Automatic phonograph recording selector means

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMATIC PHONOGRAPH, RECORD SELECTING MEANS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN ANNULAR ARRAY OF SELECTOR PINS, AN ANNULAR SERIES OF PIN SETTING SOLENOIDS, ROTARY SELECTOR MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLY SPACED OPERATING POSITIONS CORRESPONDING RESPECTIVELY TO A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT ANNULAR SERIES OF SAID SELECTOR PINS, SAID SELECTOR MEANS INCLUDING MEANS COACTING WITH SAID SOLENOIDS IN EACH OF SAID OPERATING POSITIONS OF SAID SELECTOR MEANS TO EFFECT AN OPERATIVE PIN SETTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAID SOLENOIDS AND A CORRESPONDING SERIES OF SAID PINS, MEANS FOR URGING SAID SELECTOR MEANS TO A MIDDLE ONE OF SAID OPERATING POSITIONS THEREOF, TWO SHIFTING SOLENOIDS CONNECTED TO SAID SELECTOR MEANS FOR MOVING THE LATTER ROTATABLY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FROM SAID MIDDLE POSITION, A PAIR OF ABUTMENTS COACTING WITH SAID SELECTOR MEANS TO TERMINATE MOVEMENT THEREOF BY SAID SHIFTING SOLENOIDS IN EITHER OF TWO EXTREME ONES OF SAID OPERATING POSITIONS THEREOF, A PAIR OF MOVABLE STOPS, A STOP SOLENOID COACTING WITH SAID MOVABLE STOPS TO MOVE THE LATTER BETWEEN INOPERATIVE POSITIONS AND OPERATIVE POSITIONS IN WHICH THE MOVABLE STOPS LIMIT MOVEMENT OF SAID SELECTOR MEANS BY SAID SHIFTING SOLENOIDS TO EITHER OF TWO INTERMEDIATE ONES OF SAID OPERATING POSITIONS THEREOF, SWITCHING MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID STOP SOLENOID AND SAID SHIFTING SOLENOIDS SELECTIVELY TO LOCATE SAID SELECTOR MEANS IN ANY ONE OF FOUR OPERATING POSITIONS LOCATED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID MIDDLE POSITION, AND SWITCH MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID PIN SETTING SOLENOIDS SELECTIVELY WHEN SAID SELECTOR MEANS IS IN ANY ONE OF SAID OPERATING POSITIONS THEREOF.