US2416610A - Magnetic recorder utilizing an energizing oscillating circuit - Google Patents

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Feb. 25, 1947. M, CAMRAS E1- AL 2,416,610

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Patented Feb. 25, 1947 MAGNETIC RECORDER UTILIZING AN ENERGIZING OSCILLATING CIRCUIT Marvin Camras, Chicago,

Zenner, Brookfield, 111., asslgnors to Armour Research Foundation, Chicago, 11]., a corporation of Illinois ApplicatlonDecember 26, 1942, Serial No. 470,209

3 Claims. (Cl. 179100.2)

This invention relates to improvements in a magnetic recorder of the type which makes 9.

sirable for use on airplanes, patrol boats, and

other vehicles which may for some reason become out of contact with headquarters, although the invention will have other uses and purposes as will be apparent to one skilled in the art.

Magnetic recordersfor airplanes, as well as other vehicles normally' crowded with instruments, should be extremely compact and extremely light in weight. In many cases it is also desirable to have them portable rather than built in or seated within a built-in receptacle. The uses of the magnetizing devices are many indeed, both for military and civilian work, such as observation or recognizance recordings, establishment of flight logs, recording of all conversations between parties in the vehicle, instructor and student conversations, etc., thereby giving records of the particular trip far more complete than are available by other methods. Consequently, it is desirable to have these devices functioning at all times, and repairs, when necessary, should be extremely simple to make, or even possible for the occupant of the vehicle to make in a very short Likewise, the outside connections should be simple. Further, in the conservation of space, lightness of load, etc., it is desirable to take all possible advantages of the equipment incorporated in the recording device.

With the foregoing in mind, it is an important object of the instant invention to provide a magnetic recording device of extremely compact construction which is highly economical to both manufacture and operate.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a magnetic recording device of compact construction. which with the exception of the driving member for movable parts, carries all the necessary amplifying circuit and other energizing means necessary in the making of a recording.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a magnetic recording device in which substantially all of the wiring and associated apparatus necessary for the making of a recording are carried in a unitary container which may be readily removed and replaced, so that if anything in connection with the recording circuit becomes out of order, it is a simple expedient to lzsssulz JUL 3 1951 and Raymond E.

2 remove the entire container, replace it with a new one, and proceed to operate the device. The removed container may then be examined at leisure and repairs made to its contents without incapacitating the device or delaying the use of the device. A spare container. may be carried by the pilot of an airplane, or the operator of some other vehicle, and if anything goes wrong with the recording circuit connections, it is a very simple operation for him to remove a container from the machine and slip in the substitute container.

Also a feature of the instant invention is the provision of a magnetic recording device wherein advantage may be taken of certain of the apparatus embodied in the device to perform additional functions normally considered outside the scope of the device.

A further feature of the invention resides in the provision of a magnetic recording device including an amplifying circuit, which circuit may function as the amplifier for an intercommunication system between the pilot of the vehicle and any others aboard the vehicle, so. that a separate intercommunication system is not necessary when the magnetic recording device is used on a particular vehicle. Still another object of the invention resides in the provision of a magnetic recording device which may be associated with the intercommunieating system on a vehicle in such a manner that the device will listen in and also make a record of the entire conversations between parties in the vehicle.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a magnetic recording device in which the moving parts may be, driven from the battery normally associated with a vehicle in which the device is being carried, the device being equipped with its own speed control means.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a magnetic recording device. of simplified and compact construction, wherein the entire mechanism is carried by two frame panels held in confronting spaced relation with each other.

An additional feature of the invention resides in the provision of a magnetic recording device equipped with a unified form of level winding device to control the proper unwinding of the recording medium from one spool and the proper winding of that medium on another spool.

A still further feature of the invention resides in the provision of a compact magnetic recording device in which the recording medium is wound off one spool and onto another spool, with the device equipped with means to prevent coasting or over-run at either spool so as to maintain at all times the proper tension on the recording medlum.

Still another object of the invention resides in the provision of a compact and simplified magnetic recording device wherein only one external connection is necessary, that is, all connections with the device being made at one point.

While some of the more salient features, characteristics and advantages of the instant invention have been above pointed out, other will become apparent from the following disclosures, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a magnetic recording device embodying principles of the instant invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the structure of Figure 1, with certain parts removed for purposes of clarity;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view, with parts omitted, taken substantially as indicated by the staggered section line III-HI of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary transverse vertical sectional view through the level winding arrangement, taken substantially as indicated by the line IV-IV of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan sectional view of the governing arrangement, taken substantially as indicated by the line VV of Figure 3;

Figure 6 illustrates a simplified schematic diagram of the amplifying, recording, and intercom.- municating circuit; and

Figure '7 is a simplified schematic diagram illustrating the circuit connections for the' driving member.

As shown on the drawings:

The illustrated embodiment of this invention as shown includes only the necessary structural or frame parts, and any exterior decorative, fireproof, or other type of cover or container has been omitted for purposes of clarity, since the device as illustrated may be incorporated in any suitable form of transporting container, built-in receiving device, etc., as may be most desired.

In the-illustrated embodiment of this invention there is shown a pair of spaced confronting panel members I and 2 which support all of the structure embodied in the invention, and which may be of any suitable material such as metal, plastic, etc. These panel members I and 2 are held in fixed spaced relationship relatively to one another by a plurality of bolt and sleeve connections 3, one in each corner region of the panels. It will be understood that all cross shafts are suitably supported where necessary, adequate bearings for the journals being used where necessary, and if the shaft is normally stationary, a proper mounting will be associated with each panel, it not being'necessary herein to describe such details of construction.

On the outside of the panel I a reel 4 is mounted on the projecting end of a shaft 5, which is rotatable but undriven. This reel or spool 4 carries a recording medium which, in the illustrated instance, is in the form of a fine round wire 6 and is the supply spool from which the wire 6 is wound onto another similar reel or spool 'I carried on the projecting end of a. driven shaft 8. As the Wire 6 travels from the spool 4 to the spool 1, it first passes under a positioning pulley 9, then a guide pulley I0, then through or over a, mag-' netic recording head disposed in a casing II, thence over another guide pulley I2 and to the spool I. The positioning pulley, both guide pulleys, and the recorder head in its casing II, are all mounted upon a reciprocable carrier I3 associated with level winding equipment, this entire carrier moving backward and forward to insure a level winding of the wire 6 upon the spool I.

With reference more particularly to Figure 2, it will be seen that the positioning pulley 9 is of such shape as to tend to position the wire 9 so that. any final straightening may be done by the guide pulley I9. Even though the wire 6 may be out of alignment on the reel 4, the pulley 9 is so shaped that it together with pulley I II will center this wire with respect to the recording head. The guide pulleys I0 and I2 are so positioned as to hold the wire properly in contact with the recording head. All of the pulleys 9, I0 and I2 are merely mounted on subshafts for free rotation by the friction of the wire passing over these pulleys.

As the wire 6 travels through the recording head in the casing II the wire is magnetized in accordance with whatever sound is received by a pick-up microphone and by means of an electrical circuit to be later described. Thus, a recording is made on the wire which recording may be later reproduced from the wire at some other location with suitable reproduction equipment. In the event the device is used in an airplane, or some other vehicle, conversations between occupants of the vehicle may be recorded on .the wire for later reproduction.

During operation, the wheel I is driven and pulls the wire 6 from the reel 4 over the pulleys 9, I0 and I2 and through the recorder head casing II. All of the pulleys as Well as the reel 4 turn in response to the pull of the wire. The drive means for actuating the reel 1 include an electric motor I4, seen best in Figure 3, which motor is carried between a pair of suitable transverse supports I5 and I6, spot welded or otherwise secured to the supporting panels I and 2. This motor may be energized by current from any suitable source, such as the battery carried by the vehicle in which the device is being used. In order to maintain a constant speed of the motor, and therefore a constant movement of the recording medium or wire 6, the motor is preferably self-governed, and to that end a centrifugal governing arrangement generally indicated by numeral I1 is carried by the motor shaft I8. This governing arrangement is best seen in Figures 3 and 5, and includes a disk I9 on the motor shaft, on which disk is a laterally extending contact arm 20 attached at one end to an upstanding bracket 2I. Opposite the contact arm 20 is another similar contact arm 22 attached at one end to a similar bracket 23. While the motor is running at a predetermined speed, these contact arms remain in position with, their respective contact points closing a circuit. A stop member 24 carried in a bracket 25 determines the position of the contact arm 20. The contact arm 22 is free to move away from the contact arm 29 and centrifugal force due to the speed of rotation is sufficient to overcome the inherent tendency of the spring contact arm 22 to remain in original position. An upstanding stop member in the form of a post 26 limits the circuit breaking movement of the contact arm 22.

As will more fully later appear, the contact arms 20 and 22 control the circuit through the nate wastage of the wire.

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spring contact 22 to overcome the centrifugal force and again close the circuit. Thus, during operation, the motor and likewise all parts driven by the motor, including the spool or reel 1, will be actuated at substantially constant speed.

The drive connection between the reel 1 and the motor includes a vertically disposed worm gear 21 on the upper'end' of the motor shaft, enmeshed with a worm wheel 28 keyed to the aforesaid shaft 8.

During operation of the recording device, it is preferable to maintain a predetermined tension on the wire 6 above the tension necessary to rotate the reel 4, in order to eliminate possible breakage of the wire and also in order to elimi- Further, it is desirable to prevent over-run of the wire due to coasting of the reel 4 in the event a sudden stop is To this end, a floating ratchet wheel 29 is freely carried by the shaft on the outer end of which the reel 4 is affixed. On one side of this ratchet wheel is a collar 3|] fixed to the shaft and carrying a friction clutch plate 3|. On the opposite side of the ratchet wheel is a friction clutch plate 32 keyed to the shaft 5, but slidable thereon, and this clutch plate is urged into side surface contact with the ratchet wheel by means of a suitable spring 33 bearing against the plate at one end and against a fixed collar 34 at the other. A detent 35 carried on a supporting member 36 is in engagement with the ratchet wheel to prevent rotation of this wheel in a forward direction or in the direction of movement of the reel 4 when the wire 6 is being wound onto the reel 1. When the reel 4 rotates forwardly, the ratchet wheel is held stationary by the detent. Consequently,friction clutch engagement with both sides of this ratchet wheel provides a frictional tension tending to resist rotation of the reel 4, and therefore a predetermined tension is on the recording medium or Wire 6 at all times during movement of the wire. In the eventa sudden stop occurs, the friction clutch engagement with the ratchet wheel prevents any over-run-of the reel 4, and thus the unintentional production of a slack loop in the wire 6.

When reels are changed, or after reconnection of the wire 6 following a breakage, or for some other reason when some adjustment is made in the wire, the engagement of the detent 35 with the ratchet wheel 29 permits a free backward rotation of the shaft 5 so that the wire may be initially stretched taut prior to beginning operation.

The level winding arrangement is also driven through a gear train from the motor |4. Obvi ously, the level winding arrangement must operate at a much slower rate of speed than the reel 1 rotates. Therefore there is a reduction gear train involved including a gear 31 on the rear end of the shaft 8 carrying the receiving reel or spool I, which gear is enmeshed with the larger gear 38 carried on a stub-shaft together with a smaller gear 39 which meshes with a larger gear 40 on a shaft 4|. This shaft 4|, as best seen in Figure 4, is provided with reverse screw level winding slots 42. A yoke or link 43, provided with a hub 44 floating over the reverse screw slot 42, carries a level wind. rider 45 which moves the yoke back and forth along the shaft 4| as this shaft 4| rotates continuously in one direction.

At one end thereof, the yoke 43 has a hub 46,

looked as indicated at 41 to a slidable supporting rod 48 attached to the aforesaid carrier l3 5 and freely slidable in suitable bearing members in the supporting panels I and 2. At the lower end'thereof the yoke is provided with a similar hub 49 locked to a similar slidable supporting rod 50 which is also fixedly attached to the same carrier. I3. It is therefore apparent that as the shaft 8 carrying the receiving spool I is rotated by the motor M, the shaft 4| will be rotated in the same direction through the above described gear chain, and as this shaft 4| rotates the supporting rods 48 and 50 will be moved in and out axially a distance corresponding to the length of the reverse screw slot 42, thus moving the pulleys 9, l0 and I2 together with the recording head in the casin backward and forward across the circumferential surfaces of the reels 4 and 1 and effectively cause a level winding of the recording medium on the receiving reel 1.

With the exception of the energy for operating the motor I4, all of the power necessary for the amplifying and oscillating circuits, as well as these circuits, are contained within the structure disposed between the supporting panels I and 2. The main amplifying and oscillating circuit including the necessary vacuum tubes, as

well as the necessary transformers, are all packed within or mounted on a container-5| which is illustrated in the form of'a rectangular opensided box, and this container is slidable in the manner of a drawer between the panels I and 2 and in tracks defined by a pair of spaced angle bars 52 and 53 on each of the panels I and 2. The drawer or container 5| seats on a similar pair of angle bars 54, one on each of the panels I and 2, as best seen in Figures 2 and 3. In one of the side walls of the container 5| sockets are provided for accommodating two vacuum tubes 55 and 56, these being all of the vacuum tubes nec-, essary with the particular circuit utilized in the illustrated form of the invention. The tube 55,

as will more fully later appear herein, is a composite tube embodied in the amplifying circuit, and is illustrated in the diagram of Figure 6 for purposes of convenience as two separate tubes 55a and 5517, although in actual practice it is preferable to utilize a composite tube embodying all of the structure and characteristics of both tubes a and 55b in a single tube 55. The tube 56 is incorporated in the oscillating circuit.

The drawer or container 5| also carries the 55 necessary transformers such as the transformer 51 visible in Figure 3, and also carries one of the power sources in the form of a battery 58. The structure is illustrated in Figure 3 in a some what diagrammatic form, the connections being broken away, but it is to be understood that the various connections of the transformers and other associated apparatus will be contained within the drawer 5| as much as possible, and these connections are best shown in the diagram of Figure 6.

Another supporting arrangement in the form of a pair of spaced angle rails or tracks 59 and 60 is mounted on the panel 2 which, together with a bottom rail 6| also on the panel 2 (Figure 3) and another vertical rail 52 on the inside of the panel I (Figure 2) provide a receiving socket for a B-battery 63. In view of the fact that if anything becomes wrong with the B-battery it is only necessary to substitute a new battery for the 76 oldone, it is not necessary to include the B 7 battery 88 within the above discussed drawer or container The B-battery is merely'connected by a pair of conductors 84 and 85 to a plug connector 88 engageable in a suitable socket in the wall of the container 5|, as seen clearly in Figure 8.

It is desirable, for the sake of'simplicity and expediency, to have only one connection from outside apparatus to the magnetic recording device. To this end, the illustrated embodiment of the invention is so constructed and arranged that it is only necessary to connect one socket connector with a plug connector 61 located between the panels land 2 with its projecting contact members 88 extending beyond the area defined by the panels, as seen in Figures 2 and 3., From this plug 81 various leads generally indicated by numeral 68 extend to connections for the motor I, and also to a plug 89 which may be engaged with a complementary connector in the bottom of the drawer or container 5|. The single plug 81 is sufiicient for connecting the battery of the vehicle to the motor to drive the latter, and also to connect earphones, microphones, and similar apparatus with the recording circuit. Thus, the earphones and microphones may be located at any convenient place in the vehicle, together with the necessary switches for energizing them, and have conductors therefrom extending to one single plug. The conductors=from the vehicle cattery may also extend to the same plug. It is a simple expedient'when the magnetic recording device is placed in position to connect that plug to the device, and everything including intercommunication between the occupants of the vehicle and making of a recording is ready for operation.

With reference to Figure 3, it will be seen that a suitable platform 18 supports connections to the motor by way of the automatic governing device I9, and this platform also carries several condensers 1| and 12 and 13, the latter being seen in Figure 5, associated with the motor circuit as will more fully later appear herein.

The recording head contained in the casing l is best seen in Figure 6 and includes a core 14, preferably laminated, and is substantially rectangular in shape with the exception of a rather minute air gap dividing the upper leg of the core so as to provide opposed pole faces adjacent the air gap.- The recording medium or wire 8 travels through a slot in the upper leg of the core as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 6, A magnetizing coil 18 is wound around one leg of the core and the impulses through this coil 18 are of varying magnitude in keeping with the variation of the voice or other sound being recorded. The impulses from the coil 18 are transferred to the wire 5 in the form of magnetizations of the wire. As the wire travels through the slot in the pole faces, successive increments of the wire are magnetized in the region of the air gap 15 in accordance with the sound being recorded.

In Figure 6 a diagram of a suitable circuit arrangement for the proper operation of the magnetic recording device in both its phase as a recorder and as a means of intercommunication is schematically illustrated. In this circuit the particular batteries, conductors, tubes and similar apparatus above referred to in connection with the showings in Figures 2 and 3 are included and, of course, carry the same reference numerals.

This circuit includes the battery 58, carried in the container 5|, conncted to energize a microphone 11 or equivalent pick-up device, the cur-' rent passing from the battery through a conductor 18, provided the manually controlled switch-18 is closed, to the microphone, and from the microphone through a conductor 80 to the primary of a step-up transformer 51, and from the primary through conductors 8| and 82 back to the opposite side of the battery 58. As indicatedby dotted lines in this figure, a second microphone Ila maybe connected in parallel with the microphone 11, and likewise as many microphones or other pick-up devices as may be desired may be similarly included in the circuit. As indicated at 88, the conductor 8i is preferably also grounded.

As pointed out above, the vacuum tubes 55a and 55b, in actual practice, are preferably embodied in a single tube 55, but for purposes of clarity the composite tube is separated into its constituent parts in the wiring diagram, and 55a is indicated in the circuit as the first stage of amplification, while tube 55b provides the second amplification stage. By means of these amplification stages, the stepped-up voltage from the secondary of the microphone transformer 51 is successively amplified.

The secondary 84 of the microphone transformer 51 is connected at one end to the aforesaid conductor 8|, and thus through conductor Thus, it will be seen that stepped-up voltages v of varied intensities are induced in the secondary 84 of the transformer 51 by variations of sound picked up by the microphone 11, and these stepped-up voltages are applied across the grid and filament of the tube 55a. The output voltage from the tube 55a is appliedacross the grid and filament of the second amplifying tube 55b through a conductor 81 connected to a grid 88 of the tube 55b. The output from the tube 55b is applied through conductor 89 leading from the plate of this tube to a primary coil 90 of a step-down transformer 9|, the other endof the primary coil being connected through conductor to the opposite side of the B-battery 83, thus completing the circuit through the two stages of amplification, the B-battery, and the input and output transformer coils. A condenser 92 is preferably connected across the battery between conductors 84 and 85 to prevent alternating current from reaching the B-battery 83. A coupling condenser 93 is included in the conductor 81 leading from the plate of tube 55a to the grid 88 of 55b, to reduce the passage of low frequency volt-v age in this conductor. The grid 88 of the tube 55b is biased by a resistance 94 and a set of biasing cells 85 connected in series between conductors 81 and 8|. Biasing potentials are also provided in the tube 55b by means of an extra pair of grids 98 and 91, the grid 98 being connected through conductor 98 to one side of the B-battery 83 and to one end of the primary of the.

output transformer 9|; and the grid 91 is connected through conductor 99 to conductor 8| leading to one side of the' battery 58. A plate coupling resistor I80 is also preferably connected by conductor |8| between the plate of the tube 55a to the conductor 88 leading from the grid 98 of tube 55b.

In that part of the major circuit already described, we now have impulses from the sounds picked up by the microphone or other pick-up device 11 amplified and applied across the primary 90 of the output transformer 9|. This output transformer is a step-down transformer and its secondary I02 feeds a pair of earphones I03 or other listening device through conductors I04 and I05. As indicated in dotted lines, another listening device I03a, or as many more as may be desired, may be connected in parallel with the listening device I03. Thus, one occupant of the vehicle carrying the present invention may have earphones I03a and microphone Ila, while another occupant may have earphones I03 and microphone I1, and these occupants may converse between themselves utilizing the magnetic recording device only, there being no need for a separate intercommunicating system in the -vehicle where in the magnetic recording device is utilized.

The primary 90 of the output transformer 9I is in circuit connection with the magnetiz ng coil I6 associated with the recording head. The conductor 89 may be extended from the point where it connects with one end of the primary coil 90 v to an end of an inductance coil I06, and ,a conductor I01 is connected to the other end of the coil I06 and to one end of the magnetizing coil I6. To the other end of the magnetizing coil an extension of the aforesaid conductor BI is connected which returns to conductor 64 from the B-battery 63. A condenser I 08 is connected between conductors 89 and BI and'is in parallel with the coil I06 and the magnetizing coil 16 in series. This condenser I08 is of such value that the coils I06 and I6 are resonated in proper frequency, and it will be noted that the use of the condenser I08 not only tunes the magnetizing coil 16 to give parallel resonance between the condenser I08 and the magnetizing coil, but this arrangement in addition provides a marked economy in the use of various coils and inductances.

The primary 90 of the transformer 9I is tuned to a resonant condition by a condenser I09 connected between the conductors 89 and 9| on the transformer side of the connections for the con denser I08. A blocking condenser I,I is-incorporated in the conductor 89 near the primary of the transformer 9|, and this blocking condenser together with the aforesaid condenser 92 across the battery conductors 64 and 65 constitute a low impedance input path to the magnetizing arrangement. A resistor III of very high'resistance is also preferably included in the conductor 89 between the connections for the condensers I09 and I08 to provide a low degree of coupling between the above described resonant circuits.

The necessary high frequency voltage for the proper functioning of the magnetizing coil 16 is induced into the circuit by way of the inductance coil I06 which isinductively coupled to an inductance coil II2 of an oscillating circuit or arrangement generally indicated by numeral II3 which includes the oscillating tube 56 seen in Figure 3, and which need not be specifically described herein, since the performance of such an oscillating circuit is understood by those skilled in the art. The high frequency voltage induced in circuit with the coil I06, the magnetizing coi1 I6, and the condenser I08 (this condenser pass ing high frequency) enables the magnetizing coil 16 to successively magnetize passing increments of the recording medium 6 in keeping with variations in the sound picked up by the microphone It will also be especially noted that with the tuned circuit arrangement including the magnetizing coil I6 any conversationbetween occupants of the vehicle carrying the recording device, the

occupants utilizing the earphones I03 and I03a and the microphones TI and Ila, will be picked up and recorded on the recording. medium 6. In other words, the magnetizing device will listen in on all conversations between occupants of the vehicle and make a recording of those conversations. In the event the vehicle is an airplane,

all conversations between the pilot and some other occupant of the vehicle, or straight flight log by the pilot, will be recorded for future ref- 6. That medium may then be rescued from the wreckage, it being preferable to enclose the magnetic recording device in a flreproof'location, and the events leading up to the time of the accident will be preserved,

It should further be noted that the circuit arrangement possesses a distinct advantage over previous circuit arrangements of which we are aware in that with th particular circuit connections from the primary of the transformer 9| to the recording head the maximum possible voice energy above background noise is recorded on the wire 6, and compensation is made not only for wire characteristics but also recording head characteristics. It will be appreciated that the high frequency portion of the circuit including the condenser I 08, the coupling coil I06 and the recording coil 16 is isolated by virtue of the high resistance III. As stated above, the manner of providing a resonant condition for the primary of the transformer 9| by the use of the tuning condenser I09 and the manner of providing a resonant condition between the coupling coil I06 and the magnetizing coil 16 by.

the use of the condenser I08, provides distinct advantages in simplicity of connections and economy of material and parts.

The necessary circuit connections from the battery of the vehicle to the motor I4 are illustrated in Figure 7. Line conductors Ill and H5 may be connected to any suitable source of power, such as the vehicle battery, and extend to field winding II6 of the motor. One of these conductors, in the illustrated instance the conductor I I5, is provided with a suitable switch III. Conduc tors H8 and H9 extend from the conductors H4 and H5 respectively to opposite sides of the armature of the motor I4, so that the armature is parallel with the field Winding. Parallel with the armature by conductors I20 and I2I is a pair of condensers I2 and I3, also seen in Figures 3 and 5, and this circuit arrangement is grounded between the condensers as indicated at I22. These condensers I2 and I3 are preferably connected by very short leads on opposite sides of the motor armature and are for the purpose of eliminating noise, especially that created by any arcing that may occur at the motor brushes. The aforesaid contact arms 20 and 22 of the motor governing arrangement seen in Figure 5 are connected to the conductor I9 by leads I23 and I24. A resistance I25 is preferably embodied in the conductor H9 in parallel with the contact arms 20 and 22. Likewise, the condenser 1| is also preferably parallel with both-the resistance and the contact arms. This condenser II is for the pur- 11 pose of quenching any arcs that may occur during the making and breaking of the circuit between the contact arms '20 and 22 andto prevent undue burning of the contact points carried by these arms. It will thus be seen that suitable precaution for the elimination of noise and protection of parts of the apparatus have been taken in the relatively simple form of motor circuit incorporated in the instant invention.

In actual use, it is a simple expedient to place the magnetic recording device in proper position in an airplane or other vehicle, and with the single connection to the plug 61 and terminals 68 of the'recording device have the entire apparatus 'set up for the purpose of making recordings and insert a substitute container i, replace the plugs 69 and 66, and the entire device is ready for instant use. The operation of substituting anothercontainer 5| for the one already in use wouldrequire but a very short interval of time. The defective circuit arrangement in the removed container 5| may be then repaired at a convenient time in a ground laboratory without requiring the loss of service of the device when needed. Likewise, if the B-battery 63 should play out, it is a simple expedient to remove the plug 66, slide the B-battery out, and insert a new B-battery already equipped with a plug 86 and insert the plug in the container 5|. As will be apparent to one skilled in the art, the facility of removing and replac- 'ing salient parts of the apparatus so that defective parts may be repaired at a convenient time and without loss of functioning of the apparatus, lends the invention to uses and purposes too numerous to specifically mention herein.

From the foregoing, it is apparent that we have provided a magnetic recording device not only capable of functioning as such, but also capable of .the additional function of providing a means for intercommunication with the occupants of the vehicle without the necessity of utilizing any apparatus other than that associated with the recording device. It will also be appreciated that the device may be repaired at leisure without loss of its function merely by the simple substitution of salient parts of the device. Further, it will be noted that the device is self-governing, and the entire mechanism is simple in construction, occupies a minimum of space, and is so arranged a to provide extremely high efflciency with comparatively few parts. Further, it will be appreciated that the device may be economically manufactured and used.

It will, of course, be understood that various details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention and it is, therefore, not the purpose to limit the patent granted hereon otherwise than; necessitatedby the scope of the appended c a s.

We claim as our invention:

1. In an electrical circuit for a magnetic recording device wherein successive increments of a traveling recording medium are magnetized in accordance with impulses being recorded, an oscillatory circuit including an oscillating coil, and a magnetizing circuit including a coupling coil in series with a magnetizing coil, said coupling coil being inductively coupled with said oscillating coil, and a condenser in parallel with said coupling and magnetizing coils to form therewith a resonant circuit.

2. In an electrical circuit for a magnetic recording device wherein successive increments of a traveling recording medium are magnetized in accordance with impulses being recorded, an oscillatory circuit including an oscillating coil, and a magnetizing circuit including a coupling coil in series with a magnetizing coil, said coupling coil being inductively coupled with said oscillating coil, a condenser in parallel with said coupling and magnetizing coils to form therewith a resonant circuit, and a resistance connected to one 3. In an electrical circuit for a magnetic re cording device wherein successive increments of a traveling recording medium are magnetized in accordance with impulses being recorded, an

oscillatory circuit including an oscillating coil,

and a magnetizing circuit includinga coupling coil in series with a magnetizing coilysaid coupling coil being inductively coupled with said oscillating coil, a condenser in parallel with said coupling and magnetizing coils to form therewith a resonant circuit, an amplifying arrangement, a transformer of which the primary is fed by said amplifying arrangement, said resistance being connected to the primary of said transformer, and a condenser connected in parallel with. the first said condenser from a point between said primary and said resistance to tune said primary to resonant condition, and a resistance between said resonant circuits to enable them to operate independently.

MARVIN CAMRAS.

RAYMOND E. ZENNER.

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