown in Fig. 1, certain parts being broken away and viewing the recordfeeding devices at the irregular line 2-2 on Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a section taken at the line 3-3 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 is a plan section taken at the line 4-4 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrows. Fig 5 is an enlarged broken view taken at the line 55 on Fig. 4 and viewed in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic View of one of the similar record-feeding disks,

- showing a single recordthereon, this view illustrating one of the intermediate positions of thefeeding disks. Fig. 7 isa plan view of the disk of Fig. o. Fig. 8 is a view in elevation. partly sectional, of the feeding.- disk of Figs. 6 and 7, together with its supporting and operating mechanism, the disk being shown in the position it assumes when in record-feeding position, a portion ofa record being shown by dotted lines, in a position preparatory to feeding, and by full lines in the actof dropping from the feeding means to the turn-table of the talking machine mechanism. Fig. 9 isa view in side elevation of the lower end of the upper for raising and lowering the tone-arm and swinging it out of the path of movement of the records in the feeding of the same to the turn-table. Fig. 12 is a section, taken at the line 1212 on Fig. 11 and viewed in the direction of the arrows.- Fig. 13 is a view in elevation of a cam-device forming a part of the mechanism of Figs. 11 and 12; and Fig. 14, a modification of. the intermittent driving mechanism of Fig. 4.

In the particular construction shown, 15 represents a cabinet of the general shape and proportions, as commonly provided 'for housing. the mechanism of the usual nonautomatic talking -machine, this cabinet housing a concealed horn 16, the restricted end of which extends upwardly at the back portion of the cabinet where it terminates in y a socket-section 17 supported on a bracket 18 which may be of any suitable construction,

such asis commonly employed in the art, the reproducer communicating with a hollow section 22 carried thereby andtermmatmg in a segmental ball-portion 23 pivoted in the outer socketed extremity 24 of the tone-arm 19, as represented at 25 to adapt the reproducer to be swung up and down on its pivot, as hereinafter described.

The cabinet 15 contains in its upper portion, which is equipped with the hinged top 26,a vertically movable frame carrying the record driving mechanism, which maybe of any suitable construction. In the drawings, and as I would prefer to manufacture my improved machine, the driving power is an electric motor 27 controlled through a switch button 27 on the cabinet, this motor being supported in the frame/26 and driving a shaft 28 having a governor 29, this shaft being in the form of a worm, not shown, meshing with a worm-wheel 3O fixed on the upright shaft 31 journaled in the frame '26 and equipped at its upper'end, which is preferably socketed, as indicated at 32, withpawl-mechanism which, as shown, comprisesa pair of pawls 38 mounted in a circular boss 39 depending from the underside of a gear 40 having journal support on the frame 43. These pawls, which are diametricallyopposed, slide in channels 41 in the boss 39 and are backed up by a circular springdevice 42, which yieldingly holds these pawls ininterlocking relation to the spiral on the stem 35. The boss 39 rests upon the upper surface of a stationary cross piece 43 rigidly secured to the inside of the cabinet 15, the lower end of this boss being of reduced diameter at the portion 44, at which portion it extends through an opening in the cross piece 43 and has secured thereto, below this cross piece, a collar 45 to prevent upward displacement of the boss 39. The

construction of this part-of the mechanism is such, as will be understood, that in the rotation of the gear 40 in counter-clockwise direction in Fig. 4, the stem 35 and record- 'driving parts carried thereby, will be caused to'bodily descend, and if the operator wishes to bodily lift'the mechanism just referred to, this may be done by drawing up on the frame 26, the spiral 36 running idly across the ends of the pawls 38.

In accordance with the preferred illustrated embodiment of my invention, I provide the records to be automatically played,

in a pile or stack, and at the conclusion of the playlng of any one record, automatically move the tone-arm out of the path through WlllCl'l the records move in the changing operation and cause, by a movement in a substantially vertical plane, another record to be presented for playing, it being preferred that the records be fed one at a time from a stack thereof located in spaced relation above the turn-table. 33, to a position on the turn-table,. on which the records pile up in superposed position as the successive plays ing of the same progresses, a description of the mecahnism for feeding the records one by one to the turn-table being as follows 2.

' I Grouped about the spindle 31 preferably equi-distantly spaced apart, to extend vertically, are spindles 46, each formed of a lower section 47 and an upper section 48.' The lower spindle-sections are journaled at their upper and lower ends in bearings 49 and 50 stationarily mounted in the cabinet 15, and

each of the sections '47 is provided at its lower end with agear 51 rigidly connected therewith and meshing with the gear 40, the gears 51 being grouped about the gear 40/ as shown in Fig. 4. The upper ends of the spindle-sections 47 contain sockets, as indicated at 52, the upper walls of these sockets being recessed, as indicated at 53, to receive depending lugs 54 provided on the lowerends of the spindle-sections 48, the extremities of which, represented at 55, are-of reduced diameter and fit into the recesses 53, the purpose of this construction being to provide for the disengagement of ;the

spindle-sections 48' from the sections 47 and the interlocking of these sections together to permit the sections .48 to be driven from the sections 47, as hereinafter explained. Each of the spindle-sections 48 is equipped at its upper endwith a disk 56 rotatable periphery, this groove being of a thickness slightly greater than that of therecord to be used on the machine. The upper flange 58 of the disk 56 tapers toward its outer peripheral edge, as represented in the draw-- I therewith and containing a groove 57 in its ings, and is cut away to the depth'of the groove 57 as represented at 59, The lower fiangeof this disk, represented at 60, is cut away to the depth of the groove 57 as indicated at 61, the purpose of these cut away portions in combination with the groove 57,

being that of effecting, by the rotation of the disks'56, the separation of the lower- 'most record supported by these disks, from the stack of records above it to permit thislowermost record to descend into a position to be played, and hold the remaining records of the stack'or pile in supported position. To this end the disks 56 are so arranged, as shown, that in the normal position of the parts of themachine, the lowermost record of the stack or pile thereof supported by .these disks-extends at its edges, 1nto the grooves 57 of the disks 56, the u per and lower flanges 58 and 60 of these isks embracing the record, as shown in Fig. 2. In.

the rotation of these disks in clockwise direction, the cut away portions 61 of these disks are moved into registration with the edges of this lowermost. record while the flange 58 is interposed between the latter and the next record above it,- with the result of permitting this lowermost record to fall, as shown in Fig. 8, to become superposed on the record or pile thereof, previously placed upon the turntable, the record runnin down a rod 62, which screws into the soc et 32 in the center of the platform 33 and passes upwardly through the central holes universally provided in talking machine records. Continued rotation of' the disks 56 in clockwise direction carries the cut away portions 59 thereof into registration with the edges of the lowermost record of the stack, whereupon the stack of records lowers to a point where they are supported by the lower flange 60, as represented in Fig. 6, and further movement of the disks 56 in the same direction carries the flanges 58 into a position wherein they extend between the lowermost record of the stack and the one next above it, as represented in Fig. 2,, it being understood that this operation of separating the lowermost record from the stack discharging it to the turn-table and repositioning another record of the stack for delivery to the turn-table upon the next operation of the feeding-mechanism, is accomplished during the turning of each disk 56 throughout one revolution.

Reference-has been made to the vertically movable frame 26 carrying the turn-table and driving mechanism therefor, this feature of the machine permitting of the lowering of the turn-table, each time a record is delivered to it from the feeding-mechanism referred to, a distance substantially equal to the thickness'of a record, so that the reproducer 21 will always be located in substantially the same horizontal plane while playing a record, regardless of the number of records superposed on the turn table'. The connectiomas it will be noted, between the spindles 46 and gear 40, through the medium of'the ears 51, serves to cause the gear 40, each tame the feed disks are rotated for the purpose hereinbefore explained, to revolve 'sulficiently to permit the frame 26 to lower a distance equal to the thickness of a record.

As the spindles 4=6 are connected together through the medium of the gears 40 and 51 to. operate in unison, it is necessary only that the driving power be applied to one of the spindles and to thls end I provide on one of the spindle-sections 47, a relatively long 1on 63 is driven from the' shaft 31-thr0ugh the medium of -intermittently-operating mechanism, a description of the form of this mechanism shown, being as follows:

Journaled.on the frame-member 26 isa gear 68 meshing with the elongated pinion 63 and movable up and down on the latter, this gear being rigidly connected with the star-'Wheel 69 forming a Geneva stop, the intersecting channels 70 in -which cotiperate &

with a pin 71 carried by a gear 72 arranged eccentric of the axis of this gear. The gear 72 meshes with a pinion 73 rigid'on a gear 74 which, in turn, meshes with a pinion 75 on the shaft 31. The gear 74 and pinion 73 are supported atthe slotted portion 76 of an arm 77 pivoted about the shaft 31, this arm havino two extensions 78 and79, the extension 79 having journaled thereon, a gear 80 which meshes with the pinion 75. Means hereinafter described, are provided for shifting the arm 77 to cause the gear 72 to be driven directly from a friction roller 80 on the gear 80, or through the train of gears H and 73 as desired, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

It will be noted from the foregoing that powerfor rotating the inion 63 and consequently the record-fee ing devices, is applied intermittently only, namely, during the rotation of the Geneva stop 69 by engagement with the pin 71. Inasmuch as the record-feeding devices are not to be operated to shift the records until the record previously positionedfor playing, has been played to the end, the gears should be so proportioned that this result will be accomplished. With the ordinary ten inch record, as now commonly provided, it is preferred that the ratio of these gears be such that the record-feeding devices will be operated each time the platform revolves substantially' 300 times, when the lever 77 is set to cause the drive from the shaft 31 to be through the medium and 72.

Coiiperating with the swinging tone-arm 19 is a mechanism for automatically lifting the reproducer 21 from the record at the conclusion of the playing of the latter,

of the gears 75, 74, 73,

swinging the tone-arm with the reprodueer to a position in which it is out of the path of movement of the descending record, and

after a new record-has been positioned on the revolving platform, swinging the tonearm to cause'the reproducer to extend over 7 the record and thereupon lowering. the reproducerinto playing engagement with the record, a description of these means, as I prefer to construct them, being as follows:

Pivoted to the lower end of the tone-arm on a shaft 81is a rock-lever 82 which extends at one end into the tone-arm where it is connected withv a flexible medium, as for example a wire 83, which slides against the elbow-portion ofthe tone-arm and is connected at its upper end, at 84, with the Inn-e'r end of the member 22, whereby when the lever '82 is rocked in clockwise direction in Fig. 2, the reproducer 21 will be lifted free of the record beneath it. The outer end of the lever 82, which worksthrough a slot 85 in the socket 17, this slot being elongated in both directions, extends across the top of a vertically-movable member, or frame, 86

mounted on stationary guides 87 with which it telescopes, this frame cooperating with a The relation of these parts is such that in.

the rotation of the cam 88, as hereinafter described, the frame 86 will be raised from the normal position shown in Fig. 11 to a position in which the lever 82 is moved to a position'in which the reproducer 21 is raised out of engagement with the record. The cam 88 carries an eccentrically-disposed pin 90 which extends into an elongated slot 91' in an uprightly-disposed lever 92 pivoted, as indicated at 93 to the art of a bracket 94 carrying the rods 87 he upper end of the lever 92, which is thus free 'to rock on its pivot 93in either direction in Fig. 11, is

' that they will extend into over-lapping position relative to the outer end of the lever in the fornri of a cross-bar 95 on which tappets 96 are mounted to beadjustable along this bar, these tappets being of such height of a bevel pinion 97 meshing with a bevel pinion 97? rigid with the cam 88, the bevel.- gear 97 being rigid on an inclined shaft 98 journaled at its opposite ends in bearings 99 and 100 on a stationary part of the machine. The shaft98 has Journaled thereon, a bevel pinion 101,. whichmesheswith the bevel pinion 64, releasable means for clutching the gear 101 to the shaft 98 being provided whereby the frame 86and rock-lever 92 are actuated from the bevel-gear 64:. These re ileasable means comprise a spring-finger 102 .connected at one end with a sleeve 103 on the gear 101 and carrying a pin 104 at its free end, which enters and interlocks with a slot 105 in the shaft 98.

A description of the operation of the machine in so far as it has been described, is as follows: v

Assuming that a pile ofrecords 34 is supported on the feed-disks 56 and the needle of the repmducer-portion 22 of the sound-reproducing mechanism is traveling in the spiral" groove of a record being driven by the turntable 33, as the needle nears the end of the record being played, the pin 71 engages the Geneva stop which rotates the latter and through the gear 68, the pinion 63 (Fig. 6) with the result of rotating the one of the feed-disks /56 connected therewith and through the medium of the gears 51 andcentral gear 40, rotating the other two feeddisks 56, which are thus caused to simultaneously rotate in the same direction. Concurrently with the rotation of these disks, the

ar-connection 64 and 101 between the spindle 46 and the shaft 98, drives the latter and throughits gear- connection 97 and 97 with the shaft 88, the cam 88 is rotated with the result of lifting the frame 86 and rocking lifting it clear of the record. The left-hand V supported thereby, but following the swinging of the tone-arm as stated, the mutilated portions 61 of these flanges come into registration with the edges of the lowermost record and the latter thereupon slides down the stem-62 to superposed position on the previously-played record on the turn-table 33. In thisdischarging operation, the .unmutilated portions of the top flanges 58 engage the record next to be discharged (Fig. 8)

and .thus support the-remaining records of the pile. As the feed-disks 56 continue to revolve, the mutilated portions 59 of the top flanges 58 register with the edges of the records and the entire pile descends and rests on the lower flanges 60, and before.

' tappet 96 in Fig. 11 under the rocking ac-- tion of the lever 92 moves to the right in this these disks finish their single revolution, the

upper flanges 58 move into position between 1 the two lowermost records (Fig. 2) the normal position of the parts. The parts are so constructed and arranged that closely fol lowing the record-feeding operation, the

newly-positioned record and lowered into engagement with the outer end of its recordgroove, whereupon the selection presented by this record is played, the repositioning of 'thereproducer as just stated being effected by the swinging of the lever 92 to the left in Fig. 11, which swings the tone-arm horizontally to a position in which its reproducer is above the record, and the loweringof the frame 86 when the cam-portion 89 reaches its uppermost position which permits the lever 82.to swing back to normal position in which the reproducer engages the record The rotation of the gear 40 simultaneously with the rotation of the gears 51, causes the pawl-devices 42 to rotate therewith in clock:

wise direction Fig. 3 with the result of permitting the frame 26 and parts carrled thereby, to lower, these parts being so constructed and proportioned that this-frame together with the turn-table 33 and other parts carried thereby, will lower with each record-feeding operation a distance substantially equal to ."the thickness of a record. Thus the plane in which the records are played remains substantially a constant.

- It will be understood that in the repositioning of records for automatic feeding and in restoring the machine. for normal, nonautomatie, playing, the operator may readily bodily lift the frame 26 and attendant parts, the pawls 38 running idly over the threads of the screw.36. It will furthermore be noted that in the raising and lowering of the frame 26, the gear 68 slides lengthwise of the pinion 63 while maintaining engagement therewith.

The normal position of the lever 77 is that shown in Fig. 4 wherein the drive of the gear 72 is through the gears 75, 74, and 73, these gears being so proportioned that the necessary time is given for performing the operations hereinbefore explained at the conclusion-of the playing of a record. It may become desirable, however, as for example, in

repositioning the tone-arm for replaying a record without change, 72 and I have provided for this by the pivoting of the lever 77 as stated and the provision of the gear 80 and roller 80 in addition to the gears 73 and 74. The lever may connect With a spring 106 which holds it in to speed up the gear I the position shown in Fig. 4 and it may be equipped with any suitable operating mechanism, as for example the shiftable element 107 pivoted to the lever 77 at 108 and having a hand-piece 109 with" two notches 110 and 111 cooperating with a spring detent 112 on a stationary part'of the machine. When the hand-piece '109'is in theposition shown in the drawing, the gears 5, 74,73, and72 mesh, and when pulledoutwardly to en the detent 112v at the notch 110, the drive is from gear 75, through gear 80, and roller 80 to gear 72.

.The button 109 may, together with other buttons represented at 113 and 114, be located at any desirable and. convenient place on the machine, as for example as shown in Fig. 1, the buttons 113 and 114 coiiperating with elements, as explained-of the button 109, forcontrolling the lengthwise movement of blocks 115 and 116 slidable 'on the spindle 47 and shaft 98, respectively, for

cooperation with the spring devices and 104, to clutch and unclutch the pinion-(- the tone-arm and reproducer are actuated as hereinbefore described With the result of repositioning the reproducer at the beginning of the record played by the previous operagage tion. Thus under the control of the operator, any one of the records may be automatically played as many times in succession as desired, and if during this repositioning of the reproducer it is desired to speed up this operation, this may be done through gear 72 through the button 109 to drive the the gear 80 and roller 80.

The tappets 96 should be adjusted to such 1 record to be played in thereturn of the reproducer to playing position, the adjustment feature of these tappets permitting of the proper automatic positioning of the reproducer for records of different diameters. The slotted-arm construction (77) of Fig. 4 is also provided to adapt the machine to the use of records of different diameters. Where records of difi'erent diameters, involving a greater length of spiral indented groove for coiiperation with the stylus, are used, the gear 74 should be larger and would be substituted for that shown, the slot 76 permitting of the adjustment of such larger gear relative to the pinion to insure the proper mesh. Y

In the machine shown, provision is made for automatically stopping the machine after a predetermined number of records have been played, this being accomplished by a switch shown in Fig. 2 and interposed'in the circuit for driving the motor'27. The switch shown is formed'of a pair of contacts 117 and 118 on a block 119, the contact 118 being a' spring-contact normally closing the frame 26 lowers to a point where it bearsv down on the rod 122, it breaks the motorcircuit and the machine stops. By adjusting the tube 120 vertically on the frame, the machine may be set to play any desired number of the records charged into the machine,

a scale on the tube permitting the operator to readily position the tube to provide for used as in thecase of the usual machine, in

. other Words, played by the manual application of the records to the turn-table and the the playing of the desired number of records.

'When it is desired that the machine be manual manipulation of the tone-arm and reproducer 21, the operator lifts the spindlesections 48. from thesections 47 and by operating the buttons 113 and 114, disconnects ner, to be constantly driven, to the gear 75, to

cause the pinion 63 to operate in the desired timed relation to the gear 75.

lVhile 1 have illustrated and described a particular construction embodying my invention, I do not wish to be understood as intending to limit it thereto as the same may be variously modified and altered without departing from the spirit of my invention, it being my intention to claim my invention as fully and completely as the prior state of the art will permit.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a talking machine, the combination of a rotatable record-support,- means for rotating said support, sound-reproducing mechanism involving a horizontally swinging hollow tone-arm and a reproducer portion connected therewith and movable thereon toward and away from the record-support, means, extending into the interior of said tone-arm and connected wlth said reproducer-portion, operating automatically,

to first lift said reproducer from the record on said support, and thereafter swin said tone-arm out of a position imme iately above said support comprising a lever pivoted on said tone-arm and arranged to serve as a means of turning said tone-arm with a connection from saidlever to said reproducerwhereby when said lever is rocked said reproducer is rocked on said tone-arm, and means for rocking said lever and thereafter bodily swinging it to first rocksaid reproducer out of engagement withthe record and thereafter swingsaid tone-arm to one side.

2. In a talking machine, the combination of a rotatable record-support, means for rotating said support, sound-reproducing mechanism involvlng a horizontally swinging tone-arm and a repre'ducer portion conneeted therewith and movable thereon toward and away from the record-support, and means, operating automatically, to first lift said reprodueer from the record on said support, and 'thereaft'c f" swing said tonearm out of a position immediately above said support comprising a lever pivoted on said tone arm and arranged to serve as a means of turning said tone-arm with a connection from said lever to said reproducer whereby when said lever is rocked said reproducer is rocked on said tone-arm, means for rocking said lever and thereafter bodily swinging it to first rock said reprodueer out of engagement with the record and thereafter swing said tone-arm to one side comprising a membershiftable in one direction and engageable by said lever for rocking said lever, a second member movable in a direction cross-wise of the direction .of movement ofsaid first-named member and engageable by said lever for bodily moving the latter and means for actuating said members. i

3. In a talking machine, the combination of a rotatable record-support, means for rotating said support,"sound-reproducing mechanism involving a horizontally swinging tone-arm and a reproducer portion connected therewith and movable thereon toward and away from the record-support, means, operating automatically, to first lift said reproduccr from the record on said support, and thereafter swing said tone arm out of a position immediately above said support comprising .a lever pivoted on said tone-arm and arranged to serve as a means of turning said tone-arm with a connection from said lever to said reproducer whereby when said lever is rocked said reproducer is rocked on said tone-arm, means for rocking said lever and thereafter bodily swinging it to first rock said reproducer out of engagement with the record and thereafter swing said tone-arm to one side comprising a member shiftable in one direction and engageable by said lever for rocking said lever, a second member movable in a direction cross-wise of the direction of movement of said first-named member and engageable by said lever for bodily moving the latter and cam-means for actuating said members.

4. In a talking machine, the combination of a rotatable record-support, means for rotating said support, sound-reproducing mechanism involving a horizontally swinging tone-arm and a reproducer portion connected therewitlrand movable thereon toward and" away from the record-support, means, operating automatically, tofirst lift said reproducer from the record on said support, and thereafter swing said tone-arm out of a position immediatlyabove said:

support comprising a lever pivoted on said from said lever to said reproducer whereby ,-when' said lever is rocked said reproducer is rocked on said tone-arm, means for rocking said lever and thereafter bodily swinging it to first rock saidreproducer out of engagement with the record and thereafter swing said tone-arm to one side comprising a reciprocable member engaged by said lever for rocking sald lever, a rock member 'engageable by said lever for bodily movingthe latter, and means for actuating said members.

5. In a talking machine, the combination of a rotatable record-support, means for rotating said support, sound-reproducing mechanism involvmg a horizontally swmging hollow tone-arm and a reproducer portion .connected therewith and movable thereon toward and away from the recordsupport, means extendmg into the interior of said tone-arm and connected with said reproducer-portion, operating automatically,

to first. lift said reproducer portion from the record on said support, and thereafter swing said tone-arm out of a position immediately above said support comprising a lever pivoted on said tone-arm and extending into the interior serve as a meansof turning said tone-arm, with a connection in said tone-arm from said lever to said reproducor-portion, whereby when said lever is rocked said reproducerportion is rocked on said tone-arm, and means for rocking said lever and thereafter bodily swinging it 'to first rock said 1-eprodricer-section out of engagement with the record and thereafter swing said tonearm to one side.

6. In a talking machine, the combination of a rotatable record-support, means for rotating said support, sound -reproducing mechanism involving a horizontally swinging hollow tone-arm and a reproducer-portion connected therewith and movable thereon toward and away from the record-support, and means extending into the interior of said tone-arm and connected with said reproducer-portion, operating automatically,

' to first lift said reproducor-portion from the po rtion is rocked on said tone-arm, and

record on said support, and thereafter swing said tone-arm out of a position nnmedlately above said support comprising a lever pivoted on said tone-arm and extending into the interior of the latter and arranged to serve as a means of turning said tone-arm,

a flexible element connected with said lever and with said reprodricer-portion, whereby when-sald lever is rocked said reproducermeans for rocking said lever and thereafter bodily swinging it to first rock said reproducer-portion out of engagement with the record and thereafter swing said tone-arm to one side.

7 In a talking machine, the combination of a rotatable record-support, means for rotatmg said support, sound reproducing mechanism involving a horizontally swing ing tone-arm anda reproducer portion connected therewith and movable thereon toward and away from the record-support,

and means, operating automatically, to first lift said reproducer from the record on said support, and thereafter-swingsaid tone-arm out of a position. immediately above said support comprising a lever pivoted on said tone-arn'i and arranged to serve as a means of turning said tone-arm with a connection of the latter and arranged tofrom said lever to said reproducer whereby when said lever is rocked said reproducer is rocked on said tone-arm, and means for rocking said lever and thereafter bodily swinging-it to first rock said reproducer out of engagement with. the record and thereafter swing said tone-arm to one side comprising a member slnftable 1n one direction and cngageable by said lever for rocking said lever, a secondanember movable in a direction crosswise of the direction of movement of said first-named member and en-.

gageable by said lever for bodily moving the latter and means for actuating said members, said second member being formed of ad ustable parts whereby the extent of bodily movement of the lever may be regulated.

from said lever to said reproducer whereby when said lever is rocked said reproducer is rocked on said tone-arm and, means for rocking said lever and thereafter bodily swinging it to first rock said reproducer out of engagement with the record and thereafter swing said tone-arm to one side comprising a member shiftable in one direction and engageable by said lever for rocking l o sald lever, a second member movable 1n a direction crosswise'of the direction of movement of said first-named member and engageable by said lever for bodily moving the latter and'means for actuating said members, said second member being provided with tappets adjustable thereon for controlling the bodily movement of said lever.

9. In a talking machine, the combination of a rotatable record-support, means for rotating said support, sound-reproducing mechanism involving a horizontally swinging tone-arm and'a reproducer portion connectedtherewith and movable thereon toward and away from the record-support, and means, operating automatically, to first liftsaid reproducer from the record onsaid support, and thereafter swing said tone-arm out of a position immediately above said support comprising a lever pivoted on said tone-'armand arranged to serve as a means of turning said tone-arm, with a connection from said lever to said reproducer whereby when said lever is rocked said reproducer is rocked on said tone-arm, and means for of engagement. with the recor rocking said lever and thereafter bodily swmging it to first rock said re roducer out and thereafter swing said tone-arm to one side comprising a reciprocable member engaged by said lever for rocking the latter, a, rock member located adjacent said reciprocable member and provided with projections for engaging said lever to bodily move the latter, and means for actuating said members.

10. In a talking machine, the combination of a rotatable record-support, means for rotating said support, sound-reproducing mechanism involving a horizontally swinging tone-arm and a reproducer portion connected therewith and movable thereon toward and away from the record-support, and means, operating automatically, to first lift said reproducer from the record on said support, and thereafter swing said tone-arm aaoaaei out of a position immediately above said support com rlslng a lever pivoted on said tone-arm an arranged to serve as a means of turning said tone-arm with a connection from said lever to said reproducer whereby when said lever is rocked said reproducer is rocked on said tone-arm, and means forrocking said lever and thereafter bodily swinging it to first rock said reproducer out of engagement with the record and there- GARRETT W. WOODWARD.

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