US2237139A - Multiple record phonograph - Google Patents

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c. a. FREE ORG 2.237.139 MULTIPLE RECORD PHONOGR'APH= Filed July 3; "1940 April 1, 1941.

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INVENTOR. Cari G. 71517079 Patented Apr. 1, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,231,139 v A I 7 232 2112112333: 3?

Application July 3, 1940, Serial No. 343,721 ((1274-) The invention relates to improvements inmultiple record phonographs wherein the selected record of a series or group of records will be automatically placed in position over the turntable, played, and then returned to the magazine in readiness for another operation.

The type of machine above described is disclosed in the co-pending application of Carl G.

Freborg and Charles A. Freborg, Serial No. 4

161x10, filed August 26, 1937. Said machine is characterized by horizontal guides, each supporting a record holding carrier and by mechanism for automatically reciprocating the selected carrier to a position over the turntable, which is thereupon elevated iii timed relation with the reciprocating means and then lowered following the completion of the playing of the record. A

cycle in the operation or said mechanism is comis started the selected records will be played without further attention from the operator. Alsothe selection may be made before or during operation of the machine. However, if the selecting mechanism is not set the records will be played in their proper sequence.

A more specific object of the present invention residesin the provision of selecting mechanism which will be automatic in operation, requiring only an initial setting to predetermine the playing of the records desired and which will have particular application to the multiple record phonograph disclosed in the application above identified. I

Another object of the invention is to provide selecting mechanism in the form of a plurality of displaceable levers corresponding to the records to be played and which control amovable selec tor-adjustable to difierent altitudes for selecting a particular record carrier from a. group of record carriers in stacked relation at one end of the machine; e

Another object resides in the provision of selecting mechanism including a movable shaft having spirally disposed pins thereon andselecting levers for controlling the'extent oi movement of the shaft which in turn controls the movement of a selector, and wherein the selecting mechanism will be cleared by bodily movement 1 of the shaft to return to initial positiona particular displaced lever.

With these and various other objects in view,

the invention may consist or certain novel features of construction and operation, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the specification, drawings and claims appended hereto.

In the drawings which illustrate an embodi A ment of the device and wherein like reference characters are used to designate like parts- Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a multiple record phonograph embodying the improvements of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view of the phonograph of Figure 1 showing the selector and re-- ciprocating carriage for the record carriers;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the left end of the device of Figure 2' showing the turntable with associated means for raising, lowering and rotating the same;

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken substantially along line 4-4 of Figure 3,

the parts being located in an inoperative position;

- Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along line 55 of Figure 4 but showing the turntable elevated with a record engaging the sound reproducer ready for playing Figure 6- is a fragmentary perspective view'oi' the cam means for raising and lowering the turntable with the release mechanism for the clutch and trip therefor shown in combination;

Figure 7 is a detail sectional view taken along line 1-1 of Figure 4;

Figure 8 is a' fragmentary horizontal view showing the selector for coupling the desired record carrier to the'reciprocating carriage;

Figure 9 is a horizontal sectional view 1l1us-' trating the improved selector mechanism of the invention;

Figure 10 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along line Iii-l0 '01 Figure 9 and' 1 showing the means by which the reciprocating the resilient member by means of which the se lecting mechanism is actuated by reciprocating movement of the carriage;

Figure 13 is a detail sectional view showing the.

of a universal joint 53, has connection aith the lower end of the standard 36 and therefore it will be understood that movement of the arms 45 and 1 v46 will be transmitted to cause vertical movement lustrating the present invention consists of a base [0 supporting an electric motor H" having the flexible driving shaft l2, a top 13, side walls l4 and 15, the former being located to the front of the device, as shown in Figure 1, and end walls 16 and 11. The top I3 is provided with an opening, Figure 5, to permit access of the sound rcproducer to the record disc I! supported on the V turntable. Along the front edge of the topa sloping section I! is formed integral therewith, as

shown in-Figures 1 and 4, to provide a holder 20 for identifying cards, each card having a number and listing the title of a record. The cylindrical cap 2| houses a ring member to which is applied indicia 22 rendered visible by reason of an opening formed in said cap. The ring carrying the indicia is suitably rotated by the selector to be presently described in detail and best shown in Figure 8. This structure is provided so that the number of the record being visible to the operator.

' The inside surface of each side wall 14 and I5,

played will be at the upper end thereof, Figure 4, is formed to provide a plurality of horizontally disposed 'grooves 23 for receiving the record holding carriers 25 which are thereby mounted for horizontal reciprocating movement from the right hand end a record disc 18 and is also provided with a lug 28, Figure 8, extending through its respective horizontal slot -24 formed in the side wall 15 parallel to and paired with the grooves 23.

i The flexible driving shaft 12 is journalled in supports 33 and 34, Figures 3 and 5, integral with the bracket 35 which is an integral part of the side wall 14. Fixed to the shaft l2 adJacent support 33 is a worm gear 36 having meshing engagement with gear 31, rotatable on the standard 33 which supports the turntable 46. A pin 4| projects from the lower surface of said gear 31. Standard 36 is supported for rotation by means of brackets '42, the lower bracket also supporting gear 31. Said standard has fixedly secured to its lower end a clutch collar 43 having a few turns of wire thereon to provide the projecting pin 44. Bodily movement-vertically is imparted to said standard 33 by arms 45 and 46, the former carrying a roller 41 and being pivotally connected with arm 46 by the link' 43. The arms are pivoted respectively at 66 and 51 and are yieldingly biased in an upward direction by the coil spring 62. The bifurcated end of the arm 46, by means 7 of standard 36 to raise and lower the turntable. The function of the spring 52 is to yieldingly bias the turntable in an upward direction, the leverage ratio of the spring being materially increased by the manner in which the spring is secured to its respective shafts.

The flexible shaft 12 ends a short distance beyond gear 36, to which end is secured a clutch collar 54 having a few turns of wire thereon to provide an elbow projection 55. Joumalled in supports 59 and 56 is a shaft 51 having fixedly secured to the end beyond support 56 the collar 56 from which projects the pin 60 adapted to engage'the elbow connection and thus operatively connect the flexible shaft l2 and shaft 51. Shaft 51 between supports 59 and 58 carries a sleeve 61 to which is nonrotatably secured a worm gear 62 having meshing engagement with a relatively large gear 63 fixed to the operating shaft 64. The sleeve, as clearly shown'in Fig!- ures 3 and -5,-is associated with shaft 51 by a pin and slot connection. Theouter end of shaft 51 is provided with a fixed collar 85. Said end of the shaft has engagement with a. resilient strip of metal 66 which forces said shaft to the right. maintaining the clutch collars in engagement, which thereby operatively connects the flexible drive shaft 12 with shaft 51 to cause rotation of the operating shaft 64. The operating shaft is journalled inthe side walls 14 and 15 of the machine and in addition to gear 63 there is secured to said shaft a cam 61 having spaced relation with respect to the gear and which has contact with roller 41 on arm 45. The cam is provided with a V-shaped slot providing a surface designated by numeral 63. and a second surface angular with respect thereto, designated by numeral 69. Said slot permits upward movement of the linkage and thus upward movement of the turntable to position a record in contact with the reproducer. Downward movement of the linkage and thus the turntable takes place against the tension of spring 52 and is caused by further movement of the cam, bringing the sloping surface 69 into engagement with the roller.

The pawl 16, pivotally secured to the cam at 11 and carrying the screw 12, is resiliently held in proper position by'the coil spring 13. The pawl and associated parts are part of the throw out means for the clutch formed by collars 54 and 56 and which throwout means additionally includes the shaft 14; Figure 6, journalled at one end in wall l5 and at its other end by bracket-35. Shaft 14 carries spaced lugs 15, located on the opposite sides of shaft 51, and adapted to have contact with collar 65. Also fixed to said shaft is a lever 16 provided with a flat upper surface 11 and a depending lip 13. The lever is positioned in alignment with pawl 16 and is en? gaged by the arcuate end of said pawlas the cam rotates, which rotation is counterclockwise.

Thus'the arcuate end of the pawl first seats on the upward end of lever 16 but further rotation of the cam will cause the pawl to pivot with the a i 2,237,139 the flexible driving shaft I2 from shaft 51. R0

tation of the operating shaft and cam 81 is thereby stopped but it will be clear from Figure 5 that when this actuation of the clutch takes place the roller 41 is seated in the vertex of the V opening in the cam and thus the turntable is elevated to its uppermost position, where the same will contact the reproducer. As upward movement of the shaft 88, and thus the turntable, takes place the pin ll, rotated by cam 31, will contact rotation of carries the cross piece 82 for engaging the arm 88 fixed to shaft ll. The weight of the yoke tends to urge the same downwardly onto a support (not shown) so that the yoke will locate the cross piece 82 into contact with the arm 83 .to hold the arm and shaft against rotationin a direction to permit engagement of the clutch The invention provides improved means for selecting a number of records in advance, which will automatically and in the sequence determined by the setting of the selecting mechanism, couple the proper record carrier to the carriage, which will thereupon be reciprocated as described and returned to initial position following the playing of therecord. To the rear of the frame, Figure 2, supported by bracket I85, isfa selector rod I06, suitably journalled by said bracket and at its upper end by the stop I8 of the frame and having connection with the ring membercarrying indicia 22, as shown in Figure 1; The selector rod I86 is driven from shaft I01, Figure 9, by means of the meshing bevel gears I08 and I09, respectively.

' The selector shaft is provided with a'plurality of vertically spaced selector fingers I I8, Figure 8, of equal length but displaced angularly on the selector rod and having mounted in their outer end a roller I II. The spoke-formation of the fingers conforms to a star-shaped wheel II2 fixed to the rollers. As'spring 6G urges the shaft 81 in that direction it is only necessary to trip yoke 88 to release shaft II and for this purpose yoke 88 is extended forwardly by part 88, having a bent downwardly directed end 85.

The tone arm 88 01? the sound reproducer 81 has pivotal securement at 88 to the vertical rod 88. Horizontal swinging movement of the sound reproducer, which takes place during the playing of the record, is permitted by rotation of rod 88, journalled in the top wall I2 of the frame and supported at its lower end by bracket 8|. The tone arm has fixed thereto a trip arm 82 which projects through the side wall I! to the interior of the frame and is provided with a portion 83 bent at right angles therefrom. From said portion, Figure 7, projects an end part 88 for camming the yoke 88 through engagement with the screw 95 threaded in part 85 of said yoke. Up ward movement of the yoke 88 will release arm 82 and allow shaft II to rotate in a direction to efl'ect connection of the clutch comprising collars 54 and 58, whereupon rotation of the operating shaft 64 will take place to .lower the turntable.

For positively returning the tone arm to its initial position after playing of a record has been completed the rod 88 is provided with a projecting pin 98 which normally engages cam 81, fixedto the operating shaft 64 on the outside immediately adjacent wall IS. The cam-is provided with the necessary contour to allow the tone arm to have swinging movement during the playing of the record but which will cam the pin 88. while the turntable is being lowered to'rotate rod 88 and thus locate the reproducer in its initial position.

The feeding means for the record carriers consists of a reciprocating carriage 88, Figure 2, having fixed to its inner surface a guide block 88 which mounts the carriage for reciprocating movement on the guide rod I88. Dependingfrom the end of the carriage is a lug III having a pin connecting with the link I82. Pivotally secured to the other end of linli "2 at I82 and in a manher to provide a lost motion connection is the crank arm I88 fixed to the projecting end of the operating shaft 68. As the shaft rotates the carriage 98 is caused to reciprocate from its position shown in full lines in Figure 2, to a right hand position adjacent a selector, in which position a record carrier will be coupled to the carriage over the selector rod andhaving depressions therein eor-v responding to the number of fingers on the selector rod. Pivoted to bracket H3 is a lever IIl carrying a roller II! adapted to seat within the particular depression in the star-shaped wheel II2 aligned therewith. The end of lever IIl'carries another roller 8 which is cammed by the reciprocating carriage 98, forcing the roller I I5 to seat withina depression in the star-shaped wheel. In .this manner the selector rod is locked in the position desired and the rod is held looked as l mally direct the end of each pawl inwardly toward the frame I5 of the machine. with they long as the carriage remains in its right hand end position. Each position of the selector corresponds to a particular record carrier, which carriers are in stacked relation at this end of the machine, and accordingly, the selector locates a selector finger at a different altitude for the varigagement with a pawl I20 pivoted at I2I and which forms part ofthe selecting means carried by the reciprocating carriage 98. Said pawls are provided with a; flat outer surface which contacts the resilient strips III and which tends to norpawls directed in this manner they would have a tendency to engage with the lugs 28 formed on the record carriers, it being understood that the pawls are located vertically of the reciprocating carriage in spaced relation so that a pawl is aligned with a particular lug 28. It is therefore necessary to resiliently force said pawls in a direction outwardly so that they will not contact a lug 28 when the reciprocating carriage is located in its right hand position. This is the function of the resilient members I22 fixedly secured at I23 to the frame of the machine and yieldingly engaging at their other ends the free end of their respective pawls I28. The action of the selecting fingers III counteracts that of the resilient members I22. The particular resilient strip II8 engaged by a finger III' is forced inwardly, changing its outwardly bowed shape and rotating its respective pawl I28 so that said pawl .is located behind a lug 28 projecting from the record carrier aligned therewith and accordingly when said reciprocating carriage is moved in a direction toward the left, this carrier will be connected therewith and will be likewise reciprocated. The reciprocating carriage provides a suitable abutment forengaging the other side of'the lugs 28 and which thus functions to return the record carriers to their initial position upon movement of said reciprocating carriage to the right.

Selection of the desired record is effected by the selecting levers I 25, Figure 11, which are pivotaliy secured at their inner ends by pivot rod I 26 journalled in the rectangular frame I21. Said frame is suitably secured to and supported by the front wall I4 of the machine and in order to hold the selecting levers I in either of their up or down positions the frame has suitably secured to the undersurface of its front wall a flange member I28 which carries spring clips I28 adapted to contact a pin I 310 secured to -its respective selecting le'ver. The shape of each clip I28 is designed so that the selecting lever will be held in an up position, that is, an inoperative position, or a down position, where said lever will be operative to cause selection of the particular record carrier corresponding thereto. The size of the machine is determined by the number of record carriers which determines the number of fingers 0- on the selectorrod and the number of selecting levers I25.

Located below the selecting levers and supported from frame I21 is a movable frame consisting of spaced members I3I fixed at one end to the pivot shaft I32 which supports said spaced frame members from frame I21. Said movable frame journals at the other end of members I3I a shaft I33. As shown in Figure 9, the pivot shaft I32 extends toward the operating shaft 84 and has fixedly secured to said end a depending arm I34 having a bulbous cam portion Ii35. The operating shaft carries a camlever I38, the end of which is adapted to contact the bulbous portion I35of the depending arm I34 to rock the pivot shaft I 32, thereby producing bodily movement of shaft I33, which movement takes place'in a vertical plane. Projecting from said shaft I33 are a plurality of pins I31, said pins being disposed so that a pin is in alignment with a'selecting lever I25, and being,

angularly displaced so that for any setting of the shaft I33 only one pin is located in alignment with its selecting lever. Each selecting lever is provided with a depending lip I38 and with a' shoulder portion I38 adjacent thereto which are adapted to have association with the pin I31 in alignment therewith.

The shaft I33 has connection by means of the flexible joint I40 with shaft I4I journalled in bracket I42, Figure 1, and carrying worm gear I43. The flexible joint permitsbodily movement of the shaft I 33, which occurs once for each rotation of the operating shaft 34, and at the same time insures that said shaft will have rotation along with shaft I4I. Meshing with gear I43 is a gear I44 fixed to shaft I01 which, as previously described, operatively connects with the selector rod I05. The driving gear I45, Figure 13, is free to rotate on shaft I01. Formed integral with said gear is a ratchet I 43 but fixed to shaft I81 is adisc carrying a pawl I41 and which has contact with the teeth of said ratchet. The driving gear has meshing engagement with a rack I43 supported for reciprocating movement rack.

As a result of the pawland ratchet connection between the driving gear I45 and shaft "1, the

of shaft I01 takes place, the gear I45 merely revolving on the shaft, since the pawl I41 when the gear is rotated in this direction, merely slips over the teeth of the ratchet I41- Fixed to rack I48, as best shown in Figure 12,

are a pair of resilient members I5I, having secured to the inner surface of their outer end a flange I52 providing a roller contacting surface. Since one of the members I5I is secured to the top side of rack I43 and the other member is secured to the bottom side, a space isprovided between the inwardly directed flanges I52 which progressively decreases in width from each end toward the center. The carriage 88 carries a roller I53 aligned with the flanges- I52 and which is adapted to pass through the space between said flanges. However, the resistance provided by the resilient members I5I to the passage therethrough of the rollers I53 is suflicient to cause movement of said rack I48 to the full extent permitted by stops I50. When the maximum movement of rack I48 in a direction toward the right, Figure 2, occurs, the selector rod I06 will be rotated thirteen-twelfths revolutions. It will be observed that the selector rod is provided with. twelve fingers H0 and therefore one-twelfth of a revolution of said selector rod will locate a different finger into contact with a different resilient strip II8. Each finger will couple with the reciprocating carriage its respective record carrier. In the event none of the selecting levers I25 has been depressed, it will be understood that rack I48 will reciprocate its full distance between stops I50as a result of the homeward movement of carriage 88, and therefore the selector rod will rotate thirteen-twelfths revolutions and each time will accordingly select a difierent record, which selection will take place in sequence.

The setting of any of the levers I25 functions to destroy the natural sequence in which the records will be played and instead the records are P yed according to which of the levers I25 are depressed. The shaft "1' rotates shaft I33 in addition to rotating the selector rod I08 as described. The shaft I33 is also rotated thirteentwelfths revolutionsas a result of maximum reciprocation of rack I43. When a lever I25 is depressed its respective lip I33 is projected into the path of a pin I31 and accordingly rotation of shaft I33 and the selector rod I 33 will be limited, depending on the particular lever depressed. A definite relationship of course exists between pins I31 and the selector fingers III and a particular record carrier will be selected corresponding to the depressed lever I25. In other words, each effective position ofthe selector rod corresponds to one of the projections I31 on the shaft I33 and when a lever is displaced the shaft is arrested and said selector rod is also arrested in corresponding position.

In figures 14, 15 and 16 a'modified arrangement of structure is shown by which the main Operating shaft is caused to actuate the selecting mechanism. The rack !43 is replaced in this modified arrangement with the connecting rod accordingly held to the frame peated for each cycle of the machine, each de- I56 having a slot I56 at one end and which is of the phonograph by the pin I61 which permits reciprocating pressed selecting lever being returned after it has movement of said rod within the limits of the has meshing engagement with pinion I6I on shaft;l61 and which is free to rotate on said shaft to the extent permitted by the friction clutch I62. The connecting rod I66 is oscilaccomplished its selecting function. lecting mechanism has been entirely clearedand the machine is again operated, the records will be played in order, unless the operator in advance or during playing of a record registers his selection by depressing the selecting levers I25.

.The present machine maybe operated through coin controlled mechanism such as disclosed in the copending application of Carl G. Freborg and lated by a selector operating cam I66 fixed'to the main operating shaft 66. Said cam is in engagement with a feed roller I66 carried by a depending member I65 and which is suitably secured at its upper end to the connecting rod I66. Thecoil spring I66 maintains the connecting rod in a position toward the left, Figure 14, whereupon the connecting rod is moved against thetension of said spring in a direction toward the right to oscillate the segment gear I56 when the feed roller I66 isactuated by the selector operating cam I66.

As previously explained, oscillating movement of the segment gear I56 will rotate the pinion I6I but byreason of the pawl I61 rotation is imparted 'to shaft I01 only during the period of movement of the carriage 68 in a direction toward .the right, Figure 14. In this respect the modified arrangement is similarto the rack and pinion previously described and shown in Figures 9 and,13. The pawl I61 which has contact with the teethof pinion I6I is carried by the disc I66 which has connection with shaft I61 through the friction clutch I62 and the collar I16 fixedly secured to said shaft. Accordingly, when the segment gear oscillates in one direction the pinion is rotated Charles A. Freborg previously identified. When the coin is dropped into the machine the circuit to the motor I I is closed andsaid motor through the flexible drive shaft I2 and intermediate connecting means will cause rotation of the operating shaft 66. Said shaft controlsthe reciprocating'movementof the carriage 66 and also the raising and lowering of the turntable 66. Assuming that the carriage 66 wasin its position of rest, as shown in Figure 2, when the coin was dropped into the machine, rotation of shaft 66 will cause movement of the carriage toward the'right and actuation of the selector to couple aparticular record carrier to said carriage. Movement of the carriage then takes place toward the left until the record carrier is located over the turntable, whereupon the cam 61, by reason of the V-shaped slot therein will allow upward movement of the turntable to locate the record into contact with the sound reproducer 81. Rotation of the operating shaft 66 is now discontinued as the clutch is automatically thrown out and held in disconnected relation by the yoke 66. When the sound reproducer 61 reaches the center of the record and the playing of the same is completed the trip arm 62 will have been rotated sufliciently to reand if the direction of rotation is against the pawl I61 movement is correspondingly imparted through the friction clutch I62 to the shaft I61. The return oscillating movement of segment gear I66 will rotate the pinion in a reverse direction and in this case the pawl will slip over the teeth on said pinion and no movement will be imparted to shaft I61.

The friction clutch is provided for the reason that the segment gear will'have full movement upon each actuation thereof, whereas. shaft I61.

will have partial movement in most instances, due

to the fact that a projecting pin I61 will be brought into contact with a displaced lever I26.

Even though movement of shaft I61 and movement of the selector rod I66 is accordingly arrested, the segment gear and connecting rod will be permitted to move the full distance to which these parts are actuated by the selector operating cam I66.

After the depressed lever has accomplished its selecting function which may be before or following the playing of the selected record, it is necessary to clear the selecting mechanism insofar as that one lever is concerned so that upon return movement of the carriage 66 movement of rack I66 will rotate the selector rod to select the next record. Therefore rotation of shaft 66 to lower the turntable is utilized to bring the cam lever I66 into contact with the bulbous portion I66 on arm I66 to produce rocking of shaft I66. The pin I61 in contact with the depending lip I66 of the depressed lever and in alignment with the -shoulder portion I36 will be moved in an upward dilease yoke 66 and allow connection of the clutch members to again rotate the operating shaft 66. The turntable is thus lowered, whereupon the operation ceases and the record carrier and carriage remain in their position of rest as in Figure 2.

v When again actuated movement of the carriage is in that direction to produce movement of the rack I66 and rotation of the selector rod I66 and shaft I66 of the selecting mechanism. In the event the selecting mechanism has not been set the rack will have maximum movement and the records willbe selected in rotation. However, setting of the selecting mechanism by depressing any one of the levers I26 will function to limit rotation of the selector rod and the record selected fingers I I6 through contact with rection by the rocking of shaft I66 to thus return the depressed lever to its inoperative, or up position. The operations above described will be re- I66 having the pins I61 projecting radially there from performs a dual function. First of all, rotation of this shaft is limited by the particular lever depressed which will determine the extent of rotation of the selector rod so that the record corresponding thereto is selected by one of the its resilient strip II6. Secondly, shaft I66 has bodily movement in a vertical plane which occurs immediately. before the record to be played i-, picked up by the turntable in orderto clear the selecting mechanism insofar as the selecting lever is concerned corresponding tothe record being played. By forcing said lever into its up position the return motion of the carriage 66 will revolve the shaft I33 until rotation thereof is limited, this time by contact of a pin I61 with the next depressed lever, whereupon the record carrier corresponding thereto will be subsequently coupled to the carriage.

The present selecting mechanism makes it possible to select one or a plurality of records in ad-' If the se- Vanceor said selection may be made during the playing'of a record. The mechanism is extremely simple in construction, embodying relatively few parts, and thereforedoes not readily get out of orderl Also the mechanism has particular application to the type of phonograph disclosed wherein the record carriers are reciprocated from their position of rest to a position over the turntable and lowered, since the reciprocating movement of the carriage is utilized to rotate the selector rod, the extent of rotation of which is governed by the selecting levers. I

This application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application, Serial No. 161,906, filed September 1, 1937 and entitled Multiple record phonograph.

The invention is not to be limited to or by details of construction of the particular embodiment thereof illustrated by the drawings, as various forms of the device will of course be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In an automatic phonograph, in combination, means for supporting a plurality of records to be played, means for moving any single record into playing position, a movable member having a plurality of positions corresponding to said records and-contnolling in each position said last named means to cause it to move the corresponding record, means for moving said member through a plurality of its positions, a shaft member connected for simultaneous movement with said movable member, poolections on said she-fit member corresponding to said records located in relative angular relation and in longitudinally spaced relation, a manually displaceable selecting member corresponding to each projection and adapted to cooperate with its respective projection on said shaft member, said selecting members when displaced being adapted to engage their corresponding projections and to locate the shaft and the movabl member in corresponding position, and means for thereafter moving said shaft member to control the return of the engaging displaced member to initial position 2. In an automatic phonograph, in combination, means forsupponting in stacked relation a plurality of records to be played, means for moving any of said records into playing position, a movable member having a plurality of positions effective at different altituda corresponding to said records and controlling in each position said last mentioned means to cause it to move the corresponding record, means for moving said member through a plurality of its positions, a shai't member having projections corresponding to said records located in spaced relation and in relative angular relation, means operatively connecting said movable member and shaft member whereby each effective position of the movable member corresponds to an effective position of one of the projections on the shaft member, a. plurality of manually displaceable see lecting members g to said projectively connected with the selector means and tions and adapted, when displaced, to arrest the shaftbylocaztingastopmthepwthofitspar ticular projection, said movable member being also arrested in a corresponding position which renders said movable member effective at a deflnite altitude, and means effective after said arrestment for moving said shaft member and thereby controlling the return of the arrcstin displaced member to initial position.

3. In an automatic phonograph, the combina tion with a plmnli-ty of movable record holding carriers, of transfer means having coupling membars for coupling the carriers thereto andopcrating to move a coupled carrier to and from a phying position, movable selector means for selectively actuating the coupling members one at a time to couple the respective carriers to said transfer means, a reciprocable member havin movement with the transfer means and operative during return movement only of each record car-v rier to move the selector, a shaft member operahaving angulariy spaced stop pins longitudinally thereof, and a plurality of movable selecting levers aligned with said stop pins respectively and having operative and inoperative position with respect thereto, said movable levers being disposed in a plane substantially parallel with the axis of the shaft member and each lever when operatively positioned 'locating an abut-' ment in the path of its stop pin to limit rotation of said shaft member and thus movement -of said selector means, whereby the selector means controls the playing of the records according to the selections as indicated by the operatively positioned levers.

4. In an automatic phonograph, the combination with a plurality of movaabie record holding carriers, a carriage having coupling members for coupling the carriers thereto and operating to move a coupled carrier to and from a playing position, rotatable selector means for selectively actuating .the coupling membersone at a time to couple the respective carriers to said carriage, an operating shaft for said carnlage, means actuated by the shaft for rotating said selector means during returnmovement only of each record carrier, a shaft member operatively connected with the selector means, stop pins spirally disposed about the axis of said shaft member, and a plurality of pivotal selecting levers aligned with the stop pins respectively and having an operative and inoperative position with 'respect ing of each. individual record including a movable selector member having a plurality of positions, each position corresponding to a certain record to be played, means for moving said selector member through said plurality of positions, a shaft member having projections corresponding to said records located in spaced relation and in relative angular relation, a plurality of-indi-v viduai displaceable selecting members in associated relation with the projections respectively -and adapted when displaced to locate the se-.

- lector member in a corresponding one of its positions, and means for moving said shaft memrespect thereto, each lever when operatively positioned locating an abutmentin the path of its stop pin to limit rotation of said shaft member and thus movement of said selector member, whereby the selector member will cause the records to be played according to the selections as indicated by the operatively positioned levers,

supporting means for the shaft member permitting limited bodily movement thereof, and cam means for effecting bodily movement of said shaft member to return the operatively posito its initial position.

7. In an automatic phonograph, the combination with a rotatable selector for selectively 'coupling record carriers to transfer means for movement to and from a playing position, of mechanism for predetermining the playing of a. plurality of records including a shaft member operatively connected with said selector, spirally disposed stop pins on said shaft member, and a plurality of selecting levers aligned with the stop pins respectively and having an operative and inoperative position with respect thereto, each lever indicating a selection when operatively positioned and locatingan abutment in the path of its stop pin, a reciprocable member for retating the selector and thus the shaft member,

'means connecting said reciprocable member therewith including pawl and ratchet mecha nism operating to impart rotationduring movement of the reciprocable member in one direction only, and a-friction coupling permitting the reciprocable member to moveits full distance in said direction evenafter the selector is stopped by reason of a stop pin on the shaft member engaging an operatively positioned lev'er.

8. In an automatic phonograph, the combination with a plurality of movable record holding carriers, .of a carriage having coupling members for coupling the carriers thereto and operating to move a'coupled carrier to and from a playing position, an operating shaft for the carriage, a rotatable selector for selectively actuating the coupling members one at a time to couple the rmpective carriers to said carriage, mechanism for predetermining the playing of a plurality of records including a shaft member operatively.

' connected with the selector, spirally disposed stop pins on the shaft member, and a plurality tioned lever corresponding to the record selected lever.

of horizontally disposed selecting levers aligned with the stop pins respectively and having an Operative and inoperative position with respect thereto, each lever'indicating aselection when operatively positioned and locating an abutment in the path of its stop pin, a reciprocable member actuated by said operating shaft and connecting with the selector for rotating the selector and thus the shaft member, and a friction coupling in the connections from the reciprocable member to the selector for permitting the member to move its full extent even after the selector is stopped by reason of a stop pin on the shaft member engaging an operatively positioned 9. In an. automatic phonograph, in combination, means for supporting a plurality of records to be played, means effective to control the playing of each individual record including a movable selector having a plurality of positions, each position corresponding to a certain record to be played, a shaft member operatively connected with the movable selector and-having rotation with the movement of said selector, a plurality of angularly spaced stop pins ,on the shaft membar in longitudinally spaced relation, and selecting levers aligned with the stop pins respectively and having an operative and inoperative position with respect thereto, each lever indicating a selection when operatively positioned and locating an abutment in the path of its stop pin to limit rotation of the shaft member and which determines the extent of movement of the selector, and drive means for moving said selector through said plurality of positions during a portion of each cycle'in the operations of the phonograph, said drive means including a friction cou-' pling permitting the drive means to continue in tion'and in relative angular relation, a plurality of manually displaceable members adapted to be moved manually into cooperative relation with an individual projection to effect the arrestment of the shaft in a corresponding position, means operatively connecting said shaft to said selectormeans whereby the corresponding record is selected by said arrestment, and means for moving said shaft after its arrestment to'eifect return of the arresting displaceable member to initial position.

a CARL G. FREBORG.

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