1977-08-19
1979-01-02
Aegerter, Richard E.
Undertaking
274 9R, 274 10C, G11B 300
Patent
active
041324137
ABSTRACT:
A toy phonograph comprises means for pressing a pickup arm into engagement with a phonograph record for reproducing recorded sound from the phonograph record playing surface during rotation thereof. The sound is picked up from a sound reproducing groove in the playing surface by direct resilient contact of a speaker cone assembly with the pickup arm. The speaker cone assembly includes a lift bar containing an aperture adjacent the end of the recording with a protrusion on the pickup arm being received in the aperture as the pickup arm reaches the end of the recording. The drive means for the turntable has an associated electrical contact located between the phonograph record playing surface and the lift bar. When the protrusion is received in the lift bar aperture, the lift bar drops a sufficient amount to engage a leaf spring contact which is normally biased to a closed circuit condition to open the circuit and thus shut off the drive means. Two records may be provided on opposite sides of a common turntable with two separate identical means connected in parallel so that the common turntable may be driven if either of the respective pickup arm protrusions is not received in its respective lift bar aperture. The device may function as a talking toy bank responsive to insertion of a coin.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3411790 (1968-11-01), Suchowski
patent: 3538638 (1970-11-01), Glass et al.
Aegerter Richard E.
Shepperd John W.
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