Automatic record player

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMATIC RECORD-PLAYING APPARATUS, IN COMBINATION, A SUPPORT; MAGAZINE MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT FOR REMOVABLY RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF PHONOGRAPH RECORDS ARRAYED IN PARALLEL PLANES SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG A COMMON AXIS; A RECORD-PLAYING CARRIAGE LINEARLY DISPLACEABLE ON SAID SUPPORT ALONG SAID MAGAZINE MEANS PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS, SAID CARRIAGE INCLUDING A TURNABLE ROTATABLE ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS OF SAID MAGAZINE MEANS AND EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULARLY THERETO, A CLAMPING ARM SWINGABLY MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE AND DISPLACEABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID TURNTABLE FOR HOLDING A RECORD AGAINST THE LATTER, A TONE ARM SWINGABLY MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE FOR ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT GENERALLY TRANSVERSELY TO THE DIRECTION OF DISPLACEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE AND ENGAGEABLE WITH A RECORD HELD AGAINST SAID TURNTABLE, AND PROGRAMMING CAM MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE AND OPERATIVELY COUPLED WITH SAID ARMS FOR SEQUENTIALLY DISPLACING SAID ARM INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH A RECORD TO BE PLAYED; DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CAM MEANS; MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION MEANS FOR DISENGAGEABLY COUPLING SAID CAM MEANS WITH SAID DRIVE MEANS, SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS HAVING A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN SAID CAM MEANS IS CONNECTED WITH SAID DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATION THEREBY AND A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN SAID CAM MEANS IS DECOUPLED FROM SAID DRIVE MEANS; MEANS FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS IN SAID SECOND POSITION; AND SELECTOR MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT FOR INDEXING SAID CARRIAGE IN ALIGNMENT WITH A SELECTED ONE OF SAID RECORDS AND SHIFTING SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS FROM SAID SECOND POSITION TO SAID FIRST POSITION.