Recording and reproducing appliance for connection to a public telephone network

Claim 1

A RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPLIANCE ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A PUBLIC TELEPHONE NETWORK, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A FIRST ANSWERING AND ANNOUNCEMENT CARRIER DRUM AND A FIRST TRANSDUCER COOPERATING THEREWITH, A SECOND RECORD CARRIER DRUM AND A SECOND TRANSDUCER COOPERATING THEREWITH, THE FIRST CARRIER DRUM BEING PROVIDED WITH A MESSAGE INSTRUCTING THE CALLING SUBSCRIBER TO SPEAK, THE SECOND CARRIER DRUM HAVING A MESSAGE RECEIVING RECORD, A SHAFT, SAID CARRIERS BEING SUPPORTED BY SAID SHAFT AND ADAPTED TO BE ACTUATED IN SEQUENCE, A MOTOR MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID DRUMS, A TRAVERSING SHAFT DRIVEN BY SAID FIRST NAMED DRUM, A SLIDE ACTUATED BY SAID TRAVERSING SHAFT FOR SUPPORTING SAID RECORD CARRIER TRANSDUCER FOR SAID SECOND DRUM, A CAM SHAFT DRIVEN BY SAID SECOND DRUM, MEANS ON SAID CAM SHAFT TO MOVE SAID FIRST TRANSDUCER OVER ITS CORRESPONDING MESSAGE CARRYING AREA, CLUTCH MEANS CONTROLLD BY SAID FIRST CAM SHAFT FOR DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID ANSWERING CARRIER TO SAID MOTOR MEANS FOR A PREDETERMINED TIME PERIOD, CLUTCH MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID CAM SHAFT