Automatic phonograph with coin controlled mechanism

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC PHONOGRAPH COMPRISING A RECORD MAGAZINE, RECORD TRANSFERRING AND PLAYING MEANS FOR REMOVING RECORDS FROM THE MAGAZINE, PLAYING THEM AND RETURNING THEM TO THE MAGAZINE, COIN INSERT MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE COINS OF DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS, CREDIT ACCUMULATOR MEANS HAVING A MEMBER MOVABLE IN ADVANCING AND RETRACTING DIRECTIONS, ELECTRICAL MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE INSERTION OF A COIN OF EACH OF SAID DENOMINATIONS OPERATIVE FOR ADVANCING SAID MEMBER AN AMOUNT CORRESPONDING TO THE VALUE OF THE RESPECTIVE INSERTED COIN, SAID MAGAZINE HAVING A PLURALITY OF POCKETS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE RECORDS OF DIFFERENT VALUE REPRESENTATIONS, CONTROL MEANS INDIVIDUAL TO EACH POCKET IN THE MAGAZINE OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO MANUAL ACTUATION THEREOF FOR EFFECTING PLAYING OF THE RECORD IN THE CORRESPONDING POCKET, MEANS SELECTIVELY MANUALLY POSITIONABLE FOR CONTROLLING SAID INDIVIDUAL CONTROL MEANS ACCORDING TO PRESELECTED VALUE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE POCKETS, AND ELECTRICAL MEANS OPERATIVE, IN RESPONSE TO ACTUATION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTROL MEANS, FOR MOVING SAID CREDIT ACCUMULATOR MEANS MEMBER IN RETRACTING DIRECTION AND THEREBY SUBTRACTING CREDIT THEREFROM AN AMOUNT CORRESPONDING TO THE VALUE REPRESENTED BY THE POCKET CORRESPONDING TO THE RESPECTIVE INDIVIDUAL CONTROL MEANS.