US1407322A - Phonograph booth - Google Patents

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H. J. BROWN. PHON-OGHAPH BOOTH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1920.

Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

HENRY :r. BROWN, on NEW YORK, n. in

PHONOGRAPH BOOTH.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that, HENRY J. BROWN, :1

subject of'the King, of England, residing at New York, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Phonograph Booths, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to booths for the accommodation of prospective purchasers of phonograph records while they are l1s tening to the playing ofthe records desired.

It is the object of the invention to provide a private booth or compartmentfor each person, and to arrange the phonograph so that it may receive attention from outside the booth. In this way any desired records may be demonstrated or played for the customer without the attendant entering the booth. Moreover, a single attendant may care for several booths at the same time.

The inv'entiongalso contemplates the fitting of each booth with means. of communication between the customer within the booth and attendant without, and means for delivering the desired records to the customer while he is in the booth, so that he can take them with him and pay for them at a suitable desk as he leaves. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the endof the description. i In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views I Figure 1 is a front elevation of a group or battery of three booths built together, showing the door to one of the booths or compartments open and occupied by a customer,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the rear 7 and end portions of the same group of Specification of Letters Patent pat nm p 21, 192 Application filed September 2, 1920. Serial No. 407,700.. 7 i V tendant. The dimensions of each booth may vary according to conditions, but generally each booth maypreferably be built to accommodate a single person and be about 6X3OX36. a sound proof door 2 7 preferably having glass panes 3.. I

Within each boot-h there is provided a seat 4:, a desk or table 5, a list of records or catalog 6 and a rack 7 for memorandum upon a platform 11 running along the back ,of the several booths. l -When said cover 10 is raised, the attendant may change needles and. records at will. The turntable 12' is rotated in the usual mannerby a spring motor indicated at 13 in Figure 3 and which Each booth 1 is provided with may .be woundby a crank 14 projecting from the rear of the compartment 9 or otherwise.

ments for holding records for use on the machines. Said rack 15 also serves to screen the attendant on the platform 11 from the front of the booth. r I

Each booth is fitted with a speaking tube '16 extending up through the top into convenient reach'of the attendant, so'that the customer in the booth may call up the-names of the records he wishes to have played. Each booth may also be fitted with a chute 17 leading from the top and adapted to deliver records, wrapped ready for taking away, to a wall pocket 18 at the side of the booth, as shown in Figure 3.

It willbe noted that the construction of booths for the purpose mentioned according A rack 15 ispreferably con-' structed above the phonograph compart As the custom-( the attendant may then call down through the speaking tube and inquire what records he desires to have played. he amplifying chamber or horn 8 may have a sound modifying shutter 21 as shown in Figure 3 and which may be adjusted by the customer to regulate the volume of sound according to his taste, by means of the knob 22.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. The combination with a customers booth, of a phonograph arranged in a separate compartment associated with said booth, the horn of said phonograph opening into said booth.

2.. The combination with a customers both, of a phonograph arranged in acompartment above said booth and having its amplifying chamber opening into the booth.

3. The combination with a customers booth, of a phonograph arranged in a separate compartment and having its amplify ing chamber opening into said booth, and means of access to said phonograph fron outside the booth.

4. The combination with a customers booth, of a phonograph arranged in a separate compartment and having its amplifying chamber opening into said booth, and

means for windin the ihono 'ra h and a plying and removing records from the outside of the booth.

5. The combination with a customers booth, of a phonograph arranged in a'separate compartment and having its amplifying chamber opening into said booth, means of access to said phonograph from outside the booth, and means of communication between a customer in the booth and an a'- tendant for the phonograph. on the outside.

6. The combination with a customers booth, of a phonograph arranged in a separate compartment and having its amplifying chamber opening into said booth, means of access to said phonograph from outside the booth, and means for delivering records from an attendant on the outside to a. cus tomer in the booth.

7. The combination with a customers booth, of a phonograph arranged in a separate compartment and having its amplifying chamber opening into said booth, means of access to said phonograph from outside the booth, and a speaking tube extending from the interior of the booth to the outside thereof adjacent the point of access to the phonograph.

8. The combination with a customers booth. I

9. The combination with a customers booth, of a phonograph arranged in a sepa-. rate compartment and having its amplifying chamber opening into said booth, a chute for records leading from the outside to the inside of the booth, and a pocket at the lower end of said chute for catching the records dropped through the chute.

10. The combination with a plurality of customers booths, of phonographs arranged in compartments separate from the booths and having their amplifying chambers opening into said booths, and a platform running along all of said booths on the outside thereof for accommodating an attendant and permittinghim to look after all of the phonographs.

11. The combination with a customers booth, of a phonograph arranged in a separate compartment carried by the booth and having its amplifying chamber opening into said booth. V

12. The combination with a customers booth, of a phonograph arranged in a separate compartment and having its amplifying chamber opening into said booth, a platform for an attendant at the back of the booth, means of access to the phonograph compartment from said platform, and a rack for records arranged above the booth and serving to screen the attendant from the front of the booth.

13. The combination with a customers booth, of a phonograph arranged in a separate compartment and having its amplify ing chamber opening into said booth, and a sound modifying device in said amplifying chamber under control of the occupant of the booth.

M. The combination with a customers booth, of a phonograph arranged in a separate compartment and having its amplifying chamber opening into said booth, a shutter in the lower end portion of said chamber, and a knob on the outside of said chamber in reach of the occupant of the booth for controlling said shutter.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HENRY J. BROW'N.

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