US1323726A - Talking-machine. - Google Patents

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L. Y. SQUIBB. mxms MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1915- Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

28 INVINTOR w .or attaching the sound chine to the. sound-conveying IIIGZLHS thereof :UNITEIT? se ialize manner ornion.

LLOYD Y. SQUIBB, or cannon, new esszenoze no vzcroa. TALKING MACHINE COMPANY, 1 GKYIZPQEA T$LKING-MACHHIE Mm... r.

To all whom it may concern:

e it known that I, LLOYD Y. a citizen of the United States, and a restdent of Camden, county of Camden, and State of New Jersey, have im'ented certain new and useful Improvements in Talkiiigr- Machines, of which the following is a specilication, reference being had to the accompanying drai vin'".

Among the principal objects of my invention are to provide new and improved.ineans box of a talking ina- SQUIBB,

whereby the parts may be readily assembled in operative relation, and as easily separated when desired, and which shall serve to firmly secure thesound box upon the sound conveyor when in operation. Further objects of my invention are to provide new and improved means for attaching a sound ho); to the sound conveyor of a talking machine which will serve to prevent or nullify any lost motion or play l'mtween the assembled parts, which shall be neat and inconspicuous in appearance, which may be readily operated, and'wliich shall he devoid of numerous or intricate parts. A still further object of my invention is to provide means of this na ture which are adapted for use in connection with talking machines of the types at present in use without the necessity of material change therein, and which may he so arranged as to n'i'aintain the sound box in proper relation ,with the sound conveyor when positioned thereon in such manner that the stylus or needle will always assume the proper angular relation with the record surface over which it travels.

My invention further includes all of the other variou novel features of construction and arrangement hereinattlrr more definitely specified and described.

In the accompanying drawing;- in which a preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated, Figure 1 is a top plan view, partially in section, of a portion of a talkingmachine showing a sound box and a portion of a sound conveyor constructed in '-*'dance with such einhodin'ient of my lllYl in m in operative position above a record surt'ace; ig. a side elevation thereof; Fig. an elevation of the end of a portion oi the sound conveyor with the sound box removed: Fig. 4- a similar view with certain oi the parts in a slightlydifierent position; Fig. 5 a trausr Specification of Letters Patent.

- of tall Serial No. 59,486.

ver c section on the line 5-5 in Fig. 1, looking' in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 6 a perspective view of a detail of the device.

For the purposes of illustration I have shown my invention in connection. with portions ofa talking machine of well-known form, although the invention is well adapted for use \vitlrsnbstantially any style or type ting inachine in connection with which it. may he desired to employ the same. shown in the drawing, sound-conveying means, comprising a tone arm 1 having a transverse sleeve 52 adjacent its end, are provided, the sleeve affording a bearing for one end oi. a U-shaped tubular portion or gooseneck 3 having a peripheral flange 5 ahutagainst one end of thevtransverse portion 2, a cap Gthreaded into the endol the goose-neck within the transverse sleeve 2 and having a flange 7 alndzlnng against the other end of the sleeve serving to position the goose-neck therein, the parts being arranged in such manner that the goose-neck may be freely rotated about the longitudinal axisot' sleeve 2 for the purpose of rais ing: the sound box 8 out of operative relation with the record disk 0 in the well-known manner, movement-oi the gooseneck longitudinally of the axis oi the sleeve being prevented by the contact of the flange 5 and corresponding flange 7 ends thereof. The sound box 8 may he of any desired or preli'crred construction, the form shown in the drawing con'iprising a suitably mounted stylus levcr 11 provided with a. sleeve 13 for the reception of the stylus or needle 14, .which may be n1aintained in operative relation in the sleeve by means of a set screw 15 in the well-known manner. A hachin 18 of flexible or other suitablc material is provided and secured to the body of the sound box by means of screws 20 or in any other suitable manner, the hacking preferably comprising: a central cylindrical opening or bore having a metallie liningor sleeve 22 suitably secured therein, the sleeve being provided with a short radially inwardly projecting" pin 24 tor a purpose to he hereinafter described.

ie lrec or outer end of the goose-neck may preferably be slightly reduced in ,diameter so as to form a nice Working fit within the sleeve 22, a peripheral snoulder 27 bein thus produced on the exterior of the Patented Deo; 1919.

on cap 6 with the Ii165 that form of talking machine which I have' :ifl'dlnSh which the curl oi sleeve is prrivruhly :ulupl'mi to nhuli when 2"5 us ln rviliui'iur (iif-fil'illlil, in. the (Pier (and oi ihr gooswnerzk u .slot 30 extending in.- wurilly H1h tunl1iullr parallel to the ion; iuiliuul axis thereof PI'OViiML the which oi ihv um, living wry Might-1y greater thzm llll? (huluni'ui' of pin 52-1, 10 that the pin may ho rezuiily llHHfQil hurl: and forth therein, and ii clvsired. anotlwr slotor cut 82 may he fornuul in 1hr wall of the goose-neck Suhsh "i'i3i:.ll ut right run-{lies to slot 30 and prnfcr:il: ly uhoui' midway of the length. fhrrvo'h this rut (extending prri hemlly around the {zoom-neck for u short instance so us to huri'v u portion 33 of (he wail of rho goons-numb: free upon three 51 nan, this.

sound hon is positioned upon ahoose-neck,

hurt oi ihv \i'uil living; prr'hiruhiy sprung or heme-Alli rhirssloiu is locuimi u nuiinhlo spring 4i} hm uhou'u in Fig. i llillllili urns; of whu-h may prolforulii curred in euhsmu'liiui roui'oriuit): with ihc u S of that portion of rho gul'nso-iuzrli to which (hi spring; ir-r nihichrii, tin-i iuuur (uni oi? the spring bring fixedly 21ml pcrinunontiy uncured in i'ho ji)(ifi(,-llil prulln'uhly h suiinhlv rirui l) vxloiniiufvr' through he will thereof, or ii" ilruiri-(l, the spring? may he cured in pouiriou in any other :uiiiiuhln uninnor. The innvih of l'hov spring 13 hlKl! that its oute or (uni will prnloruhly mrminui'e u shori' (iisiuuvo from tho LICU'PHH oui'wr Phil of liwgomo-uorl; l'wuuui'h i'hr. slot 30, mnl whiir ihv Sil'lihfj nuiy he or any suil'zrhlv or desired Hilililt l pro F01" to form nsumo with u Huil'uhir oll'srt 4-! in Filliil umnnr-r ihui poriiizuu; of l'hi- 11ml of 11hr wiring; will hr in uepuruiv uuhfii'uuf'iuily hurulh-l plum Hint when ihr wiring is; sw-urmi in posiiiou us lwrvloioru (iwi'riluui, l'hriuuor-poriion if iho'rooi' will liv clouoly :uljuwur 1hr u'uli oi 1hr goouv-uork :uni pic'lnruhly in rout-mi ihrrgu'illn whihtho ouh 1' portion in will hn oui o'i ou'lurt \ri'lh ihn wall of iiH nonwurch' and removed i'lwrrl roui for u riisiuuw suhsiizmiziull vquul in iihv ih'pih oi h s oiiwi, i i, in such muuunr ihul' whvn iill. Hillliili hm is positioned on iho uosounwk, :u-i hvro niftur, ilor-orihml- (hr (mi oi the pin :Z-iwill normally hr oui oi rout-uni, u'ith rim ,lringnz' 4&0 The ru n 1h oi? ihu oiisri hriun' just :uglii- Giant in poi-mu lhv niorruirui oi Hnpin .24 in slot 53 u iihoul' i'ihre orul or" ho pin roiuingzf in rontulrl; with the uurhur oi the iring". in some rm ururtiunn. hmrvwr ii uni) hr (h siru hiv iiusi'ozul oi forming: ihv spring! with u o' riuct oilsct so That ihv (unis, of the u ring will he in srpurui'r hut :uii'miuultiullr purirllul planes to innit tin: oii'urat and henii.

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lhn spring diagonally downwardly from its point of utimlunrnt to the, goosr-neck, SO um: rhe ouirr portion 4-6 thereof will he norrnuil out of Contact with the interior of the gousirneclr in a manner similar to that heretofore described in connection with the preferred form of spring. Furi'ihorn'loregif desired, thei gxtremc. outer extremity of the spring may he curved sliglrtly downwardly us at 4-8, and as best shown n Fig. 6.

Securely aflixarl to the spring, preferabiy about midway of its length and extending outwardly 'ioin its nurfnce, a suitahle stud 5U threaded upon its-.1 upper extremity and adapted, when the spring is secured in'posilion in the gooso-nucl: us hereinbeiore deurrihmh in eiteml through 1 suitable (LPG/P turn 5'32 iormelgl in rhu will of the gooseurcl-r, {1hr l-nugizh oi, the setuifi being such that ii will uni-anally projnct for a relatively connilifil'ilbifi (llSiz'LllL'Q hu cmul the extrior of the {.(UiiHU-llltjl-i in uii'oril s uice for the reco uzion "i z: suitably iuijorioriv thrwulorl thlnnh nut prvivrzihiy provided with :1 milled heufi i rein will] lhnoxrrrioroliho goose-noel; when illi! uni, wrrr-wml lawn upon the stud, us had, shown in Fig. Ii.- Will he oviilnuii that \rhvn rho null is huohml oil" or unscrewed upon the iu l H0 that he ihing o 5(3 en-- lilt'ifilj, out of roninct \ri'lh tho groos'n-ncck, rho puris will normally uuuunu: substantially l-hr ruiniiou shown in Fig. 3; Hull is, with. i'luouter portion H oi The spring niiro ly our" oi rouiurl' Wiill the, inlul'ior oi. the 200910- nvrl-r. 21ml ihzu' hy hll'CWlllg tlw nut (i()\\'ll- \rurrlly upon [hr uhul lou'urd the spring, tho liuugg'v 56 um ho brought into ronlurl' wifh tho vxiorior uurl'urv of the gooso-ntulf, Ellltl ihui ilwrvuiivr u ('nutinuwl roiui'iou of the uni in line sumo (lirrrtiou will urn-veto h'u\ v ilu r-Cl'url unuurdly lhrough ulmturo. and. in turn. in \ll'ilW rho portion 46 of the Spring lounlrl ihu \ruil of the goose-luck, ihu parts iii-inn prvlm-ulil rranged and 'n'oporiioncd in Mu'h :a way that the iter portion 46 of ihr -ipriun' may in this manner he brought iulo ronluri or -;uh itunl'iu| rontuci ifh the Q-nnsv-nmh, as shown in Fig. i. Adjacent 1hr nun-r ("114i ml i'ho spring :1 suiluhle aperluro no is provided uiui positioned directly hvumuh slot: in), the dimmxiw of thenpel'tul'e lfllllfj uligrhlir grlnu'er i'huu the (liznnoter of in 2-1 so that upin may readily pass iiu-ruihrough tho aperture being preferably -o lm-uitc-il hmgu'ui'iinully 01": the spring that it will rngisrvr with tho pin 24- when the end of ivoru 32 mum-u with the shoulder 2'? upon ihv goour-unolu as host shown in Fig. 1. The rurions parts of tho (llVlU having wen roimiuriu-tml proioi'ahly us hel'einheforu i ;oouo-nnrl hr the rivet 4-";2, or in unv other sniinhln manner, in such position that the wrrihrri. and the spring 4-0 utl'urhed to the,

- its outer extremity, the sound box sound box until pin ing with spring 40 until the end 22 contacts with shoulder 27, in which posi- I aperture 60 in the spring. ,be now totated toward the xouter aperture 60 will lie beneath slot 30 and stud 50 extendthrough aperture 52 in the goose-neck to receive thumb nut 55- upon may be assembled uponfthe goose-neck by slipping the end of sleeve'22 over the outer extremity of the former 24, is brought opposite the mouth of slot 30, the extreme outer edges of'which may be slightly curved or beveled, as best shown in Fig. l, to facilitate the bringing of the pin into engagement with the slot. If nut 55 hasbeen backed off sufficiently, as shown in Fig. 3, the sound ox may now be slid longitudinally of the slot without the end of pin 24 contactf sleeve tion pin 24'will be in alinement with the If thumb nut 55 goose-neck, the portion 46 of the spring may be drawn up into contact, or substantialcontact with goose-neck, the end of pin the wallbf "the I I 24 which projects into, the interior thereof,

., engaging within aperture .60 in the spring i off the thumb nut 55 for in such manner that the parts will assume the relation shown in Fig. 5, thus securely locking the pin in the aperture in the spring, and in turn the sound box upon the gooseneck. It will be evident that the sound box may be readily removed from its'assembled relation with the sound convever by backing a suilicient distance to allow the spring to automatically clear the endof the pin 24, after which the sound box may be readily slid longitudinally along the goose-neck and removed there-- from.

It will further be evident that any looseness or play between sleeve 22 and the gooseaieck due to an imperfect fit between.

these parts, will be minimized by the action of portion 33 of the goose-neck wall which. is necessarily compressed slightly inwardly from its normal position when the sound box is in position, and which by its constant tendency thereafter to assume its normal position will assist in holding the sleeve tightly against the goose-neck, and that, fur-' thermore, the contact of the end of sleeve 22 with shoulder 27 will also assist in preventing any possible movement due to loose- 1 ness between the sleeve and the oose-neck;

contact with the inte 0f the and spring ing thumb nut before positioning Moreover, if desired, instead of rst loosen the nd box on the sound conveyor, it is possible in certain constructions. to assemble the sound box thereon when the outer portion 46 of spring 40 is in contact or substantial rior of the goose-neck,

as shown in Fig. 4,113 in such case, if the spring be sufliciently flexible, the contact of pin 24 with surface of thethe sound box is slid, along the .snap up over the pin,

and then rotating the goose-neck will depress the spring sufiiciently e of thepin overl sound box in position, from which position it may be readily removed after loosening the thumb nut to allow the spring to disengage itself from the pin, as hereinbefore described.

In the preferred embodiment of my inventioii, I preferably position the slot 30 substantially at the top of the goose-neck when the same is in playing position, as best shown iii "Fig. 2, pin 2% being so located in the sleevethat when the pin is in engagement with the slot, the angle of the axis of the stylus bar13, and thus of the stylus 14, with respect to the record 9 will be such as to obtain the best results, but it will be evident, that the slot may be located at any desired point about the periphery of the end of the goose-neck, the pin 24 being correspondingly suitably I sleeve in order to preserve the desired angle between the axis of the stylus bar and the face of the record, and that once the relative location of the slot and pin have been properly determined it is impossible to assemble the sound box upon the sound couveyer in such manner that an improper angle of in clination betweez the stylus and the record can result.

While Ihave herein described and-illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention in considerable detail, I do not desire to limit myself specifically thereto, as it will be'evident that various changes and modifications may be made in the details and arrangement of the various parts of the device without depz'irting from the and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States:

1. In a talking machine, the combination with a sound conveying means, of a sound. box. flexible means carried by said sound conveyer normally tending to move away from said sound box and means operative to flex said first-mentioned means toward said sound box to lock said sound box'on' said sound conveying means and secure the same in locked position.

2. In a talking machine, the combination of a sound conveyer and a sound box each having inter-engaging portions, one of said portions being provided with a spring having an aperture therein and the other of said portions being provided with a pin spirit spring tending to normally pin therefrom,

means for locking said pin in said aperture.

disengage said I and manually operated 'sim-mimi the (1111 (if mi:

m :1 muiiii i)( 1.: inisliiihi,

t I; izgruin Lhrmiigh said Mm, -.1 spring siiiiiin sziid souiid @011- \'0 and. having an upiirtui. and n V iifliiluiiil fl' u s-aiiiiii in iixi: with midi spring; :imi pmjwzting wail if H10 will said sound mmvuyw um? Said pin in mid :lpflfiilllfi.

4. in :1 tziiiiii'igj machine th s mimiiiinm tinn with :1 sound cmaviaym' having 2i sink and u tmimi box having :3. gain mihgiiiml tn 5 wind (may saiid sioil. n1" iuczu'is m inch suiiii bur: upon said hound (ZUNVQYGX comp) 1:311 flexibiv 12mins having an upei'ltui'u and is cured in said sound COMVQyQZ Miami said sioig only pm'l'imi of E-Ei1i(i iiisizins being 11 iamii in contact wifiii said sound (unvvyeig a, H! i silmi pi'njvciiing tillflh i Liza wail: 0i said. sminri coiamjyei' :imi 59cm ,ii iii i-miii hi0 moans and :1 HHUHU nut mi Hui outmvmi of Siiii stud, Hm m'tziiimi 01 said Huimb m1? being npeniti'vi; in h'ziw said flutl i menus :(ivmn'i said sin? to engage said 1 perture WT J. said. pin.

In it talk '9; Hiflii'iiilflh the coinisiiiziiim'i iii a 550mm} mi'iieyui' having}; :2 03, 15, siiviimi no.1 living :1 pin (iii-awed m mid mint and p mjm't within said sound mm: 21", aim: moans; Operative in lock mid. said H'Ollilii cnnmym" (inmprieeingz; menus i acul'ed within Maid sound 1:011 V r, 2113i :1 i'hruziduii stmi :i'mi, :1 mi: n'pm'utivo iii'i draw sniii ientibiii: i'i'mzm re into mi g'ngj emem, with the mail of said rimuiiii PHITCvRlj/Efii" engage Silk i pin.

in :1 t l king i'l'iiiCi'lillQ, U155 (rm Q'f sound conveying I'HkfllIIf-Q a iiirxi i hm" (jzlllimi by said sound (zr'mwyin gg mums provided with "l curved end and having an ELPPIUHG'ihei'lill2ldj2l3flifiilii aim iii soi'ii'id imx zu iuptmi in be inserted over wi l sound cunvuying: 2242mm said sm'imi min 10-- vided with :2, prwjec'zioi'r, said pi'qivciion in i}; adapted to engage the c "ii-mil mid m" iid ficxibie means to flux said 11 s nus mid, li-Et: said projection to enter said. uperluro' 2mm 500mm iii mini.

mi in be poiamonwii 11 win, mid 9 0 n shit (if a samurai box having a .HUCVB ope 0 p11) Vida vi zaiz'ive i0 siwmiliiifi timmil of said sound con-f vuyoi and 1), in upmutive to project; (aim-rain fl'ii'ongzh mid sink, a s- )ZRHQ; within said, semimi mi", upoi'utii'n t0 flex said spring" toward 5'; wail (if said sound. (my 'mym' to ionic mix! pin in said upm'tili'i'z and flesi'iiiie i-iisiiien't 1110:1115 ii'i'Legzai with said sound ()OHJQWFI' in) mg-11w mid sicm'u and ii Ehfilliiii a .eii irin g cz'urifimi by said so'imd m'iiwu'i'u means and provided wi ii an aperi. APQZLIHU iihm'um and means in k m in said aperture with Him sleeve in Hm :mi'i'mi hr ,g the si'imiiile" 0i" meaning.

i inmss whei'vof 1 have i'im'cunto mi Hiis tiiir-r i day (if Nkwen'ibm; A. D.

sand Ami 3mm v i 1 a ifJLO YD Y. SQUI'B B.

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