US1788784A - Text chart for phonographs - Google Patents

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13, 1 931. D TULcl-"N 1,788,784 u TEXT vCHART FOR PHoNocTRAPHs Filed Aug. 28, 1926 winni I:

l "Hmmm v Suben/Coz Y lt isa primary object'of the iriventionjto,` is disposed along arcs'v 2l corresponding to, f t provide a, phonographaccessory byn'rhi'oh .the approximate -clurvature of the `associated the text of orfassociatedfwith therecord' may playinggroovesof they record. -With rec-r v be y(-*Jonveniently read afs the playing 'oi'i; the orde thedimension,s,in ordinary vuse the 5 record progresses, vand, injvvhich theftextjasf letter-*slof the printed Words mayrbe'and 5;5 V- j sociated lWith the particularl passage beingvv 'perferablyl,arel approximately 3/321high`: j

played at any instant isy automatically 'indi-1 .(brevier type) vthe teXt being on lines spaced' v cated. l f n g j y Y `5/32fap'artthere being approximatelyf u y It islanotherob'ject to provide 'anacces'sory Wordsr to the line. `vv'The printedtext ris `thus* '10 of thel character mentio-ned'o. extremely Aeasily,legilalej By" placing less vvorl'spnfa :en simpleconstructionreadily applicable toanyV line,i even larger type maybensed, Ibut y conventional. 'construction of' phonograph have found thearrangement specified Satie? f withoutmodification 'or mutilationfjof the!Vfactorylorinypurpose. e' j r I' Y latter.VIV 'l 1 Y -l -p'l y i By theiarrangement "sety forththe stylus of Y l 15 While the invention isnlof:v general appli?y `thevplaying phonographservesYaS infin-dex" 65- n 'j cation forphonographicrecords oall types, orfp'ointefr forindicating the lineat" which itises'peeially serviceable i'nthe useof'forthe instrument i's'playingfy; i eign language instruction recordsandfor the Y For correctly disposing 'the chart'- relatiiffe `singing accompaniment offinusical recovrd'vs, to the record, I kmay employ, a'rs'n'ppor't f 20 In the accompanying drawings: e structure comprising a sector-*shaped plate 76M" u Fig. l is a plan view oa phonograph with 'of4 sheet metal 25 having legs 2'6`and feet'QT lmy attachment applied andlin use, 1` of friction material, 'so as to have a stabley Fig. 2 is ay perspective view of the attach- Vsupport onjthemotorboard, the outer arc28 t 7 ment apart from thc`ph0z110g1'ph,` I ofthe sector crresponding lto Vtliatjjoi the l {z5- Fig. 3 is applan viewfvof an alternative turntable andextendingin close proximity 75 .v

' v'forin offthe invention, and; thereto f*Preferably theinner endorgapei' s Figlie aside elevation showing a Vfu'r- 29 ofthe sectorfsjrounded in' 'theior'mfof i ther alternative embodiment-`y u V` u aneyeletfas'shownl and has a4 depressionor Referring novv tothe dravving`s5yl' have bearing,SOinitsfunder Snrface forestontop`y e 3o Showninfie l aconventonal 1110tor`boa`rd @fthe rotating turntable Shaft 'enana The' so :j Y 1:0l Withfa turn table '511oper-ated` from ,2L lateral: edgeof these'ctor-Shaped snp'port is turntable Shaft 11,"a recordl-2 being-shown liareierably curved, as shown at Blalong'jthe j i V'.lfl ,191306. th'eeOIlefThe vcon,ventionl"tolle locusftraversed"by: the stylus, 'asthefplrono-K i 'armV 13 isshovvnpivoted. at lgtlie soundboxy graph-p1ay'g`-f, The lhfthag a @Orregpondg j l. 'appears 'at' 15 andthe,Stylusitherecfat16;VL ing enryaturexeiijandisirmly and. accusa- According to myf invention, thereis kpro-Y ratelyheld'onfth'e'supportby gintegrai'clips y vided'orfeachrecord, a y card or chartlvQQof or tongues "32 Astruck up "olrout therefrom.. Cardboard,vcelluloidor thelike; onvvhich the `Preferably`the outer rimfor are of'thevtext i texaiverbal or muScal, 0f Or asso'ated With chart, that sjthe partexte'nding beyondthej 4o therecord is'diSApOSeCL'SO tll'atfechwdi'd," reeord'rn-1j5jcarries fthe tt-lferandrnumb'er er 9o `musical"notation5`r orjjpassagefiereadily oortheifec-rd`asat23- v l y relatedv byy theu'ser- Withfthe record` groove yIt'fvvill be clear, thatfeaehjrec'ordhasfan associatedfwith or playing the fs'a1ne. For associated teilt`c11iart120` For use, the'chart v Y QQhveIe'nce, the chart is of;sector-Shapaerci the recordbeing payedisslpped'nfplaee tendngthlmlgh anfalgle, pf'erably COH- betvveen tongues' 32,` and'.l the support is 95 SdlMY lSS than 180 degiGGS 'directly V placed upon the inotorboar'd l0, itsgedgel' 'hiTeCOrd being played, Vso 4that aperson atv being brought against the stylus 16,:and the Y oneside of the phonograph'canreadilyread apex 290i th'efsupport being superposed'fover Y e 'the text'on the chart Withoutliaving toturn the turntable shaft, e'nCLg` '3 l 50jor crane his neck, Preferably the text 22 `A person .staiidingyat the vside4 of the .100 j vor" me phonograph then has an unimpeded View of the teit appearing on the chart and the,A stylus at any instant will point to the line being played. The utility of this device for the learning of foreign languages by phonograph records willv be immediately apparent. The attachment alsofhas utility for singing of songs vwith musical `a'ccoinpaniment played by a phonograph'recerd. t will be understood that the chart maybe employed to give directions at definite partsiof a record to students or entertainers,fwitli or without 'other text, but the inventionhasa pref vferredapplication for the precisepurposes 1^ A I 'Y 'Y auf: lvS'c-ei.V

TiWhile l have shown and described vthe chart support as a removableseparable ele-V ment, it will be uiiderstood that thisV support may be screwed or otherwise affixed permanently to the niotoiboai'd.V in that ease, the central or turntable shaft bearing il vwould be omitted in Vorder 'to facilitate placing the edge of the record' under the.

chart support and passingtlie central hole of the record over tlieltuintable shaft end.

l Vhave shown the record chart with both of its edges 3l and 81a curved. rlhis is done not only for attractiveness appearance, but Valso for renderingconvenient the alternative'use AVof either side of a text chart printedV on both sides. This would be ofY .utility for two-faced records, asis apparent,

andwould also be ofutility forA the text in two Ydifferent languages .for singing accom.

l paniinent of a musical record.

. embodiment a pair of posts andy 36 VAare afiized preferably byiosciewing the lower ends thereofv (not shown) into the motor'- boarda rlie record V chart is provided with corresponding apertures to be. brought into registry over the ends of the posts, andthe apex 29 of the chart hasv a similar aperture passed over the end of the turntable shaft. The chart thus Vrests directly upon the turningV record 'but is held against movement byv the support postsV and by the turntable shaft.

' In Fig. Ll is shown a still further embodiment in which the record chart l202 whichA is. illustratively shown as terminating short of the turntable shaft i12' is held at its outer curved edge between the jaws 37 of a spring clamp, provided with a support leg 38 attached at its lower flanged end 29 to the motorboard asby means of screw 40. The embodiments of record chart-holding means shown aielargely illustrative and ous Vother manners of disposing the chartv incorrect relation with respect to the record will v4readily suggest themselves.

T '1' u .LY 1.41 it win teus be seen that tneie is heiein rdescribed an article in which the several fea-f tures of. this 'invention are embodied, and 'wliich article in use attains the various objects ofthe invention and is well suited to meet the iequireinentsof practical use.

Asnniaiiy changes could be made in the above` construction, and manyV apparently `1widely different embodiments of this invene vtion could be made without denai'tin@r from Vthe scope tnereor, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown inthe accompanying drawings shall be interprete.; as illustrative and Anot in a limiting sense.'

o Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. textzchart for aphonograph record, the'text on said chart appearing in'arcuate -lines'thereon, thelateral edge of said chart being arcuate along a radius corresponding ubstantially to that of the movement of the stylus in playing a phonograph, the beginning of each line being near said arcuate edge,` the sizeof said text" being suoli that the beginning ofeach line thereof is substantially in registry with the phonograph stylus when playingl thecorrespoiiding partv ofthe record with'the chart correctly correlated with respect to the phonograph turntable.VV

2L A chart bearing appearing ini-arcuate lines, the beginning of each line being substantially superposed over the associated record part fwhenthev chart is lcorrectly``correlated with respect .to the turntable.

i 3. Lp an arcuate record chart correlated Vwith the record to beV played, having an inner end tofbe supported on a rotating part of the phonograph mechanism and means support-Arr edupon the motor board for liXing the posivtion of'a ortion of the'cliart and thereb i i i l retaining-said chart against displacement.

4. Av phonograph attachment comprising a support platform having a` part -to ef;-

tend over the record to the side opposite the tone arm, said support having means for Y detachablymounting a chart bearing indications correlated with the record, said Yindications beinglocated at the parts of theV Vchart which: register with the corresponding' parts 'of the record.

the text played by oi' associated ywith the subject-matter of a vphonograph record, the text of said Vchart honograph V,attachment comprising .i 5. In a phonograph, afsupport sector resti ing on the motorboard and having apart extending horizontally across the record,`

. said sector having ,means for accurately positioning thereony a chart bearing indicia associated With the subject matter ofthe record, and in` corresponding position, whereby the stylus in its progress Will serve as a pointer indicating the subject-matter being played by the record at any instant. Y

GQ A removable phonograph attachment comprising a sector-shaped device having legs sustained on the motorboard and a horizontal platform part to extend over the recr0rdsaid attachment serving for mounting a chart bearing text associated With the record vand having the commencement of veach line thereof registering with the corresponding part ofthe record;

7. A phonograph attachment comprising a sector-shaped .device havingV legs resting ,j on the motor board and having a platform part extending above the record with an apex embossed to rest upon the upper end of theturntableshaft, said support having Y an arcuate edge to extend along the locus of movement of. the stylus, said support adaptedto mount a card With indicia corn relatedvvith the various parts of the record being played and indicated by theV position ofthe stylus. Y

8. As an4 articleof manufacture, a, supl port'forcarrying the text associated-,With a phonograph-record, said support comprising a sector-shapedv device having friction-feet Y resting on the motorboard and havinga flat 'part extending'horizontally over the record table shaft.

With its extremity supported on the turnk.9. As an article of manufacture, a

phonograph record, said support comprisingy a Lsector-shaped device having friction feet resting on the motor board and having a iat part extending horizontally over the record with its extremity supported on the turntable shaft, both of .the lateral edgesk of said support being formed along .arcs equal'to'that of the radius of movement of the `phonograph stylus.,

10. A support for Vthe text chart vof a phonograph record, Vsaid support comprising a sheet metal base with legs supporting the same onthe motor board and an auxili- J ary supporting end to rest on topV of the turntable shaft and holding means-on said support yfor retaining in correct position relative to the record being played a chart corresponding to said record.V

this '27th' day of DAVID TULoHIN.

sup# n port for carrying text associated with a" Signed at New York city in the county ofl -v and State of NewV York August, A YD. 1926;

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