US650268A

US650268A - Music-roll punch.

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Publication number: US650268A
Application number: US73865599A
Authority: US
Inventors: Paul Norwood
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1899-11-29
Filing date: 1899-11-29
Publication date: 1900-05-22
Anticipated expiration: 1917-05-22

Description

No. 650,268. Patented May 22, I900.

P. NURWUOD.

MUSIC ROLL PUNCH.

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MUSIC ROLL PUNCH.

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MUSIC ROLL PUNCH.

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UNiTEn STATES PATENT @rricis.

PAUL NORWOOD, OF .ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

MUSIC-ROLL PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,268, dated May 22, 1900. Application filed November 29, 1899. Serial No. 733,655. iNo model.)

To (.tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, PAUL NORWOOD, a citi= zen of the United States, residing at Ansonia, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful. Music-Roll Punch, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a punch which will enable music-dealers and musicians to make their own musicrolls for use in pianolas, angelu'ses, zeolians, and other mechanical musical instruments, it being simply necessary in order to produce music-rolls with my novel. punch for a person having a slight knowledge of the theory of music to place before him the score of a piece of music which it is desired to play upon a mechanical instrument and then to punch in one or more strips of any suitable material as paper, glazed linen or cotton or thin metal the openings necessary to produce the desired result, music-rolls produced by my novel punch being for all practical purposes identical with and in some respects superior to music-rolls now in use, and which are, moreover, so expensive to produce as to make it impossible for musicians or even for musicdealers to prod uce them. In order to overcome this serious objection to the common use of mechanical musical instrumentst'. e., the cost of the music-rolls-and make it quite practicable for musicians and music-dealers to produce their own music-rolls, I have devised the novel music-roll punch which I willnow describe, referring by reference characters to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine complete; Fig. 2, a reverse side. elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a vertical section; Fig. 4, a plan View, certain parts being broken away; Fig. 5, a front elevation; Fig. 6, a vertical section corresponding substantially with Fig. 3, but showing an operating position of the parts; Fig. 7, a detail sectional view on the line '7 7 in Fig. 2, illustrating the construction of the counting device; and Fig. 8 is a greatly-exaggerated detail view of one of the punch-heads and the corresponding liftingspring.

A denotes the framework, which may be of any ordinary or preferred construction, and B a strip of "paper or other suitable material, the

supply of material being wound on aroll 10,- the ends of which are received in sockets 11 in the framework. As the material of which the rolls are made is not of the essence of my invention and as paper is the material ordinarily used, I shall refer to that material only in this specification. For convenience in illustration 1 have shown but one supply-roll iii the drawings. It will be perfectly obvious, however, that a plurality'ofsupply-rolls may be used and a plurality of music-rolls made at the same time by supporting a number of supply-rolls on separate suitable bearingsand leading the several sheets of paper through the machine together or superimposed, the number depending, of course, upon the material used and the strength of the machine, as .wellas upon the strength of the operator.

The paper upon roll is centered thereon and is caused to feed freely by means of guides 12, whose hubs 13 are adapted to slide on the rolls and are locked in place by set-screws 14:.- The strip of paper to be operated upon passes from the supply-roll between tension-rolls l5 and 16,.one of whichin the present in stance tension-roll 15--is journaled in boxes 17, which are adapted to slide in the framework and are adjusted and retained in position by means of screws 18, which pass through a portion oftlle framework. The strip of paper next passes between upper and lower blocks 19 and 20.

21 denotes the punches, and 22 a bed-plate coacting therewith, the bed-plate being rigidly secured to block and the punches being adapted to slide in openings through guide-plates 23, which are rigidly secured to block 19. The punches are provided with heads 24, having recesses 25, which are engaged by springs 26, the action of which is to retain the punches at the raised position. These springs may be independent, if preferred, or may all be formed from asingle plate of metal having a back 27 ,by which'said plate and the entire set of springs are secured to a cross-piece 29 by means of screws 28. The number of punches and springs corresponds with the greatest number of notes in the compass of any instrument forwhich music-rolls are to be made.

30 denotes a series of pivoted punch-se tion.

punches. These selectors I have shown as bell-crank levers in shape, although that is by no means an essential feature of construc- It is essential, however, to the simplicity of my machine and the ease with which it is utilized for the purpose described that the selectors shall be pivoted and eachhave an integral arm adapted to be laid on or re moved from contact with the head of its respective punch 21, and preferably another arm by means of which the selector may be wheniout of operative position on a cross-rod" 32.". InFig. '5 the punch-selectors are all shown 4 as out o'f operative position, and in Figs. 3, 4,

and 6 theyareshown as partlyin and partlyout of'operati've position, as during the operation of making a music-roll. These selectors lie normany out of operative position-that is, out

' Ofen'gag'ement with the punches and resting on c'ross rod32. They are retained in alinement by means of sleeves 39 on cross-rod 31-,- which lie between the end selectors and the framework and are placed in operative position by simply turning them on rod 31 and placing them in engagementwith the heads of the punches. In practice these punch-sespond-with the notes it 'is'required to producethat is, they may be marked. to correspend with the letters of the m usical scale or a portionof them may be made white and a portion black to correspond with.;-the white and black notes of the keyboard of a musical' instrument. The punch-selectorsthat may be in operative position at anytime are op'erated and caused'to actuate the corredown the corresponding punches, as will be more fully explained. The operating-rod is retained at its normal or inoperative position by means of a spring 37, one end ofwhich is attached to the framework and the other to apin 38, extending from the hub of hand-1e- The strip of paper is drawn from the sup ply-roll through the tension-rolls and under the'punches by means of feed-rolls 42 and 43,.

one'ot which-in the present instance feedroll 43is jo'urnaledjn boxes 44, whichare movable in the framework and are locked in position after adjustment by means of screws ing the counting-disk.

45. The music-roll as completed is wound upon a roll '46, journaled in sockets 47. in the framework. This winding-roll is provided with guides 12, whose hubs 13 are locked to the roll by means of set-screws 14 in the same manner as the guides upon the supply-roll. The winding-roll may be operated in anysuitable manner, as by a weight (not shown) attached to a cord 48, which passes over a pul ley 49 on the end of the winding-roll, the latter passing through the sockets and extending outward from-the framework. Feed-roll 43 receives motion from feed-roll 42 by means of gear-wheels 50 on said rolls outside of the framework. Feed-roll 42 is driven by means of a pawl 5l,engagi'ng a ratchet-wheel 52,fixed to said roll, said pawlbeing carried by a handlever 53, whichis adapted to oscillate on the same axis as that of the roll.

'54 denotes a spring whose action is to retain the pawl in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet, and a spring whose action.

is to retain hand-lever 53 in the retracted position, said hand-lever being stopped in its retracted position in any suitable manner, as

. by engagement with the end of the rock-shat t,

(see Fig. 2,) and at the other extreme of its movement by engagement with cross-rod 31,

which' extends through and slightly beyond the framework. leetorsm'ay be marked in any way to 'corre- ;of a punch have been made in a measure or in punching a long note, I have provided a counting-disk 57, carrying a pointer 58, which operates in connection with the ratchet-wheel.

The counting-disk is free to be turned on the hub 59 of theratchet-wheel, but is held in :any position in whichit may be placed, so as Tto normally turn with the ratchet-wheel, by

means of a friction-washer 60, carried bythe reduced end of the driving feed-roll.

61is a handpiece for-convenience in turn- In practice graduationsare conveniently placed for counting. For example, in Fig. 4 I have shown'graduat-ions upon the periphery of the counting=disk,

these graduations being in practice provided In starting with corresponding numerals. upon ameasure or upon a note the countingdisk is turned by means of the handpiece and the pointer is caused to register with the tooth 'of actuations of the feed-ratchet since the pointer was set-2 e., the number of punches made in a measure or in punching a note. As

soon as the measure or; note is finished the counting-disk is oscillated again by means of the handpiece to cause the pointer to again register with the tooth of the ratchet-wheel which is engaged by the pawl, it being understood that while the friction-washer holds the counting-disk firmly in position. and pre screws 64. For the narrowest width of m usi'crolls the collars are set upclose to the ends of the rolls proper. the collars are moved outward away from the ends of the rolls proper, as in Fig. 4, the collars jbeing adjusted in each instance so that the edges of the strip of paper will rest upon reduced portions 63 and against the shoulders at theends of said reduced portions. The corresponding roll in each pair is made short enough to lie between the collars at their closest adjustm nt a For wider music-rolls example, in producing a'legato efiect a note may be suspended for two punches and then resumed without losing continuous effect. In order to produce a staccato effect, there must be an actual space-that is, solid paper-between the notes. This efiect may be produced by simply using one or two only of the allotted number of punches to each note or by robbing each note of one or more punches, thus stopping a given tone before the sounding of the succeeding tone. of round punchesfor producing the openings in m usic-rolls enables a skilled musician to change the effects to an almost unlimited extent,as his fancy may suggest-in fact, to

produce almost all of the effects in interpreting a composition that could be produced on a non-mechanical instrument,efieets, in brief, which cannot possibly be produced on mechanical instruments by any musician, no matter how skilled, using ordinary, musicrolls. It is, as a matter of fact, impossibleas music-rolls are ordinarilyproduced to secure the effects which I produce with music-rolls The operation is as follows: The punches mayof course be of any required diameter; but for making music-rolls for the ordinary mechanical musical instruments i. e., pianolas, angeluses, and aeolians-as at present made they are one-tenth of an inch in diame ter. The necessary feeding movement mustbe one-half the diameter of the punches; otherwise it would be impossible to produce music-rolls that would cause one key to be released at the instant another was depressed, as is necessary in order to produce a legato effect in rendering a piece of music. The number of teeth, therefore, in the feed-ratchet must correspond with the number of twentieths of an inch in the periphery of the driving feed-roll. The note of least value in a piece, of music is taken as the unit and may be producedby one oranynn mber of punches, but preferably by one punch. For example, taking a sixty-fourth note as the unit and allowing one pun chfor each sixty-fourth note, a thirty-second note would require two punches, a'sixteenth note four punches, an eighth note eight punches,a quarte r-note sixteen punches, a half-note thirty-two punches, and a whole note sixty-four punches. For a moderatelyfast piece, in which a thirty-second note was the note of least value, a whole note'might be made by thirty-two punches,and in a very fast pieee,in which no notes of less value than a sixteenth note would be required, the whole notes might be made by sixteen punches. It will of course be understood that in music-rolls made by my novel punch the continuous openings for long notes will not be straightsided, but will clearly indicate thatthey are cut by successive operations of a round punch. These made by my novel punch. Should a mistake be made in punching, the operator places tissuepaper over the portion of the strip which has beenincorrectly punched and then, starting at the end of the correct portion, punches it over again.

The mechanical act of punching the openings will be readily understood fromthe description already given. In starting a measure the operator places all of the punch-selec-;

tors corresponding with notes to be sounded in operative position and then. manipulates the operating-rod by means of the rock-shaft and handlever. After each actuation of punches and their return to their normal elevated positions, the hand-lever 53 isoperated to actuate the feed.

longer are turned out of operative. position In fact, the'use.

Then the selectors corre-, sponding to notes not required to be sounded and selectors corresponding to new notes that are required to be sounded are turned into; The operation of the counting-disk has already been fully de operative position.

scribed. Its use will be apparent when itlis taken into consideration that sixty-four or even more actuations of a punch may be required to punch an opening in the strip thatwill cause the instrument upon which the.

completed roll is used to produce a whole note.

It is of course of no consequence so far as the operation of the machine is concerned how actuation of the operating-rod.

the operator know the value of notes, that he watch the count made by the counting.

disk, and that he have the very slight technical skill required to place selectors outof operative posit-ion when the punches corre sponding therewith have given to the notes their full valueand to place new selectors in I I v eases operative position the instant new notes are requiredto be sounded. In brief, then, any person skilled or unskilled as a musician can produce musicgrolls that are approximately correct by means of my novel machine and without the use of a previously-prepared pat- Having thus described my invention, I

1, In a device of the character described the- -'combination"with a series of punches, guides therefor, a bed-plateaud springs for holding the punches in the raised position, of a series of pivoted punch-selectors corresponding with the punches and adapted to be moved into and outof engagement with the punches, and free to be left indefinitely in either position, an operating-rod adapted to engage said se lectors when inoperative position and means for actuating the operating-rod whereby the punches corresponding to the selectors in operative position are caused to act.

' 2. In a device of the character described the combination with a series of punches, of a corresponding series of pivoted punch-selectors adapted to be moved into and out of engage-- ment with the punchesand free to be left indefinitelyin either position, and means for simultaneously actuating the selectors when in operative position whereby the corresponding punches are caused to act..

- 3. In adevice of the character described the combination with a series of punches,of a cor res ending series of pivoted punch-selectors, eac free to.remain in either one of two positio'ns, means for simultaneously aotuatin g the selectors when in operative position, and feeda ing mechanism whereby the strip to be acted upon is drawn under the punches with uniform act-nations.

4. In a device of the character described the combination with a series of punches, a series of pivoted punch-selectors corresponding therewith, each of said selectors being free'to remain in operative or inoperative position,

and means for actuating said selectors when in operative position, of feed-rolls geared together and a pawl-ratchet and 'hand-leverfor' actuating one of said feed-rolls.

5; In a device of the character described the combination with a series of punches onetenth ofan inch in diameter, corresponding pivoted punch-selectors, each free to remain in either one of two positions, and means for simultaneously actuating the operatin g-sel'ec- "periphery of the operative feed-roll so that the strip to be acted "upon will be moved a distance corresponding to'one-half the diameter of the punches at each actuation of the feedratchet. a

6. In adevice of the characterdescri-bedthe combination with a series of round punches, of a corresponding series of pivoted punchselectors adapted to be placed into and out of engagement with the punches, means for simultaneously actuatingthe selectors in operative position, and feeding mechanism which carries the strip forward at each actuation a distance corresponding to one-half the diame ter'of the punches, each of said selectors bein g free to remain in operative or inoperative position. I r p 7. In a device of the character described the combination with-the p'unches,'pivoted punch= selectors and operating-rod, of a feed-ratchet, ha-nd-le'veran'd pawl, 'a'counting-disk adapted to be rotated independently of the feed= ratchet and a friction-washer engaging the counting-disk whereby the latter is-normally caused to rotate with thefeed=ratchet.

8. In a-d'evice of the character described the combination with'the punches,pivoted punch= selectors and operating-rod, of a feed-ratchet,

lever and pawl, a counting=disk adapted to rotate on the hub of the feed ratchet and carrying a pointer, and a friction-washer carried by the shaft and engaging the counting-disk so that the latter is normallycaused to rotate with the feed-ratchet but may be turned back to cause the pointer -to register with the pawl after the completion of a measure or note.

9. r In a device of the character described the combination with a series of punches, of a series of pivoted punch-selectors corresponding therewith and adapted to betilted out of engagement. with the punches and to remain so indefinitely, and 'means for simultaneously actuating the selectors when in engagement with punches. j v

'10. In a device of the'character described the combination witha series of punches having heads 24 and recesses '25 formed in said heads, of independent springs adapted to engage said recesses to retain the punches at .the raised position, pivoted punch-selectors adapted to engage heads 24 and to be thrown out of engagement andleft so, and an operating-rod which is adapted to engage. simultaneously all selectors in engagement with punches whereby said punches are operated.

11. In a device of the characterdescribed the-combination with a series of punches and independent springs therefor, of a series of bellcrank' pivoted punch-selectors adapted to engage the punches, a rest for said selectors when out 'of operative position, and means for simultaneously actuating the selectorsin operative position, each of saidselectors be- :ing free to remain in opera'tiveor inoperative position. I

12. In a device of the characterdescribed the combination with a series of punches, a

corresponding series of pivoted punch -.selectors adapted to engage or disengage the punches and to remain in either of such positions, and an operating-rod adapted to engage the selectors in engagement with punches, of feeding mechanism which, at each actuation, carries the strip being acted upon forward a distance equal to one-half the diameter of the punches.

13. In a device of the character described the combination witha series of punches, corresponding pivoted punchselectors, and an operating-rod adapted to engage selectors in operative position, of feeding mechanism for the strip to be acted upon and a pointer and counting-disk, substantially as described and shown, for indicating punches made in a measure or upon a note.

14. In a device of the character described responding pivoted punch-selectors, each free to remain in either one of two positions, and an operating-rod adapted to engage selectors that are in operative position, of feeding mechanism for the strip to be acted upon and a winding-roll for the completed music-roll.

PAUL NORWOOD.

Witnesses:

FRED. M. DREW, CHAS. E. REMER.