US1573504A - Automatic phonograph - Google Patents

Description

Feb. 16 1926.

y O. SMITH AUTOMATIC PHONOGRAPH Filed Deo. 29;, 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 16 1926. Y

' o. SMITH AUTOMATIC PHONOGRAPH Filed Deo. 29, `1921 etz Feb. 1651926. 1,513,504

O. SMITH AUTOMATIC PHONOGRAPH I5 Sheets-Sheet 3 A MANA.-

Patented Feb. 16, 1926. i

UNITED STATES PA'rraarl OFFICE.

OBERLINSMITH, OF-BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY.

AUToMA'rIe rHoNoenAPi-r.

Application filed Becembeil 29, 1921. Serial No. 525,669.

To all whom t may capcom: possible of location at any desired distance 55 Be it known that I, OBERLIN SMITH, refrom the phonograph.

sidingv at Bridgeton, in theeount'y of Cum- In the drawings-- berland and State of New Jersey, a citizen l.Iligt 1 is a view in side elevation of an 5 of the United States, have invented certain apparatus embodying my invention;

new and useful Improvements in Automatic Fig. 2 -is a top plan view, with parts bro- 60 Phonographs, of which the following is a ken away; v

s ecification. Fig. 3 is a vertical section Aon line 3--3,

The main object of my invention is to reof Fig. 1;

duce to the minimum the manual labor or Fig. Il is a vertical section on line JL- 4,

effort required in the operation of phonoof Fig. 3; graphs and other instruments of entertain- Fig. 5 is a detail view of the record transment presenting similar conditions in referring device, showing various positions spect of applying and removing the operatthereof in a transfer operation;

t5' ing member of the organization. Another Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view illustrating v object is to enable the application of the the .circuit arrangement, and a keyboard sound record or other operating member to mechanism that may be'used; i and its removal from operating position by Fig. 7 is a top plan .view of the keyboard, the manipulation of a controlling device, diagrammatic in nature;

Z0 such as a keyboard, situated more or less Fig. -8 is a detail view vin vertical section remote from the instrument. A subsidiary of one of the switch groups; but important object is to accomplish o-r Figs. 9 and 10 are detailyiews of the achieve th/e/other .objects mentioned by mechanism for governing the stopping of mechanism that will be as simple as'possible, the turntable, and the mechanism for oper- 25 having in view the operations to be perating the tone-arm;

formed. My invention consists inv the i Fig. 1l is a detail view in section of a 80 mechanism/having the characteristics of condifferent form of keyboard than is shown in struction described by or included within the other figures. v the terms or scope ofthe appended claims. Fig. 12 is a detail side view of a portion 30 I have embodied my invention in a phonoof the phonograph;

graph of the disk-type, and the drawings lReferring to the' drawings, a skeleton 85 will be found 4illustrating such an embodiframework, 10, is shown which may be made ment, but it is to be understood, unless the of wood and will preferably be enclosed by claims, by proper construction, restrict to a cabinet of wood or other material within or define such an embodiment, that the scope which on a vertical shaft, l1, is supported of my protection is not to be limited to the near the top of the framework a turret, l2,

phonograph embodiment. Briefly described, which has a circular series of radially arthe embodiment of my invention shown in ranged.- compartments or stalls, 13, each the drawings comprises a phonograph using adapted to contain and support a disk record the disk-type record and, as usual, conthat restsat its bottom edge upon ledges orV sisting of a turntable and aswinging toneracks at the bottom of the stall, a slot or arm, a reservoir or magazine of .turret form space being left between such' supports for in which a large number of records are the entrance of the record transferring de-4 placed, power driven means for taking a vice by. which a record is lifted out ofthe record from the magazine, transporting it turret, placed upon the turntable, 14, of a to and placing it upon the turntable and phonograph, 15, and after the record has then removing it from the turntable and rebeen played returned to its proper stall.

storing it toits proper place in the magazine, The record transferring device which coland a keyboard comprising a. collection of lectively I term the lifter, comprises -a 50 keys by whose manipulation the selection and pincer-like gripper mounted upon the upper removal of a desired record in the magazine end of a vertically sliding carrier, which is accomplished, the keyboard connection in its turn, is attached to a set of lazywith the mechanism controlled thereby betongs, 16, attached to the bottom of the ing electrical and thus the keyboard being frame, 10, which at about mid-length is engaged by the free end of a lever, 17, pivoted at its other end to a bracket, 18, attached to the frame so that it may swing vertlcally, and thus alternately open and close the lazytongs to lift and lower the gripper. Intermediate itsend the lever, 17, has a roller, 19, that engages a path cam, 20, which cam may be simply a groove following an eccentrlc circle or other contour on the side of a dlsk attached to the worm wheel, 21, on a horizontal shaft, 22, driven by a worm, 23,. on a horizontal main shaft, 24, that recelves motion from a suitable motor, such as an electric motor, 25, which by suitable reduction gearing is geared to the main shaft, 24. As shown, a pulley connected by a belt, 26, with a large pulley, 27, onv a shaft, having a small pulley, 28, which in turn is connected bv a belt, 29, with a large pulley, 30, on the main shaft, 24, but spur or worm or any other type of gearing may be used. The electric motor is in a circuit that includes a switch to control the running of the motor, and while the apparatus is in use the motor, and consequently the main shaft, aire constantly running during the first and second subcycles of motion as explained later. The worm, 23, is loose on the main shaft, and is' only revolved therewith when a clutch rotatably connects the worm and the main shaft. The clutch shown '(Fig. 6) is of a type common in\ power presses and compr1sesa radial stud, 31on shaft, 24, and

" a pawl, 32, pivoted in a iange at the end A of the worm' adjacent to the radial pin, 31,

a spring, 33, acting upon the pawl, 32, normally to hold it in engagement with the pin, 31. A pivoted dog or catch,34, is adapted to engage the tail of the pawl, 32, and disengage the pawl from the pin, 31, and thereby unclutch the worm from the main shaft,

- said catch being acted upon by a spring, 35,

lng such ma tending to move the catch awa-y from and hold it in position out of the path of the tail of the pawl, 32, as the-latter revolves with the worm. An electro-magnet, 36, acts upon the catch, 34, when the circuit includnet is closed to cause it to engage the paw 32, and release it from clutching engagement with the pin, 31. The worm, clutched to the main shaft, 24, to effect a revolution of the cam, 20, with the shaft, 22, a half revolution causing either the lifting or opening of the lazy-tongs or the lowering or contraction thereof, such movement of the lazy-tongs occurring, as has been I closed jaws, 37, to the other end explained, to place a given record upon the turntable, 14, and then, later on, to remove it therefrom. j

The gripper comprises a pair of springpivoted to each other and of the lazy-tongs, to one of which is attached a hook, 38, which as the grippers ascend gripping a record, at

the .shaft of the motor, 25, hasy la lever, 48, that engagesv its edge, engages a stationary projection, 39, with the result that the` gripper 1s swung from the vertical position in which it first engages the record in its turret stall to a horizontalv position to deposit the record on the turntable, 14, and then slightly opens the gripper jaws so that they will not have contact with the record as it revolves with the turntable, 14. Vhen the playing of the record has finished andthe lazy-tongs'start to descend, the first effect is to free the hook, 38, from the projection, 39, and -thus allow the gripper jaws to clamp the edge of the disk on the turntable, and the ensuing action is the reverse of that for depositing the record on the turntable. The gripperjaws are opened by the tails thereof entering a V-shaped opening, 370.

The phonograph tone-arm, 40, is mounted as usual so that it may swing horizontally to place the needle in contact with the record groove and allow the travel of the. needle radially of the record, and to swing vertically to place the needle in the record groove vand remove it therefrom. I effect the 'raising and lowering of the tone-arm and its lateral movement to place it in position for the needle to be dropped or lowered into engagment with the groove and lifted therefrom, by means of two devices that are actuated by appropriate cam grooves`in the side of the worm wheel, 2l. Referring to Figs. 9 and 10. The device for horizontally swinging the tone arm includes a link or rod, 41, at one end connected to a radial projection, 42, on the tone arm, and at its other end connected to one arm of a bellcrank lever, 43, whose other arm is connected to a link, 44, that extends to a lever, 45, which engages the proper cam in the side of the worm wheel, 21. The device that controls the lifting and lowering of the tone arm is a simple lever, 46, which at one end passes beneath the tone arm and at the other end is connected by a link, 47, with 4 the appropriate cam in the side of the worm wheel, 21.

When the end of the record groove is reached and the piece on the record stops playing, I automatically stop the revolution of the phonograph turntable, and this I accomplish by a device that is vactuated at the Y proper time by the turret, such proper time being that required for each record. As is well-known the stopping point of the playing grooves varies with different records, and

hence thel stopping of the turntable must` graph motor circuit.

1lengths which, respectively,

1of playing, has reached the termin-al of the record groove. The phonograph motor switch includes a lever, 49, pivoted beneath the turntable which by a light rod, 50, isconnected to one arm of a bell crank lever, 51, pivoted to one extremity of a thin iat lever, 52, also pivoted beneath the turn-v table, and having its other extremity engaged by the linger, 53, of a lever, 54, p1voted to the side of. the phonograph box so as to swing vertically. l One end of the lever, 54, is adjacent the path of a series of pins, 12', on the top side of the turret, and when engaged by a pin, 12', the lever, 54, is rocked and thereby the end of the lever, 52, which carries the lever, 51, is moved to place the tree arm of the lever, 51,'nearer to or urther from a projection, 45'., carried by the tone arm. There is a pin, 12', for each record stall in the turret and the pins, 55, project from the turret a distance having a relation to the terminal point of the record groove of the record and the position to which the lever, 5l, is shifted, by the movement of the lever, 52, depends upon'the amount of projection ofthe pin, 12', above.

the turret. The pins, 12', are readily attached to and removed from'the turret by l providing the latter with-holes into which the pins are inserted, and all the holes are of the same depth so that pins of different length will project different distances above the turret. The pins, 12', are of assorted are equal to the distance radially between the outer turn of the record grooves and the innermost turn, and accordingly a pin having such length is placed in the hole in the turret at the stall having the record whichsuits the lengt-h of pin selected. Thus the free arm of the lever, 51, by the action of the pin appropriate to the record being played will be placed in av position relative to the tone arm projection,

45', that when the end of the record has been reachedsuch projection, 45', will strike the lever, 51, and rock the same and thereby move the switch lever 49, to open the phono- When the switch lever, 49, is thus moved to open the phonograph motor circuit, it also closes a circuit that includes a knife switch, 49', which controls the running of the main motor, 25, and the latter is thereby set in motion. The lever, 54, near its pin engaging end is connected by a yieldable connection, 54', con'- sisting of a rod and a coil spring to one end ot a lever, 541whose other end is inl', position to be engaged by the lifter lever, r

17, or a part connected therewith when the lever, 17, is in record lifting position and thereby thel end of the lever, 54, is placed and yieldingly held in position for engagement by a pin, 12'. The lever, 54, has a counterweight, 54", that tends to lift the pin engaging end of the lever and thus exjvice, whereupon cept when the lever, 54, is engaged by .the

lifter lever, 17, no scraping actionl of the pins on the lever, 54, can take place. In place of the counterweight, a spring may be used for the same purpose.

At one side of the switch lever-,49, is an arm, 49", which by a link, 49, is connected with one arm ofa bell crank lever, 64, p ivoted to the side of the phonograph casing `whose other arm is engaged by a push rod,

4'6, on the underside of the tone arm `lifting lever, 46, by the action of which parts the switch lever, .49, is caused to close the circuit through the main motor to start the same.

Power to rotate the turret is also taken from the driving shaft, 24, by a worm, 55,

(Figs. 1 and 3) loose on the-shaft, a clutch,

56, being provided to rotatably connect s aid worm with and disconnect it from the shaft similar to the clutch device for thel cam driving worm, 23. When the magnet, 36, is energized by closing a switch in the circuit that includes such magnet, and thus releases the clutch, 56, the rotation/of the turret will at once stop, but that does not occur until the stall, containing thejdesired record is in position for such record to be engaged by the gripper of the record transferring de the automatic' closing of the circuit takes place and the magnet being energized, the catch of clutch, 56, is released and moved into the path of the clutch pawl and the latter is disengaged from the main shaft. The magnet, 36, is in a circuit which contains a normally open switch which includes a radial pin or stud, 60, on the periphery of the recoi'd carrying turret, and a pair ot' spaced spring blades, 61 and 62, insulated `from one another between which said stud is forced by rotation of the turret, and. thereby the circuit closed, the

magnet energized, and the clutch, 56, dis-l engaged.` At lthe same time the turret rotating clutch is disengageththe cam rotat-h ing clutch is. engaged to start the litter mechanism, this being accomplished by a lever connection 340, between the catch, 34, of the cam clutch, and the corresponding catch of clutch, 56. The switch consisting 'of the. stud, 60, and apair of blades, 61 and '62, is really a knife switch whose contacts are kept bright and in good conducting coudition by rubbing together.

Should a lead wire be provided for each record, it will be seen that a great number of wires would be required, as many as titty- Jone-.iin an apparatus having titty record To diminish greatly the ,number of'` stalls. wires T arrange the pairs of switch blades, 6l and`62, into groups, those of the saine group being connected in parallel andthiis having a common lead wire. fifty stalls it will be convenient to arrange the pairs of switch blades, 61 and 62, in

Thus withf groups of ten. This group arrangement may be carried out as shown in the drawings (Figs. 6 and 8)` by mounting the pair of blades, 61 and 62, properly insulated from each other by fibre washers, 63, in a vertical series upon-a pair of vertical postlike supports, 64, said supportsbeing insulated from the blades by a libre tube or sleeve, 65. The studs, 60, are distributed vertically of the turret so that the studs will be properly positioned to engage the appropriate pair of blades, the result of this arrangement being that the studs, 60, extend in a spiral arrangementen the periphery of the turret. The circuit for each group of switch blades, 61, includes ay manual switch, such asy one of the push pin type, which controls the supply of the current to the circuit including the group and in addition to that switch, there is a switch for each set of lower blades, 62, which must manually be operated to supply current to a particular set of blades of each group so that in the operation of the apparatus, the proper group switch and the proper individual switch of that group must be operated to supply current only to that pair of blades which is related to the Vrecord that it is desired shall be taken from the Aturret, and applied to the turntable. A suitable index card containing the names or titles of the records and the switch designations may be supplied with the apparatus by reference to which the proper keys to select a particular record for playing may be at once known. The upper blades, 61, of each Group are spaced, but electrically connectedD by brass conducting washers, 66. 'lhe lower blades, 62,.of each switch is connected by a brass conducting tube, 65, with the corresponding lower blade of each group so that if a push-button of the switches for the circuit that include the lower blades is depressed, it puts the lower switch blade lof each switch group in a circuit containing the switch of that button. Thus it will be seen' that pushing a button of the group of five buttons and one of the lbuttons of the other group would energize the two blades of only one switch, through which the current would pass when the proper pin or stud in the turret engaged such blades.

The keyboard may., as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, include a series of push-buttons, 68, (that constitute the group of liveswitches), slidably mounted each in a hole in a frame, 69, and yieldingly held outward in circuit breaking position by a coil spring, 70. Each key, 68, when pushed or depressed makes contact with the end of the core, 71, of an electro-magnet, 75, whose coils 'are in a circuit that includes a contact ring, 72, mounted on the key, 68, a stationaryr contact ring, 73, and a stationary clip, 74, conthe magnet bythe touching of said contacts when the key is pushed being energized, and the key is retained in its pushed or depressed position until the circuit is broken, which is done automatically as when the entire cycle is completed as explained hereafter. In order to prevent more than one key, 68, of a series being depressed at one time the inner ends of the keys pass through an imaginary center in the frame, 69, from which the key paths diverge, so that one depressed key will obstruct the movement of any of the other keys. The inner ends of the keys, 68, are beveled so that a key will have a fiat surface in contact with the core, 71, of the electro-magnet,

75, when depressed or pushed in. Said keyy board also includes a series of push-buttons, 680, similar to the buttons, 68, that constitute the other group, that contact with the core of a magnet, 750, connected in series with ring, 72, on said button, and the clip, 74,

touched by said ring, from which a wire leads to one of the groups of blades of the turret switches. At the same time current is transmitted by clip, 74, and wire, 83, that leads to the two magnets, 75 and 750, through switch, 76, controlled by cam,` 20, and back to the source, 80, thus completing a circuit through the magnets causing said button, 68, to remain depressed by the action ofthe magnet, 75. Attached to wire, 83, and in parallel with magnets, 75, is a wire, 84, supplying current through tone-arm 0perated switch, 85, (which in its normal position is closed), to the motor, 25,- and \the motor circuit being energized and revolving shaft, 24, which, being normally clutched to the Worm, 55, causes the turret, 12, to revolve. A s before explained, in order to stop the turret, 12, lat its proper position for a record it will be necessary for the clutch-magnet, 36, to be energized, thus causing the dog, of clutch, 56,.-to engage with the tail of the pawl thereof and disconnect the' worm from the shaft.`

Each of the push buttons, 680hasa ringform contact, 681, which, when the button is pushed in, as shown in Fig. 6, will touch a contact ring, 86, from which a wire leads that includes the coil of the clutch-operating magnet, 36, and which also touches a clip, 682, from which a wire, 683, leads to the contact blades, 62, of one of the grou s thereof. The push-button, 680, will be he d in its depressed position by the attraction stop vthe turret.`

cause at the same time onesof the push-buttons, 68, is in its depressed position. Under the conditions just set forth, when the turrl'etY revolves until the appropriate stud or pin, 60, contacts with` a' pair of blades, 61 and 62,- that are energized by reason of the depressed position of push-button, 68, and 680, the magnet, 36, will be energized, and the clutch catch adjacent the magnet will be moved to-operate the clutch, 56, to disconnect the turret from the driving shaft-.and thus 'It will .be understood that when any two buttons, 68 and 680, are pushed, the el'ect is to close the circuit through the motor so that it at once starts running and energizes both blades, 61 and 62, of a pair of the turret-controlled switch which represent the records selected to be revolving the turntable,

The. turret-clutch, (Fig. 1), when disengaged, (being, as before explained, me- .ehanically attached to the cam clutch), automatically causes the cam-clutch to clutch the cam to the driving shaft, and thus operates the lifter to put the record on the turntable and place the tone-'arm in position on the record thereby automatically closing the turntable motor switch, -49,`and opening the main motor switch, 49, thus stopping the .motor, 25, (and incidentally the cam), and

14. It is to be remembered that at this time the cam clutch is still engaged, the turret clutch, 56, is disengaged, and the buttons, 6'8 a-nd 680, are depressed. The tone-arm, in being carried toward thecenter of the record when the record finishes playing, automatically closes the switch, 85, and opensthe switch, 87, thus starting the main motor, 25, which is controlled by the switch, 85, and stopping the phonograph motor, 57 which is controlled by the switch, 87. l By the action of the cam, 20, the tone-arm A.is returned to its normal position and the litter actuated to replace the record in its proper stall or compartment. At this time, by means of a projection, 200, on the cam, the switch, 76, is opened for an instant breaking the circuits of the magnets, 75, and 750, which instantly allows the buttons, 68 and 680, to return to their normal position by' their springs and break the entire circuit, allowing turret clutch, 56, to en-y gage and the cam clutch to disengage, putting them in their proper position for the next cycle. By its momentum, the cam, 20,

passes .the switch, 76, which immediately closes, thus putting the circ'uit at that point in readiness for the next cycle. Should it be desired to repeat the last played record,

instead of the turret making 'a complete revolution, it would not move. vThis is due to the fact that the acting radial pin, 60, on the turret, 12, would be left between its was completed. As soon as the two buttons representlng the record to be repeated are proper switch' blades when the entire cycle depressed,.the' circuit including the clutch magnet, 3 6, is closed, energizing the magnet and disengaging the turret clhtch, 56, so that the turret remains in the position in which it was last used. In disengaging the' turret clutch, the cam clutch is automatically thrown in, clutching the worm, 23, to the cam and'starting it on its regular cycle, just the same as if the turret had revolved until the pin representing the chosen record had ,y

come to place.

' Current supplied the machine may be used to operate a tone-damper, 88 (Fi 6), conf.

tained in the horn, 89, by a suita le' switch aoA fon the keyboard. Thus` a wire, 90, may l lead from the contactring, 73, toA a contact clip, 91, adapted to be engaged by a push button, 92, that also engages a contact clip,

93, from which a wire, 94, leads to a magnet,

95, in a circuit vcompleted throughv a connection on themotor, 25, to the source of current, 80. The magnet armature is a bell crank lever, 96, that Vibrates so that a awl,

97, on said lever revolves one note a ratchet'wheel, 98, attached to the damper,

88, and thus partially moves the latter and so regulates 'the tone of the music. If the ratchet contained twelve notches it wouldv be `necessary to push'the button onlyfthree times to entirely open or close the damper.

The conducting wires may be of Vthe ordinary design having a cylindrical form and containing the requisite number of insulat- A ed wires. If the relative positions of the machine and the keyboard are permanent, or reasonably so, this cable may be run beneath the floor or wall or may be run in any other convenient way. If, however, it is desirable to have the keyboard portable so that it may be carried to another part of the room or to an adjoining room or to the side of a bed or a lounge, it is desirable to havea lat, ribbon-like, very flexible cable `with the wires running all side by side.- Not only. are these -wires easier to connect and keep account of individually than in a round cable. but the ribbon being very thin can lie against a wall or upon the floor or pass under a door without taking up too much room. It can furthermore be easily shortcned or lengthened as the keyboard is carried from place to place without moving the machine itself.

In F ig. 4 is shown such a ning over several idler pulleys, 99, placed in such a position that some of them remain in a straight row while, others are in another row, alternating in position, and mounted upon a movable bar, 100, to move up if ypret'erred). In hinged like one edge of a parallel ruler and flat cable I run# loosely running drums or and down, (or sidewise this case said bar 1sy pulled clown b a spring, 101. The inner end ofthe ca le is shown attached to a bracket, 102, holding the switches, etc., and the Aother end runs out from the machine through a slot and Vis controlled therefat` against being pulled in again by alittle fric# tion pulley, or fperhaps bythe weight of the keyboard itsel to keep 1t from slipping. 'This device therefore arranges for taklng up the slack, so to speak, of several feet of cable, making it convenient to move the keyboard to varlous positions around the room, etc. without annoyance from slack. p

'Izhe action of the machinemay be divided into groups of sub-cycles, all of them together forming one grand cycle of the machine for its whole performanceupon any one disk record.

The first o f these sub-cycles selects and places in lifting position, by means of the turret, the disk 1n question. The second sub-c cle, without stopping the motor, lifts the isk and places it upon the turntable. The third subfcycle, (the motorA being stopped so as not to waste current and not to make any noise), performs the functlon of the phonograph proper. The fourth subcycle undoes the wlivork of thei second one, i ing tipping, owering an ungripping eliipecord, leaving it in its proper stall and sto ping 'the motor.

ssuming that \this machine having a capacity for fifty records and running 1t at a conservatively low speed, the first cycle will require anywhere from one to fifty seconds of time according to how far the desired record is around the turret from the position in which the latter has happened to stop, which is the number of the previous record that happened to be played at that time. The second cycle will require sixty seconds, the third one from three to five minutes according to the amount of music or other sounds upon the particular record in play, while the fourth cycle will require sixty seconds. All

-of this is based on sixty revolutions per minute for the main clutch shaft. It is probable,

however, that the machine ma to good ladvantage, be run at a much hi er speed.

It will be understood that oth in the organization of the apparatus as an entirety and in regard to the form or construction of the various elements or members, there may be departure or variations from what I have thus far described. Instead of having the push-key the armature of the magnet for holding the keys depressed, eachl key may, as shown in Fig. 11, have pivoted to it a latch, 103, which 'when the push-button is depressed swings into engagement with the underside of a plate, 104. In the path of each button as it is depressed is a plunger, 105, that forms the armature'of the magnet, 106, which armature is pushed into the range of attraction of the magnet so that it is held .thereby agzainst the upward force of a sprin 10 the magnet bein energized whengany push button is thusg depressed. When the magnet circuitis broken tempo'- rarily as under the conditions hereinbefore described in connection with the other form of push-button holding means, the spring, 107, moves the lunger, 106, so that it strikes the tail of the atch 103, with enough force to release itV from the latch plate and thus permit the depressedkey to return to its 'normal position.

What I claim is 1. A machine of the kind described comprising player mechanism, a magazine for a collection of player devices, each device having its own appointed place in the magazine, a transfer device adapted to move a player device at a time from the magazine to the player mechanism and tov return it to the magazine, a motor to move the magazine to present the player devices to the transfer device, and means includin a mem` ber carried by the magazine for eac player device that stops movement of the magazine with a selected player device at the point Where the transfer. device acts upon the player device. y

2. In a machine of the'kind described, the combination of a player mechanism that includesa turntable, a traveling magazine for a collection of player devices, a device to transfer selectedI player devices between magazine and player mechanism,to which the selected player device is presented by the traveling magazine, means under the control of the magazine which automatically causes it to stop with a selected player device at the transfer device, and automatic means for causing movement of the magazine and the transfer device..

3. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of a player mechanism that includes a turntable, a traveling magazine for a collection of player devices, a device to transfer selected player devices between magazine and player mechanism, to which the selected player device is presented 'by the traveling magazine, motor means operavtively connected with the magazine and the transfer device, and hand-actuated means to set the motor means' 1n operatlon, a circuit for each player device in the magazine that includes switch means `adjacent the path of travel of the magazine'and a device on the magazine for cooperatinmwith each switch means, said magazine being a rotatable turret having radially arranged compartments to receive player devices.

4. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of a player mechanism that includes a turntable, a traveling magazine for a collection of player devices, a device to `transfer selected player devices between magazine and player mechanism, to which combination of player mechanism, a travelj ing magazine for a collection of player devices, means to transfer selected devices one at a time between 4the magazine and the player mechanism, and lmeans under the con- `trol of the magazine to stop the travel l player mechanism,

vices,

thereof with reference to said transfer d'evice, said magazine being a rotatable turret and .said control means being, projections from the exterior of the turret.

6. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of player mechanism, a traveling magazine for a collection of player -devices, electric means, including switches for controlling the movement of said magazine, and means to transfer selected devices, one at a time, between` the magazine and the said magazine being la rotatable turret that has projections that constitute members of said switches.

7. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of player mechanism, a traveling magazine for a collection of-v player de electric means for controlling the movement of said magazine including a switch that comprises a plurality of stationary members and a plurality of members to co-act therewith, -carried by the magazine,`and means to transfer selected devices, one at a time,between the player mechanism and the magazine.

8. The combination of a player mechanism, a traveling magazine for a collection of player devices, consisting of a rotatable turret having radial eompartmentsforsaid devices, movable to present the respective devices ,at a point for removal, and automatic means to selectively stop said magazine at such point, to present a desired player device thereat comprising a circuit for each player device in the-magazine and a switch for each circuit adjacent the path of travel of the magazine, and a switch operating member on the magazine for each switch.I

9. The combination of aplayer mechanism, a traveling magazine'for a collection of player devices, consisting of a rotatable turret having radial compartments for said devices, movable to present the respective devices at`a point for removah'and automatic'means to selectively stop said magazine at such point, to present a desired player device thereat, said means bcing'underthe control of the magazine, and comprising a circuit for cach .player device including devices,

returnable switch members supported adjaceiitthe .periphery of the turret and radial pins on theperiphery of the turretto coact with said switch members.

10. The combination of a player mechanism, a traveling magazine fora collection of player devices, consisting of a rotatable turret having radial compartments for saiddevices,movable to present the respective devices at a point for removal, and automatic means to selectively stop said magazine at such point, to presenta desired player device thereat,.said means including series of switch contacts parallel with the turret axis and adjacent the periphery of the turret, and radial' projections on the periphery of the turret extending in a spiral direction around the turret.

11. In a machine of the kindl described, the combination of player mechanism, a turret having separated holders for a collectionv of player devices, means to transfer' one of said devices at a time between player mechanism and turret, and automatic means to rotate theturret and selectively present desired player devicesto saidtransfer mechamsm.

l2. In a machine of the kind described, the 'combination l of .player mechanism, a traveling magazine for a collection of player devices, the magazine having con- 4tainers for the respective player devices,

each particularplayer device 'being removable from and returnable to its own place,

.a transfer device for moving a. player de- Vvice `at a time between the 'magazine and the play'er mechanism, the movement of the magazine being to present the various player devices to the transfer device, and automatic means to cause the stoppage of the magazine .to present a selected player device to the transfer device comprising pins projecting from the magazine corresponding in number to the player'devices carried by the magazine and circuits havingswitches adjacent the path of travel of the magazine and engageable by said pins.

13. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of player mechanism, a traveling magazine for a collection of player the magazine having containers for the respective player devices, each particular player devicebeing removablel from and to its own place, a transfer device for moving a player device at a time between the magazine and the player mechanism, the movement of the magazine being to present the various player devices'to the transfer device, and automatic means to causethe stoppage of the magazine to vpresent a selected player device to the transfer device, said automatic means comprising a motor to impart movement to the magazine and ar motor stopping device on the magazine for each player device.

. .sentva selecte 14. Ina machine of the, kind described, the combination of player mechanism, a traveling magazine for a collection of player devices, the magazine having containers for lar pla er device being removable from and returna le to its own place, -a transfer .de-t vice for moving a player device at a time,V 'between the magazine and the playe'rfmechanism, the movement of themagazine being I to present the various player devices to the transfer device, and automatic means /to f v'cause the stopage ofthe magazine to pre` p ayer device to the'tr'ansfer, device, said automatic means comprising an electric motor and switches Vto control the running of the motor that include for each player device a switch member carried by the magazine. y

15. In a machine of the kind described, the combinationv'ofv a layer mechanism, a traveling magazine ory a collection of ylayer devices, a movable transfer device or moving selected player devices between the magazine and t e player mechanism, motor means to move the magazine and to actuate the transfer device, andautomatic means which prevent. movement of the magazine when the transfer device is actuated and movement of the-transfer device when the magazine is operated, -said automatic means 'comprising control devices carried by the magazine and which are associated with the respective 'player devices.

16. In a machine ofthe kind described, the combination of a phonograph that includes a turntable and a movable tone arm, a traveling magazine for se arately supporting a collection of recor s, a transfer device for carrying a record at a time between magazine and turnta.l`lemotor-operated means for movingl the magazine, motoroperated means for actuating the transfer device, automatic means for causing movelment of the magazine and actuation of the transfer device in alternation comprising members carried by the magazine for the respective records, and power operated means including cams and operative connections between the cams and the tone arm for Inoving the latter with reference to the turntable.

17. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of a phonograph that includes a turntable and a movable tone arm,

la traveling magazine for separately supporting a collection .of records, a transfer device for carrying a record at a time between magazine and turntable, motor operated means for moving the magazine, motor operated means for actuating the transfer device, automatic means for moving the magazine and actuating the transfer device in alternation comprising members carriedfbythe magazine for the relspective records, and power operated means l,including cams and operative connections y'bet'iiveen the cams and the tone arm. for movthe respectivev player devices, each pa'rticuingv I -ta 1.9, and record controlled means for the latter with reference to the turnsimultaneously stopping the turntable and causing actnationtof the transfer device. 4 18. The combination of a phonograph, a magazine of records, means to transfer records between magazine and phonograph, automatic means to stop the playing of the records actuated by respective records according to the' lengthof the record', comprising projections on the magazine of a length related to the terminals of the respective records, and means. to move the magazine. I

19.'L The combinationof a phonograph, a

-magazine of, records, means to transfer records betwe igi magazine and phonograph, and automati.v means to stop' the playing of the records actuated by respective records according to the length of the record, comprising projections on the magazine of a length related to theterminals of the respective. records, means to move the ma azine, a tone arm projection and a mova lemember that is engaged by the tone arm projection, whose position for engagement is determined by said magazine projections. 20. The combination of. a phonograph, a movable magazine of records, -means to transferA a record at a time between phonograph .and magazine, motor means that move the ma azine and the transfer mechanism in time alternation, and means whose action depends on the length ofthe soundproducing parts of the records to stop the phonograph and cause the motor means to actuate the transfer mechanism. i 21. The combination of a phonograph,va movable magazine of records, means 1to transfer records between magazine and phonograph, motor means that move the magazine and the transfer mechanism, a keyboard that controls the delivery of power from the motor means, and automatic means that release set keys of the keyboard when the yplaying of a record on the phonograph ends.

22. The combination of playermechanism a horizontal position and passing through j a compartment when the latter aligns therewith.

23. The combination of player mechanism having a horizontal turntable, a traveling vmagazine having means to support a colla horizontal position,

lection of player devices 4in vertical position in compartments that extend vertically through the magazine, and a vertically movable transfer device having a player device gripper movable ybetween a vertical and and passing through a compartment when the latter aligns therewith, and means that open andclose the gripper'. l

24. The combination of a player .mechanism, a horizontally traveling magazine hav:

ing vertical spaces that player devices,

respectively contain and havin means to supsition, a transfer device that moves vertical 15 through a space when alined therewith, and means to present such a space in alinement with the transfer device. y

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature.

. `OBERVLIN SMITH.

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