Tape playing machine

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC TAPE PLAYER FOR PLAYING A PLURALITY OF TAPES SELECTIVELY IN ANY DESIRED ORDER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A STATIONARY TAPE DECK DEFINING A PATH FOR TAPE TO BE PLAYED AND INCLUDING A PICKUP ON ONE SIDE OF SAID PATH AND TAPE MOVING MEANS FOR MOVING TAPE THROUGH SAID PATH, A ROTATABLE TAPE SUPPORT CARRIAGE, A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SERIES OF MOUNTS ON SAID CARRIAGE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL TAPES, SAID CARRIAGE HAVING A NORMAL TAPE PLAYING POSITION WHICH SUPPORTS SAID MOUNTS AT A TAPE PLAYING LEVEL WITH RESPECT TO SAID TAPE DECK, ROTARY TRANSFER MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CAMS COACTING WITH SAID CARRIAGE TO LIFT THE LATTER FROM THE NORMAL PLAYING LEVEL THEREOF TO AN ELEVATED INDEXING LEVEL, SAID ROTARY TRANSFER MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CARRIAGE AT SAID INDEXING LEVEL TO BRING THE SUCCESSIVE MOUNTS ON THE CARRIAGE INTO ROTARY ALIGNMENT WITH SAID PATH FOR TAPE ON SAID TAPE DECK, AND MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID TRANSFER MEANS TO LOWER SAID CARRIAGE TO BRING INTO TAPE PLAYING