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- Other objects of my invention include the provision of improved mechanisms functioning tobring about Y the playing or reproduction of a record or a series of records including improved means for adjusting the machine for records of diierent sizes, an improved record magazine, improved "record releasing and feeding mechanisms, im-
- Still other objects include the provision of a simple construction embodying the combined mechanisms so compactlydisposed and ruggedly constructed that it may be manufactured cheaply, installed in a convenient form in a cabinet of relatively small size, and operated over a long period without danger to derange-l ment of its mechanism.
- Figure l is a plan View of a phonograph cabinet equipped with my improvement, the table being removed and certain parts being indicatedA in dotted lines or broken away to Yfacilitate illustration;
- Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partially in section, of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1, the table being shown in full lines therein and the magazine mechanism being shown in dierent positions of adjustment;
- Fig. 3 is an end view showing a portion of the controlling mechanism
- Fig. 4 is an endelevation of a portion of the magazine mechanism shown in Fig. 2;
- Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of the record latch mechanism showing the same in a dverent angular position from that shown in Fig. 2; 10
- Fig. t is a detail sectional view on line 6A of Fis. 3; Y
- Fig. 7 is a 'detail sectional view on line v'7 7 of Fie. l;
- Fig. -8 is a sectional view on line 8-8 of Fig. 1; 15
- Flg.,9 isan enlarged plan view of the starting and. stopping mechanism
- Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 9;
- Fig. 11 is an enlarged plan View of the reproducer controlling mechanism shown in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 12 is a side elevation, partially in section, of the latter mechanism.
- Fig. 13 is a combined view showing the several vcams in side elevation when straightened for facility of illustration.
- a mechanism oi' vertically compact form located above a suitable machine motor 1 and disposed in planes above and below a rotating table 2 rotat- 30 'able by that motor on an, upright axis;v a sound box 3 being adapted to move across a record on the table 2 and improved means hereinafter described being provided whereby ⁇ a record or a series oi' records dropped from' a magazine at the 3 left of the table (Fig. 2) may be supplied laterally to the right to the table 2, reproduced, and disl charged therefrom to the right as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and whereby the machine and the several mechanisms thereof may be controlled, all in an improved manner.
- the mechanism is, generally speaking, disposed very compactly verti- I-lerein, the table 2 rotates with a shaft 4 45 extending upward from the motor, being disposed on the upper end oi this shaft and above a main casting 5 supported on the motor casing andalso above a flat main plate or base 6 supported on the main casting 5.
- the major portion of the operating mechanism is so disposed Abeneath the base 6 as to be covered thereby, and that the small amount of mechanism disposed. above the base is, furthermore, disposed in substantially the planes of movement of the reproducer sound box 3 in such manner as to produce the vertically compact machine mentioned.
- improved mechanism for enabling the machine to operate upon records of different size, as, for example, ten or twelve-inch records, at the option of the operator, and as the preparation of the machine to operate on records of a given size may be a preliminary to the use of the machine, this mechanism will be first described.
- improved record guiding means are provided above the base 6 and at each side of the table 2.
- This means includes a pair of record guiding members 7 which extend longitudinally in parallel relation.
- Each of these members '7 has a horizontal base portion or flange resting on the base 6 and an outer vertical upstanding ange adapted to engage the records and extending up above the top of the table 2.
- each of these members 7 is also provided with a plurality of depending pins 8 disposed at opposite ends thereof and movable therewith, and each having a suitable projecting washer adapted to move in a diagonal slot 9 formed in the base 6, these slots 9 g herein extending outwardly and toward the left from the member 7, with the slots on each side of the table 2 in parallelism.
- one of the pins 8 is connected to the extreme left-hand end of each member 7, kas shown in Fig. l., while the other pin is connected to its member 'I 'slightly farther from its opposite end.
- means are provided whereby the member 'I may be moved from the full-line to the dotted-line position shown in Fig. 1 in such manner as to adapt them to guide records of diierent diameter to the table 2.
- an improved adjustable magazine likewise adapted to accommodate records of different size.
- one element of this magazine requires no adjustment and comprises an upright rotating chain 10 forming a record support and movable about a lower sprocket 11 and an upper guide roll 12, both carried on a suitable support, hereinafter described, and also operatively connected to record releasing mechanism, likewise hereinafter described.
- this chain mechanism l0 is disposed slightly to the left'of and adjacent the axis of the table 2, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it presents a series of record supporting means adapted to support a series of records, as shown in'Fig. 2.
- the magazine mechanism also includes a cooperating record support 13 carried on an upstanding member 14 suitably spaced to the left from the chain 10.
- the member 13 is round (Fig. 2) with a reversely tapering portion of reduced diameter between its ends (Fig. 1), and thus forms a support for the opposite edge of a record supported on the bottom link of the chain 10, as shown in Fig. 2, especially adapted to permit the release of the bottommost record when the chain 10 is actuatedas hereinafter described, and also to direct the record laterally toward the table.
- This member 13 is herein also laterally movable to adapt it to cooperate with records of different size, the same moving with the member 14 when the latter is adjusted to the right or left in a suitable longitudinal slot '14* in the base 8, as indicated by full and dotted lines in Fig. 2. y ,f
- the crossbar 16 is caused to move from the righthand dotted-line position shown in Fig. l to the left-hand dotted-line position shown therein, and consequently causes the members 7 to move from the full-line positions illustrated in Fig. 1 to the dotted-line positions shown therein.
- a spring pressed ball 15a ' carried by the base 6 and adapted to seat in holes 15b longitudinally spaced in the bottom of the member 15,
- each of the members '7 carries an upstanding guide 18 at its left-hand end, which likewise moves in and out with the members 7 and functions with the chain 10 and member 13 in positioning the records of different sizes, one of these members 18 being shown to be pivoted, for a. purpose hereinafter described.
- adjustable feeding mechanism is provided adapted to cooperate with records of different size and also to be adjusted with the member 15 heretofore described.
- This feeding mechanism being later more fully described, it is sumcient here to state that it includes spaced rotatable wheels 89 also movable bodily within the limits of longitudinal slots in the member 6 as the member 15 is moved with the member 14, and A 1that these wheels are adapted to feed the records laterally onto the table 2 (Fig. 2) after their release from the magazine, while their movement with the member 15 is such as to adapt the wheels 89 to cooperate with records of different size.
- the member 15 is operatively connected to this record feeding mechanism by a substantially V-shaped member 15.
- This has its arms connected to part 92 and slidable through the casting 5 to accommodate records of different size, and its opposite end is so connected to the member 15 by resting in a slot 15d therein, that the wheels are moved back one inch when the member 14 is moved two inches, while nuts 15 on the ends of the member 15 engage the casting 5 to position the parts.
- the feeding mechanism is also enabled to cooperate with records of different size and automatically adjusted when the member 15 is adjusted, as above described.
- Associated with the size adjusting mechanisms described is also improved means for automatically adjusting the throw or swing of a sound arm 3a, which carries the sound box 3, in order that the same may cooperate with records of dif- Herein when the upstandingy .i'erent diameter. i Herein', -a variation in swing oi the sound arm 3'i about its axis 23 is eected by automatic means connected to the adjustable guides 7, and more particularly tothe pin 8 which is disposed adjacent the sound arm 3 when the latter is in its outermost position.
- the projecting end 25 of the member 24 will limit the swing by being swung across the end of an arcuate slot 28 formed in the base 6 and'itself forming a passageway for a, pin'or arm 29 ( Figures 6 and 11) depending from the sound arm 3a at a point between its ends V(Figs. land 3), while when the guide is adjusted ifor a larger record the end 25 will be swung away to Vpermit the desired longer swing of the reproducer.
- this controlling mechanism includes a rotatable control member 19 which, as shown in Fig. 2, is suitably journaled on the top of the base 6 at one side, and herein to the left, of the member 14.
- This member 19 herein carries an indicator 20 and a knob 21 whereby the indicator may be rotated, herein from one position opposite an indication to another indication 12, these numerals being suitably fixed to the top of the base 6 and indicating the different predetermined record sizes.
- the' member 19 is also pivotally connected to a downwardly extending rod 22 under the base 6, which, as shown in Fig. 2, extends to the right from the member 19 to the iront end oi the member 15 previously mentioned.
- the chain 10 presents a plurality of laterally extending vertically spaced record supports on its left-hand side (see Fig. 2), ten such supports 30 being there provided between the sprocket 1 1 and member 12 and one being carried on each chain link.
- zine may swing down the :member 184,(Figs. 1 and 2), i'; e.'A move it from the full-line tothe dottedline position shown in Fig. 2, and then insert ten records fromthat side, with the bottommost record supported on the top of the member 13 and on the bottommost member 30, and each of the upper records supported at the left-hand side on the next lower record and at the right-handside on the next higher member 30.
- the magazine may be filled from the side with any suitable numberl of records, ten being provided for in this illustrative construction and the records being supported in a. generally horizontal superimposed relation at one side of the table.
- the memberl will, of course, be:
- this actuating mechanism for a record counting mechanism.
- this actuating mechanism includes ajhorizontally disposed member 38 (Fig. 2) carried on the lower end of the member 32. As shown, this member 38 extends to the left from the bottom of the member 32 and is connected thereto between the same and a shorter upstanding supplementary member 39, the upper end of which is connectedto the member 32 by the pivot pin of the connection 37.
- the vertically disposed leit-hand end of a reciprocable counting member lli), disposed beneath the member l5, extends over and rests upon the member 38 between the members 32 and 39 and belowA surfaces 4l andshoulders 42 being provided' in longitudinally spaced relation on the member I40, such an operation is made possible irrespective of Considering next the counting mechanism actu" 'ated by the actuating mechanism thereforr just described, it will also'be noted that the member 40 is bent between on. Herein, this portion is reciprocable through a suitable opening in an upright annular flange 44 on the main frame casting 5 supported on the motor frame 1 and supporting the base 6.
- this inner end of the member 40 when reciprocated to the right (Fig.
- a spring pressed ball 49 seated in the casting 5 beneath the counting Wheel 47 is also adapted to be seated successively in corresponding openings 50 in the under side of the counting wheel 47 so as to hold the latter in each position of adjustment thereof, these openings 50 herein being disposed entirely around the under side of the counting wheel.
- this mechanism Associated with the counting wheel is also improved indicating mechanism.
- this mechanism assumes the form of a dial 51 having a knob 52 and journaled on the top of the base 6, this dial 51 also having a pointer 53 adapted to be moved opposite buttons respectively marked 10 N977, U81),
- the mutilated gear 58 is actuated to move the member 55 and, through the latters connection with the dial 51, cause the indicator 53 on that dial to move from the inoperative position opposite 0 to one of the numbers 1 to 10 and thus count and indicate the number of records placed in the magazine.
- This indicating mechanism also provides improved starting and stopping mechanism for the machine.
- it controls a main control wheel or cam'64 which in turn controls the operation of the record releasing, feeding, and other subsequently operated mechanisms hereinafter to be described.
- this member 64 is rotatably mounted on suitable bearings, herein of the ball type, within the casting and between the same and the base 6 on the same axis as the shaft 4 though radially spaced from the latter. It also is provided with gear teeth 65 on its periphery, which in turn mesh with a pinion 66 journaled and reciprocable as hereinafter described on an upright shaft 67 spaced substantially 90 around the member 64 from the-wheel 47 (Figs. 1 and 11) and rotatable (Fig.
- this member 64 also carries on its periphery and inside the outer edge of the teeth 65 an upstandinglug 70 which is adapted to engage a plain or uri-toothed portion haps be said 71 on ⁇ the counting wheel 47 whichoverlies the teeth 65.
- this member 64 also carries on its periphery and inside the outer edge of the teeth 65 an upstandinglug 70 which is adapted to engage a plain or uri-toothed portion haps be said 71 on ⁇ the counting wheel 47 whichoverlies the teeth 65.
- the particular length' un-tocthed portion 71 of wheel 47 is unimportant and that only ten teeth are necessary.
- this member 64 will be stopped automatically as soon as the required number of records has been reproduced or whenever the indicator 53 i s moved to 0, the interruption then occurring as soon as the lug 70 rotates into contact with part 71, i. e. at the end of the playing, or reproduction, of the last record.
- 'Ihese means through the improved operating connections described, may also function during the playing of a series of records, as indicating means, showing at a glance at the dial at any time how many more records are to be played or reproduced.
- the end of the member 74 is pivoted at 78 to the lower end of this member 77, andthat the upper end ofthe member 77 is vertically slidable within the limits of a slot 79 on a pin 80 carried on the outer end o f a shaft 81 carrying the sprocket ll of the chain 10, the
- the member 77 will be pulled downward in such manner as to pull the lug l85 out of the path of one of the teeth 86 and cause the lug 84 to contact with an adjacent tooth 86, and thereby, since both the member 87 and sprocket l1 are provided with the same number of teeth, herein five, enable the sprocket 11A and shaft 81 ⁇ ,to be rotated in a counter-clockwise direction by the weight of the record or records through a distance equivalent to one tooth.
- the bottom record support 30 of the chain will move downward to effect the separation of the bottommost record which is supportedA at opposite edges on the bottommost laterally projecting support 30 on the chain 10 and on the top of the member 13.
- the spring 76 will also return the member 77 to its initial position ready to discharge another record when the.,y parts '73 and 72 again engage on the next revolution of the member 6ft. As a result, the totalmovement of the wheel 87 is one tooth.
- the record Upon separation of the bottommost record from the other records in the magazine, the record is fed laterally onto the table 2 by improved lateral feeding mechanism. More particularly, whenl the chain supported edge of the bottommost record is lowered by the lowering of its support 30, it will be evident (Fig. 2)- that that edge of the record will fall toward the table'2 and be pushed down by the next upper support 30 in the event of sticking, in such manner as to cause its opposite rounded edge to pull out laterally from between thetop or supporting part of the rounded supporting surface of member 13 and the next record next above, the downward slope on the surface of member 13 below the top thereof being such as to facilitate this movement while directing the record laterally toward the table. Further, the left-hand side of the record (Fig. 2) will.
- the wheels 89 are carried on a shaft 92, which is in turn car- These ing or resilient material, as fmexample rubber J or the like, while the right-hand portion of the ⁇ ried in brackets 93 pivotally mounted at 94 on the under side and carried by members ".i More'- over, the shaft 92 carries at a point between its ends a coaxial worm gear 95, which in turn constantly engages with a worm 96 carried on a bracket member 97 likewise movable about the axis 94.
- the worm 96 is carried on one end of a shaft 98, and that this shaft carries on the opposite end thereof a rubber tired wheel 99, while the member 97 carries l a weight 100 normally biasing the wheel 99 against engagement with the table.
- the pin 91 of flexible, or resilient, material it may be made possible for these wheels 89 to continue to push the record across the table using the pin for a support, until the usual hole in the center of the record is above the pin, without damage to the record.
- the record during this lateral feeding movement is guided by the guides 7. Attention is also directed to the fact that the front edge of the record is held up' by the wheels 89 so that the front edge of the record'clears the pin 91 until it has passed vover it. Further, when the record has place on the table, the same being then out of engagement with the Wheels 100 also lowering the wheel position shown in Fig. 2.
- a rearwardly extending arm 104 is also provided on the sound box and in turn connected at its outer .end to a vertical link 105, which is in turn also connected to a lever 106 parallel to the member 104 and pivoted at 107 on the frame'and also carrying a roller 108 on its inner end engageable with a raised cam track 109 on themember 64.
- This track 109 is continuous except for an opening 110, and is outouter end of the side the track 'I2 and near the outer periphery of the member 64.
- the sound box 3- is held in the elevated position shown in full lines in Fig.3 while the cam 109 rotates and until after the record has been deposited on the table.
- the opening in the cam 109 is disposed below the roller 108 and the roller drops into the same thereby causing the outer end of member 106 to be raised which, through connecting linkage with member 104, gently lowers the sound box 3 upon the surface of the record,
- the sound box 3 is then pushed over the surface of the record into engagement with the nrst or outer'playing or reproducing groove of the record by means of a spring 111, carried on the base 6 and acting on a suitable depending member 112 carried by the arm 3*.
- this mechanism is also improved mechanism adapted to control the rotation of the main control ⁇ wheel 64.
- another cam surface 113 is provided on the latter just outside the cam track 109, and that this cam surface 113 is also continuous save for an opening 114 which comes into operative position very shortly after the opening 110. More particularly, this opening 114 then comes under a roller 115 carriedon a rocking member 116 pivoted at 117 on the frame and carrying between the roller and the pivot a reciprocable clutch member 118, rotatable with the pinion 66 on the shaft 67 and adapted to engage when raised, with a cooperating clutcn member 119 secured to shaft 6'? to rotate therewith.
- roller 115 is normally so held up by the cam 113 that the clutch 118, 119 is not permitted to disengage, disengagement only taking place when the roller 115 drops into the opening 114. However, when this occurs, the clutch is disconnected and the rotation of the member 64 is stopped so that the sound box 3 may operate to reproduce the record in a usual manner, the
- improved mechanism is also provided to return the sound arm 3' and sound box 3 from the lowered innermost position thereof occupied when the record is finished to the raised laterally swung starting position thereof indicated in full lines in Fig. 1. ⁇
- the raising of the sound box 3 is effected by the cam 109 and the connected linkage, the inner end of the arm 106 being raised shortly after the member 64 resumes its rotation and through the linkage pulling down the member 104 to raise the sound box from the record.
- a depending arm 122 under the pivot of the member 106 is pivotally connected at 123 to an outwardly extending link 124, which is in turn connected through a coiled spring 125 to the lower end of the depending member 112 on the sound arm 3*.
- the whole arm 3* is swung from its innermost position, occupied when the record is completed, to its outermost positionl shown in Fig. 1, ready to play a new record, the amount of swing being determined by the size of the record, as heretofore described.
- the member 64 carries still another cam track 130 inside the cam track 109 and between the same and the cam track '72, this track 130 being substantially longer than the track 'l2 but shorter than the other tracks.
- the mechanism is so timed as to bring this cam track under a roller 131, substantially diametrically opposite the roller 108 and pivoted on a rocker member' 132, which is in turn pivoted at 133 on a depending portion on the base 6.
- This rocker member 132 herein also carries at a point between its ends an upstanding member 134 carrying a roller 135, the construction being such that when the member 132 is rocked the roller 135 is raised into engagement with the edge of the record which protrudes laterally beyond the table. As a result, the roller 135 lifts up this edge of the rotating record from.the table 2 in such manner as to cause the record to clear the centering pin 91, as shown in Fig. 3, while still being supported at its opposite side on the rotating table. Because of the rotation of the table, the record is accordingly fed forward, or to the right in Fig. 1, and ofil of the table while the table keeps the record spinning.
- this elevation of one side of the record causes it to clear an abutment 101, which is located on the elevated side of the record, and thatthe rotating table further causes the record to be discharged while spinning against the vertical portion. of the adjacent guide 'I and a suitable padded abutment 136 spaced from the abutment 101 and on the far side of a record discharge chute '137. Striking this abutment 136, the outward movement of the record is stopped, and the outer end of the same then drops down into a suitable record compartment 138, following a suitably inclined surface 139 which forms a chute leadingit away to a suitable receptacle.
- This mechanism herein assumes the form of a rejector button 143 operable from the top of the base 6 at a point adjacent the sound arm and depressible through the base into engagement with the rocking lever 116, a suitable extension 144 being provided on the rock lever so that the latter may be moved about its pivot whenever the button is depresed.
- the roller 115 may be raised out of engagement with the opening 114 in the cam 113 and thereby, through starting the member 64 prior to the completion of the record, cause the automatic mechanism heretofore described to operate to discharge the selected record. 'I'his mechanism may obviously be operated during the playing of any record.
- the machine will. automatically be returned to starting position so that it is always ready for operation. More particularly, it will be noted that-when the machine is thus improperly startedfwithout any record-therein.
- the sound box 3 instead ofcoming into engagement with the outer edge of a record, ls enabled to drop down below the surface of the turntable, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.'3. This brings a lug 145 carried on the arm 106 into contact with the under surface of the arm 116 in such manner as to hold that arm up and thereby hold the clutch 118, 119 engaged by the weight of the connected reproducer mechanism.
- the clutch will not. be disengaged as heretofore in such manner as to discontinue the rotation of the member 64, and the latter will accordingly be enabledto continue to rotate, this rotation being similarly continued a sufficient number oi' times to bring the mechanism back to its 0 posi-
- the mechanism will be free automatically to release and feed another record to the table and reproduce the same and as many other records as may be in the magazine, all of the mechanisms beingk thereafter controlled and operated in the desired sequence heretofore described.
- the mechanism is so timed that the whole sequence oi operations including the discharge of one record and the substitution of another is so expeditiously carried out that there is .an interval of only approximately forty seconds between the completion of one record and the beginning of another. More particularly, it will be noted that the main control member 64 is so arranged that it makes a complete revolution during this interval, and during this revolution automatically operates the various mechanisms in the desired sequence.
- the machine may /be adapted to use for records of diiferent size. If desired, the machine may then be used as a single record phonograph, i. e. one adapted to play and discharge a single record. To accomplish this, the selected record may be placed in the machine by merely placing it in the magazine from the top, in which case the machine is started automatically and continues to operate to reproduce and discharge the record, the indicator then coming back to 0.
- the record may also .be inserted from the side, or even placed manually directly on the table, as in -an ordinary single record, non-automatic machine.
- the indicator 53 is thereafter manually moved from 0 into position 1, whereupon the record will be automatically played and discharged and the machine automatically stopped, ready for another record.
- the record reaches the table, the lug is so located that the machine always stops with the reproducer laterally swung and elevated and all the mechanism again in starting position,
- the indicator may, obviously be adjusted. if desired, at any time in such manner as to call for the reproduction of only the bottommost record or any number less than the whole number of records then-in the magazine.
- the automatic mechanism is continued upon the reproduction of a series of records, it will obviously continue to function automatically, first to release the record from the magazine, then to feed it laterally onto the table and center it, then to move the sound box down onto the record, and then, after the reproduction of the record, to move the sound box back to starting position and discharge the record, whereupon the whole sequence of operations will begin over again and be repeated as many times as the position ofthe starting dial calls for, while the machine when it stops will always be ready for operation.
- the reproduction of thatrecord may also be discontinued at once by simply depressing the rejector 143, whereupon the record then being played is discharged and the mecha-v nism proceeds to the reproduction of the next record, unless stopped by swinging the indicator to 0.
- automatic reproduction may be continued indefinitely as the magazine is emptied and refilled, without requiring any further attention on the part of the operator than the insertion of the records from the side and the adjustment of the member 51, or in the case of insertion from the top, the mere insertion of the records.
- the mechanism provided is exceedingly flexible s that it is adapted not only to meet the demand for an ordinary single record phonograph provided with automatic discharging and stopping mechanism, but also to enable great simplicity in operation and great flexibility of control when used as an automatic machine. Further, it will be observed that the mechanisms are such that the device is substantially fool-proof,
- the improved starting and stopping and indicating mechanism particularly provides an exceedingly convenient and satisfactory control means giving'great flexibility of control at the same time that through its connections it prevents damage to the machine through improper operation. It will also be noted that the mechanism itself is of an exceedingly simple character and of a type enabling the lwhole machine to be produced very economically.
- mechanism for reproducing a record including record receiving means, and mechanism for controlling said reproducing mechanism to effect automatic reproduction of a record having means for automatically setting said reproducing mechanism in operation to reproduce the deposited record upon the deposit of but a single record on said receiving means.
- a phonograph mechanism for reproducing a record including a record support and means other than said support and actuated while said support is stationary and by a record deposited thereon for automatically effecting reproduction of the record upon the deposit of but a single record on said support.
- a mechanism for reproducing and discharging a record including record receiving means, and means for automatically effecting the reproduction and discharge of the record automatically set in operation upon the insertion of but'a single record in said receiving means.
- mechanism for reproducing and discharging a record including record re,- ceiving means, and means for automatically starting said mechanism upon the insertion of but a single record in said receiving means and automatically stopping said mechanism upon the discharge of that record.
- mechanism for automatically reproducing a record including record ⁇ receiving means. 'and mechanism automatically operative when only one record is inserted on said receiving means to control said mechanism to efiect the automatic reproduction of that record having controlling means actuated by the insertionof said record on said receiving means and means for automatically removing said reproducer mechanism from said record when reproduced and returning said mechanism to starting position.
- a record support automatic reproducing mechanism for reproducing records therein, and controlling mechanism for said automatic mechanism having controlling means disposed above and movable relative to ysaid support by a record being placed thereon and operative connections controlled by said means for effecting automatic reproduction of said record.
- a phonograph co-operating record delivery and reproducing mechanism including a record support adapted to receive a record, and mechanism for setting said mechanisms successively in operation upon the insertionof a record on said support to deliver and reproduce said record having a controlling member movable relative to said support and engaged and actuated by the inserted record.
- a phonograph mechanism for automatically reproducing a series of records having a magazine adapted to receive records, and mechanism for automatically starting said reproducing mechanism in operation upon the insertion of the first record in said magazine and continuing said first mentioned mechanism in operation to I in succession after reproduction of said first record.
- a mechanism for automatically feeding and reproducing a record including a magazine having means for receiving a new record while a record in said magazine is being fed therefrom by said feeding mechanism, and means including a control member automatically actuated upon the deposit of a record in said magazine when said mechanism is empty for starting said mechanism and effecting the successive automatic feeding and reproduction of.: that record and of any additional records lnries of records o n said table Aits reproducer mechanism from the reproduced record into an' initial position on anew record. J
- a phonograph mechanism for reproducing a record having a magazine
- .and controlling means for said mechanism actuated upon( the insertion of records in said magazine operative automatically to reproduce one or more records and also automatically operative to effect successive automatic reproduction after the reproduction of said records of one or more added records inserted while o-ne or more original records still remain in said magazine. lei.
- a phonograph a record rotating table, mechanism for automatically reproducing a sehaving a record support adapted .to be refilled while said mechanism operates, and controlling mechanism for saidv first mentioned'mechanism for eectingdautomatic reproduction ofthe lrst record vplaced on said support and all subsequent added records and having ,controlling means movable relative to said support andzprojecting into the path of a ready to operate record placedthereon.
- a record rotating table In a phonograph, a record rotating table, a constantly open record magazine, and mechanism for automatically reproducing on said table a record inserted in said magazine including a starting .member projecting into the' path of the first record being disposed in said magazine and deflected laterally by vsaid record, and
- a record rotating table a record magazine,'cooperatingrecord feeding, reproducing, and discharging mechanisms, and control mechanism actuated upon the insertion of a record in the magazine and controlling said mechanisms to effect successive automatic feeding, reproduction and discharge of said record.
- a record magazine, mechanism for reproducing a series of records,r andu controlling mechanism therefor operative to reproduce automatically all records in said magazine on said table and including an automatically operated starting and stopping mechanism having a controlling member projecting into the path of a record being de-4 posited in said magazine and actuated by said record while said magazine is stationary.
- ⁇ reproducer mechanism movable transversely above a record on said table, a record magazine. and mechanism set in operation by the insertion of records in said magazine and-controlling said reproducer mechanism and having a plurality of relatively movable means, one for supplying records in said magazine to and the other for discharging themfrom said table, and operative, re-
- a phonograph mechanism for feeding and reproducing a. series of records including a magazine adapted to be relled while said mechanisrn operates, a laterally offset record rotating table disposed in planes spaced below saidmagazine and rotatable on a stationary axis, and means-for feeding records laterally relative to and below said magazine into centered position trolled by the inserted records operative to effect automatic@ reproduction of all records rst placed in said magazine and automatically operable upon refilling the latter while certain records remain in the magazine to edect automatic reproduction of the added records after said remaining records.
- record feeding means successively separating the bottommostrecord therefrom and feeding it laterally onto the table, reproducer mechanism successively acting onjrecords on the table, means other than said feeding means for discharging the reproduced records laterally from the table and manually actuatable means for automatically setting said feeding means, reproducer mechanism, and discharging means to act automatically on all or any selected part of the records supported in said support.
- Ina phonograph, mechanism for automatically feeding, reproducing and discharging a series of records including a magazine and having means forienablin'g records to be added to the records in said magazine after certain of said records have been'reproduced, in position for reproduction after the remaining records without removing the remaining records in the magazine and at any time'while the mechanism is operating, and controlling means for effecting successive feeding, reproduction and discharge of all the records originally in the magazine and successive feeding, reproduction and discharge of all added records after the originalr records are reproduced Vand then stopping said mechanism.
- automatic record reproducing mechanism having record receiving and feeding means adapted to ⁇ receive additional rec# vords While feeding records for reproduction, and
- controlling mechanism for said reproducing mechanism having a co-operating control member movable at will to initiate automatic reproduction of records originally in said receiving means and subsequently adjustable while continumg automatic reproduction to effect automatic reproduction of added records.
- automatic record reproducing mechanism having record receiving and feeding means adapted to receive additional recordswhile feeding records for reproduction, and controlling mechanism for Asaid reproducing mechanism having a co-operating control mem-- ber manually movable to startfautomatic reproduction ⁇ of a predetermined number of records and also subsequently manually adjustable while continuing said automatic reproduction to effect automatic reproduction of a number of recordsv more or less than said predetermined number of records.
- a record magazine comprising a record support adapted to receive a plurality of records therein, record'reproducing mechanism, means operable automatically as each record is being separately deposited in said magazine for counting the records inserted therein, and means controlled by said last mentioned means for effecting reproduction of said records by said reproducing mechanism.
- automatic mechanism for reproducing a series of records having a magazine, and control mechanism for said mechanism including a control member automatically adjusted as each record is inserted in the magazine of said first mentioned mechanism to provide for reproduction of the record and also manually adjustable to reduce the number of records reproduced.
- automatic mechanism for reproducing a series of records t having a magazine and control.
- mechanism for said mechanism including a control member and means for automatically adjusting the same as each record is inserted in the magazine of said rst mentioned mechanism and alsotautomatically adjusting said member as each record is reproduced.
- a record magazine, co-operating record reproducing ⁇ mechanism, and controlling mechanism" therefor for automatically reproducing aseries of records from said magazine on said'table including indicating means and a control member and having one of the latter automatically adjusted relative to the other sis/each record is inserted in said magazine and after each record is reproduced and manually movable to stopping position at any time during reproduction.
- automatic record reproducing mechanism having record receiving means, and controlling mechanism therefor operative successively to reproduce a series of records deposited in said receiving" means and including a controll member automatically movable progressively in opposite directions as successive records are reproduced by said reproducing mechanism or deposited in said receiving means and manually adjustable to vary the number of automatic operations at will.
- automatic record reproducing mechanism having record receiving and feeding means adapted to receive additional records whilel feeding records therein for reproduction, and controlling lmechanism therefor operative to reproduce a series of records including a member manually movable to starting position to effect automatic reproduction of records in said receiving means and to a new starting position .to effect automatic reproduction of added records While continuing successive reproduction and means for automatically moving said member toward stopping position as successive records are reproduced.
- a phonograph mechanism for automatically reproducing/a series of records including a magazine permitting record changes during reproduction, areproducer, a record rotating table, and means for discharging a reproduced record 'from the latter, and controlling mechanism for said' mechanism including a control member adjustable manually at any time during reproduction to decrease or increase at ⁇ will the number of predetermined automatic operations of said automatic mechanism.
- automatic reco'rd repro- Vducing mechanism including a magazine adapted to receive records in a plurality of ways, and controlling mechanism for said mechanism including a control member only movable automatically upon the insertion of a record in said magazine in one manner and also manually adjustable to accord with the number of records in said magazine.
- automatic reproducing mechanism including a magazine adapted to permit the substitution of new records for those in said magazine or, without removing the records in the magazine, the addition of other records for reproduction after those records already in the magazine without interrupting vsuccessive reproduction, a rotating table, mechanism for discharging a record therefrom, and controlling means for at will' successively setting' and resetting said automatic reproducing and discharging mechanisms to automatically reproduce on said table and discharge therefrom various predetermined numbers of records successively inserted in said magazine.
- a phonograph mechanism for effecting lsuccessive automatic reproduction and discharge of -a predetermined number of records
- a magazine having means for receiving additional ⁇ records while continuing reproduction, a record rotating table, means for successively reproducing on and discharging from said table records in said magazine, and controlling mechanism having a controlling member manually adjustable at will -to increase the number of successive automatic operations indefinitely to correspond with additional records inserted in said magazine.
- mechanism for4 reproducing a series of records, and controlling mechanism therefor having means automatically set as records are inserted in said mechanism to effect automatic reproduction of all inserted records and means manually adjustable to set the machine to eect automaticplaying of one of the.
- Ina phonograph, mechanism for reproduc ing a series of records, and controlling mechanism thereforfor effecting automatic operation thereof including a manuallyf operable starting member normally engaged and operated by an in- ⁇ serted record and operable when said reproducing mechanism is in'l starting position, and means for automatically returning said rst mentioned mechanism and said member to starting position whether records are in said mechanism or not when said starting 'member is operated.
- a rotating table cooperating record reproducing and discharging mechanisms, and controlling mechanism therefor including cam means rotatable about the axis of said table and controlling the operation of each" of said rst mentioned mechanisms.
- a constantly rotating table record supplying, reproducing and discharging mechanisms cooperating therewith, and controlling mechanism ncluding a single rotating cam wheel controlled by said reproducinglmechanismand controlling said ilrst mentioned mechanisms and likewise having means cooperating with said reproducing mechanism for connecting or, disconnecting said cam and said table to control the simultaneous rotation thereof.
- mechanism for reproducing and discharging a record thereon, and controlling mechanism therefor including a cam wheel coaxial with said table and carrying" a plurality of coaxial cam tracks.
- a rotating tableurotatable 53 In a phonograph, a rotating table rotatable on a stationary axis, cooperating record supplying, reproducing, and discharging mechanisms, and controlling mechanism therefor including a cam wheel coaxial with said table disposed beneath the latter and controlling each of said mechanisms.
- I n a phonograph, a rotating table rotatable on a stationary aids, a driving motor coaxial with 4the table, cooperating record supplying, r'eproducing, and discharging mechanisms, and controlling mechanism therefor including a cam wheel between .said motor and table and controlling each of said mechanisms'.4
- a record rotating table rotating table, a record magazine offset laterally relative to said table, a movable reproducer mechanism, controlling cam-'means movable about the axis of said reproducer, mechanism including a cam member controlling said reproducing and ⁇ discharging mechanism, a motor driving said table, driving connections between said motor and cam including a clutch controlled by said reproducer, means for holding said clutch disconnected during the actual playing of each record, and means adjustable to effect diierent movements of said reproducer into diierent initial record engaging positions on records oi different diameters while continuing to control said clutch, and manually operable mechanism having a manually adjustable controlling member for adjusting said rst mentioned mechanism to reproduce automatically a series of records of another diameter.
- a phonograph mechanism for reproducing a series of records including a rotating table and a reproducer movable belowsaid table when the latter is empty, mechanism including a cam member controlling said reproducing mechanism, a motor driving said table, driving connections between said motor and cam including -a clutch, means for disconnecting said clutch during the actual playing of each record, and means for rendering said disconnecting means inoperative when said reproducer moves below said table and while said motor continues to drive said'table.
- mechanism for reproducing a series of records including a rotating table, mechanism including a cam member controlling said reproducing mechanism, a motor driving said table, driving connections between" ing a series of records, mechanism including a rotating cam controlling said reproducing mechanism, mechanismy for starting and stopping said cam' including a projection movable with said 'cam and a cooperating toothed member operative to stop and release saidcam, and means for adjusting said toothed member to v ary the number of revolutions of the cam.
- mechanism 4 for reproducing a series of records
- mechanism including a rotating cam controlling said reproducing 'mechanism
- mechanism for starting and stopping said ⁇ cam including a. projection'movable with said cam and a 'cooperating toothed -member operative to stop and release said cam, means for adjusting said toothed member to vary the number of revolutions of the cam, and means for holding said toothed member in different positions.
- a phonograph mechanism for reproducing a. series of records having record receiving means, mechanism including a rotating cam controlling said reproducing mechanism, mechanism for starting and stopping said cam includ- ⁇ ing a projection movable with said cam and a cooperating toothed member operative to stop and release said cam, and means for adjusting said toothed member to vary the number of revolutions of the cam, said last means being actuated by the insertion of each record in said receiving means.
- a phonograph mechanism for automatically reproducing records including a record receiving magazine adapted, to have one or more matically reproducing a series of records includ- A ing a reproducer, a magazine, a table on which the records are reproduced, and co-operating record feeding and discharging mechanisms, and controlling mechanism for effecting automatic reproduction and discharge of said records successively including means for setting said feeding, reproducing and discharging mechanisms in operation upon the rst record of the series upon the insertion of said record in said magazine.
- a rotatable table having an upright axis, a cam coaxial with and below said table, a magazine supporting a record at one side of said axis, a record receptacle at one side of said axis, and means controlled by said cam for supplying a record from said magazine to said table, reproducing the same thereon, and discharging the same into saidreceptacle.
- a rotatable tablev having an upright axis, a cam coaxiall with and below said table, a magazine supporting a record at one side of said axis, a record receptacle at one side of said axis, and means disposed substantially within the vertical limits established by said magazine and cam and controlled by said cam for supplying a record from said magazine to said table, reproducing -the same thereon, and discharging the same into said receptacle.
- a record magazine including a movable chain member and a cooperating record support, each disposed to support an edge of a substantially horizontal' record, means for releasing the record from the chain member, a horizontal record rotating table, and means for delivering the released record into centered position thereon.
- a record magazine including a movable chain member and a coopeach supporting an edge from the chain member including a rotating cam member.
- a record magazine comnism including an endless chain having laterally prising cooperating oppositely disposed record edge supporting and releasing means supporting a record in substantially horizontal position, means for adjusting one of the same relative to the other to accommodate records of .different size, and record feeding mechanism receiving a record from said iirst mentioned means and adjustable by said last ⁇ mentioned means to accommodate records of different size.
- a record magazine including a supporting' member adapted to support the edge of a horizontal record on its top and having an inclined surface leading from its top and a reversely tapering portion intermediate its ends.
- a record edge supporting mechanism including an endless chain having laterally extending spaced portions adapted to support the edges oi a series of records.l
- a record edge supporting mechanism includingan endless chain having laterally extending spaced portions adapted to support the edges of a series of records,- and ⁇ means for causing said chain to travel to relgase a record.
- a record magazine comprising a stationary record edge supporting member having a relieved surface facilitating the withdrawal of the bottornmost record of a series of Irecords supported thereon, and cooperating oppositely located means supporting the oppolsite edges of said Vrecords in vertically spaced relationship and having provision for successively lowering the bottommost record.
- a record magazine comprising cooperating oppositely disposed record edge supporting and releasing means supporting a record in substantially horizontal position
- a record magazine comprising cooperating record supporting means adinstable relativel to one another to accommodate records of different size, a record rotating table, and ⁇ record 'feeding and guiding means adjacent the latter/for delivering a record from said supporting means to said table and correspondingly adjustable in size by the adjustment of said supporting means relative to one another.
- - arecord rotating table receiving the fed records, and reproducer mechanism acting on records on said table and correspondingly ad justable in range by the adjustment of saidusupporting means.
- feeding means feeding a released record laterally onto said table, and means for simultaneously adjusting said magazine and feeding means to accommodate records of different size.
- a' magazine including record releasing means, a record rotating table, feeding means feeding a released record laterally onto said table, and means for adjusting both said magazine and feeding means to accoodate records of different size having a single manually adjustable member.
- a record rota table having a centering pin, means for feeding a record horizontally over said pin while supported thereon and into centered position on the pin, and means for adjusting said feeding means to feedlrecords of -diderent diameter through different distances into centered position.
- a magazine adapted to carry superimposed horizontal records, a laterally offset record rotating table having a centering pin, a plurality of cti-operating means delivering one to the other and successively acting on the record disposed throughout their operation at iii one side of said table and co-operating in supplying a record laterally from ⁇ said magazine over said pin and into centered position thereon.
- a magazine adapted to carry superimposed records therein, a laterally offset record rotating table having a centering pin, and mechanism for successively placing records in said magazine onsaid table having a plurality of co-operating record engaging means delivering to one another and successively separat- .ing and feeding each record laterally over said pin and into centered position thereon While supported Lby said pin.
- avrecord rotating table having a projecting centering pin, and mechanism comprising a plurality of co-operating relatively movable means successively acting on a laterally odset record and disposing the under surface of said record on saidpin and feeding said record laterally into centered position while traveling on said pin.
- a record rotating table having an upstanding centering pin, a magazine supporting records one above another with their axes laterally offset relative to said pin, and
- iii-i record feeding mechanism comprising record sep- I arating eans for separating the bottommost record and co-operating relatively movable means for feeding the bottommost record laterally relative to said magazine and while incontact with the upper end of said pin into centered position on the latter.
- a record rotating table rotatable on an upright stationary axis, a laterally spaced magazine having means operative to discharge a record, and means setin operation by, a record discharged from said magazine for feeding the record onto the table.
- a phonograph a record rotating table, a laterally spaced magazine, means for discharging a record therefrom, and means set in operation by a record discharged from said magazine for feeding the record onto the table
- vanism for discharging the reproduced record in a direction away from the record path between' said magazine and table, and mechanism other than said discharging mechanism for supplying a new record from the bottom of said magazine on to said table having means movable relative to said discharging mechanism disposed ready for operation in record feeding position beneath said magazine during reproduction, and means for actuating said last-mentioned means to feed a new record laterally relative to said magazine and on to the table upon movement of the reproduced record away from said path.
- a record rotating table having a centering pin, and means for feeding a record laterally over said pin and into centered position on the pin including rotatable record feeding means engaging the record.
- a record rotating table having a centering pin, and means for feeding a record laterally over said pin and into centered position on the pin including rotatable record I feeding means engaging the record and the table and movedfinto operative engagement with the latter by the weight of a record.
- a record rotating table having a centering pin, and means for feeding a record laterally over said pin and into centered position on the pin including rotatable record feeding means engaging the record and moved into and out of driving engagement with the table by movement of the record.
- a record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis, and record centering means adapted to place a record in centered position on the table and including a plurality of members engageable with the record at a plurality of peripherally spaced points during the centering operation, and means for adjusting said members to 'adapt them to center records of different diameter.
- a phonograph mechanism for automatically reproducing a series of records including a reproducer, a table on which the records are reproduced, and feeding mechanism havinga magazine, and controlling mechanism for effecting automatic reproduction of said records successively and having means for automatically setting said feeding and reproducing mechanisms in operation to feed the record to said table and reproduce Vthe same upon the deposit of the rst record 0f the series in said magazine.
- a record rotating vtable rotatable on a vertical axis a laterally offset magazine having record discharging ⁇ means, and mechanism operative to center the discharged record on said table including means controlled by the record to be centered.
- a record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis
- a laterally offset magazine having record discharging means,A and mechanism operative 'to center the discharged record on said table including means controlled by the record to be centered and dierently adjustable relative to the table axis to accommodate records of different diameter.
- a record magazine adapted to support a plurality of records one above the other, a laterally offset record rotating table, and mechanism for delivering the bottommost record from vthe magazine laterally above the ⁇ table and centering the same on said table including record centering means controlled by the record to be centered.
- a record rotating table a record magazine laterally offset with respect thereto and adapted tosupport a'series of records in superimposed Aposition, means for permitting -the bottommost record to move by gravity relative to the magazine, and record centering mechanism automatically operative upon said record and including means controlled by the record.
- a record rotating table a record magazine laterally offset with respect thereto and adapted to support a series of records in superimposed position, means for permitting the bottommost record to move by gravity rela,- tive to the magazine, and record centering 'mechanism automatically operative upon said record and/including means controlled by the record and means adjustable toward and from the table axis to accommodate records of different size.
- a record magazine adapted to support records in substantially horizontal position and discharge the same one'by one and having means whereby said magazine may be filled from the top or the side at will.
- mechanism adapted to play a series of records including a record magazine having me'ans for enabling the same to be lled with records from the end or side thereof at will while said magazine remains assembled and supporting records and releasing' them one by one, and controlling means for setting said mechanism to eiect-automatic reproduction of all of said records irrespective of the method of insertion.
- a record rotating table having an upstanding centering pin, a laterally spaced magazine having record releasing means, and feeding means beneath said magazine for feeding a record released from said magazine laterally relative to said feeding means in a path above said pin and effecting lowering of said record into centered position thereon.
- a phonograph having record rotating means, a record magazine spaced laterally therefrom, and a record receptacle for reproduced records spaced laterally from said rotating means, means for disposing'a record in released position beneath said magazine, cooperating means for feeding said record laterally from said released position beneath said magazine into centered position on said rotating means, means for reproducing the record on saidrotating means, and means for discharging the reproduced record into said receptacle.
- a record supporting and .v feeding mechanism comprising a record support for carrying a series of records thereon one above the other and having spaced supporting means for the bottommost record and one of said means supporting the periphery of that record and adjustable laterally to accommodate records of different diameter While the other supporting means occupies the same position when supporting records of different diameter, a record rotating table rotatable on a vertic'al axis, means for nessuno commodate records of different diameter having a single control member ⁇ and operative connections thereto for effecting adjustment upon operation oi rsaid member.
- a record rotating table meansextraneous of the record apertures and selectively operative on records of diderent diameter for delivering to said table through paths oi diderent length, and while said table is rotating, records of diiierent diameter, automatic reproducer mechanism adapted to reproduce -records on said table, and-means for automatically adapting said 'reproducen mechanism to reproduce records of diierent 'diameter upon delivery ⁇ of the latter upon said table.
- a phonograph record rotating means, means for delivering records oi dierent size thereto including spaced laterally movable members adjustable to Aaoco vodate records of different size and means .f r propelling a record between said laterally movable members in its path to the table, automatic reproducer mechanism, and meansV operative upon the adjustment of said laterally movable members for automatically adapting the reproducer mechanism to lreproduce records of different size.
- a record rotating table a. magazine carrying a series of records and adapted to receive records of diii'erent size, means 4extraneous of the record apertures for delivering a record in said magazine onto the table irrespective of the size of the record and includingan adjustable member and means for propelling records of different diameter relative to said member and through paths of different length to said table, automatic reproducer mechanism, and means adjustable upon adjustment of said member for automatically adjusting the range of swing of said reproducer to adapt it lto reproduce records oi diierent size.
- a record rotating table rotatableF on a vertical axis and having centering means
- a laterally odset record magazine adapted to present records oi different diameter in delivery position with their axes at diderent distances laterally from said centering means, and selectively operative mechanism for 'feeding-records of different diameter from said delivery position toward said table and through diierent distances into centered position thereon.
- a quelcord lmagazine adapted to be lled from the top and to support records of diierentdiameter ⁇ in delivery position therein with their central apertures at different distances from one side of the4 magazine, a record rotating table rotatable on avvertical axis and disposed laterallyi'with respectto said magazine and having record centering means, and means for delivering records from said deliveryposition in said magazine into centered position on said table irrespective of the variation in the distance between the axis of the record and said @entering means.
- a record magazine adapted to support records ⁇ of diiierent diameter in the magazine in deliveryiposition therein with their central apertures at different distances from a 'common point in said magazine, a record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis and disposed laterally with respect to said magazine and having record centering means at diierent distances from the central apertures of records of different diameter, means Wholly extraneous of the record apertures for delivering records from said delivery position.
- reproducer mechanism automatically operative on a record upon its delivery to said table, end .means for automatically adjusting the initial record engaging position of said reproducer mechanism to accord with the diameter of the record to be reproduced.
- a record rotating Vtable having opstanding centering means, means for rotating said tablethroughout the operation of the phonograph, a laterally spaced record supply, means for delivering records of diderent diameter from said supply in the same direction through lateral paths of different length into centered position on said table While the latter is rotating, and reproducer mechanism automatically adjustable to reproduce centered records of dieren't diameter upon delivery in centered position.
- a phonograph record rotating mechanism,rotatable on a vertical axis and having record centering means, means adjustable to ⁇ deliver either successive records of the same diameter or records of dierent diameterin the same direction over said centering means and into centered position thereon While said mechanism is rotating, reproducer mechanism automatically operative to reproduce a record following centering of the same, and means operative upon adjustment of said delivery means to eiect centering of a record of diierent diameter, also automatically adjusting the movement of said reproducer mechanism toenable it to reproduce a record of the newdiameter. .f
- a phonograph record rotating mechanism, means adapted to deliver laterally records of different diameter in the same direction ⁇ a record following centering of the same, and
- a magazine for delivering records of different diameter from said magazine laterally, through paths of different lengths into centered position on said table and eiecting reproduction of thecentered records, including means engaged ⁇ and set in operation by records of differentv diameter in ther passage between-said magazine and table.
- a recordI rotating table rotatable onta vertical axis, and mechanism for automatically reproducing records thereon including mechanism adjustable to center thereon records of different diameter, reproducer mechanism adjustable to reproduce centered records of different diameter, and means whereby adjustioY A 116.
- a record rotating table In a phonograph, a record rotating table, means for rotating said table throughout the operation of the phonograph, and mechanism for.
- a record rotating table having centering means, means for rotating said table throughout the operation of the phonograph, and mechanism for automatically reproducing standard records on said table including mechanism operative to feed standard records of different diameter bodily laterally over said table and laterally through different distances over said centering means into centered position thereon while said table is rotatingpautomatic, reproducer mechanism adjustable to reproduce standard centered records of different diameter, and means whereby prior to reproduction of a centered record of different diameter the reproducerV mechanism is correspondinglyy adjusted automatically.
- a record magazine having records therein one above another, a laterally offset record rotating table, mechanism fori delivering the bottommost record from said magazine into centered position thereon including adjustable centering means adapted to center records of different diameter, and reproducer mechanism automatically adjusted to reproduce a record of the new diameter.
- a magazine adapted to hold records one above another and records of different diameter
- a laterally offset record rotating table and record feeding mechanism automatically operative upon records in said magafzine and having centering means movable into different positions laterally relative to the table axis to center records of different diameter on said table.
- a magazine adapted io hold records one above another and records of different diameter a laterally offset record rotating table, record feeding mechanism automatically operative upon the bottommost record and having centering means'movable into different positions laterally relative to the table axis to center records of diiferent diameter on said table, reproducer mechanism, and means whereby said mechanism is automatically adjusted to correspond with the diameter of the record centered.
- a magazine adapted to receive records of different diameter, a laterally offset record rotating table, and mechanism for centering on the latter records from said magazine despite variations in diameter including means for effecting record movement bodily laterally above the table and engaging and bringing said record into centered position, and means whereby said means may be adjusted to vary the length of lateral movement of the record axis to cooperate with records of different diameter.
- a magazine a laterally offset record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis
- -record delivery mechanism differently adjustable to deliver records of different diame-l ter and having adjustable means engageable with the edge of a record delivered laterally between said magazine and table, and reproducer mechanism automatically adjusted to cooperate with a record of different diameter upon adjustment of said means.
- a record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis
- a record magazine wherein records are disposable one adjacent another with records of different diameters having their axes at different distances from the table axis when in delivery position in said magazine
- mechanism for automatically supplying from said delivery position to said table either large or small records in said magazine having adjust-4 able record supplying means for supplying records of different diameter to said table while the latter rotates, and automatic reproducing means cooperating with records on said table, and automatically adjusted into different starting positions upon adjustment of said record supplying means.
- a record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis
- a record magazine V wherein recordsy are disposable one above another with records of different diameter having their axes at different distances from the table axis
- mechanism comprising adjustable record supplying means acting on the bottommost record in said magazine and reproducer mechanism automatically adjusted thereby whereby irrespective of predetermined variations in diameter of the records in said magazine, the bottommost records therein may be automatically supplied through the requireddistances into centered position on said table and reproduced on said table.
- a record rotating table comprising a record supportingdisc rotatable on a fixed vertical axis, a record magazine wherein records are disposable one above another when ready for delivery to said table, mechanism whereby either large or small records in said magazine may be automatically delivered to Asaid table through lateral paths of different length and reproduced on said table, and discharging mechanism independent of said last mentioned mechanism but operative in timed relation thereto forL discharging the reproduced records from said table.
- a record table rotatable on a vertical axis
- a laterally oiset magazine wherein records are disposable one above another
- adjustable control means for adjusting said mechanism to center records of different diameter on the table.
- a record table rotatable on a vertical axis
- a laterally otfEset magazine adapted to carry records one above another when ready for delivery to said table and records of. different diameter with their axes differently spaced laterally from the axis of said table, and means operative irrespective of the different distances between the record axes and the table axis for supplying records of different diameter from said magazine laterally across the table axis through different distances into centered position on said table and reproducing the same.
- a record table rotatable on a vertical axis
- a magazine adapted to carry records one above another and records of different diameter with their axes differently spaced laterally from the axis of said table, means operative irrespective of the different distance between the record axes and the table axis for supplying
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C. R. RAN EY Jan. 15, 1935.
PHoNoGRAPH Filed June 17, 1927y 4 sheets-sheet 1 Strom,
GLENN R. RANEY.
C. R. RANEY Jan.l 15, 1935.
PHONOGRAPH Filed June 17, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 'c. R. RANEY Jan. 15, 1935.
PHONOGRAPH Filed June 17. 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 (g1/Vinnie@ attenua Jan. 15, 1935.
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PHONOGRAPH Filed June 1'7, 1927 e @WIL 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Jan. I5, I1935 A lldl@ IPHNUGRSIFH @lea h ey, iriver-aide, lill. ppiication tune llt, i927, derlei Ne. 199.6%
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further object is to providean improved machineA capable of automatically playing, or reproducing and discharging one, or a series oi' selected records. Additional objects of my invention are to produce an improved automatic machine which can be started automatically by the mere insertion of the record or records in the machine, and one which permits new records to be supplied to it, or certain of the records previously selected to be removed from it, or to'be replaced, all while the machine is in operation. Still further objects -are to provide an improved automatic machine adapted to be automatically set as records are inserted` therein, to reproduce automatically all r ords therein, and one which is also adjustable at the will of the operator to change the setting at any time during the operation of the machinato start or stop the machine, or to-reject records, as well as an improved machine wherein the condition of the machine is indicated clearly at .all times in a new and improved manner. Other objects of my invention include the provision of improved mechanisms functioning tobring about Y the playing or reproduction of a record or a series of records including improved means for adjusting the machine for records of diierent sizes, an improved record magazine, improved "record releasing and feeding mechanisms, im-
proved reproducer adjusting mechanism, improved record discharging means,l improved set ting and indicating mechanisms, and various iniproved controlling means associated with the several mechanisms. Still other objects include the provision of a simple construction embodying the combined mechanisms so compactlydisposed and ruggedly constructed that it may be manufactured cheaply, installed in a convenient form in a cabinet of relatively small size, and operated over a long period without danger to derange-l ment of its mechanism. These and other objects and advantages of my improved construction will,
" however, hereinafter more fully appear.
In the accompanying drawings I have shown for purposes `of illustration one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice.
In these drawings,-
Figure l is a plan View of a phonograph cabinet equipped with my improvement, the table being removed and certain parts being indicatedA in dotted lines or broken away to Yfacilitate illustration;
Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partially in section, of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1, the table being shown in full lines therein and the magazine mechanism being shown in dierent positions of adjustment;
Fig. 3 is an end view showing a portion of the controlling mechanism; u
Fig. 4 is an endelevation of a portion of the magazine mechanism shown in Fig. 2;
Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of the record latch mechanism showing the same in a diilerent angular position from that shown in Fig. 2; 10
Fig. t is a detail sectional view on line 6A of Fis. 3; Y
Fig. 7 is a 'detail sectional view on line v'7 7 of Fie. l;
Fig. -8 is a sectional view on line 8-8 of Fig. 1; 15
Flg.,9 isan enlarged plan view of the starting and. stopping mechanism;
Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 9;
Fig. 11 is an enlarged plan View of the reproducer controlling mechanism shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 12 is a side elevation, partially in section, of the latter mechanism, and
Fig. 13 is a combined view showing the several vcams in side elevation when straightened for facility of illustration.
In this illustrative construction I have shown a mechanism oi' vertically compact form located above a suitable machine motor 1 and disposed in planes above and below a rotating table 2 rotat- 30 'able by that motor on an, upright axis;v a sound box 3 being adapted to move across a record on the table 2 and improved means hereinafter described being provided whereby `a record or a series oi' records dropped from' a magazine at the 3 left of the table (Fig. 2) may be supplied laterally to the right to the table 2, reproduced, and disl charged therefrom to the right as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and whereby the machine and the several mechanisms thereof may be controlled, all in an improved manner.
Referring to the general structure more specifically, it will be noted that the mechanism is, generally speaking, disposed very compactly verti- I-lerein, the table 2 rotates with a shaft 4 45 extending upward from the motor, being disposed on the upper end oi this shaft and above a main casting 5 supported on the motor casing andalso above a flat main plate or base 6 supported on the main casting 5. It will also be noted that the major portion of the operating mechanism is so disposed Abeneath the base 6 as to be covered thereby, and that the small amount of mechanism disposed. above the base is, furthermore, disposed in substantially the planes of movement of the reproducer sound box 3 in such manner as to produce the vertically compact machine mentioned. Attention is alsoI directed to the fact that the mechanism below the base 6 is compactly disposed vertically, being disposed substantially between the base 6 and the plane of the top of the motor 1, while the latter is also of vertically compact type, these features further acting to increase the vertically compact character of the mechanism.
In this construction, improved mechanism is provided for enabling the machine to operate upon records of different size, as, for example, ten or twelve-inch records, at the option of the operator, and as the preparation of the machine to operate on records of a given size may be a preliminary to the use of the machine, this mechanism will be first described.
Herein it will be noted that improved record guiding means are provided above the base 6 and at each side of the table 2. This means includes a pair of record guiding members 7 which extend longitudinally in parallel relation. Each of these members '7 has a horizontal base portion or flange resting on the base 6 and an outer vertical upstanding ange adapted to engage the records and extending up above the top of the table 2. As shown, thc horizontal flange of each of these members 7 is also provided with a plurality of depending pins 8 disposed at opposite ends thereof and movable therewith, and each having a suitable projecting washer adapted to move in a diagonal slot 9 formed in the base 6, these slots 9 g herein extending outwardly and toward the left from the member 7, with the slots on each side of the table 2 in parallelism. Herein, one of the pins 8 is connected to the extreme left-hand end of each member 7, kas shown in Fig. l., while the other pin is connected to its member 'I 'slightly farther from its opposite end. Thus it will be noted that means are provided whereby the member 'I may be moved from the full-line to the dotted-line position shown in Fig. 1 in such manner as to adapt them to guide records of diierent diameter to the table 2.
Cooperating with these adjustable guides 7 is an improved adjustable magazine, likewise adapted to accommodate records of different size. Herein, one element of this magazine requires no adjustment and comprises an upright rotating chain 10 forming a record support and movable about a lower sprocket 11 and an upper guide roll 12, both carried on a suitable support, hereinafter described, and also operatively connected to record releasing mechanism, likewise hereinafter described. Here it will be sufficient to say that this chain mechanism l0 is disposed slightly to the left'of and adjacent the axis of the table 2, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it presents a series of record supporting means adapted to support a series of records, as shown in'Fig. 2. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the magazine mechanism also includes a cooperating record support 13 carried on an upstanding member 14 suitably spaced to the left from the chain 10. Herein the member 13 is round (Fig. 2) with a reversely tapering portion of reduced diameter between its ends (Fig. 1), and thus forms a support for the opposite edge of a record supported on the bottom link of the chain 10, as shown in Fig. 2, especially adapted to permit the release of the bottommost record when the chain 10 is actuatedas hereinafter described, and also to direct the record laterally toward the table. This member 13 is herein also laterally movable to adapt it to cooperate with records of different size, the same moving with the member 14 when the latter is adjusted to the right or left in a suitable longitudinal slot '14* in the base 8, as indicated by full and dotted lines in Fig. 2. y ,f
It will also be noted that improved means are provided whereby an adjustment of the member 14 to accommodate records of different size is caused to be transmitted tothe guides 'l heretofore described, to cause a corresponding adjustment of the latter. member 14 is moved from the full-line to the dotted-line position shown in Fig. 2, or vice versa, a longitudinally extending member 15, disposed beneath the base 6, is moved longitudinally therewith and carries with it a crossbar 16 having transverse slots 1'1 in its outer ends, likewise adapted to receive the pins 8. Thus, for example, when the member 14 is moved two inches outward in the slot l14, i. e. to the dotted-line position shown in Fig. 2, to accommodate a twelve-inch or other than a ten-inch record, the crossbar 16 is caused to move from the righthand dotted-line position shown in Fig. l to the left-hand dotted-line position shown therein, and consequently causes the members 7 to move from the full-line positions illustrated in Fig. 1 to the dotted-line positions shown therein. It will also be noted that a spring pressed ball 15a 'carried by the base 6 and adapted to seat in holes 15b longitudinally spaced in the bottom of the member 15,
'serves to hold that member definitely in either position. Attention is also directed to the fact that each of the members '7 carries an upstanding guide 18 at its left-hand end, which likewise moves in and out with the members 7 and functions with the chain 10 and member 13 in positioning the records of different sizes, one of these members 18 being shown to be pivoted, for a. purpose hereinafter described.
Attention is also directed to the fact that improved adjustable feeding mechanism is provided adapted to cooperate with records of different size and also to be adjusted with the member 15 heretofore described. This feeding mechanism being later more fully described, it is sumcient here to state that it includes spaced rotatable wheels 89 also movable bodily within the limits of longitudinal slots in the member 6 as the member 15 is moved with the member 14, and A 1that these wheels are adapted to feed the records laterally onto the table 2 (Fig. 2) after their release from the magazine, while their movement with the member 15 is such as to adapt the wheels 89 to cooperate with records of different size. Herein, the member 15 is operatively connected to this record feeding mechanism by a substantially V-shaped member 15. This, in turn, has its arms connected to part 92 and slidable through the casting 5 to accommodate records of different size, and its opposite end is so connected to the member 15 by resting in a slot 15d therein, that the wheels are moved back one inch when the member 14 is moved two inches, while nuts 15 on the ends of the member 15 engage the casting 5 to position the parts. 'I'hus it will be noted that the feeding mechanism is also enabled to cooperate with records of different size and automatically adjusted when the member 15 is adjusted, as above described.
Associated with the size adjusting mechanisms described is also improved means for automatically adjusting the throw or swing of a sound arm 3a, which carries the sound box 3, in order that the same may cooperate with records of dif- Herein when the upstandingy .i'erent diameter. i Herein', -a variation in swing oi the sound arm 3'i about its axis 23 is eected by automatic means connected to the adjustable guides 7, and more particularly tothe pin 8 which is disposed adjacent the sound arm 3 when the latter is in its outermost position. Here, it will smaller record the projecting end 25 of the member 24 will limit the swing by being swung across the end of an arcuate slot 28 formed in the base 6 and'itself forming a passageway for a, pin'or arm 29 (Figures 6 and 11) depending from the sound arm 3a at a point between its ends V(Figs. land 3), while when the guide is adjusted ifor a larger record the end 25 will be swung away to Vpermit the desired longer swing of the reproducer.
Thus it will be observed that when through the mechanism heretofore described the guides 7 are adjusted, the right-hand pin aon the upper guide 7 shown in Fig. 1 actuates the member '24 in such manner asV automatically to shorten the length of swing of the sound arm 3n when a 10-inch. record is to be played or reproduced, or automatically to lengthen the swing of that arm when a 12inch record is to be played or reproduced.
operatively connected with the mechanisms heretofore described is also an improved setting and indicating mechanism so connected as to be adapted. upon the operation of a single conveniently operable control member, to move each of the members 7, 13, 89 and 25 to adjust them simultaneously for records of different size, and also to serve as an indicating Vmeans indicating the record size for which the machine is adjusted at any time. Herein this controlling mechanism includes a rotatable control member 19 which, as shown in Fig. 2, is suitably journaled on the top of the base 6 at one side, and herein to the left, of the member 14. This member 19 herein carries an indicator 20 and a knob 21 whereby the indicator may be rotated, herein from one position opposite an indication to another indication 12, these numerals being suitably fixed to the top of the base 6 and indicating the different predetermined record sizes. Herein the' member 19 is also pivotally connected to a downwardly extending rod 22 under the base 6, which, as shown in Fig. 2, extends to the right from the member 19 to the iront end oi the member 15 previously mentioned. Thus, it is made possible by simply turning the pointer on the member 19 from a position opposite the numeral 10" to 'a position opposite the numeral 12, to make all the required adjustments of the members 7, 13, Si) and 25 to adapt the machine for twelve-inch records as distinguished from ten-inch records, or vice Versa, while a glance at the indicator 20 will disclose the record size for which these parts are adjusted at any given time.
Assuming that the machine has been adjusted to operate on records of the desired size, let us next consider how a record is inserted in the magazine comprising the chain 10 and members 14,-
13 and 18. Here it will be noted that the chain 10 presents a plurality of laterally extending vertically spaced record supports on its left-hand side (see Fig. 2), ten such supports 30 being there provided between the sprocket 1 1 and member 12 and one being carried on each chain link. Thus, if'desired, an operator wishing to ll the magalthe size of the record.v
zine may swing down the :member 184,(Figs. 1 and 2), i'; e.'A move it from the full-line tothe dottedline position shown in Fig. 2, and then insert ten records fromthat side, with the bottommost record supported on the top of the member 13 and on the bottommost member 30, and each of the upper records supported at the left-hand side on the next lower record and at the right-handside on the next higher member 30. Thus it will be evident that the magazine may be filled from the side with any suitable numberl of records, ten being provided for in this illustrative construction and the records being supported in a. generally horizontal superimposed relation at one side of the table. When the records have been thus inserted from the side, the memberl will, of course, be:
manually returned to its upright'position.
`In the preferred form, Zhowever, provision is made whereby the records may be inserted/from the top, and the mechanism enabling this to be done is utilized `as a part oi the control mechanism, as hereinafter described. Herein, in inserting a record from the top, onevedge of each rec- 0rd is placed on its proper support 30 and ythe other edge thereof subsequently forced down in such manner as to engage a hooked end or latch 3l on a member 32, disposed next and parallel to the member 14 and pivoted at 33 on that member. This swings the member 31 to the left about its pivot, as shown in Fig. 5 to compress a spring 34 acting between the lower end of the member 32 and a suitable depending extension 35 on the member 15, the spring herein being coiled about a rod 36 pivoted at 37'to the member 32 and suitably connected to the extension 35." Thus theA records may be inserted from the top, and when this occurs the latch 31 is operated by the insertion of each record, the latch being thrown back automatically as each record passes it and automatically returned to its initial position by the spring 34.
Associated with this latch mechanism is irnproved actuating mechanism for a record counting mechanism. Herein, this actuating mechanism includes ajhorizontally disposed member 38 (Fig. 2) carried on the lower end of the member 32. As shown, this member 38 extends to the left from the bottom of the member 32 and is connected thereto between the same and a shorter upstanding supplementary member 39, the upper end of which is connectedto the member 32 by the pivot pin of the connection 37. In this construction, the vertically disposed leit-hand end of a reciprocable counting member lli), disposed beneath the member l5, extends over and rests upon the member 38 between the members 32 and 39 and belowA surfaces 4l andshoulders 42 being provided' in longitudinally spaced relation on the member I40, such an operation is made possible irrespective of Considering next the counting mechanism actu" 'ated by the actuating mechanism thereforr just described, it will also'be noted that the member 40 is bent between on. Herein, this portion is reciprocable through a suitable opening in an upright annular flange 44 on the main frame casting 5 supported on the motor frame 1 and supporting the base 6. Herein, this inner end of the member 40, when reciprocated to the right (Fig. 2) moves into engagement with projections or teeth 46 on` a counting wheel 47 rotatable on a vertical axis on an adjacent surface of the casting 5. Thus, each time that the latch 31 is moved to the left in Fig. 2, the right-hand end of the member 40 is moved to .the right into engagement with ,one of the teeth 46 on the counting member 47 in such manner as to rotate the member 47 one tooth and thus count the record. Further, it will be noted that a coiled spring 43 is connected between that end of the member 40 and the iiange 44 in such manner as automatically to return the member 40 to the retracted position shown in Fig. 1, where--r in it does not interfere with the rotation of the member 47. It will also be noted that a spring pressed ball 49 seated in the casting 5 beneath the counting Wheel 47 is also adapted to be seated successively in corresponding openings 50 in the under side of the counting wheel 47 so as to hold the latter in each position of adjustment thereof, these openings 50 herein being disposed entirely around the under side of the counting wheel.
Associated with the counting wheel is also improved indicating mechanism. Herein this mechanism assumes the form of a dial 51 having a knob 52 and journaled on the top of the base 6, this dial 51 also having a pointer 53 adapted to be moved opposite buttons respectively marked 10 N977, U81), |77 (6,7 57), U31!" H2", (19) and Further,'the dial 51 is pivotally connected at 54 on the under side of the base 6 to a rod 55 which has teeth 56 on its inner edge engaging with cooperating teeth 57 smaller than thek teeth 46, on a smaller mutilated gear 58 coaxial and rotatable with the counting wheel 47 and disposed in a plane above that wheel. Thus, whenever a record is inserted from the top in such manner as to actuate the latch 31 and counting wheel 47, the mutilated gear 58 is actuated to move the member 55 and, through the latters connection with the dial 51, cause the indicator 53 on that dial to move from the inoperative position opposite 0 to one of the numbers 1 to 10 and thus count and indicate the number of records placed in the magazine.
This indicating mechanism also provides improved starting and stopping mechanism for the machine. Herein, it will be noted that it controls a main control wheel or cam'64 which in turn controls the operation of the record releasing, feeding, and other subsequently operated mechanisms hereinafter to be described. More particularly, this member 64 is rotatably mounted on suitable bearings, herein of the ball type, within the casting and between the same and the base 6 on the same axis as the shaft 4 though radially spaced from the latter. It also is provided with gear teeth 65 on its periphery, which in turn mesh with a pinion 66 journaled and reciprocable as hereinafter described on an upright shaft 67 spaced substantially 90 around the member 64 from the-wheel 47 (Figs. 1 and 11) and rotatable (Fig. 3) by means of operatively connected pulleys 68 and 69 from the motor shaft 4. As shown herein, this member 64 also carries on its periphery and inside the outer edge of the teeth 65 an upstandinglug 70 which is adapted to engage a plain or uri-toothed portion haps be said 71 on`the counting wheel 47 whichoverlies the teeth 65. Here, to avoid confusion, it should perthat the particular length' un-tocthed portion 71 of wheel 47 is unimportant and that only ten teeth are necessary. Thus, it will be noted that when the indicator 53 is opposite the button 0, the plain or un-toothed portion 71 ofthe member 47 is engaged by this lug 70 on the control wheel 64, thereby holding the latter against rotation, and since the clutch 118 is engaged, also holding the belt-connector motor against rotation, the parts then occupying the position shown in Figs. 1 and 9. However, when the indicator 53 is moved opposite the button 1 it will be observed that the un-toothed portion 71 is moved out of the path of the lug 70 so that the member 64 may rotate and start the machine in operation.
Considering this mechanism more particularly, it will also be noted that, since one revolution of the main control wheel 64 will advance the member 47 by one tooth, if the indicator 53 is moved opposite number the member 64 will make ten complete revolutions, and with each revolution, through the connecting mechanism, cause the indicator 53 to move progressively downward to 0, the indicator reaching this position simultaneously with the engagement of the un-toothed part 71 with the lug 70. Thus it will be evident that when the mechanism including the dial 51 is moved to any of the positions 1 to 10, the machine controlling member 64 will be started and permitted to operate as many times as is necessary to play, or reproduce, the number of records indicated. Moreover, this member 64 will be stopped automatically as soon as the required number of records has been reproduced or whenever the indicator 53 i s moved to 0, the interruption then occurring as soon as the lug 70 rotates into contact with part 71, i. e. at the end of the playing, or reproduction, of the last record. 'Ihese means, through the improved operating connections described, may also function during the playing of a series of records, as indicating means, showing at a glance at the dial at any time how many more records are to be played or reproduced.
Assuming that the motor 1 is wound and that the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, with the cam wheel 64 ready to rotate when the tooth 70 thereon is released, it will be evident that when a record is inserted in the magazine from the top, i. e. by operating the latch 31, the control wheel 64 will begin to rotate so that the various other mechanisms, hereinafter described and operated in timed relation therewith, may also beginto operate to release the record from the magazine, feed the record to the table, cause the reproducer to engage therewith, etc. Thus, it will also be evident that when the motor is wound the machine will be automatically started following the rst operation of the latch 31, i. e. by lthe mere insertion of a record in the machine. It will also continue ,to operate until, depending on the position of the indicator, determined by the number of records in the magazine or the 'adjustment by the operator for a lesser number of records, the untoothed portion again engages the tooth 70. Obviously, when the records are inserted from the side, a manual movement of the indicator will be necessary from the 0 position to a position corresponding to the number of records it is desired to play. v
Considering the various cooperating mechanisms referred to, and first referring to the record of thel the position shown in Fig. l, immediatelyv passes under a roller 73 on thetinner end of a radially extending rocker member 74, herein arched near its inner end and pivoted at 75 on the lcasting and extending radially therefrom. Thus, the outer end of this shaft is lowered, thereby extending a coiled spring 76 connected to the outer end thereof and also pulling down a vertically. extending member 77 which controls the record releasing mechanism. More particularly, it will be noted that the end of the member 74 is pivoted at 78 to the lower end of this member 77, andthat the upper end ofthe member 77 is vertically slidable within the limits of a slot 79 on a pin 80 carried on the outer end o f a shaft 81 carrying the sprocket ll of the chain 10, the
- the member 77 will be pulled downward in such manner as to pull the lug l85 out of the path of one of the teeth 86 and cause the lug 84 to contact with an adjacent tooth 86, and thereby, since both the member 87 and sprocket l1 are provided with the same number of teeth, herein five, enable the sprocket 11A and shaft 81 `,to be rotated in a counter-clockwise direction by the weight of the record or records through a distance equivalent to one tooth. Hence, the bottom record support 30 of the chain will move downward to effect the separation of the bottommost record which is supportedA at opposite edges on the bottommost laterally projecting support 30 on the chain 10 and on the top of the member 13. Obviously, after the member 73 has passed over the cam 72, the spring 76 will also return the member 77 to its initial position ready to discharge another record when the.,y parts '73 and 72 again engage on the next revolution of the member 6ft. As a result, the totalmovement of the wheel 87 is one tooth.
Upon separation of the bottommost record from the other records in the magazine, the record is fed laterally onto the table 2 by improved lateral feeding mechanism. More particularly, whenl the chain supported edge of the bottommost record is lowered by the lowering of its support 30, it will be evident (Fig. 2)- that that edge of the record will fall toward the table'2 and be pushed down by the next upper support 30 in the event of sticking, in such manner as to cause its opposite rounded edge to pull out laterally from between thetop or supporting part of the rounded supporting surface of member 13 and the next record next above, the downward slope on the surface of member 13 below the top thereof being such as to facilitate this movement while directing the record laterally toward the table. Further, the left-hand side of the record (Fig. 2) will.
strike the upper edge of an upstanding rest 88 in front of the memberr 13, this rest herein being long and narrow, as shown, and formed of yieldrecord will fall upon a pluralityof laterally spaced rubber faced wheels 89 extending up, through suitable longitudinal slots 90 in the base 6.' wheels herein serve to 'feed the record laterally tothe right in Fig. 2 over the table 2 and, in cooperationwith the guide 7, center it on the table centering pin 91. Considering the mechanism more specifically, it will be noted that the wheels 89 are carried on a shaft 92, which is in turn car- These ing or resilient material, as fmexample rubber J or the like, while the right-hand portion of the` ried in brackets 93 pivotally mounted at 94 on the under side and carried by members ".i More'- over, the shaft 92 carries at a point between its ends a coaxial worm gear 95, which in turn constantly engages with a worm 96 carried on a bracket member 97 likewise movable about the axis 94. Further, it will be noted that the worm 96 is carried on one end of a shaft 98, and that this shaft carries on the opposite end thereof a rubber tired wheel 99, while the member 97 carries l a weight 100 normally biasing the wheel 99 against engagement with the table.
Thus, when a record falls on the wheels 89, the weight of the rec'ord causes the latter Wheels to be depressed in such manner as to bring the wheel 99 into engagement with the under side of the rotating table 2 at a point between the pin 91 and the bracket pivot 94. Consequently, the rotation of the table is transmitted to the wheel 99, shaft 98. worm 96, worm gear 95, shaft 92, and wheels 89, in such manner and v'in sucha direction as, due to the engagement of these Wheels with the under side of the record, to cause the record to be fed laterally to the right and over the table by the wheels 89. Furthermore, it will be noted that by making the pin 91 of flexible, or resilient, material it may be made possible for these wheels 89 to continue to push the record across the table using the pin for a support, until the usual hole in the center of the record is above the pin, without damage to the record. Here' it will be noted that the record during this lateral feeding movement is guided by the guides 7. Attention is also directed to the fact that the front edge of the record is held up' by the wheels 89 so that the front edge of the record'clears the pin 91 until it has passed vover it. Further, when the record has place on the table, the same being then out of engagement with the Wheels 100 also lowering the wheel position shown in Fig. 2.
89 and the weight 99 from its driving When the record has beenthus placed in cen tered position upon the table 2, improved reproducer controlling mechanism is next automatically operated. Here it will be understood that the sound box 3 is in the laterally displaced position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 when the record is placed on the table. It will also be noted that the sound box 3 is pivoted at 102 to the swinging sound arm 3a so that the sound box may be raised and lowered about this pivot. A rearwardly extending arm 104 is also provided on the sound box and in turn connected at its outer .end to a vertical link 105, which is in turn also connected to a lever 106 parallel to the member 104 and pivoted at 107 on the frame'and also carrying a roller 108 on its inner end engageable with a raised cam track 109 on themember 64. This track 109 is continuous except for an opening 110, and is outouter end of the side the track 'I2 and near the outer periphery of the member 64. As a result, when the sound arm 3a is swung to the position shown in Fig. 1, the sound box 3-is held in the elevated position shown in full lines in Fig.3 while the cam 109 rotates and until after the record has been deposited on the table. When the record has been deposited upon table 2, the opening in the cam 109 is disposed below the roller 108 and the roller drops into the same thereby causing the outer end of member 106 to be raised which, through connecting linkage with member 104, gently lowers the sound box 3 upon the surface of the record, The sound box 3 is then pushed over the surface of the record into engagement with the nrst or outer'playing or reproducing groove of the record by means of a spring 111, carried on the base 6 and acting on a suitable depending member 112 carried by the arm 3*.
Cooperating with this mechanism is also improved mechanism adapted to control the rotation of the main control `wheel 64. Herein it will be noted that another cam surface 113 is provided on the latter just outside the cam track 109, and that this cam surface 113 is also continuous save for an opening 114 which comes into operative position very shortly after the opening 110. More particularly, this opening 114 then comes under a roller 115 carriedon a rocking member 116 pivoted at 117 on the frame and carrying between the roller and the pivot a reciprocable clutch member 118, rotatable with the pinion 66 on the shaft 67 and adapted to engage when raised, with a cooperating clutcn member 119 secured to shaft 6'? to rotate therewith. In this construction the roller 115 is normally so held up by the cam 113 that the clutch 118, 119 is not permitted to disengage, disengagement only taking place when the roller 115 drops into the opening 114. However, when this occurs, the clutch is disconnected and the rotation of the member 64 is stopped so that the sound box 3 may operate to reproduce the record in a usual manner, the
,sound arm 3a swinging about its axis during this operation.
Cooperating with the mechanism is also improved mechanism controlled by movement of the sound arm for again connecting the clutch after the record has been reproduced. More specifically, it will be noted that as this rocking member 116 is moved about its pivot 117, the outer end thereof is raised, and that this outer end carries an inclined. member 120 connected to a part of the frame by a spring 121 and disposed in the path of` the pin or arm 29. Thus,
when the record has been reproduced, the pin 29. striking this inclined surface, acts to depress the member 116 and accordingly raise its inner end and reconnect the clutch 118, 119, whereby member 64 will start rotating, and at the same time roller 115 will be raised out of the opening 114 in the cam 113.
Here, improved mechanism is also provided to return the sound arm 3' and sound box 3 from the lowered innermost position thereof occupied when the record is finished to the raised laterally swung starting position thereof indicated in full lines in Fig. 1.` The raising of the sound box 3 is effected by the cam 109 and the connected linkage, the inner end of the arm 106 being raised shortly after the member 64 resumes its rotation and through the linkage pulling down the member 104 to raise the sound box from the record. Further, it will be noted that a depending arm 122 under the pivot of the member 106 is pivotally connected at 123 to an outwardly extending link 124, which is in turn connected through a coiled spring 125 to the lower end of the depending member 112 on the sound arm 3*. Thus, after the sound box 3 has been raised, the whole arm 3* is swung from its innermost position, occupied when the record is completed, to its outermost positionl shown in Fig. 1, ready to play a new record, the amount of swing being determined by the size of the record, as heretofore described.
Cooperating with this mechanism, and likewise actuated from the member 64, when again set in motion, is improved mechanism for discharging the record. Herein it will be noted that the member 64 carries still another cam track 130 inside the cam track 109 and between the same and the cam track '72, this track 130 being substantially longer than the track 'l2 but shorter than the other tracks. When the record has been reproduced and after the sound box has been raised, the mechanism is so timed as to bring this cam track under a roller 131, substantially diametrically opposite the roller 108 and pivoted on a rocker member' 132, which is in turn pivoted at 133 on a depending portion on the base 6. This rocker member 132 herein also carries at a point between its ends an upstanding member 134 carrying a roller 135, the construction being such that when the member 132 is rocked the roller 135 is raised into engagement with the edge of the record which protrudes laterally beyond the table. As a result, the roller 135 lifts up this edge of the rotating record from.the table 2 in such manner as to cause the record to clear the centering pin 91, as shown in Fig. 3, while still being supported at its opposite side on the rotating table. Because of the rotation of the table, the record is accordingly fed forward, or to the right in Fig. 1, and ofil of the table while the table keeps the record spinning. Further, it will be noted that this elevation of one side of the record causes it to clear an abutment 101, which is located on the elevated side of the record, and thatthe rotating table further causes the record to be discharged while spinning against the vertical portion. of the adjacent guide 'I and a suitable padded abutment 136 spaced from the abutment 101 and on the far side of a record discharge chute '137. Striking this abutment 136, the outward movement of the record is stopped, and the outer end of the same then drops down into a suitable record compartment 138, following a suitably inclined surface 139 which forms a chute leadingit away to a suitable receptacle.
Should it be desired to discontinue the playing of any record, improved mechanism is provided whereby this may be done. This mechanism herein assumes the form of a rejector button 143 operable from the top of the base 6 at a point adjacent the sound arm and depressible through the base into engagement with the rocking lever 116, a suitable extension 144 being provided on the rock lever so that the latter may be moved about its pivot whenever the button is depresed. Thus the roller 115 may be raised out of engagement with the opening 114 in the cam 113 and thereby, through starting the member 64 prior to the completion of the record, cause the automatic mechanism heretofore described to operate to discharge the selected record. 'I'his mechanism may obviously be operated during the playing of any record.
Attention is also directed to the fact that improved mechanism is also provided whereby, even if the indicator 53 is moved from 0 opposite tion.
f Leraars() one ofthe numbers 1 to 10" when no records are in the machine, the machine will. automatically be returned to starting position so that it is always ready for operation. More particularly, it will be noted that-when the machine is thus improperly startedfwithout any record-therein. the sound box 3, instead ofcoming into engagement with the outer edge of a record, ls enabled to drop down below the surface of the turntable, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.'3. This brings a lug 145 carried on the arm 106 into contact with the under surface of the arm 116 in such manner as to hold that arm up and thereby hold the clutch 118, 119 engaged by the weight of the connected reproducer mechanism. Hence, with the `parts held in this position when the roller 115 passes over the openingvlli in the cam track 113, the clutch will not. be disengaged as heretofore in such manner as to discontinue the rotation of the member 64, and the latter will accordingly be enabledto continue to rotate, this rotation being similarly continued a sufficient number oi' times to bring the mechanism back to its 0 posi- Obviously, after the first record has been thus discharged, the mechanism will be free automatically to release and feed another record to the table and reproduce the same and as many other records as may be in the magazine, all of the mechanisms beingk thereafter controlled and operated in the desired sequence heretofore described. In practice the mechanism is so timed that the whole sequence oi operations including the discharge of one record and the substitution of another is so expeditiously carried out that there is .an interval of only approximately forty seconds between the completion of one record and the beginning of another. More particularly, it will be noted that the main control member 64 is so arranged that it makes a complete revolution during this interval, and during this revolution automatically operates the various mechanisms in the desired sequence.
Considering the operation more specifically, it will be evident that by a suitable adjustment of the indicator 20 the machine may /be adapted to use for records of diiferent size. If desired, the machine may then be used as a single record phonograph, i. e. one adapted to play and discharge a single record. To accomplish this, the selected record may be placed in the machine by merely placing it in the magazine from the top, in which case the machine is started automatically and continues to operate to reproduce and discharge the record, the indicator then coming back to 0. The record may also .be inserted from the side, or even placed manually directly on the table, as in -an ordinary single record, non-automatic machine. In either case, the indicator 53 is thereafter manually moved from 0 into position 1, whereupon the record will be automatically played and discharged and the machine automatically stopped, ready for another record. However the record reaches the table, the lug is so located that the machine always stops with the reproducer laterally swung and elevated and all the mechanism again in starting position,
case, moreover, the indicator may, obviously be adjusted. if desired, at any time in such manner as to call for the reproduction of only the bottommost record or any number less than the whole number of records then-in the magazine. If with the-indicator opposite any selected number determined by the counting mechanism or the operator, the automatic mechanism is continued upon the reproduction of a series of records, it will obviously continue to function automatically, first to release the record from the magazine, then to feed it laterally onto the table and center it, then to move the sound box down onto the record, and then, after the reproduction of the record, to move the sound box back to starting position and discharge the record, whereupon the whole sequence of operations will begin over again and be repeated as many times as the position ofthe starting dial calls for, while the machine when it stops will always be ready for operation. If at any time the operator wishes to stop the machine, turning the indicator to 0 will cause this to occur after the reproduction of the record then being reproduced is completed. At any time during the reproduction of any given record, if Athe operator wishes, the reproduction of thatrecord may also be discontinued at once by simply depressing the rejector 143, whereupon the record then being played is discharged and the mecha-v nism proceeds to the reproduction of the next record, unless stopped by swinging the indicator to 0. Attention is also directed to the fact that additional records may be placed in the maga- `zine while the machine is operating, and that the machine will continue to operate until the last of these is played, the mechanism being adjusted by the member 51 after the records are inserted from the side and 'being automatically adjusted by the member 3l during the insertion of records from the top. Obviously, with either type of insertion, automatic reproduction may be continued indefinitely as the magazine is emptied and refilled, without requiring any further attention on the part of the operator than the insertion of the records from the side and the adjustment of the member 51, or in the case of insertion from the top, the mere insertion of the records. The automatic return of the several parts to starting position after each predetermined operation also insures that the mechanism is ready to be restarted upon the insertion of another record. Moreover, it will be evident that` if desired records may be removed from the magazine or changed in position therein while the machine is operating and without disturbing the operation of the latter, these removals or changes being readily effected from the side of the magazine. 'When a record is thus removed from one of the supports 30 in such manner as to provide a gap in the records in the magazine, it will also be noted'that the mechanism continues to operate -automatically in such manner that the automatic reproduction of the record on the next higher support 30 above the gap is not only effected but expedited in such manner as .to shorten the silent period between the reproduction of the records before and after the gap. More particularly, the movement of the reproducer below the table when there is no record on the latter, results in maintaining the con- `it to operate automatically on records of either diameter, all of the various mechanisms and their controlling means being suitably adjusted by the adjustment of a single controlling means, which herein is manually adjustable.
As a result of my invention it will also be noted that the mechanism provided is exceedingly flexible s that it is adapted not only to meet the demand for an ordinary single record phonograph provided with automatic discharging and stopping mechanism, but also to enable great simplicity in operation and great flexibility of control when used as an automatic machine. Further, it will be observed that the mechanisms are such that the device is substantially fool-proof,
' diiliculties ordinarily arising from tampering with the machine or improper operation thereof being in larg'e part obviated.' Attention is also directed to the automatic starting feature and to the concentration of the control in the two control dials and rejector member. The improved starting and stopping and indicating mechanism particularly provides an exceedingly convenient and satisfactory control means giving'great flexibility of control at the same time that through its connections it prevents damage to the machine through improper operation. It will also be noted that the mechanism itself is of an exceedingly simple character and of a type enabling the lwhole machine to be produced very economically. These and other advantages of my improved construction will, however, be clearly apparent to those skilled in the art.
While I have in this application specifically described one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice, it will be understood that the same may be modified and embodied in various other formswithout departing from its spirit or the scope of the appended claims.
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:
1. In a phonograph, mechanism for reproducing a record including record receiving means, and mechanism for controlling said reproducing mechanism to effect automatic reproduction of a record having means for automatically setting said reproducing mechanism in operation to reproduce the deposited record upon the deposit of but a single record on said receiving means.A
2. In a phonograph, mechanism for reproducing a record including a record support and means other than said support and actuated while said support is stationary and by a record deposited thereon for automatically effecting reproduction of the record upon the deposit of but a single record on said support.
3. In a phonograph, mechanism for reproducing and discharging a record including record receiving means, and means for automatically effecting the reproduction and discharge of the record automatically set in operation upon the insertion of but'a single record in said receiving means.
4. In a phonograph, mechanism for reproducing and discharging a record including record re,- ceiving means, and means for automatically starting said mechanism upon the insertion of but a single record in said receiving means and automatically stopping said mechanism upon the discharge of that record.
5. In a phonograph, mechanism for reproducing a record vincluding record receiving means.
and mechanism automatically set in operation upon the deposit of a record on said receiving meam and automatically controlling said reproducing mechanism to eilect the reproduction of that record having controlling means movable relative to said receiving means and projecting into the path of a record inserted thereon.
6. In a phonograph, mechanism for automatically reproducing a record including record `receiving means. 'and mechanism automatically operative when only one record is inserted on said receiving means to control said mechanism to efiect the automatic reproduction of that record having controlling means actuated by the insertionof said record on said receiving means and means for automatically removing said reproducer mechanism from said record when reproduced and returning said mechanism to starting position.
7. In a phonograph, a record support, automatic reproducing mechanism for reproducing records therein, and controlling mechanism for said automatic mechanism having controlling means disposed above and movable relative to ysaid support by a record being placed thereon and operative connections controlled by said means for effecting automatic reproduction of said record.
8. In a phonograph, co-operating record delivery and reproducing mechanism including a record support adapted to receive a record, and mechanism for setting said mechanisms successively in operation upon the insertionof a record on said support to deliver and reproduce said record having a controlling member movable relative to said support and engaged and actuated by the inserted record.
9. In a phonograph, mechanism for automatically reproducing a series of records having a magazine adapted to receive records, and mechanism for automatically starting said reproducing mechanism in operation upon the insertion of the first record in said magazine and continuing said first mentioned mechanism in operation to I in succession after reproduction of said first record. l
11. In a phonograph, mechanism for automatically feeding and reproducing a record including a magazine having means for receiving a new record while a record in said magazine is being fed therefrom by said feeding mechanism, and means including a control member automatically actuated upon the deposit of a record in said magazine when said mechanism is empty for starting said mechanism and effecting the successive automatic feeding and reproduction of.: that record and of any additional records lnries of records o n said table Aits reproducer mechanism from the reproduced record into an' initial position on anew record. J
13. In a phonograph, mechanism for reproducing a record having a magazine, .and controlling means for said mechanism actuated upon( the insertion of records in said magazine operative automatically to reproduce one or more records and also automatically operative to effect successive automatic reproduction after the reproduction of said records of one or more added records inserted while o-ne or more original records still remain in said magazine. lei. In, a phonograph, a record rotating table, mechanism for automatically reproducing a sehaving a record support adapted .to be refilled while said mechanism operates, and controlling mechanism for saidv first mentioned'mechanism for eectingdautomatic reproduction ofthe lrst record vplaced on said support and all subsequent added records and having ,controlling means movable relative to said support andzprojecting into the path of a ready to operate record placedthereon.
15. In a phonograph, a record rotating table, a constantly open record magazine, and mechanism for automatically reproducing on said table a record inserted in said magazine including a starting .member projecting into the' path of the first record being disposed in said magazine and deflected laterally by vsaid record, and
. co-operating controlling mechanism for said autill tomatic .mechanism automatically starting the same upon operation of said member and automatically stopping said mechanism upon reproduction of said record'.
16. In a phonograph, mechanism forv automatically reproducing and discharging a series .of records having a magazine, andy controlling means for said mechanism automatically setin operation upon the insertion of the first record in said magazine and operative automatically to control the mechanism to effect the successive reproduction and discharge of all records inserted in said magazine.
17. In a phonograph, a record rotating table, a record magazine,'cooperatingrecord feeding, reproducing, and discharging mechanisms, and control mechanism actuated upon the insertion of a record in the magazine and controlling said mechanisms to effect successive automatic feeding, reproduction and discharge of said record.
'18. In a phonograpna record rotating table, a record magazine, mechanism for reproducing a series of records,r andu controlling mechanism therefor operative to reproduce automatically all records in said magazine on said table and including an automatically operated starting and stopping mechanism having a controlling member projecting into the path of a record being de-4 posited in said magazine and actuated by said record while said magazine is stationary.
19. In aphonograph, a record rotating table,
`reproducer mechanism movable transversely above a record on said table, a record magazine. and mechanism set in operation by the insertion of records in said magazine and-controlling said reproducer mechanism and having a plurality of relatively movable means, one for supplying records in said magazine to and the other for discharging themfrom said table, and operative, re-
spectively, prior` to and after each reproduction.`
20. In a phonograph, mechanism for feeding and reproducing a. series of records including a magazine adapted to be relled while said mechanisrn operates, a laterally offset record rotating table disposed in planes spaced below saidmagazine and rotatable on a stationary axis, and means-for feeding records laterally relative to and below said magazine into centered position trolled by the inserted records operative to effect automatic@ reproduction of all records rst placed in said magazine and automatically operable upon refilling the latter while certain records remain in the magazine to edect automatic reproduction of the added records after said remaining records.
21. In a phonograph,.a record rotating table, record supporting means supporting records sub- -on said table, and means automatically con'- stantially,horizontally at one side of the table,
record feeding means successively separating the bottommostrecord therefrom and feeding it laterally onto the table, reproducer mechanism successively acting onjrecords on the table, means other than said feeding means for discharging the reproduced records laterally from the table and manually actuatable means for automatically setting said feeding means, reproducer mechanism, and discharging means to act automatically on all or any selected part of the records supported in said support.
22. Ina phonograph, mechanism for automatically feeding, reproducing and discharging a series of records including a magazine and having means forienablin'g records to be added to the records in said magazine after certain of said records have been'reproduced, in position for reproduction after the remaining records without removing the remaining records in the magazine and at any time'while the mechanism is operating, and controlling means for effecting successive feeding, reproduction and discharge of all the records originally in the magazine and successive feeding, reproduction and discharge of all added records after the originalr records are reproduced Vand then stopping said mechanism.
-23. In a phonograph, automatic record reproducing mechanism having record receiving and feeding means adapted to` receive additional rec# vords While feeding records for reproduction, and
controlling mechanism for said reproducing mechanism having a co-operating control member movable at will to initiate automatic reproduction of records originally in said receiving means and subsequently adjustable while continumg automatic reproduction to effect automatic reproduction of added records.
24. In a phonograph, automatic record reproducing mechanism having record receiving means,
and controlling mechanism for said reproducing member to stopping position when said record is reproduced.
25.J In a phonograph, automatic record reproducing mechanism having record receiving and feeding means adapted to receive additional recordswhile feeding records for reproduction, and controlling mechanism for Asaid reproducing mechanism having a co-operating control mem-- ber manually movable to startfautomatic reproduction`of a predetermined number of records and also subsequently manually adjustable while continuing said automatic reproduction to effect automatic reproduction of a number of recordsv more or less than said predetermined number of records.
26. In a phonograph, mechanism for automatically reproducing a series of records having record receiving means, and controlling mechanism for said reproducing mechanism including record counting means automatically adjustable as records are inserted in said receiving means and manually adjustable to set said first mentioned mechanism to effect automatic reproduction of any predetermined number less than the total less than the total in said receiving means.
2B. In a phonograph, a record magazine comprising a record support adapted to receive a plurality of records therein, record'reproducing mechanism, means operable automatically as each record is being separately deposited in said magazine for counting the records inserted therein, and means controlled by said last mentioned means for effecting reproduction of said records by said reproducing mechanism.
29. In an automatic phonograph, automatic mechanism lfor reproducing a series of records having a magazine, and control mechanism for said mechanism including a control member automatically adjusted as each record is inserted in the magazine of said first mentioned mechanism to provide for reproduction of the record and also manually adjustable to reduce the number of records reproduced.
-30. In an automatic phonograph, automatic mechanism for reproducing a series of records t having a magazine, and control. mechanism for said mechanism including a control member and means for automatically adjusting the same as each record is inserted in the magazine of said rst mentioned mechanism and alsotautomatically adjusting said member as each record is reproduced.
31. In a phonograph, a record rotating table, a record magazine, co-operating record feeding and reproducing mechanisms, and controlling mechanism for said mechanisms for effecting automatic feeding and reproduction of a series of records including a dial and a control member and means for adjusting one of the same automatically as records are inserted in said magazine.
32. In a phonograph, a record rotating table,
a record magazine, co-operating record reproducing` mechanism, and controlling mechanism" therefor for automatically reproducing aseries of records from said magazine on said'table including indicating means and a control member and having one of the latter automatically adjusted relative to the other sis/each record is inserted in said magazine and after each record is reproduced and manually movable to stopping position at any time during reproduction.
33. In a phonograph, a record magazine, a record rotating table, co-operating record reproducing mechanism, and controlling mechanism therefor for effecting automatic reproduction of a series of records in said magazine including an indicator and a co-operating control member, one of the same being automatically adjusted as each record is inserted in said magazine or reproduced by said reproducing mechanism and-also manually adjustable at any time to vary the number ofautomatic reproductions.
34. In a phonograph, a record magazine, a record rotating table, co-operating record reproducing mechanism, and controlling mechanism therefor for effecting automatic reproduction of 'a series of records in said magazine including an indicator and aco-operating control member, the latter being automaticallyfadjusted in opposite directions as each record is inserted in said magazine or reproduced by said reproducing mechanism and also manually adjustable in 4either direction at anytime tof increase or decrease the number of automatic reproductions.
35. In a phonograph, automatic record reproducing mechanism having record receiving means, and controlling mechanism therefor operative successively to reproduce a series of records deposited in said receiving" means and including a controll member automatically movable progressively in opposite directions as successive records are reproduced by said reproducing mechanism or deposited in said receiving means and manually adjustable to vary the number of automatic operations at will. A
36. In a phonograph, automatic record reproducing mechanism having record receiving and feeding means adapted to receive additional records whilel feeding records therein for reproduction, and controlling lmechanism therefor operative to reproduce a series of records including a member manually movable to starting position to effect automatic reproduction of records in said receiving means and to a new starting position .to effect automatic reproduction of added records While continuing successive reproduction and means for automatically moving said member toward stopping position as successive records are reproduced.
37. In a phonograph, mechanism for automatically reproducing/a series of records including a magazine permitting record changes during reproduction, areproducer, a record rotating table, and means for discharging a reproduced record 'from the latter, and controlling mechanism for said' mechanism including a control member adjustable manually at any time during reproduction to decrease or increase at `will the number of predetermined automatic operations of said automatic mechanism.
38. In a phonograph, a record magazine, a record rotating table, cooperating record reproducing mechanism, and controlling mechanism therefor for automatically reproducing a series of records in said magazine on said table including a dial and a control member and having one of the latter automatically adjusted relative to the other ,1,988,1so S as each record is insertedinl said magazine or reproduced by said first mentioned mechanism..
39. In a phonograph, automatic reco'rd repro- Vducing mechanism including a magazine adapted to receive records in a plurality of ways, and controlling mechanism for said mechanism including a control member only movable automatically upon the insertion of a record in said magazine in one manner and also manually adjustable to accord with the number of records in said magazine.
40. In a phonograph, automatic reproducing.
and"discharging mechanism including a magazine adapted, while continuing operation of said mechanism, to lreceive records in additionv to any records remaining in said magazine and without removal of the latter records, and controlling means manually adjustable to set said first mentioned mechanism to effect successive automatic reproduction and discharge from said iirst mentioned mechanism of all the records first inserted in'said `magazine and also manually adjustable while continuing operation to reset said first mentioned mechanism-to effect automatic reproduction and discharge from said mechanism of the added records.
4l. In a phonograph, automatic reproducing mechanism including a magazine adapted to permit the substitution of new records for those in said magazine or, without removing the records in the magazine, the addition of other records for reproduction after those records already in the magazine without interrupting vsuccessive reproduction, a rotating table, mechanism for discharging a record therefrom, and controlling means for at will' successively setting' and resetting said automatic reproducing and discharging mechanisms to automatically reproduce on said table and discharge therefrom various predetermined numbers of records successively inserted in said magazine.
42. In a phonograph, mechanism for effecting lsuccessive automatic reproduction and discharge of -a predetermined number of records including a magazine having means for receiving additional `records while continuing reproduction, a record rotating table, means for successively reproducing on and discharging from said table records in said magazine, and controlling mechanism having a controlling member manually adjustable at will -to increase the number of successive automatic operations indefinitely to correspond with additional records inserted in said magazine.
43. `In aphonograph, mechanism for reproducing a record having record receiving means and set in operation by the insertion of a record in said receiving means and including a plurality of devices requiring adjustment for differentsized records, and controlling means for said mecha- 'nism including a vsingle control member movable to make-the various adjustments of said devices to adapt the mechanism to operate upon records of different size.
44. In a phonograph, mechanism for4 reproducing a series of records, and controlling mechanism therefor having means automatically set as records are inserted in said mechanism to effect automatic reproduction of all inserted records and means manually adjustable to set the machine to eect automaticplaying of one of the.
records therein or more of said records in a series of full length or such shorter length as the operator desires.
45. -In a phonograph, mechanism for reproducing a series of records having record receiving means, and controlling mechanism for said reproducing-mechanism maually'operable when said reproducing mechanism is in starting position to set the latter toeffect an automatic substituting operation independently of the presence of records therein and the automatic return of said mechanism to starting position.
46./In a phonograph, mechanism for repro:v
ducing a series of records having a record magazine, and controlling mechanism forsaid mechanism for effecting automatic operation' thereof automatically-'adjustable by the -insertion of records in said magazineto set said reproducingl mechanism togothrough a predetermined number of automatic operations and also manually adjustable to set the latter for 'anylesser number of predetermined automatic reproducing operations. y
47; Ina phonograph, mechanism for reproduc ing a series of records, and controlling mechanism thereforfor effecting automatic operation thereof including a manuallyf operable starting member normally engaged and operated by an in-` serted record and operable when said reproducing mechanism is in'l starting position, and means for automatically returning said rst mentioned mechanism and said member to starting position whether records are in said mechanism or not when said starting 'member is operated.
48. In a phonograph, mechanism for reproducinga series of records, and controlling mechanism for effecting automatic operation thereof and operable when said reproducing. mechanism is in starting position to set said reproducing mechanism to go through one or more automatic operations and automatically return said repro- -ducing mechanism to starting position whether there are surhcientv records therein, to correspond to the selected number of operations or not when said controlling mechanism is operated.
49. In a phonograph, a rotating table, cooperating record reproducing and discharging mechanisms, and controlling mechanism therefor including cam means rotatable about the axis of said table and controlling the operation of each" of said rst mentioned mechanisms.
50. In a phonograph, a constantly rotating table, record supplying, reproducing and discharging mechanisms cooperating therewith, and controlling mechanism ncluding a single rotating cam wheel controlled by said reproducinglmechanismand controlling said ilrst mentioned mechanisms and likewise having means cooperating with said reproducing mechanism for connecting or, disconnecting said cam and said table to control the simultaneous rotation thereof.
5l. In a phonograph, a record rotating table,
mechanism for reproducing and discharging a record thereon, and controlling mechanism therefor including a cam wheel coaxial with said table and carrying" a plurality of coaxial cam tracks. f
52. In a phonograph, a rotating tableurotatable 53. In a phonograph, a rotating table rotatable on a stationary axis, cooperating record supplying, reproducing, and discharging mechanisms, and controlling mechanism therefor including a cam wheel coaxial with said table disposed beneath the latter and controlling each of said mechanisms. Y
54. I n a phonograph, a rotating table rotatable on a stationary aids, a driving motor coaxial with 4the table, cooperating record supplying, r'eproducing, and discharging mechanisms, and controlling mechanism therefor including a cam wheel between .said motor and table and controlling each of said mechanisms'.4
55. In a phonograph, a record rotating table, a record magazine offset laterally relative to said table, a movable reproducer mechanism, controlling cam-'means movable about the axis of said reproducer, mechanism including a cam member controlling said reproducing and` discharging mechanism, a motor driving said table, driving connections between said motor and cam including a clutch controlled by said reproducer, means for holding said clutch disconnected during the actual playing of each record, and means adjustable to effect diierent movements of said reproducer into diierent initial record engaging positions on records oi different diameters while continuing to control said clutch, and manually operable mechanism having a manually adjustable controlling member for adjusting said rst mentioned mechanism to reproduce automatically a series of records of another diameter.
57. In a phonograph, mechanism for reproducing a series of records including a rotating table and a reproducer movable belowsaid table when the latter is empty, mechanism including a cam member controlling said reproducing mechanism, a motor driving said table, driving connections between said motor and cam including -a clutch, means for disconnecting said clutch during the actual playing of each record, and means for rendering said disconnecting means inoperative when said reproducer moves below said table and while said motor continues to drive said'table.
58. In a phonograph, mechanism for reproducing a series of records including a rotating table, mechanism including a cam member controlling said reproducing mechanism, a motor driving said table, driving connections between" ing a series of records, mechanism including a rotating cam controlling said reproducing mechanism, mechanismy for starting and stopping said cam' including a projection movable with said 'cam and a cooperating toothed member operative to stop and release saidcam, and means for adjusting said toothed member to v ary the number of revolutions of the cam.
61. In 'a phonograph, mechanism 4for reproducing a series of records, mechanism including a rotating cam controlling said reproducing 'mechanism, mechanism for starting and stopping said` cam including a. projection'movable with said cam and a 'cooperating toothed -member operative to stop and release said cam, means for adjusting said toothed member to vary the number of revolutions of the cam, and means for holding said toothed member in different positions. i
62. In a phonograph, mechanism for reproducing a. series of records having record receiving means, mechanism including a rotating cam controlling said reproducing mechanism, mechanism for starting and stopping said cam includ- `ing a projection movable with said cam and a cooperating toothed member operative to stop and release said cam, and means for adjusting said toothed member to vary the number of revolutions of the cam, said last means being actuated by the insertion of each record in said receiving means.
63. In a phonograph, mechanism for automatically reproducing records including a record receiving magazine adapted, to have one or more matically reproducing a series of records includ- A ing a reproducer, a magazine, a table on which the records are reproduced, and co-operating record feeding and discharging mechanisms, and controlling mechanism for effecting automatic reproduction and discharge of said records successively including means for setting said feeding, reproducing and discharging mechanisms in operation upon the rst record of the series upon the insertion of said record in said magazine.
65. In combination, a rotatable table having an upright axis, a cam coaxial with and below said table, a magazine supporting a record at one side of said axis, a record receptacle at one side of said axis, and means controlled by said cam for supplying a record from said magazine to said table, reproducing the same thereon, and discharging the same into saidreceptacle.
66. In combination, a rotatable tablev having an upright axis, a cam coaxiall with and below said table, a magazine supporting a record at one side of said axis, a record receptacle at one side of said axis, and means disposed substantially within the vertical limits established by said magazine and cam and controlled by said cam for supplying a record from said magazine to said table, reproducing -the same thereon, and discharging the same into said receptacle.
67. In a phonograph, a record magazine including a movable chain member and a cooperating record support, each disposed to support an edge of a substantially horizontal' record, means for releasing the record from the chain member, a horizontal record rotating table, and means for delivering the released record into centered position thereon. l
68. In a phonograph, a record magazine including a movable chain member and a coopeach supporting an edge from the chain member including a rotating cam member.
s 69. In a phonograph, a record magazine comnism including an endless chain having laterally prising cooperating oppositely disposed record edge supporting and releasing means supporting a record in substantially horizontal position, means for adjusting one of the same relative to the other to accommodate records of .different size, and record feeding mechanism receiving a record from said iirst mentioned means and adjustable by said last `mentioned means to accommodate records of different size.
70. A record magazine including a supporting' member adapted to support the edge of a horizontal record on its top and having an inclined surface leading from its top and a reversely tapering portion intermediate its ends.
'7L-In a record magazine, a record edge supporting mechanism including an endless chain having laterally extending spaced portions adapted to support the edges oi a series of records.l
72. In a phonograph, a record edge supporting mechanism includingan endless chain having laterally extending spaced portions adapted to support the edges of a series of records,- and `means for causing said chain to travel to relgase a record. g
73. In a phonograph, record releasing mechaextending spaced portions adapted to support the edges of a series of records, a toothed member rotatable with said chain by the Weight ofthe records, and means for intermittently releasing said toothed member.
74. In combination, a record magazine comprising a stationary record edge supporting member having a relieved surface facilitating the withdrawal of the bottornmost record of a series of Irecords supported thereon, and cooperating oppositely located means supporting the oppolsite edges of said Vrecords in vertically spaced relationship and having provision for successively lowering the bottommost record.
75. In a phonograph, a record magazine comprising cooperating oppositely disposed record edge supporting and releasing means supporting a record in substantially horizontal position, one
of said means being stationary and the other Y movable ,during the release of a record, and mechanism including an adjustable controlling member and means operable thereby for adjusting lthe stationary means laterally to accommodate records of different size.
76. In a phonograph, a record magazine comprising cooperating record supporting means adinstable relativel to one another to accommodate records of different size, a record rotating table, and `record 'feeding and guiding means adjacent the latter/for delivering a record from said supporting means to said table and correspondingly adjustable in size by the adjustment of said supporting means relative to one another.
77. In a phonograph, a record magazlnecomprising cooperating record supporting means adjustable to accommodate records-of different size, record feedingmeans receiving a -record therefrom and correspondingly adjustable in position by the adjustment of said supporting means.- arecord rotating table receiving the fed records, and reproducer mechanism acting on records on said table and correspondingly ad justable in range by the adjustment of saidusupporting means. f
Iand driven by the table.
13 '21s. .In a phonograph, a magazine incl record releasing means, a record rotating table,
feeding means feeding a released record laterally onto said table, and means for simultaneously adjusting said magazine and feeding means to accommodate records of different size.
79. In a phonograph, a' magazine including record releasing means, a record rotating table, feeding means feeding a released record laterally onto said table, and means for adjusting both said magazine and feeding means to accoodate records of different size having a single manually adjustable member.
80. In a phonograph, a record rotating table,
. and feeding means adapted to feed a record laterally over said table including rotary ii-Mr engaging the under side of a horizontal record and also having driving means therefor eng 81. In a phonograph, a record rota table having a centering pin, means for feeding a record horizontally over said pin while supported thereon and into centered position on the pin, and means for adjusting said feeding means to feedlrecords of -diderent diameter through different distances into centered position.`
82. In a phonograph, a magazine adapted to carry superimposed horizontal records, a laterally offset record rotating table having a centering pin, a plurality of cti-operating means delivering one to the other and successively acting on the record disposed throughout their operation at iii one side of said table and co-operating in supplying a record laterally from` said magazine over said pin and into centered position thereon.
` 83. In a phonograph, a magazine adapted to carry superimposed records therein, a laterally offset record rotating table having a centering pin, and mechanism for successively placing records in said magazine onsaid table having a plurality of co-operating record engaging means delivering to one another and successively separat- .ing and feeding each record laterally over said pin and into centered position thereon While supported Lby said pin.
84. In a phonograph, avrecord rotating table having a projecting centering pin, and mechanism comprising a plurality of co-operating relatively movable means successively acting on a laterally odset record and disposing the under surface of said record on saidpin and feeding said record laterally into centered position while traveling on said pin. l
d'5. In a phonograph, a record rotating table having an upstanding centering pin, a magazine supporting records one above another with their axes laterally offset relative to said pin, and
iii-i record feeding mechanism comprising record sep- I arating eans for separating the bottommost record and co-operating relatively movable means for feeding the bottommost record laterally relative to said magazine and while incontact with the upper end of said pin into centered position on the latter.
86. In a' phonograph, a record rotating table rotatable on an upright stationary axis, a laterally spaced magazine having means operative to discharge a record, and means setin operation by, a record discharged from said magazine for feeding the record onto the table.
87. I n a phonograph, a record rotating table, a laterally spaced magazine, means for discharging a record therefrom, and means set in operation by a record discharged from said magazine for feeding the record onto the table including vanism for discharging the reproduced record in a direction away from the record path between' said magazine and table, and mechanism other than said discharging mechanism for supplying a new record from the bottom of said magazine on to said table having means movable relative to said discharging mechanism disposed ready for operation in record feeding position beneath said magazine during reproduction, and means for actuating said last-mentioned means to feed a new record laterally relative to said magazine and on to the table upon movement of the reproduced record away from said path.
90. In a phonograph, a record rotating table having a centering pin, and means for feeding a record laterally over said pin and into centered position on the pin including rotatable record feeding means engaging the record.
91; In a phonograph, a record rotating table having a centering pin, and means for feeding a record laterally over said pin and into centered position on the pin including rotatable record I feeding means engaging the record and the table and movedfinto operative engagement with the latter by the weight of a record.
92. In a phonograph, a record rotating table having a centering pin, and means for feeding a record laterally over said pin and into centered position on the pin including rotatable record feeding means engaging the record and moved into and out of driving engagement with the table by movement of the record.
93. In a phonograph, a record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis, and record centering means adapted to place a record in centered position on the table and including a plurality of members engageable with the record at a plurality of peripherally spaced points during the centering operation, and means for adjusting said members to 'adapt them to center records of different diameter.
94. In a phonograph, mechanism for automatically reproducing a series of records including a reproducer, a table on which the records are reproduced, and feeding mechanism havinga magazine, and controlling mechanism for effecting automatic reproduction of said records successively and having means for automatically setting said feeding and reproducing mechanisms in operation to feed the record to said table and reproduce Vthe same upon the deposit of the rst record 0f the series in said magazine.
95. In a phonograph, a record rotating vtable rotatable on a vertical axis, a laterally offset magazine having record discharging `means, and mechanism operative to center the discharged record on said table including means controlled by the record to be centered. i
96. In a phonograph, a record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis, a laterally offset magazine having record discharging means,A and mechanism operative 'to center the discharged record on said table including means controlled by the record to be centered and dierently adjustable relative to the table axis to accommodate records of different diameter.
97. In a phonograph, a record magazine adapted to support a plurality of records one above the other, a laterally offset record rotating table, and mechanism for delivering the bottommost record from vthe magazine laterally above the` table and centering the same on said table including record centering means controlled by the record to be centered.
98. In a phonograph, a record rotating table, a record magazine laterally offset with respect thereto and adapted tosupport a'series of records in superimposed Aposition, means for permitting -the bottommost record to move by gravity relative to the magazine, and record centering mechanism automatically operative upon said record and including means controlled by the record.
99. In a phonograph, a record rotating table, a record magazine laterally offset with respect thereto and adapted to support a series of records in superimposed position, means for permitting the bottommost record to move by gravity rela,- tive to the magazine, and record centering 'mechanism automatically operative upon said record and/including means controlled by the record and means adjustable toward and from the table axis to accommodate records of different size.
100. In a phonograph, a record magazine adapted to support records in substantially horizontal position and discharge the same one'by one and having means whereby said magazine may be filled from the top or the side at will.
101. In combination, mechanism adapted to play a series of records including a record magazine having me'ans for enabling the same to be lled with records from the end or side thereof at will while said magazine remains assembled and supporting records and releasing' them one by one, and controlling means for setting said mechanism to eiect-automatic reproduction of all of said records irrespective of the method of insertion. 1
102. In a phonograph, a record rotating table having an upstanding centering pin, a laterally spaced magazine having record releasing means, and feeding means beneath said magazine for feeding a record released from said magazine laterally relative to said feeding means in a path above said pin and effecting lowering of said record into centered position thereon.
103. In a phonograph having record rotating means, a record magazine spaced laterally therefrom, and a record receptacle for reproduced records spaced laterally from said rotating means, means for disposing'a record in released position beneath said magazine, cooperating means for feeding said record laterally from said released position beneath said magazine into centered position on said rotating means, means for reproducing the record on saidrotating means, and means for discharging the reproduced record into said receptacle.
104. In a phonograph, record supporting and .v feeding mechanism comprising a record support for carrying a series of records thereon one above the other and having spaced supporting means for the bottommost record and one of said means supporting the periphery of that record and adjustable laterally to accommodate records of different diameter While the other supporting means occupies the same position when supporting records of different diameter, a record rotating table rotatable on a vertic'al axis, means for nessuno commodate records of different diameter having a single control member` and operative connections thereto for effecting adjustment upon operation oi rsaid member.
105. In a phonograph, a record rotating table, meansextraneous of the record apertures and selectively operative on records of diderent diameter for delivering to said table through paths oi diderent length, and while said table is rotating, records of diiierent diameter, automatic reproducer mechanism adapted to reproduce -records on said table, and-means for automatically adapting said 'reproducen mechanism to reproduce records of diierent 'diameter upon delivery` of the latter upon said table.
106. In a phonograph, record rotating means, means for delivering records oi dierent size thereto including spaced laterally movable members adjustable to Aaoco vodate records of different size and means .f r propelling a record between said laterally movable members in its path to the table, automatic reproducer mechanism, and meansV operative upon the adjustment of said laterally movable members for automatically adapting the reproducer mechanism to lreproduce records of different size.
107. In a phonograph, a record rotating table, a. magazine carrying a series of records and adapted to receive records of diii'erent size, means 4extraneous of the record apertures for delivering a record in said magazine onto the table irrespective of the size of the record and includingan adjustable member and means for propelling records of different diameter relative to said member and through paths of different length to said table, automatic reproducer mechanism, and means adjustable upon adjustment of said member for automatically adjusting the range of swing of said reproducer to adapt it lto reproduce records oi diierent size.
108. In a phonograph, a record rotating table rotatableF on a vertical axis and having centering means, a laterally odset record magazine adapted to present records oi different diameter in delivery position with their axes at diderent distances laterally from said centering means, and selectively operative mechanism for 'feeding-records of different diameter from said delivery position toward said table and through diierent distances into centered position thereon.`
109. In a phonograph, a," vrecord lmagazine adapted to be lled from the top and to support records of diierentdiameter `in delivery position therein with their central apertures at different distances from one side of the4 magazine, a record rotating table rotatable on avvertical axis and disposed laterallyi'with respectto said magazine and having record centering means, and means for delivering records from said deliveryposition in said magazine into centered position on said table irrespective of the variation in the distance between the axis of the record and said @entering means.
110. In a phonograph, a record magazine adapted to support records `of diiierent diameter in the magazine in deliveryiposition therein with their central apertures at different distances from a 'common point in said magazine, a record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis and disposed laterally with respect to said magazine and having record centering means at diierent distances from the central apertures of records of different diameter, means Wholly extraneous of the record apertures for delivering records from said delivery position.
in said magazine into centered position on said table irrespective of the variation in the distance between the axis of the record in the magazine and said centering means, reproducer mechanism automatically operative on a record upon its delivery to said table, end .means for automatically adjusting the initial record engaging position of said reproducer mechanism to accord with the diameter of the record to be reproduced.
111. Ina phonograph, a record rotating Vtable having opstanding centering means, means for rotating said tablethroughout the operation of the phonograph, a laterally spaced record supply, means for delivering records of diderent diameter from said supply in the same direction through lateral paths of different length into centered position on said table While the latter is rotating, and reproducer mechanism automatically adjustable to reproduce centered records of dieren't diameter upon delivery in centered position.
112. In a phonograph, record rotating mechanism,rotatable on a vertical axis and having record centering means, means adjustable to\ deliver either successive records of the same diameter or records of dierent diameterin the same direction over said centering means and into centered position thereon While said mechanism is rotating, reproducer mechanism automatically operative to reproduce a record following centering of the same, and means operative upon adjustment of said delivery means to eiect centering of a record of diierent diameter, also automatically adjusting the movement of said reproducer mechanism toenable it to reproduce a record of the newdiameter. .f
113. In a phonograph, record rotating mechanism, means adapted to deliver laterally records of different diameter in the same direction` a record following centering of the same, and
means operative automatically prior to beginning reproduction of the centered records automatically adjusting the initial record engaging position of the lreproducer mechanism to enable the latter to reproducerecords of different diameter.
114. In a phonograph, a magazine, a laterally odset rotating table, a reproducer, andmechanism for delivering records of different diameter from said magazine laterally, through paths of different lengths into centered position on said table and eiecting reproduction of thecentered records, including means engaged `and set in operation by records of differentv diameter in ther passage between-said magazine and table.
115. In a phonograph, a recordI rotating table rotatable onta vertical axis, and mechanism for automatically reproducing records thereon including mechanism adjustable to center thereon records of different diameter, reproducer mechanism adjustable to reproduce centered records of different diameter, and means whereby adjustioY A 116. In a phonograph, a record rotating table, means for rotating said table throughout the operation of the phonograph, and mechanism for.
automatically reproducing standard records on said table including mechanism diierently adjustable to feed-through lateral paths of different length and center on said table while said table is rotating standard records of different diameter, and reproducer mechanism automatically adjustable to reproduce standard centered records of different diameter upon delivery on said table. l
117. In a phonograph, a record rotating table having centering means, means for rotating said table throughout the operation of the phonograph, and mechanism for automatically reproducing standard records on said table including mechanism operative to feed standard records of different diameter bodily laterally over said table and laterally through different distances over said centering means into centered position thereon while said table is rotatingpautomatic, reproducer mechanism adjustable to reproduce standard centered records of different diameter, and means whereby prior to reproduction of a centered record of different diameter the reproducerV mechanism is correspondinglyy adjusted automatically.
118. In a phonograph, a record magazine having records therein one above another, a laterally offset record rotating table, mechanism fori delivering the bottommost record from said magazine into centered position thereon including adjustable centering means adapted to center records of different diameter, and reproducer mechanism automatically adjusted to reproduce a record of the new diameter.
119. In a phonograph, a magazine adapted to hold records one above another and records of different diameter, a laterally offset record rotating table, and record feeding mechanism automatically operative upon records in said magafzine and having centering means movable into different positions laterally relative to the table axis to center records of different diameter on said table.
120. In a phonograph, a magazine adapted io hold records one above another and records of different diameter, a laterally offset record rotating table, record feeding mechanism automatically operative upon the bottommost record and having centering means'movable into different positions laterally relative to the table axis to center records of diiferent diameter on said table, reproducer mechanism, and means whereby said mechanism is automatically adjusted to correspond with the diameter of the record centered.
121. In a phonograph, a magazine adapted to receive records of different diameter, a laterally offset record rotating table, and mechanism for centering on the latter records from said magazine despite variations in diameter including means for effecting record movement bodily laterally above the table and engaging and bringing said record into centered position, and means whereby said means may be adjusted to vary the length of lateral movement of the record axis to cooperate with records of different diameter.
122. In a phonograph, a magazine, a laterally offset record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis,-record delivery mechanism differently adjustable to deliver records of different diame-l ter and having adjustable means engageable with the edge of a record delivered laterally between said magazine and table, and reproducer mechanism automatically adjusted to cooperate with a record of different diameter upon adjustment of said means.
123. In a phonograph, a record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis, a record magazine wherein records are disposable one adjacent another with records of different diameters having their axes at different distances from the table axis when in delivery position in said magazine, mechanism for automatically supplying from said delivery position to said table either large or small records in said magazine having adjust-4 able record supplying means for supplying records of different diameter to said table while the latter rotates, and automatic reproducing means cooperating with records on said table, and automatically adjusted into different starting positions upon adjustment of said record supplying means.
124. In a phonograph, a record rotating table rotatable on a vertical axis, a record magazine Vwherein recordsy are disposable one above another with records of different diameter having their axes at different distances from the table axis, and mechanism comprising adjustable record supplying means acting on the bottommost record in said magazine and reproducer mechanism automatically adjusted thereby whereby irrespective of predetermined variations in diameter of the records in said magazine, the bottommost records therein may be automatically supplied through the requireddistances into centered position on said table and reproduced on said table.
125. In a phonograph, a record rotating table comprising a record supportingdisc rotatable on a fixed vertical axis, a record magazine wherein records are disposable one above another when ready for delivery to said table, mechanism whereby either large or small records in said magazine may be automatically delivered to Asaid table through lateral paths of different length and reproduced on said table, and discharging mechanism independent of said last mentioned mechanism but operative in timed relation thereto forL discharging the reproduced records from said table.
126. In a phonograph, a record table rotatable on a vertical axis, a laterally oiset magazine wherein records are disposable one above another, mechanism acting on the bottommost record in said magazine and delivering the same laterally in centered position on the table, and adjustable control means for adjusting said mechanism to center records of different diameter on the table.
127. In a phonograph, a record table rotatable on a vertical axis, a laterally otfEset magazine adapted to carry records one above another when ready for delivery to said table and records of. different diameter with their axes differently spaced laterally from the axis of said table, and means operative irrespective of the different distances between the record axes and the table axis for supplying records of different diameter from said magazine laterally across the table axis through different distances into centered position on said table and reproducing the same.
128. In a phonograph, a record table rotatable on a vertical axis, a magazine adapted to carry records one above another and records of different diameter with their axes differently spaced laterally from the axis of said table, means operative irrespective of the different distance between the record axes and the table axis for supplying
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