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  • My invention relates to apparatus whereby perforated music-disks may be mechanically interchanged from inoperative to operative positions in instruments of the class in which such disks are employed; and it consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as fully described hereinafter.
  • Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine embodying my improvements.
  • Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same looking from the left-hand side of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line A B of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the upper portion of the machine.
  • Figs. 5 and 6 are details showing the automatic grasping and releasing device lwhich constitutes an important feature of my invention.
  • Fig. 7 is a detail in elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the disk-holder and guide.
  • Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 7.
  • Fig. 9 is a detail of the snail-wheel and adjacent parts.
  • Fig. 10 is a detail showing the operation of one of the levers employed in the machine.
  • Each perforated disk 1 is of the usual pattern, is provided with a row of holes 1fL near its periphery in addition to the perforations which engage the teeth of the usual musical comb, and is vertically mounted on a horizontal shaft 2, fixed on a' metal rod 3, the upper end of which is connected to a cord 5, which extends over guide-pulleys A4 and car ries at its opposite end a hollow socket 47.
  • the pulleys 4 are mounted on a common frame support 6, adapted to be moved horizontally toward and away from the front of the machine or apparatus on two guide-rods 9, such movements being' imparted by any suitable means operated by hand or mechanically, whereby the respective disks may be brought into operative relations with the cooperating mechanism.
  • each socket In the bottom of each socket is an opening 48, the sides of whiclriiare downwardly and outwardly to facilitate the entrance of the upper end of a vertical rod 10 when a socket has been brought directly over said rod by the movement of the support 6.
  • the rod 10 is provided in its upper end with a groove 50, Fig. 6, in which is pivoted the lower end of a hook 51, which is normally pressed outwardly by a spring 52, secured in the groove.
  • the rod is adapted to move vertically in a bearing 10 and carries at its lower end a balance-weight 49.
  • the rod moves upwardly, its pointed upper end enters the opening 48 of the socket, which has been brought directly over the rod, the end of the hook 51 being pushed back into the groove by the sides of the opening, and when the end is beyond ⁇ the opening and within the socket the spring 52 presses outwardly the hook, which is thereby positively connected with the socket, so that the following downward movement of the rod carries with it the socket, thereby pulling down the socket end of the cord 5 and correspondingly elevating the disk end of said cord, and hence the disk which happens to be then attached to the rod 3, which is connected with that cord.
  • the hook 51 is formed with a shoulder 51L just below its upper end, which when the rod 10 moves downwardly. engages the sides of the opening in the bracket 54, thereby pushing the hook into the groove against the tension of the spring and thus releasing the socket, the downward movement of the latter being limited at a point above the corresponding movement of the rod.
  • the rod 10 is connected to a lever 75 by a link 75h, which is pivoted to the lever at 77 and to the rod near the bearing 10a.
  • Said lever is provided at its free end with a lug 53, which engages one end of a horizontallymounted lever 16, the opposite end of which is pivoted at 15.
  • a pin 17 Near the center of the 1ever 16 and projecting from its upper side is a pin 17, which is in constant frictionalcontact with the periphery of a snail-wheel 18.
  • This wheel is fixed on the shaft 21, which rotates with the drum 9.() in the direction indicated by the arrow 1/ in Figs. 2 and 3. Any suitable means for driving said drum may be employed, the same forming no part of this invention.
  • Each of the rods 3 supporting the shafts of the disks has a hook portion 55 at its upper end, which is adapted when the rod is elevated or in its upper position to be engaged by a dog 56, actuated by a spring 56 and secured to the frame 6, and thus maintain the particular disk connected with such rod in its elevated and inoperative position.
  • Each dog is provided with a pin 57 at its outer end, and as the frame is moved said pins are brought successively in juxtaposition to the pin 58 in the arm 78 of the shaft 59.
  • This shaft is journaled in bearings 79 and 8O and has a crank-arm 81 opposite the arm 78.
  • the arm 81 is connected by a link 6() with the arm 60 of a bell-crank lever pivoted at 62, the other arm 83 of which engages the slotted end of a horizontal lever 64C.
  • This lever is pivoted at 82 and is held in its normal position by a spring 63, which is connected with the slotted end of the lever.
  • the bar 24 and the lower bar 25 furnish bearings iu which are journaled the studs 84 and 8O of the rollercarrier 21, the rollers 22 of which are held against the lowered disk to maintain the latter in contact with the parts which actuate the teeth of the musical comb by the action of a spring 35 on an arm or lever 34, which ispivoted at 83 and connected by a link 27 to the arm 31, which is connected te the stud 30 of the roller-carrier 21, as shown in Fig.
  • 66 represents an arm ⁇ ixed on the stud 84 at a point above the shaft 2 and adapted to engage said shaft to maintain the disk in operative position and to be released therefrom when it is desired to put the disk out of operative position.
  • the lever 34 is provided on its under side with an extension 36, which when the drum rotates is engaged by the upper part of the pin 38 on the arm 37, thus moving said lever outwardly against the tension of its spring 35, and thereby partially rotating the roller-cai'- rier through the parts 27 and 31, the effect of which is to move the rollers out of contact with the disk and at the same time disengage the arm 66 from the shaft of the disk to permit the latter to be drawn up out of operative position.
  • each disk In the periphery of each disk is a notch 71, which is engaged by a roller 72, mounted in the outer end of an arm 7 A, pivoted to the upper part of the rod 3.
  • a cord 7 5" To prevent the rod 3 from moving with the rotation of the disk, I attach thereto a cord 7 5", which has its opposite end fastened to the frame 76, the outer end of which is at the side of the disk opposite to the direction of the movement of the latter.
  • a plurality of music-disks an adjustable frame, cords suspcnded'from said frame each of said cords connected at one end with a disk, sockets secured to the free ends of said cords, a hooked rod adapted to engage said sockets successively, means for disengaging the rod from said sockets, and means for raising and for lowering said rod.
  • a suitably-driven drum means operated by said drum for engaging and drawing down said sockets substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

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No. 749,826. PAIENTED JAN. I9, 1904. A. J. ROD.
DEVICE FOR MEGHANICALLY SUBSTITUTING ONE DISK IOR ANOTHER IN MUSIC PIECES.
.APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1900.
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DEVICE POR MBCHANICALLY SUBSTITUTING ONE DISK POR ANOTHER IN MUSIC PIECES.
APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1900.
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Patented January 19, 1904.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ALFRED JACCARD ROD, OF STE. CROIX, SVITZERLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HERMANN OHORENS, OF STE. CROIX, SlVlTZERLAND.
DEVICE FOR MECHANICALLY SUBSTITUTING ONE DISK FOR ANOTHER lN MUSIC-PIECES.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,826, dated January 19, 1904.
Application filed January l5, 1900. Serial No. 1,539. (No model.)
To all whom, t may concern.-
Be it known that I, ALFRED JACCARD ROD, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, and a resident of Ste. Oroix, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Mechanically Substituting One Disk for Another in Musical Instruments, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to apparatus whereby perforated music-disks may be mechanically interchanged from inoperative to operative positions in instruments of the class in which such disks are employed; and it consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as fully described hereinafter.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same looking from the left-hand side of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the upper portion of the machine. Figs. 5 and 6 are details showing the automatic grasping and releasing device lwhich constitutes an important feature of my invention. Fig. 7 is a detail in elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the disk-holder and guide. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a detail of the snail-wheel and adjacent parts. Fig. 10 is a detail showing the operation of one of the levers employed in the machine.
Each perforated disk 1 is of the usual pattern, is provided with a row of holes 1fL near its periphery in addition to the perforations which engage the teeth of the usual musical comb, and is vertically mounted on a horizontal shaft 2, fixed on a' metal rod 3, the upper end of which is connected to a cord 5, which extends over guide-pulleys A4 and car ries at its opposite end a hollow socket 47. The pulleys 4 are mounted on a common frame support 6, adapted to be moved horizontally toward and away from the front of the machine or apparatus on two guide-rods 9, such movements being' imparted by any suitable means operated by hand or mechanically, whereby the respective disks may be brought into operative relations with the cooperating mechanism. In the bottom of each socket is an opening 48, the sides of whiclriiare downwardly and outwardly to facilitate the entrance of the upper end of a vertical rod 10 when a socket has been brought directly over said rod by the movement of the support 6. The rod 10 is provided in its upper end with a groove 50, Fig. 6, in which is pivoted the lower end of a hook 51, which is normally pressed outwardly by a spring 52, secured in the groove. The rod is adapted to move vertically in a bearing 10 and carries at its lower end a balance-weight 49. Vhen the rod moves upwardly, its pointed upper end enters the opening 48 of the socket, which has been brought directly over the rod, the end of the hook 51 being pushed back into the groove by the sides of the opening, and when the end is beyond `the opening and within the socket the spring 52 presses outwardly the hook, which is thereby positively connected with the socket, so that the following downward movement of the rod carries with it the socket, thereby pulling down the socket end of the cord 5 and correspondingly elevating the disk end of said cord, and hence the disk which happens to be then attached to the rod 3, which is connected with that cord. The hook 51 is formed with a shoulder 51L just below its upper end, which when the rod 10 moves downwardly. engages the sides of the opening in the bracket 54, thereby pushing the hook into the groove against the tension of the spring and thus releasing the socket, the downward movement of the latter being limited at a point above the corresponding movement of the rod.
The rod 10 is connected to a lever 75 by a link 75h, which is pivoted to the lever at 77 and to the rod near the bearing 10a. Said lever is provided at its free end with a lug 53, which engages one end of a horizontallymounted lever 16, the opposite end of which is pivoted at 15. Near the center of the 1ever 16 and projecting from its upper side is a pin 17, which is in constant frictionalcontact with the periphery of a snail-wheel 18. This wheel is fixed on the shaft 21, which rotates with the drum 9.() in the direction indicated by the arrow 1/ in Figs. 2 and 3. Any suitable means for driving said drum may be employed, the same forming no part of this invention. As the snail-wheel rotates the pin 17 a is progressively moved from the smallest to the greatest radius of the wheel, thus causing a greater or less movement of the lever 16 in the arc in which it reciprocates. At the greatest radius of the wheel the lever will be moved outwardly to its full limit, and thereby produce a corresponding movement to the lever 75, the effect of which will be to push upwardly the rod 10 through the connectinglink 7 5h. As the pin reaches the smallest radius of the wheel the pressure on the lever 16 will be relieved, and the lever and rod will be returned to their normal positions through the medium of the weight 429. The movements of the levers 16 and 75 are clearly indicated in Figs. 9 and 10.
Each of the rods 3 supporting the shafts of the disks has a hook portion 55 at its upper end, which is adapted when the rod is elevated or in its upper position to be engaged by a dog 56, actuated by a spring 56 and secured to the frame 6, and thus maintain the particular disk connected with such rod in its elevated and inoperative position. Each dog is provided with a pin 57 at its outer end, and as the frame is moved said pins are brought successively in juxtaposition to the pin 58 in the arm 78 of the shaft 59. This shaft is journaled in bearings 79 and 8O and has a crank-arm 81 opposite the arm 78. The arm 81 is connected by a link 6() with the arm 60 of a bell-crank lever pivoted at 62, the other arm 83 of which engages the slotted end of a horizontal lever 64C. This lever is pivoted at 82 and is held in its normal position by a spring 63, which is connected with the slotted end of the lever. i
On the drum-shaft 21 above the snail-wheel is fixed an arm 37, in the outer end of which is a pin 88, which passes through the arm and projects above and below the same. The lower projecting part of the pin engages once at each revolution of the shaft the free and curved end of the lever 64 to move the latter outwardly against the tension of its spring 68, as indicated by the arrow fr in Fig. 3, thus partially rotating the shaft 59 through the connections 83, 60, 60, and 81. As the shaft is so moved the pin 58 engages the pin 57 of the adjacent dog 56, moves the latter away from the hook 55 of the rod 3, and the disk which has been supported on said rod is released and will drop by gravity into operative position, in which the shaft 2 thereof is caught and held in the recess of a support 40, secured to the center of the bar 24. The bar 24 and the lower bar 25 furnish bearings iu which are journaled the studs 84 and 8O of the rollercarrier 21, the rollers 22 of which are held against the lowered disk to maintain the latter in contact with the parts which actuate the teeth of the musical comb by the action of a spring 35 on an arm or lever 34, which ispivoted at 83 and connected by a link 27 to the arm 31, which is connected te the stud 30 of the roller-carrier 21, as shown in Fig.
66 represents an arm {ixed on the stud 84 at a point above the shaft 2 and adapted to engage said shaft to maintain the disk in operative position and to be released therefrom when it is desired to put the disk out of operative position.
The lever 34 is provided on its under side with an extension 36, which when the drum rotates is engaged by the upper part of the pin 38 on the arm 37, thus moving said lever outwardly against the tension of its spring 35, and thereby partially rotating the roller-cai'- rier through the parts 27 and 31, the effect of which is to move the rollers out of contact with the disk and at the same time disengage the arm 66 from the shaft of the disk to permit the latter to be drawn up out of operative position. rI`he periphery L12 of the drum is in constant frictional contact with a frictiondisk 42, fixed on a vertical shaft 4l, the upper end of which carries a wheeli, in the periphery of which are fixed pins which are adapted to engage the holes 1" in the disks, and thereby rotate the latter.
In the periphery of each disk is a notch 71, which is engaged by a roller 72, mounted in the outer end of an arm 7 A, pivoted to the upper part of the rod 3. To prevent the rod 3 from moving with the rotation of the disk, I attach thereto a cord 7 5", which has its opposite end fastened to the frame 76, the outer end of which is at the side of the disk opposite to the direction of the movement of the latter. f
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent,- is- 1. In an apparatus of the character described, a plurality of music-disks, an adjustable frame, cords suspended from said frame and connected at one end with said disks, sockets secured to the other Vend of said cords, a rotatable drum, means operated by said drum for engaging' and drawing down said sockets whereby the disks are raised into inoperative positions, and means for holdingl the disks in inoperative positions.
2. In an apparatus of the vcharacter described, a plurality of music-disks, an adjustable frame, cords suspcnded'from said frame each of said cords connected at one end with a disk, sockets secured to the free ends of said cords, a hooked rod adapted to engage said sockets successively, means for disengaging the rod from said sockets, and means for raising and for lowering said rod.
3. In an apparatus of the character described, a plurality of music-disks, an adjustable frame, cords suspended from said frame and having one end connected with said disks,
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.
ALFRED JACCARD ROD. Witnesses:
R. DE SoMTALIs, MICHEL PIERALLING.
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