US1391455A - Talking-machine - Google Patents

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LF. BROMMER.

TALKING MACHINE. A'PPucAnqu FILED nu-n24, 1920."

1,391,455. PatentedSept. 20, 1921.

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UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FREDERICK BROMMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TALKING-MACHINE.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN FREDERICK BROMMER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Queens, in the city and State of New York, have 1nvented a new and useful Improvement in Talking-l\'lachines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is directed to improvements in talking machines which are adapted to play disk records, novel means being employed for automatically feeding successive records laterally by gravity onto the turn table and for automatically discharging the played records laterally by gravity from the turn table.

My invention more particularly includes a novel turn table which is arranged to be brought automatically into and out of operative connection with its driving mechanism at predetermined intervals, said turn table comprising a lower member and an upper member hinged at one side thereto, the free side of which upper member may be raised for discharging a played record and for receiving the next succeeding record; an upright rotary screw being utilized for bringing the successive new records into position to be fed onto the upper tilting member of the turn table at the required times.

My invention also includes novel means for automatically controlling the raising of the sound box and needle, the return movement of the tone arm, sound box and needle, and the lowering of the sound box to bring the needle into playing position.

My invention also includes manually controlled means for causing the repeated playing of any particular record when so desired.

My invention further comprises certain novel features of construction and combinations of elements which will be hereinafter fully set forth. I

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved talking machine, the turn table and a portion of the delivery means being removed.

Fig. 2 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the line II-II of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, the

turn table being represented in its normal Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 383,711.

horizontal position, with a disk record thereon.

Fig. 3 represents a detail plan view on an enlarged scale, of the turn table driving mechanism and the parts adjacent thereto, lobe turn table being shown in dotted out- Fig. 4 represents a vertical section takenin the plane of the line IV-IV of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig, 5 represents a similar view of certain of the parts in another position.

Fig. 6 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the line VI-VI of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows, the turn table being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 7 represents a Similar view of certain of the parts in another position.

Fig. 8 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the line VIIIVIII of Fig. 7, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 represents a detail elevation of the record elevating and feeding means and the turn table member tilting mechanism.

Fig. 10 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the line X-X of Fig. 9, looking in the direction of the arrows, showing a portion of several records in position on the elevating and feeding screw, a piece of the chute and turn table member adjacent thereto.

Fig. 11 represents a view similar to Fig. 9 with the parts in another position.

Fig. 12 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the line XII-XII of Fig. 11, looking in th direction of the arrows, showing the parts in another position from that shown in Fig. 10.

Fig. 13 represents an inverted plan View of the turn table. I

Fig. 14: represents a detail elevation, partly in section on the same scale 'as that shown in Figs. 3 to 12 inclusive, of the record and table operating mechanism.

Fig. 15 represents a continuation of Fig. 13, showing the parts to the left of line XV-XV of Fig. 14 and more particularly the record discharge means, the position of the record being shown in dotted outline in its transit, and 1 Fig. 16 represents an same.

The talking machine casing is denoted by 1, the fixed lower'tone arm by 2, the upper horizontally swinging tone arm by 3, the

end elevation of the ously driven from the continuously rotating spring motor shaft 10 through the worm gear connection 13 and 14. This turn table driving shaft is suitably mounted in the bracket 14*. depending from the bars 15 extending from front to rear across the top of the casing (see Figs. 4 and 5).

The record carrying turn table comprises a lower member 16 and an upper member 17. This lower member 16 is provided with a hub 18 between which and the reduced upper end 19 of the shaft 12 there is interposed an anti-friction bearing, such for instance. as upper and lower ball bearings 20 and 21. A cap nut 22 is screwed onto the upper end of the turn table driving shaft, which cap nut serves as a centering pin for the disk record when it is in position on the upper member 17 of the turn table. This upper member 17 is hinged at one side at 23 to the lower member 16 of the turn table, whereby the upper member may be swung vertically to different angular positions with respect to the horizontally disposed lower memb r 16. Adj acentto the hinged connec tion 2 between the upper and lower members of the turn table, the lower member is provided with a series of cushioned record positioning stops 24, which stops project a short distance above the top of the upper member 17 when the upper member is in its horizontal position. The upper member 17 is provided on its top face with lugs 24* which coact with the cushioned stops 24 to properly position the record on the upper member (see Figs. 4, 13 and 14).

A flat spring 25 which spans the hinge 23, serves to yieldin ly hold the upper and lower members o'f he turn table together (see Fig. 14).

The magazine for holding the records to be played comprises the inclined bottom'26 and the sides 27. A screw 28 of helix form at the upper end of an upright intermittently rotated shaft 29. is located in position to receive and retain the lower edges of a series of disk records when located in the feeding magazine 26, 27. The top of this screw is arranged in position to release the topmost record at the desired time to permit it to slide laterally by gravity along the bottom 30 of a chute having uprising side Walls 31 which form continuations of the sides 27 of the magazine. This chute is arranged in position to feed the records one by one onto the tilted upper member 17 of the turn table after the turn table has discharged a previously played record, as will hereinafter more fully appear (see Fig. 14).

The played records are'discharged laterally by gravity from the tilted upper mem- I ber 17 o the turn table at the proper intervals into a chute, the side bars 32 of which are provided with tracks 33 for a distance sufficient to ermit the records to clear the casing 1, be ore they are deposited onto a suitable support, formed by parallel bars 34 which terminate at-a crossbar 35, which serves as a stop for the records as they drop from the chute 32, 33 (see Figs. 15 and 16).

The mechanism for intermittently connecting and disconnecting the turn table with its driving shaft is constructed, arranged and operated as follows:

The turn table driving shaft has fixed thereto an arm 36 to which is pivoted a radially disposed locking dog 37. A spring 38 carried by the arm 36 serves to yieldingly hold the dog 37 in either its raised or lowered position. raised position it will be located in position to travel past a spring 39 into engagement with a spring pressed stop 40, which spring and stop are carried on the bottom of the lower member 16 of the turn table. The stop 40 has a limited movement between the pins 41, .42, a spring 43 serving to yieldingly hold the stop against the pin 41. The dog 37 when in its raised position will snap over the free end of the spring 39 and occupy a position. between it and the stop 40,-the spring 39 coacting with the stop 40 to hold the dog 37 aga nst movement relative to the lower member 6 of the turn table when interlocked therewith (see Figs. 3, 4, o and 13).

This dog 37 is provided with a double beveled nose 44 which is controlled by the two arms 45, 46 of a forked cam operated lever 47 pivoted at 48 to one of the bars 15. This lever has a projection which rests upon a cam 49 fixed to an intermittently rotating horizontally arranged shaft 50. This shaft 50 is provided with a star wheel 51, the teeth of which are located in the path of two diametrically opposed studs 52, 52, on the face of the gear 14, which is fixed When this dog is in its on the spring motor shaft 10, so that the thus disconnect it from the lower member 13 of the table by moving the dog out of its driving engagement with the stop 40. This.

. as the turn table rotates will snap past the upper end of the forked lever as the lever comes into engagement with the stop 55 (see Figs. 13 and 14).

It will be understood that the forked lever will not interfere with the rotation of the arm 36 when the lever is in either its raised or lowered positions, the dog 37 always passing between the arms 45, 46 of the forked lever.

A ,hori zontally disposed sectional main shaft 57, 58 is mounted in alinement with and as an extension of the spring motor shaft 10. The section 57 of this main shaft has reduced ends 59 and 60 respectively mounted in the end of the shaft 10 and in the main shaft section 58. A double cam 61 for controlling the movement of the up per tone arm and needle is fixed to the main shaft section 57. Opposite sleeve extensions 62, toothed ends arranged to be engaged and disengaged by the movable members 64, 65 of two clutches, the movable member 64 being slidably keyed to the spring motor shaft 10 and the movable clutch member 65 being slidably keyed to the main shaft section 58. The movement of the clutch member 64 is controlled by a shift lever 66, pivoted at 67, the upper arm of which lever rides upon the face of a cam disk 68 fast on the intermittently rotating shaft 50. This cam 68 is provided with a projection 69 arranged once every revolution of the shaft 50 to engage the upper arm of the lever 66 and rock it to slide the toothed end of the clutch member 64 into engagement with the toothed end of the clutch member 62, against the tension of the spring 70 (see Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 12).

The movable clutch member 65 is under the control of a lever 71 pivoted at 72 to a bracket 73, projecting from a suitable support 74. A flexible cord 75 leads fro-m the upper arm of this lever 71 around a pulley 76 carried by the bracket 73 (see Fig. 6). From thence the cord 75 leads over pulleys 77, 78 on the side walls of the casing 1 to one arm 79 of a bell crank lever pivoted at 80, the other arm 81 of which lever is arranged tobe engaged with and disengaged from a hook 82 (see Fig. 1). A spring 83 leads from the support 74 to the upper arm of the lever 71, tending to hold the toothed end of the movable clutch member 65, in engagement with the toothed end of the clutch member 63 (see Fig. 12). This lever 71 is a repeat control lever and its operation 63 of the cam 61 are provided with.

slide 97,

will be described in connection with the descri tion of the operation of the machine.

T e main shaft section 58 is provided with a sprocket wheel 84 which is connected by a. sprocket chain 85 with the sprocket wheel 86 of a stud shaft 87 mounted in the side walls of .the casing. This stud shaft 87 is provided with a beveled gear 88 which meshes with a beveled gear 89 carried by the upright shaft 29. The top of the helical screw 28 is located substantially at the bottom of the chute 30, 31, which leads from the magazine 27, 28, so that each revolution of the screw serves to raise the topmost disk record in position to slide by gravity intothe chute, over the top of said screw (see Figs. 2 and 12).

This main shaft section 58 also controls the tilting movement of the upper memberv of the turn table as well as the feeding of the records from the chute. The main shaft member 58 is provided with two oppositely directed arms 90, 91, the free ends of which are provided with studs or rollers 92, 93, arranged successively to travel along the oppositely inclined surfaces 94, 95 of a cam arm 96 carried by a vertically movable slide 97. This slide 97 is guided in its vertical movements between upper and lower pairs of rollers 98, 99, earned by suitable upper and lower pairs of brackets 100, 101, fixed to the side Walls of the casing 1. This slide 97 is provided with a. weight 102 for insuring its dropping by gravity. This slide 97 is furthermore provided with a stud or roller 103 which is arranged to engage the under face of the upper member 17 of the turn table at its side opposite to its hinged connection with the lower member 16, so that as the slide 97 is raised and lowered, the upper member 17 of the turn table will be corre-,

spondingly raised and lowered to different angular positions (see Figs. 9, 10, 11 and 12).

This slide 97 is also provided with a verticall'y arranged bar 104 against which the lower edge of the disk record which has been released from the helical screw 28 rests for a portion of the vertical movement of the the bar 104 therefore serving as a stop to control the releasing of the record to be fed in onto the turn table at the proper time as will hereinafter appean (see Figs. 11 and 12).

The mechanism for controlling the lifting of the needle from the record after the record has been played, the return of the tone arm to its in1t1al position, thelowering uprising from the casing 1 in position to limit the outward swinging movement of the tone arm 3. A flexible cord 107 leads from the sound box 4 over a pulley 108 on the free end of the tone arm. From thence this cord leads over a pulley 109 carried by a bracket 110 uprising from the lower tone arm. From thence the flexible cord leads to the free end of one arm 111 of a bell crank lever, pivoted at 112 to the lower tone arm (see Figs. 1 and 2). The other arm 113 of this lever is connected to the outer end of a longitudinally movable rod 114, the inner end of which rod is provided with a stud or roller 115, which travels along the face of the double cam 61 heretofore described. A vertically movable latch lever is pivoted adjacent to the cam controlled rod 114, one arm 116 of which lever is provided with an inner recess 117, a hook 118 and an outer recess 119 along its upper edge arranged to coact with the lug 120 projecting from the side of the rod 114 as will be hereinafter explained. The other arm 121 of this lever is provided with a stud 122 which is moved into the path of the diametrically opposed pins 123, 124 projecting from the movable clutch member 64, when the lever is rocked inwardly a short distance by the resting of the lug 120 on the upper edge of the rod 114 between the recess 117 and hook 118. It will be understood that the recesses 117 and 119 permit the latch lever to swing outwardly sufficiently to move the stud 122 out of the path of the pins 123, 124, when the rod 114 is moved to bring its lateral lug 120 opposite said recesses (see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). A spring 125'tends to yieldingly hold the latch lever 116, 121, at the limit of its outward swinging movement, this movement being stopped by providing the free end of the arm 116 with a stud or roller 126, which will engage the bottom edge of the cam controlled rod 114 (see Figs. 4 and .5).

The pulley 109 over which the needle controlling cord 105 passes is offset from the center line of the swinging tone arm so that the strain on the cord tends to swing the tone arm back to its engagement with the stop 105 when the needle is released from the record (see Figs. 1 and The weight of the sound box 4 exertssufficient tension on the cord 107 to hold the stud or. roller 115 at the inner end of the rod 114 against the face of the double cam 61 (see Figs. 3 and 5).

The means for automatically Stopping the machine after the last record has been fed from the magazine onto the turn table, is constructed'and arranged as follows:

The'starting lever 127 is pivoted at 128 on the bar 15. A spring 129 engages the arm 130 of the starting lever for yieldingly holding the lever at the limit of its movement in either direction. Stops 131, 132 are arranged in position to limit this swinging movement of the lever. This lever is prolever pivoted at 141 to the bottom of the reservoir near its upper end. This last named lever is provided with an arm 142. A spring 143 extending between the bottom of the magazine and the arm 138 serves to yieldingly hold the end of the arm 142 projected upwardly beyond the bottom of the magazine and the starting lever in position to bring its lug 133 in the path of the lug 134 on the upper turn table member. This arm 142 is depressed by the weight of the records in the magazine thus holding the starting lever 127 swung into position to bring the lug 133 out of the path of the lug 134 to permit the rotary movement of the turn table (see Figs. 1 and 2).

I will now proceed to describe the cycle of operations of the machine:

In the embodiment herein shown and described, the star wheel 51 is shown as being provided with nineteen teeth, and it is moved one tooth every one-half revolution of the spring motor shaft gear 14 by its engagement with the diametrically opposed studs 52 (see Fig. 4). To provide for the longest records, nine full revolutions or eighteen half revolutions of the said gear 14 are required, during Wh1Ch lthe star wheel will be turned eighteen teeth. When the nineteenth tooth is turned, all of the ajitomatic movements are thrown into operation simultaneously and they .all take place within the duration of the nineteenth half revolutions of the gear 14.

The projection 69 on the cam 68 will be caused to engage the upper arm of the lever 66 to swing it against the tension of the spring 70 to throw the clutchmember 64 into engagement with the clutch member 62 of the main shaft section 57 (see Fig. 7). The main shaft is thus brought into driving connection with the continuously rotating spring motor shaft 10 and rotated therewith.

At the same time the projection 54 on the cam 49 engages and raises the forked lever 47, thus throwing the arm 46 of the said lever into osition to engage the nose 44 of the. dog 37 to swing the dog into 'its depressed position and thereby disengage it from its drivin connection with the stop 40 on the under ace of the lower turn table member 16. The forked lever 47 is now in position to engage the stop 55 on the under face of the lower turn table member to hold the same stationary (see Figs. 8 and 13). It will be noted that both of the cams 68 and 49 stop in these positions until the next movement of the star wheel;

As the sectional main shaft 57, 58 is revolved by the spring motor shaft 10, the double dam 61 in its rotary movement will first pull the rod 114 to the limit of its inward movement, thereby rocking the lever 111, 113 in'a direction to cause it to swing the sound box upwardly to lift the needle off from the record. This is accomplished through the flexible cord 107. As the pulley 109 over which the cord 107 passes is offset from the center line of the upper tone arm, the upper tone arm will be swung outwardly until it strikes the stop 105, carriedby the rod 106. The needle will then be located over its starting position and in its raised position. The lug 120 on the rod 114 will now be opposite the recess 117 in the latch lever, thus permitting the latch lever to swing outwardly sufficiently to keep its stud 122 out of the path of the pins 123, 124 on the movable clutch member 64 which is continuously rotating with the shaft 10 (see Figs. 3, 4 and 5). Upon the further movement of the rotary cam 61 carried by the main shaft member 57, the rod 114 moves outwardly a sufficient distance to lower the sound box to bring the needle in close proximity to, but not in engagement with the record. The latch lever 116, 121 will hold the rod in this position temporarily by the engagement of thehook 118 with the lug 120, as shown in Fig. 5, the latch lever in the meantime being swung inwardly sufiiciently to bring its stud 122 into the path of the pins 123, 124 on the movable clutch member 64. This half revolution of the sectional main shaft 57, 58 will also swing the arms 90, 91 on the section 58 to cause one of the studs or rollers 92, 93 to travel first along the inclined cam surface 94 of the cam arm 96, to raise the sli e 97 and then along the oppositely inclined am surface 95 to permit the slide to drop by gravity until the cam arm 96 rests-upon both the studs or rollers 92, 93. As the slide 97 is lifted, its stud or roller 103 will engage the free side of the upper turn table member 17 and raise the same to a height sufficient to house first the centering pin 22 and afterward the cushioned stops 24 so as to permit the record carried by the upper turn table member to be discharged by gravity laterally and downwardly onto the track members 33 and from thence deposited onto the parallel bars 34 of the delivery receptacle (see Figs. 14, 15 and 16).

In the upward movement of the slide the stop bar 104, which controls the time o feeding the record from the chute to the turn table, is also raised into its operative f the rod 114 to position. In the meantime, the helical screw'28 is being rotated from the main shaft section-58 through the sprocket and chain connection 84, 85, 86 and'the geared connection 88, 89 between the stud shaft 87 and the upright shaft 29. This rotary movement of the helical screw will elevate all the records and release the topmost record to permit it to slide off the upper end of the screw and move by gravity laterally and downwardly along the chute 30, 31 until stopped by the bar 104 carried by the slide 97 (see Fig.12).

As the slide 97 is permitted to move downwardly, the inclined upper turn table member 17 is lowered to a point where the cushion stops 24 are operatively exposed therethrough, the centering pin 22 still being housed. At this point in the downward movement of the upper turn table member, the stop bar 104 has been lowered sufficiently to release the record which has been held on the chute and permit the record to slide by gravity laterally and downwardly onto the said upper turn table member until the lower edge of ,the record is engaged by the cushion stops 24. The lugs 24 serve as guides to properly position the record on the upper turn table member so that in the further downward movement of the upper turn table member the centering pin 22 will project itself through the center hole in the record (see Fig. 14).

As the spring motor shaft 10 starts on the second half of its nineteenth revolution, one of the pins 52, on the gear 14, will move the star wheel 51, one more tooth, (which is the first turn of the new cycle) thereby turning the cam 68 to release its projection 69 from engagement with the lever 66 and thereby permitting the clutch member 64 to be disengaged from the clutch member 62 on the main shaft member 57 to stop the rotary movement of said main shaft. The projection 54 of the cam 49 will also be disen gaged from the forked lever 47, permitting this lever to dropout of its locking engagement with the turn table.

The dog 37 carried by the constantly revolving arm 36 of the turn table driving shaft will be engaged by the arm 46 of the forked lever to raise the dog 37 into position to be interlocked with the turn table. After the turn table has made several revolutions, (in the present instance four), one of the pins 123, 124 carried by the movable clutch member 64 carried by the motor shaft 10, will engage the stud 122 of the latch lever 117, 121, thereby rocking the latch lever sufficiently to move the hook 118 out of its engagement with the lug 120 on permit the rod to finish its outward movement and thereby the lowering of the needle into engagement with the record at its starting position; the record by this time having obtained its full headway. The lug 120 will then occupy a position opposite the recess 119 in the latch lever, thereby permitting the latch lever to swing outwardly sufficiently to move its stud 122 out of the path of the pins 123, 124. The first position of the rod 114 and latch lever is shown in Fig. 4; the second position in Fig.= 8; and the third position in Fig. 5.

When the last record has been fed from the magazine onto the turn table, the arm 142 of the rock lever 140, 142 which has been held depressed by the weight of the record will be permitted to swing upwardly to its normal position and thus swing the starting lever 127 into position to bring its uprising lug 133 into the path of the depending lug 134 on the upper turn table member to stop the machine (see Figs. 1 and 2).

If it is desired to repeat the playing of any particular record on the turn table this may be accomplished by manually disconnecting the main shaft section 57 from the main shaft section 58 by swinging the repeat lever 79, 81, in a direction to disengage the movable clutch member slidably keyed to the main shaft member 58, from the clutch member 63 fixed to the main shaft member 57. This disconnection will render the main shaft section 58 inoperative,thereby putting out of operation the means for raising and lowering the upper turn table member, the record elevating and releasing means and the means for controlling the time of feeding the succeeding records onto the table. This disconnection will not interfere at all with the operation of the tone arm, sound box and needle controlling mechanism (see Figs. 1 and 6).

From the above description, it will be seen that I have produced a machine in which the records are discharged from and fed onto a tilting turn table member by automatic action, the mechanism being simple and direct in its'action. It will also be seen that I have provided means whereby the needle is gently dropped into its engagement with the record after the record has gained its momentum. It will also be seen that I have provided means whereby the playing of a record may be repeated as often as desired.

It should be borne in mind that to provide for long as well as short records, the turn table must make a fixed number of revolutions regardless of the'long or short selections, before the automatic operations begin.

For instance, after the completion of a short selection the needle simply idles until the turn table has made a fixed number of revolutions.

It should also be borne in mind that one motor (which runs continuously until the last record is played) controls all of the operations of the machine, which motor may be hand or power wound.

Itwill also. be observed that my improvements may be readily applied to talking ma- 'and described, but

hat I claim is 1. In a talking machine, a turn table member, means for tilting it to discharge a record laterally by gravity therefrom, and means for feeding a record laterally in an inclined plane by gravity onto the said turn table member.

2. In a talkingmachine, a turn table member, means for tilting it, and means for feeding a record laterally in an inclined plane by gravity onto the said tilted turn table member.

3. In a talking machine, a lower turn table member, an upper turn table member hinged thereto, and means for tilting the upper turn table member to discharge a record latterally by gravity therefrom.

4. In a talking machine, a lower turn table member, an upper turn table member hinged thereto, means for tilting the upper turn table member, and means for feeding a record laterally by gravity onto said tilted upper turn table member.

5. In a talking machine, a lower turn table member, an upper turn table member hinged thereto, means for tilting the upper turn table member to discharge a record laterally by gravity therefrom, and means for feeding a record laterally by gravity onto the said upper turn table member.

6. In a talking machine, a lower turn table member, an upper turn table member hinged thereto, stops on the lower turn table member normally projecting upwardly through the upper turn table member, and means for tilting the upper turn table member sufficiently to house the said stops and discharge a record laterally by gravity from the said upper turn table member.

7. In a talking machine, a lower turn table member, an upperturn table member hinged thereto, stops on the lower turn table member normally projecting upwardly through the upper turn table member, means for tilting the upper turn table member sufficiently to house the said stops and discharge a rec ord laterally by gravity from the said upper turn table member, and means for feeding a record laterally by gravity onto the said upper turntable member after it has been lowered sufficiently to operatively expose the said stops.

8. In a talking machine, an upright continuously rotating driving shaft, a lower turn table member having an anti-friction bearing hereon, an upper turn table member hinged to the lower turn table member, and means for tilting the upper turn table member to discharge a record laterally by gravity therefrom.

9. In a talking machine, an 'upright continuously rotating driving shaft, a lower turn table member loosely mounted thereon, an upper turn table member hinged to the lower turn table member, means for tilting the upper turn table member to discharge a record laterally by gravity therefrom, and means for automatically connecting and disconnecting the shaft and lower turn table member. i

10. In a talking machine, an upright continuously rotating driving shaft, a lower turn table member loosely mounted thereon, an upper turn table member hinged to the lower turn table member, means-for tilting the upper turn table member to discharge a record laterally by gravity therefrom, means for automatically connecting and disconnect ing the shaft and lower turn table member and for stoppin the rotary movement of the said turn tab e members.

11. In a. talking machine, an upright continuously rotating driving shaft having an arm, a rocking dog pivoted thereon, a turn table loosely mounted on the said shaft, a stop onsaid turn table, and means for automatically swinging the dog into a'nd out of engagement with said stop.

12. In a talking machine, an upright continuously rotating driving shaft terminating in a centering pin, a turn table comprising a lower member and an upper member hinged thereto, the lower member having stops normally projecting upwardly through the upper member, means for tilting the upper member sufiiciently to house the stops and centering pin for discharging a record laterally by gravity fromthe upper memher, and means for feeding a record laterally by gravity onto the said member when it is lowered sufficiently to expose the stops while the centering pin is still housed.

13. In a. talking machine, an upright continuously rotating driving shaft terminating in a centering pin, a turn table comprising a lower. member and an upper member hinged thereto, the lower member having stops normally projecting upwardly through the upper member, means for tilting the upper member sufficiently to house the stops and centering pin for discharging a record laterally by gravity from the upper member, means for feeding a record laterally by gravity onto the said member when it is owered sufiiciently to expose the stops while the centering pin is still housed, and guides on the upper member arranged tocoact with said stops on the lower member to properly position the record.

14. In a talking machine, a turn table," a record supply and intermittently acting elevating means for bringing successive records into position to be fed laterally by gravity onto the turn table.

15. In a talking machine, a turn table, a record supply, intermittently acting elevating means for bringing successive records into position to be fed laterally by gravity onto the turn table, and means for controlling the feeding of the record from the elevating means to the turn table.

16. In a talking machine, a turn table, a

record supply including a screw arranged to receive the lower edges of a stack of records, and means for intermittently rotating the screw sufficiently to elevate the records and release the topmost record to permit it to be fed laterally by gravity to the turn table.

17. In a talking machine, a turn table, a record supply including a screw arranged to receive the lower edges of a stack of records, means for intermittently rotating the screw sufiiciently to release the topmost record to permit it to be fed laterally by gravity, and means for controlling the feeding of the record onto the turn table after it leaves the said screw.

18. In a talking machine, a turn table member, means for tilting it to discharge a record laterally by gravity therefrom, means controlling the feeding of the record laterally by gravity onto the said turn table member, the feeding of the record onto the turn table member being controlled by the means for tilting the said member.

19. In a talking machine, a turn table member, means for tilting it to discharge a record laterally by gravity therefrom, means for feeding a record laterally by gravity onto the said turn table member, and a stop carried by the turn table member tilti-ng means arranged to be brought into and out of the path of the record to be fed as the table is raised and lowered.

20. In a talking machine, a turn table, an upright continuously rotating drive shaft therefor having an arm, a movable dogcarried thereby, and means for moving the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table.

21. In a talking machine, a turn table, an upright continuously rotating drive shaft therefor having an arm, a movable dog carried thereby, and means for moving the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table, said means being operated after a predetermined number of revolutions (if the turn table.-

22. In a talking machine, a turn table, an upright continuously rotating drive shaft therefor having an arm, a movable dog carried thereby, and means for moving the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table, said means being operated after a predetermined number of revolutions of the turn table, said means also being arranged to be broughtinto and out of locking engagement of the turn table.

23. n a talking machine, a motor shaft, an upright turntable shaft continuously driven therefrom, a turn table loosely mounted on the turn table shaft, a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor shaft, and means controlled by the cam shaft for connecting and disconnecting the turn table shaft and turn table.

24. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table shaft continuously driven therefrom, a turn table, a cam shaft having a star wheel arranged to be moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, and means controlled by the cam shaft for connecting and disconnecting the turn table shaft and turn table. I

25. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, an upright turn table shaft continuously driven therefrom, a turn table loosely mounted on the turn table shaft, a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor shaft, and means controlled by the cam shaft for stopping and releasing the turn table.

26. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table shaft continuously driven therefrom, a turn table, a cam shaft having a star wheel arranged to be moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, and means controlled by the cam. shaft for stopping and releasing the turn table.

27. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, an upright turn table shaft continuously driven therefrom, a turn table loosely mounted. on the turn tableshaft, a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor shaft, and means controlled by the cam shaft for connecting and disconnecting the turntable shaft and turn table and for stopping and releasing the turn table.

28. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table shaft continuously driven therefrom, a turn table, a cam shaft having a star wheel arranged tobe moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, and means controlled by the cam shaft for connecting and disconnecting the turn table shaft and turn table and for stopping and releasing the turn table.

29. In a talking machine, a turn table, its driving shaft having an arm and a movable dog carried thereby, a motor shaft, a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor .shaft, and a lever controlled by the cam shaft for moving the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table;

30. In a talking machine, a turn table, its

driving shaft having an arm and a movable dog carried thereby, a motor shaft, a cam shaft having a star wheel moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, and a lever controlled by the cam shaft for moving the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table.

31. In a talking machine, a turn table, its driving shaft having an arm and a movable dog carried thereby, a motor shaft, a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor shaft, and a lever moved by the cam shaft to stop and release the turn table.

32. In a talking machine, a turn table, its driving shaft having an arm and a movable dog carried thereby, a motor shaft, a cam shaft having a star wheel moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, and a lever moved by the cam shaft to stop and release the turn table.

33. In a talking machine, a turn table, its driving shaft having an arm and a movable dog carried thereby, a motor shaft, a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor shaft, and a lever controlled by the cam shaft to move the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table and to itself move to stop and release the turn table.

34. In a talking machine, a turn table, its driving shaft having an arm and a movable dog carried thereby, a motor shaft, a camshaft having a star wheel moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, and a lever controlled by the cam shaft to move the dog into and out of engagement with ,the turn table and to itself move to stop and release the turn table.

35 In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means for tilting it,

record feeding means, a main shaft for controlling the operation of the turn table member tilting means and the record feeding means, and means for connecting the motor shaft to the main shaft at intervals.

36. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means for tilting it, record feeding means, a main shaft for controlling the operation of the turn table tilting means and the record feeding means, a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor shaft, and means under the control of the cam shaft for connecting the motor shaft to the main shaft at intervals.

37. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means for tilting it, record feeding means, a main shaft for controlling the operation of the turn table tilting means and the record feeding means, a I

38.- In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means for tilting it, record feeding means for feeding a record laterally in an inclined plane onto the tilted turn table member, and manually operated means for rendering inoperative the turn table member tilting means and the record feeding means at pleasure.

39. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means for tilting it, record feeding means, a sectional main shaft having a section for controlling the operation of the turn table tilting means and the record feeding means, means for connecting the other main shaft section to the motor shaft at intervals, and manually operated means for disengaging the two main shaft sections when desired.

40. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means for tilting it, record feeding means, a sectional main shaft having a section for controlling the operation of the turn table tilting means and the record feeding means, a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor shaft, means controlled by the cam shaft for connecting the other main shaft section to the motor shaft at intervals, and manually operated means for disengaging the two mai shaft sections when desired.

41. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means for tiltin it, record feeding means, a sectional main s aft having a section for controlling the operation of the turn tabletilting means and the record feeding means, a cam shaft having a star wheel moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, means controlled by the cam shaft for connecting the other main shaft section to the motor shaft every revolution of the cam shaft, and manually operated means for disengaging the two main shaft sections when desired.

42. In a talking machine, a tiltin turn table member, a vertically movable slide for raising and lowering the turn table .member, a double cam arm carried by the slide, and an intermittently operated main shaft having arms engaging said cam arm for raising and lowering the slide.

43. In a talking machine, a tilting turn table member, a vertically movable slide for raising and lowering it, a record feeding,

flexibly connected to the sound box, and a support, a sto bar carried by the slide for holding and re easing the records as the slide is raised and lowered, and an intermittently operated rotary shaft for raising and lowering the slide.

44. In a talking machine, a turn table for carrying the record the laterall movable tone arm, the sound box hinge to swing vertically thereon, bodily toward and away from the record, the needle'carried by the sound box, and means for automatically swinging the sound box and needle away from the record, swinging the tone arm laterally to its initial position with the sound box and needle raised, lowering the sound box to bring the needle into close proximity to the record, holding it there temporarily and finally further lowering the sound box to bring the needle into engagement with the record. 4

45. In a talking machine, a turn table for carrying the record, the laterally movable tone arm, the sound box hinged td'swing vertically thereon, .bodily toward and away from the record, the needle carriedby the sound box, themotor shaft, means controlled by the number of revolutions of the motor shaft for automatically raising the sound box and needle from the record, swinging the tone arm laterally to its initial position with the sound box and needle raised, lowering the sound box to bring the needle into close proximity to the record, holding it there temporarily and finally further lowering the sound box to bring the needle into engagement with the record.

46. In a talking machine, a turn table for carrying the record, the laterally movable tone arm, its vertically movable sound box and needle, the motor shaft, and means controlled by the number of revolutions of the motor shaft for automatically raising the needle from the record, swinging the tone arm to its initial position, lowering the needle into close proximity to the record, and finally further lowering the needle into engagement with the record, said means comprising a main shaft intermittently driven by the motor shaft, a cam on the main shaft, and a rod movable by the cam and flexibly connected to the sound box.

47. In a talking machine, a turn table for carrying the record, 1 the laterally movable tone arm, its vertically movable sound box and needle, the motor shaft, and means con trolled by the number of revolutions of the motor shaft for automatically raising the needle from the record, swinging the tone arm to its initial position, lowering the needle into close proximity to the record, and finally further lowering the needle into engagement with the records, said means comprising a main shaft intermittently driven by the motor shaft, a. cam on the main shaft, a rod movable by the cam and sound box and needle control mechanism,

including'a cam on the main shaft, a rod movable longitudinally thereby, and a latch lever controlled by the motor shaft, said latch lever serving to temporarily limit the outward movement of the said rod.

50. In" a talking machine, a turn table, its driving means, record feeding means, a source of record. supply, and means operable by the exhaustion of the record supply to stop'the turn table, said means including a acting elevating device at the lower end of the magazine arranged to receive the lower edges of the records and to elevate the records to bring the topmost record into position to permit it to slide laterally by gravity off the top of the said deyice.

52. In a multi disk talking machine, an inclined record magazine having an inclined chute extending therefrom,and a record elevating device at the lower end of the magazine arranged to receive the lower edges of the records, said device being operable to elevate the records and release them one by one to the said chute.

' In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this seventeenth da of May 1920.

JOHN FRED RICK BROMMER.

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