Adapter spindle for record changers

Claim 1

IN AN ADAPTER SPINDLE OF THE TYPE DESIGNED TO SLIP OVER A SMALL DIAMETER CENTER SPINDLE OF A RECORD CHANGER FOR SUPPORTING A STACK OF LARGE CENTERHOLE RECORDS AND FOR DROPPING SUCH RECORDS ONE AT A TIME TO A TURNTABLE FOR PLAYING, WHICH SMALL DIAMETER CENTER SPINDLE IS OF THE TYPE HAVING RECORD EJECTING MEANS EMBODIED THEREIN, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN ADAPTER SPINDLE BODY OVER WHICH A PLURALITY OF LARGE CENTERHOLE RECORDS ARE ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED, SAID BODY HAVING AN OFFSET SHELF FORMED AT ONE SIDE THEREOF FOR SUPPORTING ONE CENTERHOLE EDGE PORTION OF THE LOWERMOST RECORD IN A STACK OF RECORDS ON THE SPINDLE, A UNITARY RECORD ACTUATOR MEMBER MOUNTED IN SAID SPINDLE BODY FOR HORIZONAL RECTILINEAR SLIDING MOVEMENT THEREIN, SAID ACTUATOR HAVING PUSHER MEANS AT ONE END THEREOF SLIDABLE OVER A TOP SURFACE OF SAID OFFSET SHELF FOR ENGAGING THE PERIPHERY OF THE CENTERHOLE OF THE LOWERMOST RECORD SUPPORTED ON SAID SHELF AND FURTHER HAVING RECORD SUPPORTING MEANS AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF POSITIONED FOR ENGAGING UNDERNEATH THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF THE CENTERHOLE OF THE LOWERMOST RECORD SUPPORTED ON SAID SPINDLE, AND SAID ACTUATOR BEING MOVABLE BY SAID RECORD EJECTING MEANS OF SAID CENTER SPINDLE BETWEEN A FIRST NORMAL POSITION WHEREIN SAID RECORD SUPPORTING MEANS IS EXTERNDED BENEATH THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF THE CENTERHOLE OF THE LOWERMOST RECORD ON THE SPINDLE AND SAID PUSHER MEANS IS RETRACTED RELATIVE TO THE ADJACENT EDGE OF SAID LOWERMOST RECORD SUPPORTED ON SAID SHELF TO A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN SAID PUSHER MEANS IS MOVED OUTWARDLY TO PUSH SAID LOWERMOST RECORD FROM SAID OFFSET SHELF AND SAID RECORD SUPPORTING MEANS IS RETRACTED SUFFICIENTLY TO MOVE FROM BENEATH THE ADJACENT EDGE OF SAID LOWERMOST RECORD, THEREBY TO RELEASE SAID LOWERMOST RECORD TO A TURNTABLE.