US466586A - Alfred sueur - Google Patents

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A. SUEUR. COIN CONTROLLED STARTING MECHANISM FOR MUSIC BOXES.

No. 466,586. Patented Jan. 5, 1892,

UNITED V STATES ALFRED SUEUR, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ALFRED E. PAILLARD,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF SAME PLACE.

COIN-CONTROLLED STARTING MECHANISM FOR MUSIC-BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,586,dated January 5, 1892.

Application filed September 1.1 891; Serial No. 404,484. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED SUEUR, a citizen of Switzerland, and a resident of the city of New York, in the countyof New York and 7 will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of one end part of a music-box provided with my improved coin-controlled starting mechanism. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and at are detail views showing the positions of the lever. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5, Fig. 1.

The music-box is constructedwith the usual cylinder A, comb'B, and rotating flyer O for controlling the speed of the driving mechanism. On the end of the shaft of the cylinder the usual cog-wheel D is mounted, which is provided with a circular groove D, in which the pin E on the stop-leverF can travel. In said wheel D and in the groove D thereof an aperture or recess G is formed, and at saidrecess G a short cam-groove G is formed at one end of said groove D. A spring H, secured to the frame and to a downwardly-projecting lug F of the locking-lever F, presses said pin E against the inner edge of the groove D.

To a partition J of the music-box the fingerlever K is pivoted, the upper end of which proj ects above the top pieceL upon said partition J. Said pivoted finger-lever K swings on a slot L in said top piece I. and is provided below said top piece with a wing M, parallel with the partition J and located a distance from the same about equal to the thickness of a coin. A spring N, secured to the partition J and to thelower end of the pivoted finger-lever K, draws said lower end ofv the lever K in the direction of the arrow or. .Astop pin or screw 0 projects from the partition J a short distance below the wing .M of the lever K. A lever P is pivoted to the partition .I, and its lower end is drawn in the direction of the arrow y by a spring Q, secured to the lower end of said leverPand to the partition J. From the lower end of said lever P a pin R projects laterally and rests against the lug F of the locking-lever F, against which the latter is pressed by the tension of the spring Q.

In order to start the music-box, it is necessary to press the wing F on the lower end of the starting-lever F in the direction of the arrow y, so as to move the pin E into the part of the groove D. If the upper end of the tinger-lever K, whichis the only part of the starting'mechanisin projecting above the top piece "L, is moved in thedirection of the. arrow 10,

Fig. 2, it does not affect the lever P nor the stop-lever F. If, however, a coin ais dropped through the slot L, it rests upon the leverP,

the stop pin or screw 0, and is held in place by the wing M, as shown in Fig. 2. If now the upper end of the lever K is moved in the direction of the arrow w, the edge of the lever K, acting on the edge of the coin, Fig. 3, moves the same in the direction of the arrow y, and the cam a moves the lever P in the direction of the arrow 19, whereby the lug F of the stop-lever F is moved in the direction of the arrow y and the pin E is moved outward from the center of the wheel D to the cam part G of the groove D. At the same time the fly mechanism 0 is released the cylinder begins to rotate, as does also the wheel D, and the cam part G of the groove D forces said pin E into the groove D. Thereby the lower end of the lever P is forced still further in the direction of the arrow y and the coin is released, 'as shown in Fig. 4..

As long as the music-box plays the leverP remains in the position shown in Fig. 4, and

when the cylinder and wheel D have made one revolution the pin E snaps into the aperture G, the music-box is stopped, and the parts assume the position shown in Fig. 2.

The starting-lever K need only be held for a short time in the position shown in Fig. 3,

as immediately after the fly mechanism 0 is started the cam action of the part G of the groove D brings the pin E into the groove 1).

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentall.

1. In a1nusic-box,tl e combination, with the usual music-producing devices, of a wheel mounted on the end of the main shaft and provided with a groove and with an aperture or recess in the track of said groove, a lockinglever having a pin traveling in said groove, a spring acting on said locking-lever, a pivoted lever havinga laterally-projecting part resting against part of said looking-lever, and a finger-lever pivoted a short distance from the above-mentioned lever, with the projection and a coin-supporting pin or projection between saidtwolevers,substantiallyassetforth.

2. In a music-box, the combination, with the music-producing devices, of a wheel mounted on the end of the main shaft and having a groove; and an aperture or recess in the path of said groove, aloeking-lever havingapin traveling in said groove, a spring acting on said looking-lever, a lever pivoted to part of the musicbox and having a laterally-projecting part resting against part of the locking-lever, a spring-connected locking-lever and pressing the laterally projecting part of the lever against the part of the locking-lever, a fingerlever pivoted a short distance from the abovementioned lever, and a ooin-supporting proj eotion between said two levers, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED SUEUR. \Vitnesses:

GEO. VARRELMAN, W. II. I'IOSCHKE.

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