Automatic coin-controlled recording apparatus

Claim 1

SELF-CONTAINED UNITARY APPARATUS FOR MAKING A PERMANENT RECORDING OF A SOUNDTRACK UTILIZING CYCLICALLYOPERATING APPARATUS EMPLOYING COIN-CONTROLLED MEANS INITIATE A COMPLETE OPERATING CYCLE INCLUDING A TEMPORARY RECORDING OPERATION AND A PERMANENT RECORDING OPERATION, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A FIRST ERASIBLE SELF-RECYCLING TYPE RECORDER AND A SECOND PERMANENT RECORD RECORDER, EACH HAVING A PREDETERMINED STARTING POSITION AND OPERABLE TO MAKE A PERMANENT TYPE RECORDING OF A VOICE TRACK TEMPORARILY RECORDED ON SAID ERASIBLE RECORDER, MICROPHONE MEANS FOR CONVEYING SOUND ENERGY INTO SAID FIRST RECORDER DURING THE TEMPORARY RECORDING OPERATION, TIMER MEANS AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH SAID FIRST RECORDER OPERABLE TO INFORM THE PATRON CONTINUOUSLY OF THE RELATIVE AMOUNTS OF THE CONSUMED AND UNCONSUMED PROPORTIONS OF THE TEMPORARY RECORDING OPERATION, AND MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID FIRST AND SECOND RECORDERS THROUGH A PERMANENT RECORDING OPERATION FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF SAID TEMPORARY RECORDING OPERATION DURING WHICH THE TEMPORARY RECORDED SOUNDTRACK IS TRANSFERRED TO A PERMANENT RECORD.