US3131800A - Coin controlled phonograph - Google Patents

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5 Sheets-Sheet l May 5, 1964 F. H. OSBORNE ETAL com coNTRoLLED PHoNoGRAPH Filed June 27, 19Go May 5, 1954 F. H. OSBORNE ETAL 3,131,800

' com coNTRoLLED PHONOGRAPH Filed June 27, 1960 'o' Sheets-Sheet 2 1N VEN TOR.

May 5, 1964 F. H. osBoRNE ETAL 3,131,800

' COIN coNTRoLLED PHoNoGRAPH Filed June 27, 1960 u 3 sheets-sheet s Z6. f/ "70 ,1:40 1,45 4E United States Patent O 3,131,809 Clsl CQNTRGLLED PHGNOGRAPH fred H. shorne, Snyder, and John H. Riggs, Kenmore, IY., assignors to The Wurlitzer Company, Chicago, lll., a corporation of Ghia Filed June 27, 196i), Ser. No. 38,909 18 Claims. (Cl. 19A- 1) The present invention relates to coin controlled automatic phonographs.

Conventional phonographs of this character are equipped with coin receiving means which responds to the deposit of coins to register playing credits that condition the machines for selecting records for playing. The customer then operates selector buttons or the like, to make individual record selections one at a time Within the number of record selections allotted by the credit established in the machine. The machine then operates automatically to play the record selections made.

One object of the invention is to provide a new and improved coin controlled, automatic phonograph of the character recited which enables the customer to make desired record selections one at a time in the conventional manner, while at the same time providing for selection of an entire group of records at once by the customer, provided sufficient credit has been established in the machine to cover the playing price of the group of records, as such.

Another object is to provide an improved phonographic machine of the above character which enables the customer to dispense with the selection of recordings one at a time by selecting at once an entire preselected group of recordings which conform to his preferences.v

Another object is to provide an improved coin controlled phonograph which enables the customer to select for playing a group of the most popular recordings, even though the customer may not know the titles of the recordings, while at the same time enabling the customer Who so desires to choose recordings individually.

A further object is to provide an improved coin controlled phonograph of the character recited which gives the player who pays for and selects a sizable group of records at once, the benefit of a reduced playing price for the records selected.

Another object is to provide a phonograph of the above character in which a large number of records supported in a magazine can be selected for playing by new, improved, and extremely versatile record selecting means which operates with great eiciency to select records either individually or in groups, as desired.

Another object is to provide in a coin controlled phonograph, which enables the customer to select recordings individually for playing, new and improved recording selector structure which is conditioned by the establishment of a predetermined minimum credit in the phonograph to respond to the actuation of a single selector control automatically to select quickly a Whole preselected group of records.

A further object is to provide in a coin controlled phonograph, having means for electing the selection of desired recordings individually, improved selector means which responds to actuation of a single selector control toblock operation of the individual recording selector controls and operates through the individual recording selector structure to select at once an entire preselected group of recordings.

conventional record transfer andV playing mechanisms in- ICC Another object is to provide an automatic phonograph of the above character which utilizes new and improved recording selector means to effect selection of an entire preselected group of recordings at once through the operation of structure conventionally provided in the machine for selecting recordings individually. A related object is to provide an improved machine, as recited in the previous objects, which utilizes conventional credit cancelling structure which normally cancels credit for the selection of individual records to cancel the credit for the selection of a group of records at once.

An additional object is to provide an improved coin controlled automatic phonograph which achieves the foregoing objects by means of a relatively economical record selector structure having a simple, straightforward and reliable mode of operation.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description of the exemplary embodiment o'f the invention illustrated in the drawings, in which:

FIGURE l is a perspective View of an improved coin controlled phonograph forming the exemplary embodiment of the invention, certain basic components of the internal selector structure being illustrated in phantom;

FlG. 2 is a simplified, horizontal sectional View, taken with reference to the line 2-2 of FIG. l;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken along the line 3--3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a plan View of record group selector structure incorporated into the phonograph;

FIG. 5 is a side View of the selector structure of FlG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken along the line 6 6 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a side view of credit registering structure incorporated into the phonograph; and

FIG. 8 is a diagrammatic illustration of record group selector circuits.

Referring to the drawings in greater detail, the coin controlled phonograph 10 forming the Vexemplary embodiment of the invention is housed in an upright case 12. The construction and working mechanism of the improved phonograph 10 are in large measure the same as that used in conventional coin controlled phonographs currently in use.

The records 14 made available for playing in the phonograph 10 areV supported in a toroidal magazine 16 mounted within the case 12, as indicated in phantom in FIG. l, for rotation about a vertical axis.

Individual records selected for playing are temporarilyv transferred o ne at a time from the magazine 15 onto a turntable 18 where the records are played by a tone arm 2li, FIG. 1. The playing of individual records, including the transfer of a record to the turntable and return of the record to the magazine, is accomplished automatically by corporated in the machine.

The phonographic machine 16 is conditioned for the selection of records by the customer for .playing by the:V

depositing of a coin in a coin receiving slot 22 in a control panel 24 on the iront of the case 12. A coin deposited in the slot 22 is sensed by conventional coin sensing means e 26 which operates through conventional crediting means to effect a rotary displacement of an accumulator or credit wheel 28, FIG. 7.

TheV mechanisms which ei'rect a rotary displacement of the accumulator Wheel 28 in a crediting direction as an Patented May 5 1964V 'K control panel124 .of the instrument. f machine accommodates V,one hundred records which provide two hundred record selections.

wheel 28 rotatably in the counterclockwise direction, as.

indicated by the arrow 30, FIG 7, as an incident to the depositing of a coin in the machine. Moreover, the degree to which the accumulator wheel is rotated in a crediting direction, and hence the value ofthe credit established, is automaticallyconformed to the denomination ofV the coin deposited, in accordance with a predetermined schedule of credit values for different coins. j n

When the accumulator wheel 28 is in its normal or no credit position, illustrated in FIG. 7, a laterally extending pin 32 on the wheel engages and opens a select switch 34. Immediately upon rotation of the accumulator wheel 28 away fromY its no credit. position, as an incident to the establishment of playing credit in themachine, the pin 32 moves away from a cam actuator 3e on the switch 34 allowing the switch to close. Y n j vThis conditions the machine lfor the selection by the customer of individual recordings .for playing. The recordings arel listed and identified individually by a code letter and a code number. A kbank of letter buttons 33 and a bankot number buttons 4t) are provided on the In this instance, the

y To permit` selection of any one of the recordings, twenty letter buttons 3S and ten number buttons 40 are provided. Y. Y

To make an individual record selection, the customer depresses a letter button 38 anda number button 40 corresponding 'to the letter andY number code of each desired selection. I Y f The depression of aY letter button and a number button corresponding to the desired selectionsets a selector pin 42L corresponding to the desired recording.V y

As illustrated in FIGS. l to 3, an annular series of selectorpins 42 'equal in number to the record selections available for playing,` in this instance two hundred, are

mountedV in a record selection control assembly 44 housedV within thecase 12 below'the record magazine 14.

The selector. pins 42 are set selectively, in a convenletter solenoids 461 mounted below a rotary solenoid carrier disk 48k concentric with the series. The letter solenoids 46 coact respectively with a correspondingl series Y lower ends of twenty selector pins 42 alinedV therewith.

machine are well Y selections one at a time.

number solenoids 60, disposed in overlying relation'to the disk 48, with a plurality of diierential stops 62 on the upper side of the disk. The number solenoids 60'are energized lby the respective number buttons 40'through operation Vof conventional control circuits requiring no description here. s

Hence, upon depression of a letter button 38 and a Vnumber button 4i?, one of the solenoids Y60 is energizedYV and the motor 56 operates to locate the series of pin setting levers in positions corresponding to the actuated number button. The letter solenoid 46 corresponding to the actuated letter button thenroperates to set the selector pin 42 corresponding to the desired record selection. This structure in its operation conforms to that used in conventional coin controlled phonographs for making record Any number of the selector pins 42 can be set.A Conventionalrecord playing mechanisms in the machine operate automatically to play the record selections corresponding to the set pins 42 and to return the individual long as any pin4 remains set.

Conventional credit cancelling circuits incorporated into the machine 10 and identified in FIG. 8V by the number 66 operate in response to the making ofA a record selection to cancel playing credit for the record selection made. This is accomplished `through energilation'of a creditcancelling solenoid 68, FIG. 7, which actuatesra pawl mechanism 70 to displace the accumulator Wheel 28 .Y

in a credit cancelling direction. In this connection, it

Y should be pointed out that the accumulator wheel 28 is tional manner, by means of an annular series oftwenty The buttons 38V are connected Ythrough conventional selector circuits toV energize the respective solenoids V46.YY

Energization of a particular solenoid 46 Vcauses the coactj ing lever50 to operate against the lowerY end of an adjacent selector pin 42, ldisengaging the pin from a retain-v ing disk 52 to allow `a coactingV spring 54 to lshift the pin upwardlyY to a se position. 'Y

tionsditerentially spaced ltrom each other. rotary Ypositionrof the disk 48, thepinsetting levers S0 Yare alinedV with aset of twenty selector pins 42, the levers being alined with a dilerent set of pins for each rotary kpo'sitionrof the disk 48. Each lever 50Vis .shaped and mounted in a conventionaljmannerV ink relation to the cor-,-

respondingletter solenoidso that'the solenoid is effec-A tive for operating the lever when the latter is in anyone i. ,of itsiten differentially spaced positions.A

The carrier disk 48 .is rotated Yto any one'of its tenoperV y ating positions by an electric motor 56, FIG. 2, connecte through gearing 58 with the disk, as shown;

" Rotation ofthe carrier .disk 48 selectively in a desired operating position is accomplished by the coactionof ten biased in the crediting direction by conventional structure (not shown) klocated on the far side Vof the plate 12 in v FIG. 7, and overbalancing the'action of thespring 74, whichbiasesthe wheel 28 in the clockwise or credit cancellingrdirection. rWhen all the playing credit hasv been cancelled, the pin 32 again opens the select switch 34 to disable the record selecting circuits. Y

In accordance with the invention, provision is made in the improved coin Ycontrolled photograph 10 forenabling the customer who so desires to select, as a group,

a preselected group or 'sub-group of records inthe magazine 16. Moreover, Vthis is achieved by means of new and improved selector structure which also provides for the selection of individual recordings and makes eiiicient useV of selector structure of a conventional character to effect a selection of recordings, either individually'or va tomerwho' wants torhear the most popular 'recordings the necessityr for .determining the identity of these cordings and selecting' them one at Vatiine'.V

f The structure usedto select an entire group ofrecords Y at once is normally disabled, and is conditioned to select la group o'f recordings only when suicient credit has been established in the machine to cover the playing price of the group. Howeverfas will presently appear, the. group of records can be priced for playing independently of the cumulative playing price. ofVY the .individualrecords' inthegro'up.` Y .1 Y v. Y y In the presentinstance, the machine is set up to permit 'i selection of a group of records' only when at Vleast 50 credit has been'established in the machine. YThis permits Y the customer establishing creditin thisarnount to select agroup of ten records.V If the Arecords are selectedgin- Y dividually, the machine allows only seven selections tobe made for. 50.. However, it willbe understood from the Y ensuing description that'the numbery of records which can lbe selectedY as a group andthe playing price of the group offrec'ords can be varied as, desired.

' As previously stated, the depositing of coins in the machine eifects a displacement of the accumulator wheel 28 in a counterclockwise crediting direction with reference to FIG. 7. The depositing of a 50 coin moves the accumulator wheel 28 to an angle sufficient to cause the pin 32 to engage and close a group selector activating switch 80.

Closure of the switch 80 does not operate the group selector structure, to be described, but only activates or conditions it in readiness for making a group selection by the customer. At this point, the banks of letter buttons 38 and number buttons 49 remain fully effective for making individual recording selections in the conventional manner. In the event the customer operates a letter button and a number button to select an individual recording, the cancelling solenoid 68 displaces the wheel 28 in the clockwise direction -to open the switch 8d and disable the group selector structure.

However, with 50 credit in the wheel 28, the switch 80 is closed to light a group selector light 82 on the control panel 24, FIG. 1, to indicate to the customer that he can select the top ten recordings.

To select the top ten records, the customer has merely to depress a top ten button 84 on the control panel. This puts the group selector structure into operation to quickly go through an operating cycle to set the ten selector pins 42 corresponding to the top ten recordings in the magazine 16.

Referring to the simplified diagrammatic illustration of the circuits involved, shown in FIG. 8, it will be noted that closure of the previously mentioned group selector activating switch 8i) grounds a conductor 90 connected to one side of the group selector light 82. The other side of the light 82 connects with a power conductor 92 and is energized upon closure or the switch 80, as previously recited.

Depression of the group selector button 84 closes a switch 94, in series with the switch 8i), to complete an energizing circuit through a group selector cycling motor 96 and the operating solenoid 98 of a relay switch 16%). The motor 96 and the solenoid 98 are connected in parallel with each other.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the motor 96 is mounted on a base 102 and connected through a speed reducing transmission 104 with a shaft 196, which, as will presently appear, is rotated through a complete cycle in response to depression of the group selector button 84.

The shaft 106 has a starting or home position, illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5, in which a switch actuating projection 108 on a radial arm 11G engages a ledge 112 on a resilient cantilever 114 to hold the cantilever against a full cycle switch 116 to maintain this switch in an open position. As soon as the shaft 106 starts to rotate, upon depression of the button 84, the projection 108 moves off the cantilever ledge 112 allowing the full cycle switch 116 to close. As shown in FIG. 8, this switch connects the output side of the switch 94 to ground to continue energiz'ation of both the motor 96 and the relay solenoid 98 independently of the switches 94 and 80.

As the shaft 106 completes a single revolution of motion it engages an inclined cam 118 on the cantilever 114, to again open the full cycle switch 116 and deenergize the motor 96 and relay solenoid 98. By this time, credit will have been cancelled from the accumulator wheel 28 allowing the switch 80 to open so that the cycling motor 96 cannot be energized until playing credit has been reestablished in' the wheel 28.

Rotation of the shaft 106 through a complete revolution operates two pulsing switches 126, 122 through complete operating cycles. As will be described presently in greater detail, the pulsing switchV 120 is interconnected with the credit cancelling solenoid 68 to cancel credit from the wheel 28 in accordance with the playing price of the record group; The other pulsing switch 122 operates to energize the letter solenoids 46 corresponding to the record selections in the group.V

Therelay switch 10G, which is energized concurrently with the motor 96, operates to transfer a number of functions from the circuitry normally used to select recordings one at a time to the circuitry which selects a group of records at once.

Thus, as illustrated in FIG. 8, individual record selector circuits, controlled by the letter and number buttons 38, 40 and identied in this figure by the number 124, are controlled by energization of a conventional latch solenoid circuit 126 which must be energized in order to make the buttons 38 and 4i) operative for selecting individual recordings.

As shown, the latch solenoid circuit 126 is energized through a normally closed switch 128 ganged with the previously mentioned switch 94 and a normally closed relay switch 10h-2. Hence, depression of the group selector button 84 opens the switch 128 to immediately block energization of the latch solenoid circuit 126, and thus block operation of the buttons 38 and 40 to make a record selection. The immediate energization of the relay solenoid 98 opens the relay switch 10U-2 to assure continued deenergization of the latch solenoid circuit 126 until the motor 96 has completed its normal operating cycle.

The previously mentioned credit cancelling circuit 66, FlG. 8, which is used to cancel credit for the selection of individual recordings in the usual manner, is connected to the credit cancelling solenoid 68 through a normally closed relay switch 10Q-4. This relay switch is opened, upon energization of the solenoid 98, to block operation of the credit cancelling circuit 66. At the same time, a relay switch 1410-6 is closed to connect the credit cancelling solenoid 68 to the output of the pulsing switch 129, to enable the latter to cancel credit for the group selections.

Energization of the relay solenoid 98 also closes a relay switch 10G-8 to effect operation of a letter solenoid positioning circuit 138 which effects movement of the lever carrier disk 48 to a predetermined record group selector position. For this purpose, the circuit 130 is connected to one of the number solenoids 66 which corresponds to the rotary position in which the carrier disk 48 is located for selection of the record group.

The two pulsing switches 12D, 122 are, in fact, closely interrelated to each other structurally, as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 6, but operate functionally independently of each other. The function of these switches can be visualized more readily with reference to FIG. 8. Thus, as shown, the pulsing switch 122 comprises a switch contact 132 which is moved by the shaft 106 through a rotary path which moves the contact 132 into engagement successively with an annular series of independent stationary contacts 134. In this instance, ten of the contacts 134 are independently connected lto theten letter solenoids 46 corresponding to the respective record selections in the record group which is to be selected aty The credit cancelling pulsing switch 120 comprises av wiper contact which is moved by the shaft 166 through a rotary path which carries the contact 14()V into engagement successively with a plurality of patch contacts 142 interconnected with a common conductor 144, which is connected through the output terminal ofv this switch with the previously mentioned relay switch i90-6.' The wiper Contact l Y Y same contactp136 which grounds the other pulsing switch tactsV 134, V138 and 142' are mounted on one face of an insulator board 145 where they are opposed by the mov- Y able contacts 132, 1136 and 149 which are carried by the Vcorners of atriangular, resilient support plate 47 secured to the shaft 105. Y Y

In the present instance, the pulsing switch 126 includes tenV stationary contacts 142 and produces during each operating cycle'ten output pulses which operate the credit cancelling solenoid 68 to cancel ten increments of credit from the accumulator wheel 28. However, it will be understood that any number of contacts 142 can be used in the pulsing switch 120 to cancel any number of credit units as the playing price of the group of records selected-at once. 't v Thus, in'response to a single depression of the group selector button 84, the group selector structure operates to set ten selector pins 42 corresponding to the top ten recordings in the machine and cancelten units of credit from the credit wheel 2S. The phonograph proceeds, as

l described, to play the record selections corresponding to Y ythe set pins.

It willrbe appreciated that the record selector structure is extremely versatile. It provides for'the selection of records either independently or in groups, while at the same time .allowing complete lexibilityy in the pricing of the records individually and; in groups. A Ihe number of i records in the group can be varied by varying the Vnumber of pulsingswitch contacts 134V connected to the letter solenoids. Y i Y Y While Ytherillustrated construction provides for selection of only one group or sub-group of records, as such,

@it will be appreciated that byrduplicating the selector pulsing'switch 122y and l'adding additional group selector buttons and switches 84 and 94, those skilled in the art VVcan readily adapt the invention to enable the customer to select any'numberof groups or subgroups of records by pushing a selector button corresponding to the particular group of records desired.

t While the pulsing switch 122 energizes the coacting f letter solenoids 46 in succession, this lpulsing switch can be replaced if desired by a multiple pole `switch which will energize allroiV the coactingY letter solenoids 46 sirnultaneously.` v v Y Y Y Itwill be appreciated that the ,invention is not necessarily limited to use ofthe particularconstruction .illus-V trated, e but includes variants and alternatives within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims.

The invention is clairnedas follows:

'11. In a coin controlled automatic phonograph, the combination of a record magazine, an annular series of seually controlled selector Ycircuitinterconnected with said first Vand'second series of Vsolenoidstbr settinggselected ones of said selector pins, normally deactivated record group selectingtmeans, coin-controlled credit establishing means interconnected with said group selecting meansfto `activatel theplatter in responsetoestablishment of a predeterminedA credit'value in'said credit establishing means,v

Y said secord group selecting means including first pulsing?Y Vswitch means connectedV to( a'plurality. fof said second,v

series of solenoids to operate the latter, electric'cyclin'g y means connected to saidpulsing switch means Vto'run the 'Y latter throughfindividual operating cycles therecf,a group selector switch'for energizing saidfcycling means lafter activation ofp'said group selecting means, switch YmeansY controlled byrsaid group `selector Vswitch to disable said manually controlled selector circuit, switch lmeans controlled by said group selector switch for energizing one solenoid of said rst series'to locate said series of setting elements in predetermined positions relativeV to said selector pins, and second pulsing switch means oper?` ated by said cycling means and interconnected with saidv credit establishing means to cancel credit'from said credit establishing means as an incident to cycling of said'cycliug means. t n f 2. A coin controlled automaticyrecord playing machine f comprising, in combination, a series of settable selector elements for controllingthe selection of recordingsfor playing,V eans for playing recordings selectively fin" accordance with the setting of said selector elements, a movable series of electrically operated selector element setting elements for setting selector elements in alignment'- therewith, diterential positioning means for moving saidV setting elements into alignment with different selector elements, manually controlled recording selecting means interconnected withk said differential positioning meansand connected to operate said setting elements forsetting'selected ones of said selector elements, normally disabled recording group selecting means, coin-controlled credit establishing means interconnected with said group select-` ing meansto render the latteroperative in response to the establishment yof a predetermined credit rvalue in said credit establishing means, said recording group selecting means including means interconnectedv with'said diier Y' ential positioning means to position said'setting elements in Valignment with selector elements corresponding to ia preselected Vgroup of recording selections, said recordk group selecting means including rst switch means connected to operate a plurality of said setting elements, a

` group selector switch for operating saidr Vrecord groupl selecting means when the latter is rendered operative'by said credit establishing means, and second switch meansV Y operated by said recording group selecting meansV andl interconnected with said credit establishing means to cancel-credit therefrom as an incident to operation of said recording group selecting means Y Y n 3. In a coin controlled automatic recording playing Vmachine, the combination of annularseries of settable selector pins yfor controlling the selection of recordings accordance with the setting' of said selector pins, a movable carrier, a plurality of solenoid operated selector pin setting elements positionedV by the carrier in operativey alignment with dierent groups lof said selectorpins in accordance with the position of said carrier, .solenoid means for positioning Vsaid carrier diierentially, a manually controlled selector circuit for operating said solenoid means and said selector pin setting elements for setting' selected ones of said selector pins individually, recordingv group selecting means, coin-,controlled credit establishingY `means' for conditioning said group` selecting means for operation, said recording Vgroup, selecting means includ-V ing means for controlling said solenoid means to position said carrier diierentially and including means foreope'rating Vsaid selector pin setting elements, a groupfselector Switch for operating said group selecting means to set a,r group of selector pins corresponding to a preselectedgroup of recordings in said magazine, and switch means operated 'Y by said V group selecting means and interconnected with said credit establishingmeans to cancel credit therefroml upon' operation of said recording group selecting means; 4. In a coin controlledV automatic recording playingY machine, the combination of anannular series of settable*` selector pins for controlling the selection lof frecordingsV for playing, means for .playinglrecordings selectively 'in 't accordance ywith theV setting of said selector pins, a mov@ able carrier-electrical means for positioningsaid carriere` differentially, a plurality of solenoid coperated selector pin'V setting elements positioned" by saidgcarrier in-operative` alignment with different groupsfof said selector pinsin y accordance fwith Vthe position of said Acarrier,.recording` group selecting means, coin-controlled credit establishing means for conditioning said group selecting means for operation, said recording group selecting means including means for controlling said electrical means to position said carrier differentially and including means for operating said selector pin setting elements to set a group of selector pins corresponding to a preselected group of recordings in said holding means, and manual control means for said group selecting means.

5. In a coin controlled automatic recording playing machine, the combination of recording holding means a plurality of settable recording selector elements, means for playing recordings selectively in accordance with the setting of said selector elements, a plurality of solenoid operated selector element setting devices, means for positioning said setting devices diierentially with respect to said selector elements, record group selecting means, coin controlled means for conditioning said group selecting means for operation, said record group selecting means including means for operating said setting devices to set a group of selector elements corresponding to a preselected group of records in said holding means, and control means responsive to a single manual control action to operate said group selecting means.

6. In a coin controlled automatic recording playing machine, the combination of settable selector means for registering recording selections, means for playing recordings from said magazine in accordance with the recording selections registered by said selector means, normally inoperative group selecting means coacting with said settable selector means to register a whole preselected group of record selections in the latter in one operation, coin controlled crediting means coacting with said group selecting means to condition the latter for operation upon establishment of a predetermined minimum credit value in the crediting means, manual control means coacting with said group selecting means to control operation of the latter after the group selecting means has been conditioned for operation by said crediting means, credit cancelling means interconnected between said group selecting means and said crediting means to cancel credit from the latter as an incident to operation of said group selecting means, and manually controlled means responsive to a single manual control action for operating said settable selector means to register individual record selections one at a time.

7. In a coin controlled automatic phonograph, the combination of a record magazine, selector means for registering individual record selections, means for playing records from said magazine in accordance with record selections registered by said selector means, normally inoperative group selecting means coacting with said selector means to register a whole preselected group of record selections in the latter in one operation, said group selecting means including control means responsive to a single manual control action to institute such registration of said preselected group of record selections, normally inoperative individual record selecting means coacting with said selector means to register individual record selections in the latter one at a time, and coin controlled means coacting with said group selecting means and said indi` vidual record selecting means to condition the respective selecting means for operation.

S. In a coin controlled automatic recording playing machine, the combination of a means including a plurality of settable selector elements for registering individual recording selections desired by the customer, means for playing recordings corresponding to the set selector elements, manually controlled individual recording selecting means coacting with said settable selector elements to select and set selective individual selector elements, group selecting means for setting a preselected plurality of said settable selector elements in one operating cycle, coin receiving means interconnected with said group selecting means to condition the latter for operation only when suiiicient credit has been established in the coin receiving means to cover the playing price of the group of recording selections corresponding to said preselected plurality of selector elements, and manual control means coacting with said group selector means and responsive to a single manual control action to eiect operation of said group selector means when the group selector means is conditioned for operation by said coin receiving means.

9. In a coin controlled automatic record playing machine, the combination comprising a series of settable selector elements for controlling the selection of recordings for playing, means for playing recordings selectively in accordance with the setting of said selector elements, a plurality of selector element setting devices, diierential positioning means for moving said setting devices into operative alignment with dierent selector elements, manually controlled record selecting means interconnected with said differential positioning means and with said setting devices for selectively setting said selector elements individually, normally inoperative recording group selecting means, coin controlled credit establishing means interconnected with said group selecting means to render the latter operative, and said recording group selecting means including means interconnected with said differential positioning means to position said setting devices in alignment with selector elements corresponding to a preselected group of recording selections, and said recording group selecting means including means connected to a plurality of said setting devices to operate the latter, said group selecting means further including control means responsive to a single manual control action to eect operation of the remainder of saidgroup selecting means.

l0. In a coin controlled automatic'recording playing machine, the combination of means for holding a plurality of recordings, an annular series of selector pins for controlling the selection of recordings for playing, means for playing selected recordings, a movable carrier, a plurality of solenoid operated pin setting devices positioned by said carrier in operative alignment with pins of said series corresponding to the position of said carrier, means'including a series of solenoids for locating said carrier in a plurality of selecting positions, manually controlled selecting means for operating said solenoids and said setting devices for setting said selector pins individually,

normally inoperative recording group selecting means,

coin controlled credit establishing means interconnected with said group selecting means to render the latter operative in response to establishment of a predetermined' credit valuein said credit establishing means, said recording group selecting means including rst pulsing switch means connected to a plurality of said pin setting devices to operate the latter, electric cycling means connected to saidrpulsing switch means to run the latter through individual operating cycles thereof, a single group selecting switch singly operable for energizing said cycling means, switch means controlled by said group selectingv switch to disable said manually controlled selecting means, and second pulsing switch means operatedby said cycling means and interconnected with saidVV credit establishing means to cancel credit therefrom as an incident to operation of said group selecting means.

1l. In a coin controlled automatic recording playing machine, the combination of selector means for registering recording selections, means for playing recordings in accordance with the recording selections registered in said selector means, a plurality of setting devices for registering recording selections in said selector means, diierential positioning means for positioning said selector devices dilierentially with respect to said selector means, individual recording selecting means for operating said setting devices for registering individual recording selections-in said selector means, recording group selectingmeans forV operating said setting devices for registering a groupiof recording selections in said selector means, coin controlled credit establishing means for controlling operation of said 1 i individual recording selecting means and for controlling operation of said recording group selecting means, said recording group selectingmeans including a cycling motor,

a single 'recording group selecting switch singlyY operable energizing said motor, a full cycle switch for continuing.

energization' oflsaid motor'through a complete operating cycle, a` first` pulsing switch operated by 'saidV motor and connected to operatersaid settingdevices, and a second i pulsing switch operated cyclically by saidV motorfand concontrolled means for registering individual recording se-YV lections-.in said selector means, recording group selecting means for registering ,a group of recording selectionsin said selector means and including control means operable in responseto a single manual control action, saidY recording group'selecting means including a Vcycling motor, a recording group selecting switch for energizing said motor,V

and apulsing switch Voperated Vby said motor andcon-V nectedto operate said selector setting devices.

.11.3. A coin controlled automatic recording playingrmachine, comprising, in combination, an annular series'of selector pins fior/controlling the selection of recording yfor playing, -means for playing selected recordings, a movable fcarrier,-a plurality of-selector pin setting devices positioned by said carrier for` setting saidV selector pins selectably, a series of ksolenoids for operating said setting devices, Vsolenoid means Vfor positioning said-carrier and said settingY devices Vdifferentially with respect tosaid pins, a cycling motor,-coin controlled credit means lestablishing means VVfor controlling-energization ofsaid motor, arecording group selecting switch for energizing said motor, a plurall2 cordings automaticallyA in accordance with recording selections registered by said selector means, manually con: trolled individual recording selecting Vmeans coacting withY said selector means to register individual recording selections in the latter one at a time, group recording selecting means coacting withsaid selectorVv means to register aY plurality'of recording selections'in said selector means as an incidentto a single operation of saidl group selecting means and including control'means operable in response to a single manual control action, and coin controlled means for controlling operation of said individual recording selecting means and'for controlling operation Vof' said` group recording selecting means.V

16. VIn a coin controlled automaticrecording playing machine, the combination of selector meansfor-,regis-A tering individual Yrecording. selections, means for playingy recordings in accordance with recording selections registered in said recording selector means,'normally inoperative group selecting Vmeans Venacting with said selectorV means to register a preselected group o f recording selections in the latter in one operation and control means operable in response to a single manual control action, individual recording'selecting means for registering individr ual recording selections in said selector means yone at a time, coin controlled crediting means for establishing play,- ing credit in accordance with thedepositing'of ,coinsin the crediting means, said crediting means including means coactmg with said group selecting means to condition the,

i latter for operation as an incident to the establishment in.Y

saidV crediting means of a rst credit Value equal, to Vthe playing price` of a recordingrgroup, and saidV creditingV means including means coactingwith said individual rel Ycordingselecting means to condition thev latter for opera-Q tion as an incident to the establishment of a second pre-Vv determined credit value inthe crediting means. Y 17. A coin` controlled automatic recording playing machine comprising selector means for registering for playingv individual recording selections, means for playing recordingsV in accordance with recording selections'V regisity of Vcontacts connected toa plurality of said solenoids,

contact means operated by said motorV to move into en- Y gagement withk said pluralityfof contacts successively'toy eiect setting of a plurality of said selector pins, a second plurality of contacts connected with said credit establishing means toV cancel credit therefrom, contact means operated by said motor for movement into engagement with i said second series ofcontacts successively toV effect cancellation of credit from'V said credit establishing means, and

means interconnecting said .recording group selecting switch with said solenoid means Vto eect differentialv positioning of said carrier for setting Vof a preselected'plurality ofsaid selector pins. f j l y y f 14. A coincontrolled automatic recording playing ma- .Y vchine -comprisingyin combination, a plurality of settable Vselector elements -for controlling thevselection of recordtere-d in said selector means, normally inoperative group selecting means coacting with said selector` means to reg-- ister in the latter-'for playing a predetermined` plurality of individual recording selections, said group selecting means including control ymeans yresponsivetoa single manual.V control action lto institute such registration of said plural-V ity of recording selections, normally inoperative individ`-` ual recording ,selecting means coacting with'said `selector meansY to -register individual recording selections in the. latter, Vand coin controlled means coacting with said group selecting means and said individual recording selecting means to condition the-respective selecting means for operation.

ings for playing, 'means for selecting and playingrecordyingsfinaccordancewith the-setting of said selector: elements; `a plurality ofi-selectorelement setting devicesy inf A cluding a plurality of operating solenoids therefor, means for positioning said setting devices diierentially with-re'-V spect to said-selectorelements, a cycling motoncoin controlled means for controlling energization oi' said motor,

aireco'rding group selecting switch for energizing Vsaid motor,'a Aplurality' ofcontacts connected to a'plurality of said setting device solenoids, contact means operated by Y saidmotor tornove intok engagement with said plurality of 4contacts to effect setting of a plurality-of said selector elements, 'and means coordinating said, recording 'group selecting switch with said dierentialv-positioning means tok position :saidf setting devices for setting of a` preselected VYplurality.y ofs'aid selectorlelements. v 1;-,

15.;In a coin controlledautomatic recording playing 18. A coincontrolled machine for automatically playing recordings recorded ondierent sound recording paths, said machine comprising, lin combination, selection registering meansA for registering individual sound path selections, vsaid selection registering means including soundpath group selecting means for4 registerin'g'in the registering means for playing as a single choice a predetermined group of sound 4Vpaths,fsaid selectionk registeringmeans including manual control meansoperableindependently of said group selecting means to regi-*ster in the registering a jmeans for playing individualV sound vpath selections rse-j,l i lected independently of eachother by operation of said Vmanual ,control ymeanssaid group selecting means being operable. to register a group vof sound path selections i saidregistering means independently of operation of said manual control lmea-ns, recording playing means 'conv trolled bysaid selection, registering means to operate in selectingr meansror by .said manual control me ans,.coin Y machine, the combination of selector means for register-V Y ing individual recording selections, means for playing reresponse to the registration of vvone or moreusound ypath f selections. in said registering ine-ms to play'souiid path selections registeredinthe registering means by'said groupv control means` enacting-with. saidgroup selecting meansfy and ,with said` manual control means to make both said ,s

13 group selecting means and said manual control means normally inoperative to register sound path selections in said registering means, said coin control means including means coacting with said manual control means to render the latter operative to register individual sound path se- 5 lections in said registering means While at the same time rendering said group selecting means inoperative to register sound path selections in said registering means, and said coin control means including means for rendering said group selecting means operative to register sound path selections in said registering means.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNTTED STATES PATENTS 984,199 Dreher Feb. 14, 1911 2,658,171 McCallum Nov. 3, 1953 l2,944,116 Vershoven July 5, 1960 2,949,309 Riggs Aug. l16, 1960

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1. IN A COIN CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC PHONOGRAPH, THE COMBINATION OF A RECORD MAGAZINE, AN ANNULAR SERIES OF SELECTOR PINS FOR CONTROLLING THE SELECTION OF RECORDS FROM SAID MAGAZINE FOR PLAYING, MEANS FOR PLAYING SELECTED RECORDS, A MOVABLE CARRIER, A SERIES OF SELECTOR PIN SETTING ELEMENTS POSITIONED BY SAID CARRIER, MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST SERIES OF SOLENOIDS FOR LOCATING SAID CARRIER IN A PLURALITY OF SELECTING POSITIONS, A SECOND SERIES OF SOLENOIDS FOR OPERATING SAID RESPECTIVE PIN SETTING ELEMENTS, A MANUALLY CONTROLLED SELECTOR CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF SOLENOIDS FOR SETTING SELECTED ONES OF SAID SELECTOR PINS, NORMALLY DEACTIVATED RECORD GROUP SELECTING MEANS, COIN-CONTROLLED CREDIT ESTABLISHING MEANS INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID GROUP SELECTING MEANS TO ACTIVATE THE LATTER IN RESPONSE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF A PREDETERMINED CREDIT VALUE IN SAID CREDIT ESTABLISHING MEANS, SAID SECORD GROUP SELECTING MEANS INCLUDING FIRST PULSING SWITCH MEANS CONNECTED TO A PLURALITY OF SAID SECOND SERIES OF SOLENOIDS TO OPERATE THE LATTER, ELECTRIC CYCLING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID PULSING SWITCH MEANS TO RUN THE

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