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US3250844A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Photoelectric organ

Assignee: Packard Bell Electronics Corp
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Filing: 1965-05-17
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Granted: 1966-05-10
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Expires: 1985-05-17
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Harold F Rieth

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 14:43
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H3/00; G10H3/03; G10H3/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 185 words
A PHOTOELECTRIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, INCLUDING, A ROTATABLE MEMBER PROVIDED WITH A PARTICULAR CONFIGURATION AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF ENDLESS TRANSPARENT SOUND TRACKS, EACH OF THE SOUND TRACKS DEFINING A RECORDING OF A DIFFERENT PITCHED TONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARTICULAR CONFIGURATION OF THE ROTATABLE MEMBER AND WITH THE TONE BEING PROVIDED CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT INTERRUPTION HAVING NO RECORDING DISCONTINUITY AT ANY POSITION AROUND THE TRACK, THE NUMBER OF SOUND TRACKS BEING AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF NOTES IN THE SCALE OF THE INSTRUMENT, MEANS COUPLED TO THE ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR PROVIDING A ROTATION OF THE ROTATABLE MEMBER, MEANS OPTICALLY COUPLED TO SAID ENDLESS TRANSPARENT SOUND TRACKS ON THE ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR SELECTIVELY PROVIDING LIGHT THROUGH ANY ONE OF SAID SOUND TRACKS AS SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER IS ROTATED, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR COLLECTING THE LIGHT PROVIDED FROM SAID OPTICAL MEANS THROUGH SAID ONE SOUND TRACK, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID COLLECTING MEANS FOR CONVERTING THE COLLECTED LIGHT TO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING THE TONE RECORDED IN SAID ONE TRACK, AND MEANS OPTICALLY COUPLED TO THE ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR VARYING THE TREMOLO OF THE TUNE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 185 words
A PHOTOELECTRIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, INCLUDING, A ROTATABLE MEMBER PROVIDED WITH A PARTICULAR CONFIGURATION AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF ENDLESS TRANSPARENT SOUND TRACKS, EACH OF THE SOUND TRACKS DEFINING A RECORDING OF A DIFFERENT PITCHED TONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARTICULAR CONFIGURATION OF THE ROTATABLE MEMBER AND WITH THE TONE BEING PROVIDED CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT INTERRUPTION HAVING NO RECORDING DISCONTINUITY AT ANY POSITION AROUND THE TRACK, THE NUMBER OF SOUND TRACKS BEING AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF NOTES IN THE SCALE OF THE INSTRUMENT, MEANS COUPLED TO THE ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR PROVIDING A ROTATION OF THE ROTATABLE MEMBER, MEANS OPTICALLY COUPLED TO SAID ENDLESS TRANSPARENT SOUND TRACKS ON THE ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR SELECTIVELY PROVIDING LIGHT THROUGH ANY ONE OF SAID SOUND TRACKS AS SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER IS ROTATED, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR COLLECTING THE LIGHT PROVIDED FROM SAID OPTICAL MEANS THROUGH SAID ONE SOUND TRACK, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID COLLECTING MEANS FOR CONVERTING THE COLLECTED LIGHT TO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING THE TONE RECORDED IN SAID ONE TRACK, AND MEANS OPTICALLY COUPLED TO THE ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR VARYING THE TREMOLO OF THE TUNE.

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