US829185A

US829185A - Music-roll-coupling device.

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Publication number: US829185A
Application number: US28266105A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edwin S Votey
Original assignee: Aeolian Co
Current assignee: Aeolian Co
Priority date: 1905-10-13
Filing date: 1905-10-13
Publication date: 1906-08-21
Anticipated expiration: 1923-08-21

Description

PATENTED AUG. 21,1905

E. S. VOTEY. MUSIC ROLL COUPLING DEVICE;

APPLICATION FILED OGT.13, 1905.

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FDW IN S. VUTEY, F SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR Ti) AEOLIAN CUM- PAN Y OF NEW YORK, N. Yen U ORPORATION 0F CUNNECTICUT.

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fipecifioation of Letters Patent.

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To whom it may concern:

Be it lmownthat 1, EDWIN S. Vo EY, a citizen of the United States, residing atSummit, New Jersey, (post-office address, care of The Aeolian Company, 362 Fifth avenue, New York,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music-Roll-Goupling Devices of which the following is a speci fication, accompanied by drawin s.

This invention relates particularly to the driving-clutch mechanism which is usually at the right-hand end of the music-roll in the pianola, pianola-piano, aeolian, angelus, and instruments of similar nature. The invention provides a clutch member for centerin and sup orting the music roll, which clutch is adapte to cooperate with difierent constructions of roll and to receive such rolls of different constructions and r0 erlenga e them and drive them and ievidnd them, is well as to allow them to be unwound in'the playing of the instrument. The adjustments of this coupling device enable it to cooperate properly with the well-known sixty five-note music-rolls having wooden heads with winged pins for engaging a clutch or coupling, and also with siXty-five-note. rolls for the same traoker=board but having the recently-improved rolls with relatively thin heads or flanges and hollow ends, and also with rolls simllar in construction to the last,

but of greater length, so as to rovide for several extra rows of holes or per ora-tions in the roll either for'increasing the register or musical range of the roll or for controlling special tracker-ducts which in turn control t e operation of special devices in the instrument, which it is not necessary here to describe. In addition to this the invention is adapted for use with diiierent lengths of rolls for any purpose for which it may be desirable to manufacture rolls of different lengths. In the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings it isdesigned especially for the conditions above outlined.

Figure 1 of the drawingsis an elevation showing the end of a sixty-five-note roll with thin flange and hollow end in. combination with the coupling device. Fig. 2 is a similar view, partly in central section and partly in the wings of the as shown in Fig. 3.

. one or more pins 19.

claim herein, as they are part of the 85 .ferential portion of the slot 16. i seen that this end of the slot extends in section, in use with the. older form of and winged pin for engaging the clutch. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the interior member of, the coupling device. Fig. 5 is an end view of Fig. 6 a erspective end? view of the roll construction s own in Figs. 1 and 2.

At 10 is shown a revolving shaft which drives the roll inrewinding and is turned by the roll as the roll unwinds. Thishas bearings in part of the frame 11 ment, as well understood. The driving connections for turning the shaft 10 need not be shown, as they are well understood. Rigid with the shaft 10 is the sleeve or head .12,

sixtyfive-note rolls having-a thick wooden head of the instru provided with a' pin 13 for engagin a slot of the adjustable outer member 14 an having a hollow end and cross-slot 15 for receiving and engaging with the usual winged pin of a roll,

pin entering V Upon the sleeve or head 12 is adjustablymounted the outer member 14 of the coupling device. This has a bayonetjoint or L-shaped slot 16, which receives the these slots 15,

pin 13, and has a clutch consisting of a cen- 8o tral portion 17, surrounded by a flange having an annular recess 18 for receiving a clutch engaging projection 20 on the roll and These clutch features I do not subject-matter ofmy other application, Se' rial No. 282,660, filed October 13, 1905.

The L-shaped slot 16 permits the member 14 to have two adjustments or positions, one

of which positions is shown in Fig. 1 and the In Fig. 1 the outer left and turned so. end of the circu1n- It will be other in Figs. 2 and 3.- member is drawn to the that the pin 13 is at the direction in which the shaft 10 is intended to be driven in rewinding, the roll, so that the dragging-action of the roll holds the pin 13 against the end of the slot and maintains the parts firmly in position.

The arrow shown across the sleeve 12 n. Fig. 1 indicates the direction of rotation when the shaft. is driving the roll. The arrowshown on the music-roll 25 indicates the in the 9 5 roo direction of ribtation of the roll in unwinding, 1o 5 and consequently also the direction of the rag or resistance of the roll when being re- Wound. When the music is being drawn from the roll in unwinding, it will be seen that the roll tends to hold the pin 13 in the end of the slot 16 in the same manner as when the roll is being driven by the shaft.

The preferred construction of the roll is best seen in Figs. 2 and 6. It consists of a tubular core 26, upon which is secured and wound themusic-sheet 25, end flanges 27, and metallic sleeve 28, riveted to the 'core at 29 and upset or upturned to form a projecting flange or bead 20 on the face of the flange 27,-and thereby secure the flange 27 against the end of the core 26. This small flange or bead 20 is cut away or notched at one or more points 30 (best seen in Fig. 6) to receive and engage the pin 19 of the outer clutch member 14 of the coupling device. The construction of the ends of the rolls in Figs. 1 and 2 is the same, thoughthe length of the rolls is different.

In Fig. 1 the sixty five note music-roll is shown and the coupling device is so proportioned that in its adjustment there shown the roll will be held in the properposition to cooperate with the tracker, as well understood. In Fig. 2 the right-hand end of the roll is about a half inch longer to permit. two or three extra rows of perforations, as above mentioned, and to receive this roll the outer member of the coupling device is adjusted so that the slot 16 receives the pin 13 at the extreme left-hand end of the slot. The pres sure of the roll against the clutch of e'ourse holds the parts in this adjusti'nent. These two adjustments of the coupling device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are of themselves a valuable improvement; but I have also so provided that the coupling device is capable of receiving the wingedpin of the usual sixtyfive-note roll, as shown in Fig. 3, the coupling device being then adjusted in precisely the same manner as in Fig. 2. The hollow center of the outer and adjustable clutch member when in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 freely permits the insertion and engagement of the winged pin with the cooperating clutch-slot 15 already described, and

the parts are proportioned as shown, so that the music-sheet in Fig. 3 will have the same position longitudinally as the music-sheet in Fig. 1. Thus I am able to provide pianolas and other instruments with a clutch member which adapts them to accurately and properly cooperate withspecially-designed rolls of extra length, as in Fig. 2, and also with the usual sixty-five note rolls and also with rolls of shorter length, but similar construction, as in-Fig. 1, and at the same time provide for accurate cooperation with the older form of rolls having winged pins for engaging the clutch without requiring the removal of any part of the coupling device or the provision of a hinged member by which one part of it may be turned out of the way of another part. Also, apart from the adjustability of my device in its preferred aspect, the omission of the adjustable features and utilization of the combined clutches in. the relationship shown in Figs. 2 and 3 enables me to provide for an extra-length roll, as in Fig. 2, in comextends into the recess in said outer clutch,.

said outer clutch having a cooperating pin or engaging member for engaging the roll, for,

substantially the purposes set forth.

2. A n1usic-roll-co1ipling device providedwith an inner clutch member recessed and slotted to cooperate with a winged pin an outer clutch member adjustable longitudinally of the said inner member and provided with means for limiting its adjustment in each direction and for holding it in place when adjusted.

3. A music-roll-coupling device provided with an inner clutch member recessed and slotted to cooperate with a'winged pin and an outer clutch member adjustable longitudinally of the said inner member and provided with means for limiting its adjustment in each direction and for holding it in place when adjusted, said means comprising a pinand-slot connection.

4. A music-roll-coupling device having a longitudinallyadjustable member having roll-engaging means at its free end and a rotary shaft to which the said longitudinallyadjustable member is secured having securing means directly thereon in contradistinction to having separate external non-rotating devices for holding the adjustable member.

5. A music-roll-cou ling device having a longitudinally-adjusts. 1e clutch member and. a rotary shaft to which .the said longitudinallyadjus table member is secured by a pinand-slot connection, the said slot having a circumferential portion against the end of which the pin tends to be drawn in the normal operation of the parts, substantially as described.

e. A music-roll-coupling device having in combination with the actuating-shaft thereof a clutch member adjustable longitudinally thereof and having a projecting centering portion and an outer recessed portion with a pin or projection for driving engagement with the roll, for substantially the purposes set forth.

7. A music-roll-coupling device having in combination with the actuating-shaft thereextends ciroumferentially end a in for the said slot in the said shaft, here the said clutch tends "to be retained in eit er one of its two adjustments When in use, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signetli this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

. EDWIN S. VOTEY.

of a clutch membei adjustable longitudinally thereof and having a projecting portion 17 for centering a roll and an outer recessed portion 21 and a roll-driving pin or projection in 5 such recessed portion for substantially the purposes set forth,

8. A music-roll-coupling device having in combination with the actuating-shaft thereof e clutch member adjustable longitudinally 21o thereof and having a slot, a portion of Whic Witnesses: 4

extends longitudinell to permit the longitu- W. C. MANSFIELD, dinal adjustment and enother portion which A. W. SPENoE.