US2519187A - Automatic phonograph - Google Patents

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AUTOMATIC PHONOGRAPH Filed Dec. 21, 1942 s sheets-sheet 8' Patented Aug. 15, 1950 UNITED STATES ATENT ori-lcs AUTOMATIC PHONO GRAPH Otto A. Hokanson, Snyder,y N. Y., assignor to The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, North Tonawanda, N. Y., a corporation ofy `Ohio Application December 21, 1942, Serial No. 469,633

44 'Claims r l This invention. yrelates generally to phonographs and -'more particularlyito an automatic phonograph adaptedr to play records continuously on `one orboth sides.

`One of its objects is to provide a` phonograph of" this character'which is so designed and-constructed as to vlee set at the will of the operator for automatic operation to play a plurality of records in succession on one side only oron both sides, as4l desired, andv after play to discharge the records from the machine, kor to be set for manual operation for playing krecords individually;

Another object oi the invention is to provide 'the phonograph `with positive and reliable mechanism 'for :automatically governing the transfer 'of the records successively from` the magazine onto the. turntable for play and after play toi` a pointf-of discharge, as wellA as for governingv thereversal of the records should it be desired to playthem on .both sides.

Another object isto provide the phonograph with; automatically-actuated meansj for stopping the poweriunit of' the. machine when the magazine isemptied of its records'and the' last played -recordfhas been discharged.

'A 'further object of the invention is to provide a continuous playing phonograph of this 'character which is designed to" play lo or 12inch diameter recordszand wherein simple means are provided `forA manually adjustingl thema'chine 'for such purpose.

A still further-object iste provide aE novel arrangement of a: record magazine :and -a tilta-hle record 'carrier forv loading a record from the l.magazinel onto the carrier and then onto the turntable to play` one side of the rec-ord; for subsequerrtlyy reversing 'the record during' a next cycleor movement or the carrier reiativeto the magazine for playing its opposite side, and after play unloading the reeordffrom the turntable and carrier; f

The invention has 'for another object the provision of reliable `and'eilicient means for autornatically connecting'ancldisconnecting at predetermined times, the drive mechanisms asso- -ci'atedwith the record loading, reversing and `unloading` operations.

Another object of the invention is to provide a 'simpleA and reliable "trip mechanism for the tone arm which is operativelyincluded inthe circuitof'the drive motor and thecarrier-governed drive mechanism" to either 4lore'al; the vmotor circuit or render the drive mechanism operative,

fat the end of play or a record, as determinedby the control settings ofthephonograph, that is,

2 whether set for manual operation or automatic continuous operation.

Other features of the invention reside'in` the construction and arrangement of paltsherein'- after described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a front View of the phonograph embodying my invention. Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. Figure 3 is an end view of the same looking :from-the right in Figure 1. Figure'v 4 is .an enlarged fragmentary vertical section taken inthe plane of line {1 -d, Figure 2. Figure 5 is an enlarged 'horizontal section taken substantially in the plane of lirici-, Figure 1. Figure 6 is an enlarged vertical section taken substantially inthe plane of line 6 6, Figure 2. Figure 7 is a fragmentary vertical section taken in the plane of line l-1, Figure 8. Figure 8` is an end view ofv the trigger mechanism and associated parts. Figures 9 and 10 arefenlarged fragmentary` views, similar to Figure 7, showing the trigger mechanism in different positions of operation. Figure 11 is a fragmentary view of the cam for initiating thev operation of the trigger mechanism. Figure 12 is an enlarged fragmentary face view, partly insection, showing the camstop and start mechanism. Figure 13 is a fragmentary perspective View of the tone arm trip mechanism and associated parts. Figure 14 is a frag-- mentary vertical section for the tone arm trip mechanism taken substantially in the plane of line i 1 -4, Figure. Figure 15 isa perspective view of the selective 'control assembly for adjustingthe phonograph to play a record oni-.one or both sides and also for adjusting the setting-of thetone arm to play i0 or 12 records. Figure 16 is an enlarged side elevation, partily in section, of the clutch unit associated with the aforesaid control assembly. Figure 17 is -a sectional `detail view, taken substantially on line i'i--ISL Figure 1'5, showing the means for adjusting the setting of theftone .arm for playing 10' or l2" records. Figure 18 is av sectional iront View `of the tone Aarm support and associated tone arm Figure 19 is a detail side view of the magazine switch. Figure 20`is a fragmentary perspective view showing the recordl-oading actuating `means andthe trigger for governing the saine. Figure 21 is a fragmentary 'perspective view of lthe record carrier. Figure 2.2 isa diagrammatic view of the electric circuit 'for controlling the various operations of the phonograph. A

Referring vin detail to the drawings,4 26 indi- 3 cates the base-frame or chassis platform on which the various working parts of the phonograph are mounted, 2l the turntable whose spindle is journaled in a supporting plate 22 suitably spaced from the bottom side of the base frame, 23 the tone arm pivoted at 24 to the top side of said frame adjacent one end thereof to swing laterally to positions for playing either or l2 records, and 25 an electric motor suspended from the plate 22 for operating the turntable as well as the other driving mechanisms of the phonograph. 'Ihe drive from the motor-shaft 26 to the turntable is through worm gearing 2l to an upright shaft 28 connected by a coupling collar 29 to a second or final drive shaft 3D having a friction drive wheel 3l thereon for releasable engagement with the depending rim or flange of the turntable. A pin 32 on the shaft 3i! and a companion helical notch 33 in the coupling collar constitute the driving connection between lthe two shafts and afford a simple means for automatically bringing the friction wheel into and out of driving engagement with the turntable as the motor is started and stopped. At

the opposite end of the base-frame and above the plane of the turntable is a magazine or rack 34 for supporting the records to be played in an edgewise position, the same being substantially chair-shaped and including side arms 35 having forwardly-sloping, record-engaging seats terminating at their free ends in upturned lugs or Vhooks 3B which retain the lower edges of the records in place thereon and normally prevent their sliding off such arms While the records are inclined side by side in a storage position against the rearwardly sloping back 31 of the magazine. In its top side between the tone arm and the magazine the base-frame 2i! has a well or depression 38 therein in which the turntable 2l is arranged, and surrounding the latter for seating in the outer portion of this well is a record carrier 39 of substantially horseshoe shape which is mounted in a oating-like fashion for elevational 'adjustment and for a compound tilting movement to swing at predetermined times between the magazine and the turntable for loading or transfferring'records for playing on one or both sides and at other predetermined times after play to swing in a reverse direction for directing the records by gravity and unloading them through a discharge slot or opening 40 provided in the bottom of the well between the turntable and the magazine, the played records dropping into a suitable cushioned chamber (not shown) provided in the cabinet housing the phonograph mechanism. A guide roller 4l is disposed in operative relation to the discharge slot to facilitate the travel of the played records through the latter. This carrier is provided with a low level seat or ledge 42 for supporting l0" records and a higher level seat or ledge 42a for supporting 12" records, both seats being disposed concentric with the carrier, whereby the records are centrally supported and retained during the tilting movements of the carrier and brought to an aXially-alined position over the turntable for play in the horizontal position of the carrier. At its open end or that end facing the magazine 34, the carrier has two upright pins or abutments 43 thereon with which the records engage during certain movements of the carrier to and from a record playing position and to a record-discharging position. In the lowered horizontal position of the carrier, which position it assumesduring play of a record, its rim 44 about the upper ledge 42e is substantially flush with the top face of the base frame, and the surface of the turntable 2| is slightly above the level of such ledge so that the records run freely during play.

Mounted on the base-frame for convenient manipulation by the operator are a series of control elements 45, 46, 4`| and 48. The control element or lever 45 serves to set the phonograph to play either 10 or l2" records, while the adjoining control element 45 serves to set the phonograph to automatically play one or both sides of each record or to suspend automatic operation, and permit the manual playing of one record at a time without the employment of the loading, reversing or unloading mechanism hereinafter described. rihe control element or cancelling switch button 4l is disposed in axial relation to the companion lever 45 and functions, when depressed, to stop the playing of a current record and if the machine is set for automatic operation, initiates the change to the next record, or, if the phonograph is set for manual operation, stops it. The control element 43 is in the form of a switch lever and may be opened or closed manually to stop or start the motor 25, although the switch controlled by this lever is adapted to be opened automatically by an electromagnet as will hereinafter appear.

The record carrier 39 is mounted for tilting movement in a vertical plane, rst, to swing the left hand or one end thereof from its normal horizontal position about the turntable to an elevation in operative loading relation to the magazine 34; secondly, to swing the closed or opposite end of the carrier upwardly toward the magazine to a position substantially parallel thereto to receive a record therefrom and then downwardly to an inclined position over the turntable; thirdly, to restore the left hand or firstnamed elevated end of the carrier` to its initial position to deposit the record on the turntable for play; fourthly, after play, and assuming the same record is to be played on the opposite side, to elevate and swing the carrier to the positions previously described, and, when in a position tilted beyond the vertical, cause the record thereon to be tilted outwardly so that its upper edge falls by gravity against the face of the foremost record on the magazine or against the rear wall thereof if the magazine is emptied of records, and as the carrier is again lowered the record is caused to slide on such upper edge and gravitate down the face of such record on the magazine while its opposite or lower edge slides and gravitates down the companion carrier-seat 42 or 42a to cause a reversal of position of the record for playing its opposite side; and, fifthly, after play, that end of the carrier adjacent the magazine is lowered to lift the record from the turntable and it subsequently slides by gravity toward and is directed through the discharge opening 40 in the base-frame 20 and over the guide roller 4l', the latter elevating the record over the abutments 43 in the manner shown by dotted lines in Figure 4. Following this cycle, the operation of the phonograph continues automatically until all of the records placed in the magazine have been played, when it stops. The mechanism for controlling the tilting of the carrier to accomplish this record loading and unloading cycle of operations is preferably constructed as follows:

Connected by worm gearing 49 to the motorshaft 26 is a driven shaft 50 having a gear 5i Xed thereon meshing with an idler gear 52 on a shaft 53. the latter gear meshing with a gear 54 "fixed on acam shaft 55-which only turns during the record-'changing cycles and is at rest during play cfa record. These shafts are disposed transversely of the base-frame and are journaled in suitable bearings provided in brackets 56 depend` n ing from such frame.

A Fixed on the cam shaft 55 are two channel cams 51 and 58 which may be made integrally with the channels in the opposite faces thereof, and which govern the tilting movements of the carrier 39 in proper sequence. The cam 51 constitutes the recordloading or reversing cam forV actuating the carrier-y through its greatestV degree of swinging movement toward and from the magazine 34, while the'companion cam 58 constitutes the record-lift cam for actuating the carrier to an elevation tobring one end thereof to and from its loading position in operative relation to the magazine as well as to swing it to and from its record-'discharging or unloading position. Fixed on the rear' end of a rock shaft 59 disposed parallel to the .cam shaft is a rock arm 66 having a followerv 6I engaging the rearwardly-facing groove or channel'in the cam 58 and at the front end of such rock shaft is a lift arm 62 connected by alink 63 with the lower end of a vertical slide 64 mounted on a roller-bearing guide 65 applied toa bracket 66 suspended from the plate 22. Pivotally'V connected at 61 to the upper end of this slide is that end of the carrier adjoining the magazine, so that at predetermined times in the movement of the cam 58 the open end of the carrier is lifted to and from an elevation in record-loading relation to the magazine side arms Y or lowered to and from a reversely-inclined position to discharge a played record from the carrier.

Cooperating with the cam 51 is a pendant rock arm 68having a follower 69 engaging the lforwardly-facing groove in such cam and connected atgits lower end by a link 16 to one of two rock levers 1|, 12 fixed cna rock shaft 13, the other rock lever being connected by a link 14 to the carrier `at a point spaced inwardly from the connection ofthe slide 64 thereto, the pivot 61 of the latter constituting a fulcrum about which thecarrier is tilted to and from its loading or record-reversing position in response to the predetermined vmovements of the cam 51 and interposed connections. l

They initial upward movement of the carrier 39 by the respective cams 51, 58 and their actuated connections takes place substantially simultaneously, but when the open end of the carrier opposite the magazine reaches an elevation approximating the record-supporting seats thereof, such end ofthe carrier'remains in that position while its opposite end continues to rise and is tilted to a position slightly beyond the ver# tical, say about three degrees, after which it returnsto a position about fifteen degrees'from the' vertical, in which position the carrierV isv adapted'to receive a record'from the magazine; itbeing' understood that only one record at a time istransferred and that the phonograph can beset to cause the automatic playing `of one or both sides of a record. A record is loaded or transferred tothe carrier when the latter is in the last-namedy tilted position by shifting the foremost record in the magazine over the retaining'lugs` 36 of the magazine-seats and allowing it `to drop by gravity in edgewise engagement with the then adjoining-positionedv carrier-pins 43, so that when the carrier is lowered the record contacts atone edge with" the foremost record in 6? the magazine and at its dametrically opposite lower edge with the companion seat 42 or 42a. of the carrier, being gradually lowered and caused to gravitate into itsproperly centered position on the carrier for deposit onto the turntabley 2|. The meansfor thus transferring or loading a record onto the carrier is preferably constructed as follows:

Formed in the lower portion of theA magazine inwardly of each side arm 35 is a vertical slot 15in which is arranged a vertically-swinging, record-loading or ejector arm 16, both arms 16 being pivoted at 11 on the magazine and connected by'a common link 18 with one arm of a bell crank lever 19 fixed on a rock shaft Bilv journaled on the underside of the base-frame 20. The other arm of this lever is connected by a link 8| to a companion lever 82 fixed on a rock shaft 83`disposed parallel to the cam shaft 55. Also fixed to this rock shaft is anarm 84 to which is pivoted, intermediate its ends, a laterally movable cam follower 85 adapted for movement into and out'of the path of a trip or sub-cam 86 applied to the face of one of the carrier-actuating cams, say the cam 58. When presented to the trip cam, the follower-85 is rocked by the latter in a direction to swing the record-loading arms 16 from their normal lowered or inactive position to a'position in which their curved and pointed free ends engage between the lower marginal rear side of the foremost record in the magazine to be transferred and the opposing front side of the next adjoining record to thereby displace such foremost record over the seat-lugs 36 and onto the supporting pins 43 of the carrier, the curved front edges of the arms 16 acting as cams in so displacing the record with the top edge of the latter resting against the upper face of the adjoining record in the magazine.

In transferring a record from the magazine onto the carrier 39, the latter assumes the position shown by full lines in Figure 6, with the displaced record supported in the manner just stated. The carrier then swings downwardly, causing the record to gravitate with its front side facing upward and then slide down the carrier to an axial position over the turntable, being governed by one or the other of the carrier seats 42 or 42a, after which the carrier is tilted from its dot-dash line position to its dotted line position shown in Figure 6 for depositing the record on the turntable. For reversing that record for play, the carrier is swung upwardly beyond its full line position in Figure 6 to the dotted line position shown in Figure l, to first tip the record from the carrier against the magazine.

Then, upon lowering the carrier, the unplayed' side of the record is gravitated face up to its play position over the turntable. In repeating a' record on the same'side, the carrier cycle is to the inclined position shown in Figure 6, being not'beyond the vertical which is the cycle necessary to reverse the record.

f A spring 81 is connectedto the outer end of the cam follower 85 to normally urge it to an inoperan raler.

follower andi torment thexrock shaft: 2k3; causes the lateral displacement 0i the followerv into; thev patriot said at; Shiitine ofitheftregrele ment in oppositendirection causes the. spring 8l, tol urge .the toilettes z tof its'. inoperative posi.- tion. rlhis trigger: element alsoiunctionsfto' gov#- thef unloading moi/:ement of the to: discharge a record after play.

The means: for controlling' the movement at the trigger` element '88' to. autonmticallyf suspenda the loading and; unica-ding opera.tions, when: a.. record" is: to be.A reversedtotplay sidesf is: preferably constructed 1 as: follows :t

'rre actuation of trigger; at predetermined'. times, depending on the. settingvof the manuali controlel'ementl, is initiated from the litt: cam. Whose follower-engaging channel' iahas'y a bran-cir. or auxiliary' cuter. portion. SEP' adapted to he opened or closed to` tra-Nel.` loyfY the follower S' E4 or' thel carrierA litt assembly (Sl-615,. inclusive,

through the medium or an: .oscillating gate. or switch-like member 913i pivotedi at Si t to' the. facev oi? the Iift carnand having anactuating' lever 922 connected-V thereto including a tappotA iingerv 93' projecting from the periphery of such cam. A spring M connected tethelever SZ normallyr urges thega-te to a position to= establish communica tion between the main arrdf auxiliar-'y channel por-- tionsloi thefeam, asshown inFigure lfG', and direct the follower Sli irrtoesuch auxiliary channei por-v tion,l resulting in the lowering of that. endl ofthe carrier 3S- adjacent the magazine 311i bel'oWfi'ts nor:- mal horizontal position to unload the played! recordf'byv causing' it to be discharged through the frameeopening' 492. In thet other positionof the exs/'itching gate` Si), it extends across the mouth or" the auxiliary" channel portion'- 581" oi the cam andf'cornpels the follower 69, lto follow the'adjoining portion or' the main carnclfrannel" EEaso asv not to aiiect the normalhorizcntalf position or' the carrier this` stage of movement of' the cam.

The trigger element 8-8 is` disposedv at one side oi the cam 5l, 'and is pivoted at its` lower endA at 9'5- to swing in' a 'vertical plane; and coupled H theretoA oy a pin` and; slot connection 9% for actuation thereby is a pivoted' gate-controlling' cam 3l' whichV isA adapted tope shifted, Whenth'e trigger i's rocked in'one direction or the other; into andY out of" the operating path of' thev gatelever iinger' 9?- toi in turn actuate the gate 90 to1 a position to close the mouth of the cam-channel 565. The rocking oi the trigger to: and from itsv gatetrip ping position is effected by' a lifter bar 98 having a studl S9? at itsv upper' end engageablevvith one orr the other oi-t a of' notches |03- formed in the l'ovver end otthetrigger 833 at either side of its pitote ThelovverendE ofthis lifter bar is pivotal-1y connected to; a vertical-leyeswinging lifter lever Illl? Whose ffree end' isf disposed the operating path i?" of a sub or canilfZ appliedto theface off the leftr cam 5?; so thatwhen suchatrio cam encountersthe lifter lever it elevates-'the lift loa-r to causeits' stud' 99 toy rock the trigger to the right or to the left depending onv the notch engaged at the time; A. springv |563 connected' to the lifter loar tends toreturn it and the lifter lever to initial position afterV actuation by the cam. An over-center spring IM: is provided for holding the trigger in each ofV its. alternate positions, thisA spring being attachedfat its upper' end to` a stud |05' Xed on theI free end .of a locking rock arm H16 pivoted alongside the upper end of the trigger and engaging'a longitudinal slot |01 in thev latter. This stad constitutes that'. portion of= thetrigger which 8 is; adapted toabut at.. its rearV end: against the de-L flected cam portion 89C of the follower 85. andy in response tothe; oscillation of, the trigger in; one: directionz or; the; other; to; govern the. shifting of such follower into,Y and out of the path. of the trip camA S51. Bythis trigger-actuating mech.- anisnn it Will be :seen that at one: revolution of., the cam 5l', 58x the, gatefcontrolling; camv 9'? pre sentedintofithe path oi thertappet finger 935 or the gate-actuating lever 92r to move the gate 9E to a position toclose themouthofithe outer cam. chan.- nel-1581010; thereby' prevent the actuation of the unloading mechanism' to discharge the` played record* andinsteael cause thefrecordxto remain on thexcarrier Baandx be inverted to play theopposite side'. On the succeeding` revolution of the cant 58; after the record hasA been played` on its. opposite side; the trigger isrocked in the opposite directionto remove the gate cam' from. the path of? the gateleverffinger; thereby allowing the spring Siti maintain the. gate in; its normal posi.- ti'on in which the` record-unloading caniA channel 'ib'is. in open communication with the main cam channels 5451iAV to cause# the. actuation of. the lift rock: arm; 6.2i ina. direction to lower tireliftzend ofthe carrier 3o to discharge the record. therefrom.

Means are also providedi operative relation to` the tri'ggereactuating mechanism for' suph pressing its automatic, alternating action and completely rendering suclr mechanism inoperative when it is desired to either play each reo.- ord' the: magazine on one side only, or tooperate the phonograph manually andi not continuously, as determined by the setting ofthe hand lever 425. For this' purpose, a suppressing meniber or lever MEG provided which is pivoted` on the trigger-pivot 95 for manual movement to and? from an operative position and' has a stud l F09 at its upper endl is adapted to: abut the trigger 38 for moving the latter into a position tofswing the gate-cam 91 out of the path of the gate lever finger 8?, thus keeping the gate 90 in its normal record-unloading position shown in Figure 1'0. The/lower'end of the suppressor leverI is so shaped as tofmake contact along its edge im with the notch-engaging stud 99 of the lifter bar 98= and'` so displace the latter that its stud is free and clear of the trigger-notches IBG". Thus, at each Contact of the tripcam lil-2 withA thelifter lever HN, the lifter bar stud 99 moves ineiectually past the trigger-notches and* along the bridgingrv edge l-'llB- ofthe suppressor lever. The spring lli is connected at itslower end to this suppressor lever, and in addition to its trigger-holding func'- tion, also acts to urge the suppressor lever into its operative position shown in Figure 10T.

The manual actuationof the suppressor lever Hi8? isV controlled from the: hand lever S which; is IXed on the upper end of an upright shaft l-H suitably' supported in thel base frame 2U and provided? at' its loe-.1er end with an arm or detent plate H2: connected by' a link' ilinmitl'iA a simiar armilli Xed oni aA horizontalf control: shaft It'ae extendingtransversely oi. the phonograph. Also. fixed' on this-z control. shatt` is a. crank arm ttS having af. lost: motion or pin and slot. connection l H with a linl' il joined. at its'. other endl to; the: suppressor lever ahove the pivot thereof.. Thus, when. the hand'. lever is moved' to a position toturn the control shaft: clockwise, with the pin and slot connection l l'lf shutting, the suppressor is= moved to its; inoperative position shown: in. Figure 9' sov not.7 to interfere with they auto-l matic. playing of the records' onboth. sides When the leveris mov-edi to its other position and;

`the hand lever 46,

4 9 the control shaft turned counterclockwise, the pin moves'away from the slot of the connection ||7, and the spring |04 causes the suppressor to be automatically shifted to its operative position and set thephonograph for playing the reccrds on one side only. In this last-named position of the partsit will be noted that the pin and slot connection 7 is such that a further independent counter-clockwise movement of the control shaft is permitted, without disturbing the setting of the suppressor, for the purpose of initiating the operation of other parts hereinafter described for playing records singly.

The detent plate ||2, which is actuated by is `provided in one edge with arrowV of notches ||9 with one or another of which a spring-pressed detent |26 is engageable for retaining the parts associated therewith in a set position. The `underside of this plate has a cam` |21 thereon made of insulating material which is adapted to engage the common movable blade |22 of two switches |23, |24 and by so doing opening one and closing the other and vice versa.` When the hand lever 46 is set for automatic operation to play one or two sides of the records, the switch blade |22 is simultaneously engaged with the switch |23 togovern a solenoid circuit hereinafter described, and when said lever is set for manual playing of the records` such switch blade is moved to a position to open the solenoid circuit and be closed across the switch |24tc control automatically the electromagnetic opening of the motor switch operatively associated with the hand lever 48.

rlhe mechanism for automatically raising, lowering and swinginglthe tone arm is preferably constructed as follows:

Applied to the tone larm spindle |25 is a lift rod |26 which rests, at its lower end on a horizontally-swingingV lift Y. lever |27 pivoted intermediate its ends at.|28 on a suitable bracket depending from the frame 26 and having an inclined cam-like, portion` |29 thereon at one side of its pivot with which the lift rod is'adapted to engage for governing the raising and lowering movements of the tone arm. At the opposite side of its pivot this lift lever is connected by a link |36 with the arm |`3| of a clutch |32 mounted for axial movement on a tone arm actuating roclshaft |33 disposed parallel to the control shaft ||5. Disposed in parallel relation with and beneath the lift lever, and also pivoted at |28, isa stop lever |34, said levers having opposing adjusting screws |35 mounted thereon adjacent their free ends and between which a tone arm trip |36, radiating from the spindle, extends. By adjusting theV screws, the tone arm and its trip can be properlyv set as desired. At its opposite free end the stoplever is provided with a stop lug or abutment I 37, and each lever |27,-

|34 has a lug |38 bent upwardly therefrom at their opposite edges and to which the ends of a spring |39 are connected. This spring `constantly urges the lift lever |27 to abut at its Yside edge against the opposing abutment |38 on the stop lever |34 to be thereby held in an operative position beneath the lift rod |26.

` The tone arm actuating rock shaft |33 has motion transmitted to it from a follower arm |46 mounted thereon and engaging a cam |4| applied to the cam shaft 55, and the clutch 32 is shiftable'toa' driving or released position to govern themovement of the tone arm. As shownk in Figure 15, thisl clutch has a substantially Y- shaped notch |42, in one or both diametrically opposite sides and engaging the same is a pin |43 applied to the rock shaft. The clutch is adapted to be shifted in one direction axially of the shaft |33 to bring the narrow end of its 5 notch into driving engagement with the shaftpin to transmit the cam-actuated motion of the shaft tothe clutch, or in the opposite direction to a released position by bringing the flaring end of its notch in register with the shaft-pin, in which position the angular distance between the flared edges of the clutch notch is too great to bring the shaft-pin in engagement therewith and no motion of the rock shaft is transmitted to, the clutch and tone arm connections by the cam |4| and its follower. The shifting of the clutch is controlled by a vertically-swinging lever |44 pivoted intermediate its ends at |45 and provided at its lower end with a fork engaging an annular groove in the clutch, while its upper end terminates in a flange |46 having a diagonallyextending slot |47 therein. Extending into this slot for shifting the clutch lever to its lengaged and released positions is a coupling member |48 fixed on the control shaft |l5. By this construction, when the hand lever 46 is set for automatic operation to play one or both sides of the records, the control shaft is accordingly turned in a direction to cause its coupling member |48 to shift the clutch lever |44 to its engaged position, so that at a predetermined time in theY playing cycle the cam |4I will rock the tone arm shaft |33 and arm |3| and other parts connected to the tone arm in a direction to swing the latter back after play. When the hand lever 46 is set for manual play, the clutch is shifted to a released position with the flaring portion of its notch |42 in the plane of the shaft-pin |43,

whereby the tone arm is disconnected from the actuatingcam and is free to be swung in and outA by hand.

Disposed for operative engagement with and in the moving path of the lug |37 of the tone arm stop leverV |34 is an adjustable means for prede.- termining the setting of the tone arm for playing 10 or 12" records, such means being manually governed by the control lever` 45. The latter is attached at its upper end to an upright shaft |49 suitably supported in the frame 2|) and provided at its lower end with anarm or detent plate |756 having notches |5| at one edge thereof for engagement by a spring-pressed detent |52 for retaining the parts in a set position of adjustmentA This detent plate has a curved slot |53 thereinV engaged by a follower pin |54 fixed on the front end of a horizontal control shaft |55 also journaled in the frame and provided adjacent its rear end with an arm or plate |56 having horizontally spaced adjusting screws |57 and |58 applied thereto which are adapted to be set so their 60 Shanks extend different distances from the rear face of said plate for abutting engagement by the stop lever lug 37 to thereby predetermine the position of the lift and stop levers |27, |34 for playing a 10 or a 12 record. By turning the handlever 45 to its 10 or l2" record play position, the shaft |55 is accordingly turned in one direction or the other through the operative con`V nection |53, |54 to present the screw |57 or |58l into the path of travel of the stop lever lug |37 to thereby set the tone arm in positionV for play'- Vare connected.

type is disposed in the path of the stop lever for preventing clashing of the solenoid-plunger and such lever at the end of the releasing stroke.

The electric circuit for controlling the phonograph is diagrammatically shown in Fig. .22, wherein `the wires |85, |86 indicatethe power line to Which the leads |81 and |88 of the motor 25 Included in this motor circuit is a switch |89 which is of the type to be manually opened and closed by the hand lever 48 and which is adapted to be automatically opened under certain conditions by an electromagnet |90 when the same is energized. One end of the coil of this electromagnet is connected to the wire |88, while its other end is connected by a wire |9| to the switch terminal |24 associated with the common switch blade |22, the latter being governed by the hand lever 46. The companionswitch terminal |23 associated with the common switchblade |22 is Vconnected by a wire |92 with one end of the coil of the solenoid |69, while the other end of such coil is connected by a wire |93 with the power wire |86. The common switch blade |22, which is adapted to be moved by the hand lever 46 into contact to, close the switch |23 or |24, is connected by a wire |94 With one of the terminals of the tone arm trip |68, the other terminal of such switch being connected by a wire |95 to-thepower wire |85.

ShuntedV in the circuit of this Ytrip switch is a normally open cancelling switch |96 adapted to be manually closed by the switch button 41. For manual or automatic operation of the phonograph, the switch |89 is manually closed and can beopened manually or automatically when the electromagnet |90 is energized. When the control lever 46 is set in position for manual operation, it opens the solenoid-governing switch terminal |23 and the switch blade |22 is closed across the companion terminal |24 leading to' the electromagnet |90', so that when the tone arm trip switch |68 is closed, the electromagnet is energized and the motor switch is automatically opened to stop the phonograph. When the lever 45 is set for automatic operation, the position of the switches controlled thereby is reversed with the switch terminal |24 being opened and the terminal |23 being closed, so that when the tone arm trip switchis closed under these conditions the motor continues to operate and the solenoid |69 is energized to release the stop lever |16 from the roller |15 on the cam shaft gear 54, and bring the latter into driving engagement with the idler gear 52 to render operative the loading and unloading or reversing mechanism of the carrier 39, accordingly as the phonograph is set to play one or both sides of the record. The cancelling switch |96 is movable to aclosed position manually by pressing the button 41,r and serves during manual operation of the phonograph to stop it by closing the, circuit including the electromagnet |90 to automatically open the motor switch |89, and during automatic control of the phonograph to close the circuit of the solenoid |69 to thereby stop the playingof the record then on the turntable and cause the cam shaft 55A to be rotated to `return the tone arm to its initial position and, depending on the control setting, unloading that record or reversing vit for play on its opposite side.

Also included in the motor circuit is-a magazine-governing switch |91 which is adapted to be closedwhen the last record in the magazine-rack 34 is removed for play, and in series with this switch is a normally open, slide-actuated final stop switch |98-governed byone of the verticallymovable, carrier-actuating slides 64 and adapted to be closed when the slides return to a normal position after unloading the last record from the carrier 39, when the phonograph is free of records at the end of automatic play. The switch |91 is connected at one terminal by a wire |99 to the motor lead |81 while the other terminal thereof is connected to one of the terminals of the switch |98, the companion terminal of the latter being connected by a wire 209 with the wire |9| leading to the switch-opening electromagnet |90, so that when both of these switches are closed, the electromagnet is energized and the motor switch |89 is opened.

By preference, the magazine switch is actuated by a vertically-swinging lever 20| operating in a slot 292 of the base portion of the magazine 34 between the carrier-loading arms 16 and in contacting relation at its upper edge with the records therein which act to depress the lever to a switchopening position. A spring 203 connected to this lever tends to raise it to a switch-closingposi-- tion. The slide-actuated stop switch 98 is preferably moved to a closed position by a rockcam 204 disposed in the path of the upward travel of a one-way operable trip element 205 mounted at the lower end of the companion slide 64, so that when the carrier 39 returns to normal, after having unloaded the last record, the cam is rocked in a direction to close the switch. `On the downstroke of the slide, the element 295 merely rides over the cam without affecting the switch.

When the phonograph is set for manual play by setting the control lever 46 in such position, the tone arm controlling clutch |32 is released to permit the tone arm to be freely shifted manually to and from a playing position, and in conjunction with this setting a means is also brought into operation for preventing the tone arm stop lever |34 from contacting the 10 and 12 recordadjusting screws |51, |58. For this purpose, a stop or intercepting arm 206 is loosely mounted on the inner end of the size-setting control shaft |55 which is adapted to be projected to a position'adjacent and across the ends of the screws |51 and |58 to prevent the stop lever lug |31 abutting the latter during manual play and which is adapted to be normally urged to a position atv one side of such screws during automatic play,- so as not to interfere with the automatic setting of the tone arm for playing 10'. or l2 records. This stop arm 205 is operatively connected to the manually-controlled rock shaft ||5 through the medium of a crank arm 201 fixed on such shaft and connected by a link 268 with a second arm 209 connected integrally with the stop arm. The crank arm 291 has a slot 2|0 therein through which the companion end of the link 208 extends, and a spring 2| connected to the latter normally urges it against one end of the link-slot and the stop arm to its released position clear of the adjusting screws |51, |58. By this construction, when the control lever 46 is moved to its manual play position, the rock shaft 5 is moved in a counter-clockwise direction to pull the stop arm 296 into a position opposite the ends of the 10" and 12" record adjusting screws. On the other hand, when this control lever is moved to its l and 2 positions for setting the phonograph to automatically play the records on one or two sides, the rock shaft is moved in a clockwise direction which causes the spring 2| to shift the link 208 relative to the arm-slot 2|0 ina direction `to rock the stop arm clear of the ends of the record-4 anions? ,spe'ctive :settings flor the .control "lever 4`34e, `#the 'I'When thephonograph is) set for manualfplay, 1

the tone. arm lift and i stop iflevers i L21 aand 2134 are inactive :because-'of -theffreleasedposition` oi the' `clutch 4.32,:.an'd la springiZ I 2fisconnected #to the thrust link E3B to urge and maintainfthe lift lever. infits retracted: positiom such spr-ing being stronger `than lthe :spring F39 connecting said levers.

'f1-claim .as my invention:

11. fin an= automatic phonograph, 'thecombination-of auturntable, meansxedfzat one side of the turntable kfor :supporting records rin1a=substantiallyy upright-Y position, means supported vfor vertically-swingingmovementbetween said turntablea'nd said record-supporting means lfor trans- .terning afreeordI from the latteronto l the turntablafsaid transfer 'means havingelements thereon for supportingaaecord in edgewisefre'lation thereto duringthe initial portion-m its swinging movement/to lapos'ition over the turntable-and other wmeans ffor A slidingly :supporting the marginal sides of the-record during the remaining portion .of "its swinging lmovemer-it i or- `guiding the record fto and centering it kover the turntable, and-means operatively connee-te'dfto-sad transfer means-iforfactuating-it.

2. -I-nan (automatic phonograph,v the-combinat'ion-r of a turn-table,-Lrneansiixed atoneside of theturntable for supporting records fin4 asubstantially upright position above the plane thereof, Y.vertically-displaceable means vnorn'iall-y -sup por-tedzaboutthe-turntable for movementA toand fromfthe record-supporting means to reoeivea record `therefrom and transfer itonto* the yturntable, and means operatively connected-to said vertically-displaceable 'means V`for` l actuating it vat i predetermined times to and' from an elevation in operativerecord-transferring l'relation Lto said supporting means-and in-a-swinging path toward and-frorrr-such=recordsupporting means, whereby during' the 'transfer of a-iecoid foiiplay it is 's'iding'ly 'guided on said-fdisplaceablel meanstoward and 'depositedon the turntable.

3. nan Aautemotie- V phonographfthe combinationfof-a-turntabie, -a magagineatonefside th'ereei` tor-isupporting laplurality of reoordssideby side in La substantially upright position, 'a Vca .ier mounted ator Y swinging `movement vbetween 4the turntable andthe-magazine forreceiv-ing and transferring-a reeord'-frorn said magazine-by gravityiftoadeposited playing positiononto .the turntable while .sustained in :a: lbrlidging fashion "betweeniv thehadjoiningrecord in the magazine .and the;v descending .fcarr-ier, .means koperatively `connected -to, said carrierifor .actuating `itltol its record-'receiving and record-depositing position, and shiftable 'means app-liedtothe Ymagazine and engageablefwith the :bottom of the@ foremost record therein vforidisplacing Vit ironiits supporting Jposition. on the 'latter to a' ilike supporting position onr thelcarriertwhen thefsame is in its raisedffrecord-receiving position.

4.V In. =an 1 automatic` phonograph, the combinationofia 'turn-table,'v yaV magazine at one side thereof foresupporting :al :pluralityof y reoordsthereon, la vertically-displaeeable ymem-ber at one side 'of'A the 1:6 turntable #and below the :magazine 1a carrier mounted-:ron said member for swinging vmovement between the' 4turntable :and: the magazine "to transfer a record :from :the nlatter to i the yfor-nier -and also.movablefin-a-reilersely-swinging direetionto a :position inclined-to they turntable to discharge aplaaledrecordftherefromy by gravity, and means operatively-'connected to said-- displaceable A'mei-nbereand said :carrier zfor actuating: such parts at predeterininedi times 1to--ztheirlrecord-transferring position anelito-their record-dischargingposition.

15. Ar"In,an -ai1`tomatie phonograph, thecom'bination of arturntable, a magazineat one sidethereof having seatsfionsupporting -aplfuralityof records side by :sidein a substantially upright position, means-on; said magazine `operativerelation2 to said :seats 4and r-eleasabi-y engageable Withfthe foremosti record thereon 1 fori dis-placing lits lower edge froinsupporting'engagement with the magaziine-seats,Landi-afvertically-swinging,carrier pivoted at ryoneend:adjacent'the magazine yand `mov able between thef turntablaarrd the vmagazine' to transferia recordfiroxn the lattei` onto theI former, theufpivotedf-end oflthe carrier having recordengaging .abutments thereon adapted tof-be positionediin `operative -relatiento the magazine in the raised=-positionof1the carrier to receive'a recordv'dis'lodged:trom-the maga-zi Ae-seatsby said displacing means.

6. n-an=automatie phonograph,-vtheecombination lei la turntable, :amagfazine vat -one-side Ythereof forsupportingaa l.plurality of records sideibyl-side in @a substantially upright iposition for transfer onto the'lturntableto play one or both sides thereof, facompound-l tilting" carrier normallydisposed about-fthe turntable fduringplay-and movable betweenxtheliturntablezand the magazine-vtol transfer, atl predetermined times,` -a -record-y forplay on one1sifde and aftery play, jointlywith said-magazine,:.govern`ing the reverse positioning of the recordito playf-its ,opposite side, `the yrecord during its initial transiter as weil-as its reversalmoifements being-sustained atitsV edges betweenthe magazine and :f the -carrier and free `tosli'oleby gravity -While'so supported duringthe descendingemovement of the carrier-to its record-depositingposition over-the turntable-and means for actuatingsaid @arr-ier at predetermined times in one-or .anotherf of `Vits compound movements to cause -therecord to vbe playedonone -side or the other.

'7.'2'Inv.an automatic phonograph, fa turntable, arrecord lmagazine-atone ,side `thereof,-a cornbined'.Vertically-displaceable .and tiltable carrier movable `relatively tosuch parts for loading areoord Jflrom "the-frnagazine onto the '-turntablefor playson, one side When-'such carrier -is displaced iny one: direction,fior-causing the reversal of the record orplay -on 'its topposite side When the carrier" isddspl'acedfinthe opposite sdirection, and to a-position' til-ted'relatively to the turntable-"to unloadea .played record fztherefrom, and lmeans operati-vely::connectedl toy said carrier to -actuate it' 'toward fand *from fthe magazineV to successively transer :a .record fori :play: on one side andthen oauseiLsi-ts Avreversal f for :fplayf on its Iopposite side, andiftosubsequently i `actuate it to f and `from an unload-.ingftilted position relative to the turntable to: cause-the '-.recordf tofgravfitate therefrom.

8.7111 anrautomatic` phonograph, the Ycombinationof.-aturntab1e,.a maga-zine at one-side thereof torf-supporting afplural'ity of records 'thereon-a Vertically-displaceable -ulcrum''bearing --meinber at -one .side `of:` the turntable .and movable to Y-different-elevationsfa carrieifmounted on said mem` transferring the records individually from the magazine onto the turntable and after play for unloading the records individually from the turntable, Ycomprising a |pivotally-supported carrier normally disposed about the turntable and having spaced pivots thereon located at one side of the turntable-axis at diierent distances therefrom, a rotating cam, and connections between the respective carrier-pivots and said cam for governing the movements of the carrier to and from its record-transferring and unloading positions.

15. In an automatic phonograph, the combination of a turntable, a record magazine at one side thereof, means for displacing the records one at a'time from the magazine, and means in recordreceiving relation to said displacing means for transferring the records individually from the magazine onto the turntable and after play for unloading the records individually from the turntable, comprising a pivotally-supported carrier normally disposed about the turntable and having spaced pivots thereon located at one side f the turntable-axis at different distances therefrom, pivot-engaging members depending from the carrier, arotating cam, and operative connections between said cam and said pivot-engaging members for governing the movements of the carrier to and from its record-transferring and unloading positions.

16. In an automatic phonograph, the combination of a turntable, a record magazine at one side thereof, means for displacing the records one at a time from the magazine, and means in recordreceiving relation to said displacing means for loading the records individually from the magazine onto the turntable and after play for unloading the records individually from the turntable, comprising a pivotally-supported carrier normally disposed about the turntable and having spaced pivots thereon located at one side of the turntable-axis at different distances there.

from, a vertically-guided member connected at its upper end to one of said carrier-pivots and about which pivot'the carrier is adapted to swing when loading a record on the turntable and by which the carrier is shifted to a record-unloading position inclined to the turntable, a member depending from therother carrier-pivot, a rotating Cam, and operative connections between said cam and said respective carrier-pivot members for governing at predetermined times the vertical displacement thereof to actuate the carrier to its loading and unloading positions.

` 17.` In an automatic phonograph, the combination of a turntable, a magazine at one side thereof having seats for supporting a plurality of Vrecords Vside by side in a substantially upright position, means on said magazine and releasably engageable with the foremost record thereon for displacing its lower end from supporting engagement with the magazine-seats, and means for loading the records individually from the magazine onto the turntable and after play for unloading the records individually from the turntable, comprising a pivotally-supported carrier normally `disposed about the turntable and having spaced pivots thereon located at one side of the turntable-axis at different distances therefrom, pivot-engaging members depending from the carrier, .a rotating cam, operative connections between said cam and said pivot-engaging members for governing the movements of the carrier to its loading and unloading positions, and means operable in timed relation with said cam and operatively connected to said record-displacing means to displace a record from the magazine onto the carrier at a predetermined time in the loading position of the latter.

y v1Sl In an automatic phonograph, the combination of a turntable, a record magazine at one side thereof, and a vertically-swinging carrier normally disposed about the turntable Yfor transferring records from the magazine to the turntable and for unloading them from the latter after play, said carrier being substantially horseshoe-shaped in plan and having retaining rims at its sides and closed end for guiding the record to and arresting it at a centering position over the turntable during the swinging of the carrier from the magazine toward the turntable, and abutments applied to the open end of the carrier and against which the edge of the record is adapted to rest when such carrier is in a predetermined stage of its transferring swing, the record after play gravitating off the open end of the carrier at a predetermined time in its unloading swing.

19. In an automatic phonograph, the combination of a turntable, a record magazine at one side thereof, and a vertically-swinging carrier normally disposed about the turntable for transferring records from the magazine to the turntable and for unloading them from the latter after play, said carrier being substantially horseshoeshaped in plan and having-retaining rims at its sides and closed end for guiding the record to and arresting it at a centering position over the turntable during the swinging of the carrier from the magazine toward the turntable, abutments applied to the open end of the carrier and against which the edge of the record is adaptedr to rest when such carrier is in a predetermined stage of its transferring swing, the record after play gravitating o the open end of the carrier at a predetermined time in its unloading swing, and a record-engaging member disposed below the turntable and against which the bottom side of a record is adapted to Contact during the unloading swing of the carrier to temporarily arrest its downward descent relative to the carrier and cause its edge to clear said carrier abutments to subsequently slide by gravity over said member and off the carrier.

20. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a record magazine iixed at one side thereof, a carrier movable at a predetermined time to and from aV tilted unloading postion relative to the turntable to lift a record from thel latter and cause to to gravitate down the carrier for discharge and at other predetermined times movable between the turntable and the magazine through record-loading and record-reversing cycles for transferring a record from the magazine onto the turntable for play on one side and subsequently after play movable in a like cycle to reverse the record for play on its opposite side, said magazine and carrier jointly constituting supports for the record to cause it to gravitate to its respective positions for play on one side or the other during the record-loading and record-reversing movements of the carrier, means operatively connected to said carrier for actuating it in its successive cycles between the turntable and the magazine to play one side and then the other side of the record, and means correlated with said carrier-actuating means for initiating the movement of the carrier to and from a tilted position relative to the turntable to unload a record therefrom. V

21.` In an automatic phonograph, a turntable,

rendering the carrier-actuating means'operative to load a record on the turntable. v l

` 27. In an'automatic phonograph, a turntable, a record magazine at Yone side thereof, a carrier movable between the turntable and the magazine for loading a record from the magazine onto the turntable for play and toa position inclined to the' turntable to unload a record therefrom 'after play, means applied to the magazine for displacing a recordfrom the magazine onto the carrier, means operatively connectedtosaid carrier for actuating it including a rotating double-acting cam which acts at one time to move the carrier to a record-loading position and at another ,time to a record-unloading position, gate-like means disposed in operative relation to said cam and movable to positions for governing its respective actions, means in cooperative engagement with said cam-governing gate means for initiating: its movement-to one position orA the other, and means inoperative controlling engagement with said record-displacing 1 means for rendering such means operative only in a given position of said cam-governing gate means.

28. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a record magazine at one sidel thereof, a carrier movable between the turntable and the `magazine for loading a record from the magazine onto the turntable for play and to a position inclined to the turntable to unoad a record therefrom after play, means applied to the magazine for displacing a record from the magazine onto the carrier, means operatively connected to said carrier forf'a'ctuating it including a rotating double-acting cam which acts at one time to move the carrier to a record-loading position and at another time to a record-unloading position, gate-likemeans disposed in operative relation to said cam and movable to positions for governing its respective actions, a spring for normally urging said camgoverning gate means to a position for rendering the carrier-actuating means operative to a record-unloading position, an adjustable trip means in operative governing relation to said record-displacing means and movable into and out of tripping relation with said gate means for moving the latter to a position for rendering said carrier-actuating means operative to a record-loading position and for simultaneously governing the movement of said displacing means to a position to displace a record from the magazine. onto the carrier. Y

29. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a record magazine at one side thereof, a carrier movable between the turntable and the magazine for loading a record from the magazine'onto the turntable for play and to4 a position inclined to the turntable to unload a record therefrom afterV play, means applied to the magazine for displacing a record from the magazine onto the carrier, means operatively 'connected to said carrier for actuating it including a rotating doubleacting cam which actsat one time to move the carrier to a record-loading position and at another time to a record-unloading position, gatelike means disposed' in operative relation to said cam and movable to positions for governing its respective actions, a trip element applied to said cam, means operatively connected to said recorddisplacing means for actuation by said trip element for initiating the movement of such means to a position Yto displace a'record from the magazine ontothe carrier and adjustable means disposed for movement into and out of operative relation to said cam-like Agate means -for initiating its movement to a position for rendering the cam operative to move the carrier to its record-loading position, said adjustable means including a part in governing relation to said record-displacing means for rendering the latter operative .to vdisplace a record from the magazine onto the carrier. 1 Y

v30. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a record magazine at one side thereof, a carrier movable between the turntable and the magazine for loading a record from the magazine onto the turntable for play and to 'a position inclined to the turntable to unload a record therefrom after play, means applied to the magazine for displacing a record from the magazine onto the -carrier, means operatively connected to said carrier for actuating it including a rotating doubleacting cam which acts at one time to move the carrier to a record-loading position and at another timeito a record-unloading position, gatelike means disposed in operative relation to said cam and'movable to positions for governing its respective actions, means connected to said gate means for normally urging it to a position for rendering the carrier-actuating means operative to a record-unloading position, a trip element applied to said cam, means operatively connected to said record-displacing means for initiating its movement to a record-displacing position and including a tappet normally disposed in inoperative relation to said trip element, adjustable means disposed for alternate movement toward and from the cam and including a part movable therewith into and out of operative relation to said gate means for initiating its movement to a position for rendering the cam operative to move the carrier to its record-loading position and a part movable therewith into operative engagement with said displacing means governing tappet to bring it into tripping relation with said trip element to render the recorddisplacing means operative to load a record from the magazine onto the turntable, and a means on said cam and engageable with said adjustable means for governing its alternating movements.

31. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a record magazine at one side thereof, a carrier movable between the turntable and the magazine for loading a record from the magazine onto the turntable for play and to a position inclined to the turntable to unload a record therefrom after play,'means applied to the magazine for displacing a record from the magazine onto the carrier, means operatively connected to said carrier for actuating it including a rotating double-acting cam which acts-V at one time to move the carrier to a record-loading position and at another time to a record-unloading position, gate-like means `,disposed in operative relation to said cam and movable to positions for governing its respective actions, means connected to said gate means for normally urging it to a position for rendering the carrier-actuating means operative to a recordunloading position, a trip element applied to said cam, means operatively connected to said recorddisplaoing means for initiating its movement to a record-displacing position and including a tappet normally disposed in inoperative relation to said trip element, adjustable means disposed for alternate movement toward and from the cam and including a part movable therewith into and out of operative relation to said gate means for initiating its movement to a position for rendering the cam operative to move the carrier to its record-loading position and a part movable there-

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