US1337922A - Phonographic-record cabinet - Google Patents

Description

C. E. LANGLEY.

PHONOGRAPH RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JUIJY I2, 1919.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

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c. E. LANGLEY PHONOGRAPH RECORD CABINET- APPLICATJON FILED JULY 12, 1919.

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ATTORNEY.

CHARLES E. LANGLEY,

PHOHGGRAPHIC-EECGRID CABTNET.

Application filer July 12,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, CHARLES E. LANGLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Keokuk, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Tmprovements in Phonographic-Record Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cabinets or magazines for holding phonographic records in the form of disks, the object in view being to provide the device of the character referred to in which a large number of disks or records may be held and from which the records may be individually removed as required and readily replaced, the cabinet or magazine embodying means for retaining the'disks or records securely in place and preventing the same from dropping out of place as the magazine is partially rotated by the operator or attendant.

The broad object of the invention is to provide a magazine or cabinet which will enable a large number'oi records or disks to be stored compactly with the least possible trouble and with safety to the records or disks.

A. further object of the invention is to provide means whereby should a partial rotative movement be imparted to the magazine, the disks retaining or holding means will be automatically thrown into operation so as to prevent the disks from falling from their places.

WVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an end view of one of the rotatable magazines, partly broken away in sections, and showing a portion of the cabinet.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the engagement of the spring catch and one of the arms with one of the head members.

The improved device is of general cylindrical formation as illustrated in the drawing, the same comprising the end heads 1 connected at their periphery by series of segments 2 forming portions of the outer periphery or shell of the magazine.

Extending longitudinally of the magazine and secured at their opposite extremi- Specificaticn of Eetters Patent.

Serial No. 310,312.

ties to the heads 1 are angle partitions 3 as best indicated in 1, each of said par- 'ons being substantially L-shaped in. cross sections and the outer sides thereof being closed or covered by segm nts 2. The construction ust described provides a plurality of entrances d to admit of the insertion and removal off the records or disks indicated at 5 and in order to accommodate disks of different diameter, the partitions 3 are ar ranged at unequal distances apart, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1. This enables several sizes oi disks to be inserted in and removed from the same magazine.

Separatorsb are arranged between the rererds 5 as illustrated in F 1 and 2, to prevent said records from touching each other and said separators 6 are arranged in taggered relation to each other as to permit the inner portions of the disks or records 5 to overlap each other as illustrated in Fig. 1. This greatly increases the capacity of the magazine. The inward movement of the disks 5 islimited by means of a con'imon stop '7 shown in the form oi rod bar extending longitudinally of the interior ot the ma ie, terminally fastened to the heads 1, and a ged eccentrically as shown in Fig. 1.

The magazineis provided at the opposite ends t iereot with central journals 8 which are received in slotted bearings 9 within a suitable casing or cabinet structure 18 the construction referred to enabling the magazine to be removed and replaced in the easing. In this connection, it may be stated that the cas ng may be constructed so as to accommodate any desired number of magazines such as herein above described, and so that additional magazines may be added to the collection from time to time.

In conjunction with each row or series of disks or records 5, I employ a retaining bar 10 which, when in its retaining position, rests against the peripheries of the heads 1 ot the magazine as shown in Fig. 1. Each retaining bar 10 is connected to the magazine by means of supporting arms 11 which are connected to the heads 1 of the magazine by means of pivots 12, the latter being located eccentrically as shown in Fig. 1 so that when the retaining bar 10 is swung away from contact with the edges of the disk, it will lie against the periphery or outer surface of one of the segments 2 of the magazine as indicated in the same Fig. 1.

Each arm 11 is provided with a suitable spring catch 13 to retain the bar it) in its closed or retaining position and if desired, the same spring catch may be used for holding said retaining bar in its non-retaining position. Within the iuclosing casing 18 is a fixed or stationary abutment 14: in the form of one or more projections or a strip or bar extending longitudinally of the periphery of the magazine and against which the adjacent retaining bar 10 is adapted to strike in effort to turn the magazine, thereby insuring the return of the retaining bar 10 to its disk retaining position. This avoids any possibility of leaving the records or disks free to fall. from the machine or magazine as rotative movement is imparted to the latter.

It is desirable that the magazine be permitted to rotate in one direction only and for the purpose of preventing said magazine from turning in the opposite direction, the magazine has secured fixedly to one end or head thereof a ratchet wheel or toothed wheel 15 adapted to be engaged by a detent 16 within the cabinet casing. This permits the magazine to be turned in one direction by preventing the same from being turned in the opposite direction. This insures the return of the bar 10 to its disk retaining position when the magazine is turned in the only direction in which it is permitted to turn.

The construction hereinabove described is of a simple cha 'acter, inexpensive in manufacture, strong and durable and enables a maximum number of disks or records to be readily stored therein for easy removal and replacement as the disks or records are arranged to overlap each other within the magazine. At the same time provision is made for the holding of records of different diameters; for limiting the inward movement of the disks or records and for retaining said records or disks in their respective compartments preventing accidental displacement or dislocation thereof in the rotation of the magazine. The retaining bar 10, in addition to serving as a locking bar is suitably graduated, the same having imprinted thereon the names or numbers of records, and consequently serves as an index for the several records.

hat I claim is 1. A rotatable disk holding magazine of substantially cylindrical formation supported by end journals, said magazine embodying separators between which the disks are insertible, longitudinal partitions to support the edges of the disks, and displaceable disk retaining means carri d by said maga zine to permit the disks to be removed and replaced. the last named means comprising a disk retaining bar, pivoted side arms therefor supporting the said bar on the magazine so as to allow the bar to swing across the outer edges of the disks and also clear of the same.

2. A rotatable disk holding magazine of substantially cylindrical formation supported by end journals, said magazine embodying separators between which the disks are insertible, longitudinal partitions to support the edges of the disks, and displaceable disk retaining means carried by said magazine to permit the disks to be remov d and replaced, the last named means comprising a disk retaining bar, pivoted arms secured at the ends thereof, spring tongues on said arms frictionally engaging the ends of the magazine, and said arms supporting the bars on the magazine eccentric to the axis thereof, so as to permit said bar to be swung across the outer edges of the disks and also clear of the same.

3. A rotatable disk holding magazine of substantially cylindrical formation sup ported by end journals, said magazine embodying separators between which the disks a re insertible, longitudinal partitions to support the edges of the disks, segments inclos- Ting the portions of the periphery of the magazine remaining between the disk receiving portions thereof, and a disk retaining bar for each row of disks said bar being carried by the magazine and adapted to swing into engagement with the outer edges of the disks and also outside of the periphery of the magazine. V

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature.

CHARLES E. LANGLEY.

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