Group and individual record selection mechanism for coin operated record playing machnes

Claim 1

A PRESELECTION MECHANISM OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED FOR A COIN OPERATED RECORD PLAYING MACHINE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A ELECTRICAL ENERGY SOURCE, A PLURALITY OF ARRESTING MAGNETS (V1 ... V5) (R1 ... R5) OPERATIVELY MOUNTED IN SAID RECORD PLAYING MACHINE, AND ELECTRICALLY OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ELECTRICAL ENERGY SOURCE, A CORRESPONDING PLUTALITY OF SELECTOR KEYS (1 ... 10) OPERATIVELY MOUNTED IN SAID RECORD PLAYING MACHINE IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO SAID PLURALITY OF ARRESTING MAGNETS, A MULTICONTACT SWITCH (11) HAVING A PLURALITY OF BANK CONTACTS (0'', 1'' ... 10'') OPERATIVELY MOUNTED IN SAID RECORD PLAYING MACHINE, EACH ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF BANK CONTACTS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A CORRESPONDING ARRESTING MAGNET OF SAID PLURALITY OF ARRESTING MAGNETS (V1 ... V5) (R1 ... R5), A CONNECTING MEMBER (12) OPERATIVELY MOUNTED IN SAID MULTICONTACT SWITCH (11) AND ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY CONTACT TO PREDETERMINED BANK CONTACT OF SAID PLURALITY OF BANK CONTACTS (0'', 1'' ... 10''), A CREDIT MECHANISM (KW) OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CONNECTING MEMBER (12) FOR CONTROLLING ITS MOVEMENT, A GROUP SELECTOR KEY (14) OPERATIVELY MOUNTED IN SAID RECORD PLAYING MACHINE, A FIRST RELAY (S) OPERATIVELY ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID GROUP SELECTOR KEY, FOURTH SWITCHING MEANS (S4) OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST RELAY (S), SAID FIRST RELAY (S) BEING ENERGIZED WHEN SAID GROUP SELECTOR KEY (14) HAS BEEN DEPRESSED THEREBY SWTICHING SAID FOURTH SWITCHING MEANS (S4) AND SUCCESSIVELY ENERGIZING A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF SAID PLURALITY OF ARRESTING MAGNETS (V1 ... V5) (R1 ... R5) CORRESPONDING TO THE CREDIT STORED IN SAID CREDIT MECHANISM (KW), FIRST (S1), SECOND (S2) AND THIRD (S3) SWITCHING MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID RELAY (S), A SELECTOR RELAY (W) ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID RELAY