US856794A - Piano-player. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE ll', 1907.

R. MORGAN.

PIANO PLAYER AN.'so.19oe.

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AWO/MIE YS No. 856,794. PATBNTED JUNE 11, 190:1.I

R. MORGAN.

PIANO PLAYER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. 1906.

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A TTG/1W E YS No. 856,794.- PTENTED JUNE l? LQGL R. MORGAN.

PIANO LAYER.

APPLIOATIOE FILED JAN. 30, 1966.

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PIANO. PLAYER.

APrLIoATIoH FILED In. ao, 190e.

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.Application filed To (,LZ whom 1115 may @ance Bo it known thm i, RGBERT if citizen of ubc United Sta'acs, and Eliswoz''hLin Le county lliiswo Stato of Kosas, .ilove invenod a mici useful improvement in i3" of i' :G3i @he io'wing is a spocii y invention is on impiovox'ncn o s and consists in ccif.

` and combinaions of p25 bod and cimmed. Reciri to @ilo (izmfmg for iic'coi'Fguo 1 is poispco i. piano id'vidcd with my in Fig. 52 is i amil pcgspectvo v3. ing mechanism piopc; Fig. spootvo View oi portion of dic swic axiom; Fig. 41 .is a zms've'so section come; Fig. 5 is a perspective. View c? uw font con ofoiimg mechanism Wi Sh? piace; iig. 6 is L detail of the Fig. 7 is; a.y ioi'aii ci die :Mijas foi tho phj/ing; mechanism piopoi;

ism. Q is bop pian View Fig'. 10 a. scoton on the lino 10M-'i S. 11 is scc-tion on the 'F S, and Fig. 12 is c, dem;

K .i 'vicw oi the yoke. Fig. i3 is :L section on tlm? lino 12S-13 of Fig. 4.

in the p'aoticai oppiicaton o" my im tion, pi'o'vicio :L mechanism A io?? 1 and mechanism B ici' o the striking* mechmiism.

'Tho stiikiiig mechanism is a'ra o. ira-mc comprising v:L misc a turned omis wl, each of .id omis fdcd with o Vertical slot (L3, 'havin side thereof mok teeth a4. Tho ouf-vf: of thc ends o2, me provided wit grooves for mooiving ribs am, upon o. brackci. a7, the Sayid bracket Doing sociii'ed m the piano adjacent. o the ends o? tim iw l bomd, by means of' the clamps id screws av. The frame is siiaiabie bracket, sind is wrticaiiy mijusicd e spec-t thereto by moons of o. pinion cz, curzd to the @mi of L Shaft am joi'e'ivfi i the bracket :md adapted to cnggsfc i tooth mi of the sin@ a3. A bandi@ a mounted upon the shaft cmi-Sii. bracket, and 'is pi'ovidcd viii-h gij. nccted by 'rod al, with a catch o, ooi-fm omini-aimed in contact with a i'cciio',

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means, a battery, and .ineens for connecting the battery with a predeterrninede electroninegnet. comprising a bloeit having; a plurality of periorations, e plurali@vv of spaced conductinsgl bers on the block and insulated libere-- from, an electrieal eonner-tion between the end bars al; one end of the bleek, and an eleetrlcei eonneetion between the end bars :it the other end of tbe bloei-rv :1nd including a battery, zrplate supported above the block and provided with spaced pairs ol bindingA posts, tbe terminals of each of seid electro-rnagnets being;l connected with a pair of said binding posts7 switch plates normally resting upon and connecting the ladjacent eonduetingbars, means on said plates for completing the cireuit between tlie conducting` bars and the edjzicent pair el' bi riding posts when the switch plate is elevated, and ineens extending into the perforations ot the block and adapted to be moved by a current of air passingr therethrough for operating tile switch plates.

3. In a piano player and in combination, e plurality of strikers for depressing the individual keys, an electro-magnet for operating each of the strikers, e battery, means tor connecting the battery with a predetermined electroniagnet, comprising a block bnvint` n pluralit),Y oi transverse perforations, a plumb ity ol spaced conductingv bars on the bleek und insulated therefrom, an electrical connection between the end bars at one end oll the block, an electrical eonneetion between tbe end bars at the other end of tbe bloek and including a buttery, the terminals of each ol' sind electro-lnagnets being arranged above ndjacent eonducting bars, means 'for eoinpleting` the circuit between tbe eoinliufting bars and tbe adjacent pair oi terminals on an eleetroinagnet, comprising a switoli plate pivotally mounted on the block, and ineans engaging the switr-li plate and having a vane within one ol: the transverse perioretions, said vaney being` adapted to be inoved by a current oi nir passingthrough the perioration.

ROBERT MORGAN. vWitnesses:

(il. (l. Gnisrmno'r, l`. R. Wirsmi.

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