Portable battery operable record player

Claim 1

IN A PORTABLE RECORD PLAYER: MOUNTING PLATE MEANS A TURNTABLE HAVING A SURFACE FOR RECEIVING A RECORD, CLAMPING MEANS FOR CLAMPING A RECORD ON SAID TURNTABLE, MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID TURNTABLE ON SAID MOUNTING PLATE, A TWO-ARM PICK-UP LEVER, UNIVERSAL JOINT MEANS SUPPORTING SAID PICK-UP ARM ON SAID MOUNTING PLATE MEANS SO THAT SAID PICK-UP LEVER IS TILTABLE IN VARIOUS PLANES, SAID PICKUP LEVER BEING MOVEABLE FROM A RADIALLY OUTER STARTING POSITION ON A RECORD ON SAID TURNTABLE-ON INWARDLY TO A RADIALLY INNER END PORTION, A SOUND-HEAD ON ONE ARM OF SAID PICK-UP LEVER FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH A RECORD ON SAID TURNTABLE, BALANCING MEANS SO MOUNTED ON THE OTHER ARM OF SAID PICK-UP LEVER AS TO BRING THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE PICK-UP LEVER ASSEMBLY INTO THE IMMEDIATE REGION OF SAID UNIVERSAL JOINT MEANS, SPRING MEANS CONTINUOUSLY URGING THE PICK-UP LEVER IN THE DIRECTION TO MOVE SAID SOUND HEAD TOWARD AND TURNTABLE, FIRST ELEMENTS OF ABUTMENT MEANS ON SAID PICK-UP LEVER AND ON SAID UNIVERSAL JOINT MEANS, A MOTOR SWITCH ON SAID MOUNTING PLATE MEANS, A CONTROL ROD SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING PLATE MEANS, A MEMBER ON SAID CONTROL ROD OPERABLE FOR CLOSING AND OPENING IN THE SAID MOTOR SWITCH IN FIRST AND SECOND END POSITIONS RESPECTIVELY OF SAID CONTROL ROD, SECOND ELEMENTS OF ABUTMENT MEANS ON SAID CONTROL ROD ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE SAID FIRST ELEMENTS OF ABUTMENT MEANS IN SAID SECOND POSITION OF THE CONTROL ROD AND ADAPTED TO LIFT SAID PICK-UP LEVER FROM SAID TURNTABLE AND TO RETURN THE SAID TO ITS STARTING POSITION, A BI-STABLE CONTROL MEMBER CONNECTED TO SAID CONTROL ROD AND ADAPTED RELEASABLY TO HOLD THE LATTER IN ITS RESPECTIVE END POSITIONS, MANUAL MEANS INCLUDING SPRING BIASED PUSHBOTTON MEANS OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID CONTROL ROD INTO ITS SAID FIRST END POSITION; AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CONTROL ROD AND ENGAGEABLE BY SAID PICK-UP LEVER WHEN SAID PICK-UP LEVER REACHES ITS SAID RADIALLY INNER END POSITION AND ADAPTED WHEN SO ENGAGED TO MOVE SAID CONTROL ROD INTO ITS SAID SECOND END POSITION.