US446684A

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Publication number: US446684A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-02-17
Anticipated expiration: 1908-02-17

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C. A. HUSSEY. ELECTRIC MUSIC BOX.

No. 446,684. Patented Feb. 17,1891.

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C. A. HUSSEY. ELECTRIC MUSIC BOX.

No. 446,684. Patented Feb. 17,1891.

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0. A. HUSSEY. ELECTRIC MUSIC BOX.

No. 446,684. Patented Feb. 17,1891.

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cnAntES A. uUssEY, on NEW YORK, n. ASSIGNOR TO M. J. PAILLAED .tco, or sAnE rLAoE.

ELECTRIC MUSIC-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,684, dated February 17, 1891.

Application filed December 29, 1888. Renewed November 25, 1890. Serial No, 372,579. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. lIUssEY, of the city, county, and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Music-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in music-boxes having a comb and a pin-cylinder for vibratin g the teeth of the comb.

The object of my invention is to provide an electric motor for rotating the cylinder and a contrivance for breaking the circuit at the end of the tune when desired.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally be pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of part of my improved electric music-box. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional View of the same on line {13, Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and lare detail sectional views showing the parts of the circuit breaking and closing devices in different positions. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the under side of the plate on which the mechanism is fastened. Fig. 6 is a diagram view showing the electrical connections.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The cylinder A, having the usual pins for vibrating the teeth of the comb B, is driven by the cog-wheel C, cngaginga pinion c made integral with the cog-wheel C, which in turn is driven by a cog-wheel C engaging the cogwheel 0 on the same shaft with the wormshaft 0, engaging the worm D, passing through an aperture in the base-plate E and having its lower end mounted in abridge D, fastened to a plate E, projecting from the under side of the base-plate. The spindle D et the worm D is provided at its upper end with a shoulder I), upon which the lower end of the spindle F can rest, the lower end of said spindle being made tubular, so as to receive that part of the spindle D projecting above the shoulder D Said part of the spindle D is provided with a transverse pin D", which passes into two opposite longitudinal slits or notches F in the lower tubular end of the spindle F, so that the spindle D can be car ried along and rotated by the spindle F. On the spindle F is mounted the commutator G and the two electro-magnets H H, which are arranged at right angles and are provided on their ends with pole pieces J, the outer faces of which are segmental, so as to adapt said magnets to rotate between the two segmental upright plates Z, forming a fixed armature, and which are fastened on the base-plate and united at their upper ends by a cross-piece Z, in which the upper end of the spindle F is mounted to rotate. The two electro-magnets ll H are connected with the sections of the commutator by wires 72 7b, as shown in Fig. 2. A brush J is secured to a lever J, pivoted on a bracket J, which is insulated from the base-plate E. The contact-spring K is secured to the insulated piece K on the under side of the base-plate, as shown in Fig. The wheel 0 is provided in one face with a circular groove M, having a notch M, in which groove a pin Ncan travel that projects from the end of a lever O, pivoted below the base-plate, and on the opposite end of said lever a spring P acts, which presses said opposite end upward, thereby pressing the pin LT against the outer circumference of the groove ill.

A lever Q is pivoted on the under side of the base-plate and projects from one end of the same to permit of manipulating it by means of the usual hand-levers provided on musicboxes, and on the opposite end of said lever Q a cam R is fastened, which can act on the cam end S of the lever O and press the same downward.

The box T of the music-box is provided on each side with two tubular nipples T T, into which tips on the end of the flexible cords a and a can be inserted, said cords being connected with a battery Z) or other source of electricity. The nipple T is connected by a wire (I with one end of a switch-lever U, pivotcd on an ebonite plate U on the top of the base-plate E. Said lever can slide over three metallic buttons Y Y Y on the ebonite plate U, which buttons V Y Y are connected by German silver or other resistance-wires ff.

The switch-button Y is connected by a wire g with one end of the spring K. The brushlever J is connected by a wire m with the nipple T.

The operation is as follows: \Vhen the circuit is closed, the magnets H H are rotated and rotate the spindle F, which rotates the worm-spindle D from which by means of the worm-wheel and cog-wheels motion is transmitted to the cog-wheel O, and the same rotates the pin-cylinder A. Said pin-cylinder A continues to rotate until the circuit is broken. When the cam R is in the position shown in Fig. 3 and the pin N is not opposite the notch M ,the cam end S of the lever O is lowered and pressed againstthe free-end of the spring K, whereby the circuit is closed,

said circuit being as follows: From the bat-.

tery through'the wire a to the nipple T, the brush-lever J, the brush J 1 the commutator G, the two magnets II II, the armature-plates Z, the base-plate E, the lever O, the spring K, the wire-g, theswitch-block V, the switch-lever U, the wire (Z, the nipple T the wire a, back to the battery I). As soon as thepin N arrivesat the notch M it snaps into thesame under the action of the spring P, and thus contact. between the cam end S of the lever O and the spring K is broken, and thereby the circuit is broken, thus causing a stoppage of the machine. Vhcn it is desired to start the machine, the lever Q is moved in such a manner as to force the camR against the cam end S-of the lever O,'whereby said cam end S will be depressed and brought into the position.

shown in Fig. 4. The circuit is thus completed through the cam end S and the contact-spring K, the electro-motor is put in operation, and the cylinder rotated.

\Vhen it is desired that the playing mechanism shall stop at the next tune-that is, at the time when the pin N next arrives at the .notch Mthe lever Q is moved so as to bring the cam R from the position shown in Fig. 4 into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that when the pin N arrives at said notch M it can'snap. into the same and thus the opposite end of thelever O-raised and the circuit broken between the cam-lever O and the contact-spring K. v

. For some tunes it is desirable to have the cylinder rotate at a greater or less speed than for-other tunes, and for this reason the switch has been provided. In case the pin-cylinder is to rotate rapidly the swingingend of the switch-lever "U is brought in contact with the switch-block V, so that none of the current passes through the resistance-wires f f In case less speed is desired the switch-lever is moved so as to bring its end in contact with the switch-block V, so that the current will be compelled to pass through the resistancewire F. In case it is desired to have the pincylinder rotate still more slowly the lever U is brought in contact with the switch-block V so that the current will be compelled to pass through the resistance-wires f and f.

The motor can be lifted off and removed without disconnecting any wires whatever, as the motor simply rests upon the worm-spindle, and motion is transmitted from the motor-spindle to the worm-spindle by the pin 1).

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. The combination, with a music-box comb and a pin-cylinder, of an electromotor for rotating the pin-cylinder, a lever controlled by one of the moving parts of the music-box mechanism and serving to operate a circuit breaker or closer, and a cam acting on said lever, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a music-box comb and pin-cylinder, of an electromotor for rotat contact-spring, said lever being in circuit with the battery, substantially as set forth.

The combination, with a comb and .pincylinder, of gearing for operating the said pincylinder, a worm connected with said gearing and provided with a shoulder near its upper end, and a transverse pin on that part above the shoulder, a l'notor-spindle having a bore in its lower end and notches in the sides of said bore for receiving the upper end of the worm-spindle, and the pins on the same,-substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a comb and pincylinder, of gearing for rotating said pi n-cylinder, a worm connected with said gearing,

an armature detachably connected with said Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, JOHN A. STRALEY.