Center spindles for magazine phonographs

Claim 1

A CENTER SPINDLE FOR A RECORD CHANGING PHONOGRAPH COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL, PERIPHERALLY ALIGNING SLOTS, AN ELONGATED CONTROL MEMBER COAXIALLY ARRANGED IN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND MOVABLE IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF PRIMARY SUPPORTING LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS EACH HAVING A BODY PORTION TILTABLE IN SAID SLOTS AND A LOWER PORTION OF REDUCED WIDTH HAVING AN INWARDLY DIRECTED NOTCH AND BEING TILTABLE IN THE INTERIOR OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER BELOW SAID SLOTS, A BUSHING SLIDABLY ARRANGED IN THE INTERIOR OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND HAVING A BORE FOR THE PASSAGE OF SAID ELONGATED CONTROL MEMBER, SAID BUSHING HAVING A PLURALITY OF SLOTS EACH RECEIVING THE LOWER PORTION OF ONE OF SAID PRIMARY SUPPORTING MEMBERS TO STABILIZE THE SAME AGAINST SIDEWARD MOVEMENTS DURING TILTING THEREOF AND A CYLINDRICAL PORTION ENGAGING SAID NOTCHES IN SAID LOWER ENDS THEREOF, A RESILIENT MEMBER SURROUNDING SAID BUSHING BELOW SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION FOR ENGAGING SAID PRIMARY SUPPORTING MEMBERS ADJACENT THEIR LOWER ENDS, SECONDARY SUPPORTING MEANS IN AXIALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE TOP ENDS OF SAID PRIMARY SUPPORTING MEMBERS, MEANS OPERABLE TO ENGAGE SAID SECONDARY SUPPORTING MEANS WITH AT LEAST THE NEXT LOWERMOST RECORD TO HOLD THE LATTER ON THE SPINDLE WHEN PRIMARY SUPPORTING MEMBERS ARE RETRACTED, RESILIENT MEANS OPERABLE TO ACTUATE SAID SECONDARY SUPPORTING MEANS TO ASSUME SAID RECORD ENGAGING POSITION, A FIRST ABUTMENT ON SAID ELONGATED CONTROL MEMBER OPERABLE TO RETAIN SAID SECONDARY SUPPORTING MEANS IN THE INOPERATIVE POSITION THEREOF AND A SECOND ABUTMENT ON SAID ELONGATED CONTROL MEMBER IN SUCH AN AXIALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP FROM SAID FIRST ABUTMENT THAT SAID FIRST ABUTMENT BY AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ELONGATED CONTROL MEMBER CAN BE RELIEVED ENTIRELY FROM ITS POSITION TO CONTROL SAID SECONDARY SUPPORTING MEANS BEFORE SAID SECOND ABUTMENT ENTERS INTO OPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SLIDABLE BUSHING TO MOVE THE LATTER DOWNWARDS TO TILT SAID PRIMARY SUPPORTING MEMBERS TO RETRACT THEM IN THE CENTER SPINDLE.