Selective phonograph apparatus

Claim 1

IN A PHOTOGRAPH APPARATUS, A FRAME, A PHOTOGRAPH RECORD REVOLVABLY MOUNTED ON THE FRAME, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH MEANS ARRANGED TO TURN SAID RECORD WHEN SAID MOTOR IS ACTUATED, A PICK-UP ARM COMPRISING A SPRINGY STRIP ELEMENT SWINGABLY MOUNTED AT ONE OF ITS ENDS ON THE FRAME, FOR MOVEMENT ACROSS THE RECORD AND A MEANS INCLUDING A STYLUS ASSOCIATED WITH A DIAPHRAGM AT THE OTHER END OF SAID STRIP ELEMENT, ADAPTED WHEN THE RECORD IS TURNING AND SAID STYLUS IS IN CONTACT WITH A SOUND GROOVE ON THE RECORD, TO TRANSLATE VIBRATIONS OF THE STYLUS INTO SOUND; SAID STRIP ELEMENT BEING BIASED SO THAT SAID STYLUS NORMALLY CONTACTS THE RECORD, AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH MECHANISM INCLUDING A DIELECTRIC MEMBER MOVABLY MOUNTED ON THE FRAME, CARRYING A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTACT ELEMENTS IN SPACED RELATION THEREON, CONDUCTIVE MEANS CONNECTING SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS AND CONSTITUTING ONE TERMINAL OF SAID SWITCH MECHANISM, AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FINGER CONSTITUTING THE OTHER TERMINAL OF SAID SWITCH MECHANISM, EXTENDING FROM SAID STRIP ELEMENT; SAID DIELECTRIC MEMBER BEING SHIFTABLE SO THAT SAID FINGER IS ADAPTED TO BE IN WIPING CONTACT WITH ONE OF SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS AT ONE TIME AT ANY POSITION THE STYLUS MAY BE ON THE RECORD AND AS SUCH PICK-UP ARM MOVES TO BRING THE STYLUS TOWARDS THE END OF THE RECORD, TO TRANSVERSE SAID ONE CONTACT ELEMENT; THE WIPING DISTANCES OF SAID FINGER ON THE RESPECTIVE CONTACT ELEMENTS BEING OF DIFFERENT PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDES RESPECTIVELY, MEANS ON THE FRAME TO HOLD THE DIELECTRIC MEMBER AT ANY ONE SELECTED OF PREDETERMINED POSITIONS ON THE FRAME AND A CIRCUIT FOR ACTUATING SAID MOTOR, INCLUDING SAID SWITCH MECHANISM TO CONTROL MOTOR OPERATION.