US2063870A - Newspaper sound record supplement - Google Patents

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Dec. 8, 1936.

W. G. H. FlNCH NEWSPAPER SOUND RECORD SUPPLEMENT Filed April 22, 1936 ao 5-a INVENTOR. MLLIAM FINCH ATTORNEY.

Patented. Dec. 8, 1936 2,063,870.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NEWSPAPER SOlISiZZSOBDhUPMMhNT William G. 'n. Finch, New sci-ii. N. Y. Application April 22, rose, Serial No) 15,851.

- 8 Claims. (CL 274-42) This invention relates to sound records adaptequipment and discardable after conveying its able for newspaper plant production and distribustory to the youngsters. tion as an inexpensive supplement for news- The recording equipment preferably comprises vii-Peri a standard phonograph having ,a turn-table r- Newspapers generally contain comic strips and tatable at seventy-eight revolutions per minute. 5 sections devoted to children which 'would be The phonograph may be electric or hand motor more comprehensible or valuable to the youngdriven and may have a mechanical diaphragmsters it means were provided for reading the horn reproducer, or an electrical pick-up to-' comicstrips or in some way describing the tea. gether with electrical translation as is well known tures in' the newspaper of interest to them. by those skilled in the art. L

It has been proposed to supply a photographic The reproduction frequency range oi the mat replica of a sound track which may be played records need only be 250 to 2500 cycles for inback"'as sound with suitable equipment. Black telligibility or the speech suitable for. ready comand white impressions of sound may be readily prehension oi the comic strip or any feature of Printed On newspaper Sheet in a ma n r S m the newspaper which the record may contain. Au lar to the-printing of a photograph. The most paper mat sheet'record, readily manufactured by important disadvantage of a photographic sound the newspaper plant, isan inexpensive supplement supplement is the relatively expensive and comof great value to a newspaper edition. Such a le qu pm nt r qu r d t t p ca y t n record may be played several times, although from late the ink-sound record to sound. a practical standpoint it need only be played g I accordance Wi my Present inv i I once or twice and then be discarded.

contemplate a sound record impressed in printer's The newspaper sound record supplement is parpaper mat or flong of substantial thickness. The ticularly suitable for reading" the comic strips to i sound groove is recorded in a manner similar to youngsters or to convey the actual speech in- 2 the making f d records having a predetertended by each character of the comic strip in the mined spiral tra k. The o nd r ov i m proper sequence for enacting the scenes of the wi h a r iv y l n stylus as mp to strip. The sound record supplements otmypreshigh quality recording to facilitate commercial t i v nti n may have advertising matter production of the sound sheets and reproduction printed th r o and w uld form a desirable and from the P p mat The master B profitable advertising section for any newspaper. 30

as art.

. 40 may be reproduced from the paper mat record tive is formed into a durable metallic platen for It is accordingly an object of my invention to d r y i pr the Sound rd i o h provide a novel newspaper sound supplement paper me e platen y be fl tor se formed by impressing asound record into 'a' paper circular in a manner well known in theprintins mat or pulp sheet. 1 r Another object of my invention is :to provide a 5 T outline f the Sound mp dnpo novel newspaper sound record supplement which the paper mat is preferably depressed to predeis inexpensive and adaptable for rapid production termine the cutting line for severing a circular in a newspaper plant.

record iormirom the rectangular sheet. Sound A further object of my invention is to provide a novel newspaper sound record supplement for 40 by standard phonoby using a preferably fibrous or wooden needle intelligible reproduction it tandard lateral equipment- Stylus in conjunction w h a s These and other objectsof my praent invenrecordin unit.

High delity reproduction generally denotes a g gfi i iggz g f g ggi eg frequency reproduction range of 100 to 1000 cy- $35 2; en con cles. Practical considerations of a sound record F1 illustrates, a sound record supplement supplement for newspapers led me to provide corresponding to a single standard size newspaper I solution which would sacrifice high quality resheet containing two sound coma v 5 production and durability of record for merely we 2 is a perspective illustration of semb intelligible reproduction and a record which may m;- l t for impressing the sound records only be p yed several times; he pe met upon the sheet by a continuous or circular printrecord supplement in accordance with my present mg pr s, H invention is relatively inexpensive, universally Figure 3 is a partial perspective illustration of a adaptable to standard disk p smph record sound record cut away iromthesupplement sheet. 55

Figure 3a is an enlarged detail illustration of adjacent sound tracks of the record.

Figure 4 is a sound record supplement modification embodying a double sized sheet.

Figure 5 is a partial perspective illustration of a modified form of my present invention utilizing both sides of the record.

A preferred form of my invention is illustrated in Figure I. A rectangular sheet [0 of size corresponding to a page of the newspaper which it is to supplement has impressed centrally upon the sections independent sound records i2 and i7 respectively. The dotted line i6 over zone of the sheet when the newspaper is folded over. Line l6 may be predetermined by suitably impressing or indenting it during the production of the supplement i0.

Supplement sheet in is preferably made of printer's paper ness and impressionability to have the sound record impressions readily made thereon. The

thickness of sheet i0 may for example be a; of an inch,

groove or record impression. Sheet i0 should be constructed as inexpensive as is practicable in View of the quality of the resultant records desired. Printers paper mat is well known in the newspaper printing art.

resultant record is sumciently durable to maintain the sound tracks after several sound reproductions with a stylus.

this material as printer's The paper mat supplement It may be for a standard size newspaper, 23 inches long and 1'7 0 circular record disks I2 and I! may be impressed upon a sheet I0 01 such size, the diameter of the disk being 10 inches to form a record disk alloy than the ordinary ink-printing platen since greater pressure between the plate and the sheet I O is to supplement.

2,063,870 be applied in manufacturing the record supplement.

The sound to be reproduced is recorded in a well known manner upon a master positive. The recorded sound may for example form the continuity of speech for characters of a comic strip or series of comic strips or may form the basis of coarser platen record.

A master negative is formed from the master positive in the well known manner and the negative recording is transferred to a platen similar to a newspaper printing platen.

For production of the sound supplement I I by machines similar to the present circular printing a semi-circular in Figure 2 is formed for to a circular prin ing press Prod ced. two identical platens II are placed on opposite sides of circular press and Paper mat sheet fed The soimd matter may I .pressed.

the disk. These aooasvo supplement sheets II are automatically cut as they are successively produced by the continuously operating 1117 to the form illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 3 illustrates a perspective view of half of a record .disk 3|! severed from the supplement sheet ll. The edges II which contained indentations or markings to predetermine the circular outline of the disk are shown to be rough between the alternate indentations to indicate that the disk 3 0 may be readily torn or cut from the sheet ill. The sound record i2 is preferably in the form of a continuous spiral groove having lateral undulations corresponding to the sound to be reproduced. The platen containing the "negative" of the record produces the undulated spiral grooves I! in the paper mat comprising the record disk as will now be evident. The lateralgroove is reproducible into sound by standard phonographic recording equipment. The central hole ll isshown to be removed so as to form the axis of rotation of the disk 3!.

' Figure 3a is an enlarged lateral undulations I! of the disk It corresponding to the sound record. Although I prefer to illustrate my present invention with the widely used laterally cut records, it is to be understood that it is also applicable to the production of hill-and-rdale records as sound supplement sheets.

Figure 4 illustrata a modification of my present invention wherein a two page sound supplement is illustrated. Fourlilfi inch disks 3!, 33, 34 and may be impressed upon a double page corresponding to a standard newsp p size. It is to be understood that if a smaller sized supple ment sheet is used correspondingly fewer records or smaller diameter records may be made there on. A predetermined fold line upon the double page supplement so as to facilitate proper bending over during assembly of the Further 'predeterminod'bend lines 31 and a maybe performed acres the central portion of the two page supplement so as to predetermine the corraponding bending thereof. It is tobe understood that the records 32 to 35 aremade'inamannergimilartothosedescribed hereinabove but two page supplement are A further modification of my invention-is illustrated in the partial perspective view of Figure 5 wherein the record pressions l2 and- M placed on opposite sides of impressions are performed in a manner similar to the printing of opposite sides upon a single sheet in a newspaper printing machine by utilizing corresponding sound record impressions instead of ink-printing platens.

Although I have described my invention as the production of a sound record up n a printer: paper mat sheet. it will also be placed at various positions upon the sound sheetsuppleme'nt such as for exampleonthereverseside ofasinglesidesound recordsheetandalsoaroundtheedgesoreven the sound records are im- The printing may be performed subsequent to the record impressions on the paper mat but preferably prior to the impresions.

I have described my invention in coinection v with a paper mat newspaper supplement of recform. The sound record sheet supplement is the preferable form for newspaper work from the point of view of production sim- V printer's paper mat,

partialviewofthe.

.thirty seconds of an 3' is impressed that correspondingly in-' dependent platens for the opposite sheets of the disk ll containsrecord imbe evident that printing plicity and of subsequent utility by "fitting" into the regular paper editions in sheet forms Although' a continuous circular press has been described for producing the sound record sheets, a reciprocating flat platen press may also be utilized.

The printer's paper mat sheet is directly im- 'pressionable bya platen in contradistinction to moldable materials which are pressed when soft and then need to be baked for hardening. Modiiications may be made in fallwithin the broader spirit and scope thereof, .and I do not intend to be limited except as set forth in the following claims.

, I claim;

1. A sound record consisting of a sheet of uncoated printers paper mat having. impressions corresponding to sound waves made therein.

2. A sound record consisting .of a sheet of said paper mat containing grooves therein having undulations corresponding to sound to be reproduced.

3. A sound record consisting of a sheet of uncoated printer's paper mat of the order of threeinch in thickness bearing grooves having undulations corresponding to sound to be reproduced impressed therein.

4. A sound record carrier consisting of a printer's paper mat sheet of rectangular form having impressions corresponding to sound waves forming a sound record therein, said sheet having a series of successive perforations bounding said sound record.

my invention which 5. A sound record carrier consisting of an uncoated printer's paper mat sheet of rectangular formof the order of three thirty-seconds of an inch in thickness, bearing grooves havingundulations corresponding to sound to be reproduced impressedtherein, to form a sound record, said sheet having a series of successive perforations -whereby the. walls of said grooves are formed in said mat for acting on a blunt stylus for reproducing the sound waves.

7. A sound record carrier consisting of an uncoated printers'paper mat sheet of rectangular form, bearing a plurality of sets of grooves having undulations corresponding .to sound to be reproduced impressedtherein to form a plurality of sound records, said sheet having a series of successive perforations bounding each of said sound records.

8. A sound record carrier consisting of an uncoated printer's paper mat sheet of rectangular form, bearing a plurality of sets of grooves having undulations corresponding, to sound to be reproduced impressed therein to 'form a plurality of sound records, said sheet having a series of sucrecords; said grooves being relatively wide and arranged in coarse pitched spirals whereby the walls of said grooves are formed in said mat for acting on a blimt stylus for reproducing the sound waves.

WILLIAM G. H. FINCH.

cesive perforations bounding each of said sound

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