US1876753A

US1876753A - Musical box

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Publication number: US1876753A
Application number: US470958A
Authority: US
Inventors: Reuge Albert
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-07-09
Filing date: 1930-07-26
Publication date: 1932-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 1949-09-13

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Sept. 13, 1932. REUGE 1,876,753

MUSICAL BOX Fild July 26. 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVEHTDR; lliartleu u 7 4a, 7

ATTORNEY.

A. REUGE 1,876,753

MUSICAL BOX Filed July 26. 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Sept. 13, 1932 i a Itisitvellknovvn to somount musical appaa ratusfin boxesy that the spring or thesprmg motorlmay be tensionedby means ofparticug -1 1 lar winding keys and thatthe operation of r i 15 themusieal apparatusitself is startectbythe movements of the cover of the boiri This rep 1 sults inaserious draw-back as the springs ofpmusical boxes oilthielflkind mustbene woundby particular movementsby handeach movedin a closed circular path, so that after each revolution theseveral pointsofthe path again coincide; so thatthispath has douhleor 3 in the draw-back that this winding movestance the opening of the cover ofthe box; orthe movement ofa member of a figure; may only be usedfor winding SLlChflI lUSlGal instru ments bytransmission by means ofspecial H gears.

14o 1 a i ,The present invention relates to musical int I sti'uments driven ,by a spring motorand the objectiofthis invention isto obviate the dis- 1 advantagesmentioned abovei To obtain this i iselfr or a movement"follo vingthevvinding timethe spring motor has run down. During it Figure 11 is a sectional View of 1111151031 Ywinding of the spring" the Winding key is multiple points, that isto sayfthis path does cross itself and doesnot have singlebpoints i only. a A further draw-back consists inithis; e h i that inusicalinstruments o f'this kind mounted l 1 iii-boxes are, after a short period of tirndhot 2U rewound again, so that they donot any longer i fulfill their purpose as ameans for entertainment or amusement.

mounted in boxes, and Figures Z and 8 are ment comprising a spring motor needle drum oricyhnder and a comb blade 4.3 The sprlng motor 2 QOllllBQlllS a sprmg not showny casing 5 This a spring may. be tensionedby means of a lever 6. One arm of a bell cranklever 7 contacts tvith the lever 6, While the a ment, consisting of simple movements, for in dotted lines, whereby thelever 7 is brought wpurpose the xwinding of the spring of the spring motor is, according to the invention, iiefiected by alvvays unidiiectedmovements in apath which has simplefpoints only. i The release or the operation of the musical box a e e e from its position 66; into the position 6 and i a e e j umay'becausedby the-W nding movementit v 0 1 musical instrument comes to a standstill as nam in naueneonsrlcnorxjswrrznnnnnn i I ii e nu sichnfnok A e e e e ifin au ii meaiuiy 26 193d, Se1 ia1 lfToiMQW; and in switaerlantl xul eQ eapQ movement. The Winding movement is prefments of thecover ofthe box. e n In the accompanying drawingssome coni strnctions of musical boxes according: to the invention are'shownby Way ofeizample. i

box provided with adevice according to the invention tl efront cover of; the box being omitted; Figure Zis aplan viewlof the de-vr vice'lshowninFigui'el;Figure31isa sectional l a VlQW lllllSlllalllllgfi tumblensupport provided; i

with a idev'iceaccording to the invention; Fig ures -5 and 6 are sect onal side vlewsshovving;

further examples of the use of the new device in fconnection with musical instruments side and back views representing the figure 1 e of a human body provided with a device according to theinvention, e i Mounted 1n thebox 1 1s a musical instruin the drawings which is arranged in, the

other arm (if; said leveit 7 iseby means ofa' link 8; connected to the cover9 of theboX.

The position oftlie several parts shotvn full linesin Figures land 2corresponds to j the untensioned position ofthe springmotorfl in which" the cover 9 of i the box is opened. when thecover 9 of the box isclosed; the 1e ver8 is moved in theposition 8a shown in into theposition'7a indicated in dotted lines; By this movementxthe lever (ivvhich is direct ly m ounted onthe shaft IOofthe spring is pressed into the position 6a=shovvn indotted lines. In this position the spring 10f the spring motoris tensioned. When wthe piece: of music is played, the lever is slowlyreturned will beso arrested byithe pin2l, that the i l soonasifthe pieceofiniisic heen born Y pletelyplayed,11 1 V 1 j .a

1During the winding movementone end-of that at endpoint do U1 they crossY each; other 1 and-they alsog'do not,

7 i The interior of a 1Sl pl drtiifor-linstance, tumbler support shown in Figure3ymay con} i spring moto 2, a needle drnni or needlecylina; :r1derQ3' and a-1-o0n bblade not; "shownf in thq "drawings and arranged behind-the needle; drlim or cylinder 3.1Thelei7ei6 of theepring- 1 "inotonwhich, byiineans of the vs halft' 1Q, ten 1 v sion'sfthe spring contacts 1 against I the hell- 1 crank lei er 14 whiehyhyineans ofthe lever QCOlIlCidziIl aseries of points thatisjitosay,1 4 fthepaths consist ofplane curves as this is the case, foriinstance, with; a several times repeated complete ciroular movement during 1 winding 'bji' nieane ofia key. The Winding i inoveinents performed in one pathare always V in the sainedirectioiili; whey do: notat'an'y of the sevei'al points lchange their1 direction 1 of i inoveinent, By so foriningffthe paths in which the members i or ten'sioning the. spring 0 are moved, the advantagefie 1ohta-ined, ithat. :the Winding I noveinent- =:forg the springs of fspring motors inlay-, ithoutthelneeessity-oi? '1 using special 1 auxiliary devices, to; *instanoe,x

gear transmissions; or siinila ig gears,: be de-' rivedfromeiinpleinovements siieh as ocotir by-the closing,mo'venient'oftli Q 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -'PI,BSSlll6"pllfl ggyTh0 the-pressure piece13l. Thepress ire-pin 33fisflg iided in the guide i V o f the cover, 36 of-the box insuch aman nery that it g nay perform a straight-lined, movementinits longitudinal"axisonly;11 Y

Theoperationof thisejiiiiisicalfapparatueis tain a music'al apparatus; jconsisting of a 15, is connected'to the cover 17, ll 'q m l oeciipythe positions 14a; and respectively.

1 Hereby the lever 6fis pressedinto the position 682 shown in dottedliiies injjwhich position the spring is teneioned'g, novs theltu nbler isj lifted,=the coverl'iis'pressjed iipjivard again; undeiflthe action of a; spring 58 andbyineans 1 V of the "ihell crankQleveij14 and-I thelever 15. 1 This reeults in the release offthe s pring motor 1 [2 of the musiealapparatus, so that hyneans' {of/thelnedle drum orlcylinderj and the 1 leverfis moved in a circular pat-11 20; and the conih blade'a certain pieee ofniusiois played 'froinflthe beginning toithe endywherenpon; e the musical apparatusis. arrested againhy a specialde ice.- During the Winding move:

outer end iof the lever 6 is noizedin ac'ircj ilar path perpendicularto' the planefoif thefigiirei) p 3 6; The straight-lined path 19fthe eircular path 0 n the P te a h 9f de e e e 1 1 have planecurves onlyQ;

c roes each other at any point and therefore}: The Wi ding Inoizementsr these 7 paths are always uniformly directed,

so that no single parts may overlap theinbevelgear26 meshes With the toothed segment 311 hich'isieonnected to the lever fi'and 1' therefore hy meaneofthe lever S2 and the asffollow'sz 1'.

' f' The': musical apparatus shown infFig ires 1 4 5 and6 consists of thespring moi-1on2, the -needle drum 'or needle Cylinder} and thel fcombxblade 4t mounted in a box1l such, afmannerfthat 1 the Spring .25 of the spring 1 {motor 2 istensioned loypres sure exerted upon the pressure 1piece134. The spring 2510f the 1 springniotor 2 is carried by the shaft 10 upon 5' f depressing thepres siiregpieeej or 1 button"; V l

ginto the position3 l shown in dotted lines, "the" levers 33 321 andG -are noved into ith'eQ-i 1 j'po sitions 3'3a, 320; andQGa reSpectiVeIy shown 1 1 in dotted lines; During the movement oi-these a lever from the position 6'intothe position 611,

the bevel gearv26 is,fby means of the toothed segment 31," rotatedabout an angle of a; little more than 12O?, tl1at isto say abolitia third 1 ofarevfolution, whereby the spring 25 is pro- 1 1 gportionally tensi oned; (Upon the'complete depressionof the p ressurefpiece 34:, the lock ing pawl 27-1 engages-the notch '30?) next be 1 hindit =1 Upon -release oflrthe pressure piece 5 Stfrorn the depressedposition 34a, theepring.

drum or needle cylinder '3' are driven fbyl mean's of theengagedlockingjpawl127.

j inay 'expand'again, Wherbythe toothed 'J Wheels 28 and 29 "and therefore the needle ,The toothed wheel28fhas three times as motorand the needle drum or needle cylinder played to the end.

be rotated about three many teeth as the toothed Wheel 29, so that? 1 the ratio of 1:3 exists betweenthe spring 1 3. The pin- 37'is'n1ounted in the toothed seg ment- 31 in such a manner, that'itagain abuts; a stop 38 assoon' asv'apiece of'music has been i D If now during a windipg motionabout an-angle'of 120;tl1espring-6f 1' 3 91 n mp eterevolution, this on. ate- 1: I

counter the ratio of 1:3 between the spring and the needle drum or cylinder, 3. During this complete revolution the piece of music e is again i played 1 from the beginning to the end, whereupon at the end the pin 37 again abuts againstthekstop38 and thereby brings lithe needle drumor cylinder to a standstill.

t v it During winding, thepressure piece 3& and

the end of the lever 33 are moved in a straightlined path 39, whereasthe end of the lever 32 c and the end; of the lever 6 are caused to move along a portion of a circular path 40. All

of the winding movements arealways made in the same d rection, sothat none of the moving [parts may tcrossieach other. This device is i particularly suitable for an article of amuse- ,ment and for toys in which in connection with the fpressurepin34a figure representa human or animal body maybemoved.

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a n aconstructionshown in Figures 7 and 8 la 1111151631 apparatus as descrlbed in connection Wlthil'leOlZhQI examples 1s mounted in the figure 50. The lever is, by means of other levers 41land 42, connected to the arm :43 in such a manner, that, by depressing the in arm l3 into the position 43a shown in dotted lines, the springof the spring motorof the musical apparatus is tensioned. On release, the arm 43 slowlyrises again int'othe original" position 43 duringwhich time the piece of musicis playedtromthe beginning to the 1, end.

By, the present invention the advantage is obtained, that the winding movements and the release of the "springofthe spring motor in may be derived from other simple move- 3 n ments,for instance, the opening and closing movements of, the cover of a box, by the most simple means Without necessltatingvfor lilllS purpose any spec al gears.

The deviceaccording to the invention may, of course, also be used 111 comblnation wlth other articles,;for instance, in combination 1 with boxes or dispensers for cigarsor cigarettes.

saving-boxes, cigaror cigarette- Finally other musical instruments, for instance, instruments having flies, barrel-op ,1 gans or gramophones which are driven by spring motors may be constructed according: to the invention. i a

What I claim i s; 1 l

1. A musical box comprising a casing, a

motor the casing, a musical apparatus mounted in the casing, an actuator associated with the casing for winding the notor, means in cooperation with the actuator and the motorfor winding the motor, andan arresting device for the last-named means positioned and proportioned to contact with the first-namedfmeans sothat the first-named meanswill wind themotor only to such an extent that the motor willcompletely operate a p themotor.

the musical apparatus to completely playthe desired selection to thenstop the operation of reverse;

2. A musicaliibox comprising flafcasing, a1 i i motor 1n the icasmg, a muslcal rapparatusi mounted in the casing and drivenby the r,

motor, and a plurality of leversi fornwindingg v the motor which have pivot points so that" i r the levers are capable of being movedq witha out changingthe direction of the movement in "the same plane curves which never cross each other.

a smufical box:comprising aocasing', a mus cal apparatus in the cas ng-, a motor lI l i the casing for drivlng sald 11111810211 ,apparae tus, and. means for Winding said motor, said ywinding means being adaptedi toj release the motor forloperatingsaid: musical: apparatus; 1 by: the winding movement, said winding means includinga plurality of leverswhich have pivot points so tha t the leye rsare capal ble of being movedin the same planecurves which do noticross each other and without changing the direction of movement;

' 4. A musical box comprisinga casing hav-r inga swinging cover, a musical apparatusin 1 i i the casing, a motor in the casing for driving the musical apparatus, a lever pivotally mounted in i the casing and adapted to wind the motor, and a second lever pivotallyi'con i i nected to the cover and the first-named lever; said ilevers moving 1n} the same plane curves whlch do not cross eachother andthe second named lever upon movement of the cover Winding the motor to operate the musical' apparatus to completely playthe desired selectionl 1 5 A musicalbox: comprising a casing hav l ing a swinging cover, a musical apparatus in the casing, a motor in the casing for driv-i f ing the :musical apparatus,a lever pivotally mountedin the casing and adapted to wind I the motor, a second lever pivotally connected to the cover and the first-namedlever, said leverupon movement of the coverwinding with the motor, and a lever. pivotallyconnected to the cover and the bell-crank lever, said levers moving in the same plane curves which do not cross each other and the second;

named lever upon'movement of the cover selection.

levers moving in the same plane curves which p do not cross each other and the second-named Winding the motor p h musicah appmws to P he desired? "7. a A musical box comprising a casinghava ing a sliding cover a musical apparatusin the casing, a motor in the casing for driving the m l pp m s, a lever pivotally mounted, cc v v f 1,1 t V 1,876, 15)? ,1; f

andag se'epnd lever.pivotallyghonnected to the, '7 i lever u on movement of thelgover winding" t ihgfthexmusical apparatus; a; ,lewrpi votally moimtedin the ca sihgmnd'ziclaptedto' Wind;

it "tus to completelypldythe desii'ed seledtibh.

in the all d 'atiapted-tohfiihathe motor;

= the :i i dtorctobpemte themusica'1" apparatus V ,to completeljplty thedesired selection. j; r

v 8 .A'musica11boxc0mprising acasingvhav V it imthe cesingyafmotof-in the casing 'fdI-"driw s'aid", levers inoving in the same pljariecurves Twhich do noticnose each other dn'dthesecondnamedleyef upen movement-lofthe rod Wind ing the motor to operaltthefmusicfl appara-f 9. musibalhozi comprising, ajgc asing a; sprlng motel 1n the CEISlIlg5-2Z mlislcalflappae 1 i1 raltusqmblinted in SBJidCELSihg, &Ct1iatOI' associated with the casing forwindi'ng the mbtoryin e'ahsf cbnnected I to the atuator and i the motofforwinding thembtdhendmeens' n I foractuating"the 'musica lz-apparatus from the V m0t0f,fh0t h ofstidmeansibeing so' prop0r-. r tioned that" the first-namedimeans will wind; {1: lift the motorionlygtolsuehaan extent that-uthe second-named meanewi11c0mp1ete1yOperate.

v f.themusimfllappaitatuetoeempletely playthe h 7' V V I desired selectionqjll iIntes'tim ony lwhereef I ha vej a fi i ziea' my, V