Spindle adapter

Claim 1

A SPINDLE ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A ROTATABLE PHONOGRAPH TURNTABLE AND A SPINDLE OF RELATIVELY SMALL DIAMETER FOR RECORDS HAVING CENTER HOLES OF CORRESPONDINGLY SMALL DIAMETER, SAID SPINDLE HAVING A SHIFTABLE UPPER END PORTION MOVABLE BETWEEN A RECORD SUPPORTING POSITION AND A RECORD EJECTING POSITION FOR LATERALLY SHIFTING A RECORD RELATIVE TO SAID SPINDLE IN COMBINATION, AN ADAPTER BODY FOR SUPPORTING AND CENTERING A STACK OF RECORDS WITH LARGE DIAMETER CENTER HOLES, SAID BODY HAVING A PASSAGE EXTENDING FOR SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH THEREOF FOR PLACEMENT ON SAID SPINDEL, THE PORTION OF SAID PASSAGE FOR RECEPTION OF SAID SPINDLE UPPER END PORTION BEING LARGER THAN SAID SPINDLE END PORTION SO THAT MOVEMENT OF SAID SPINDLE END PORTION FROM RECORD SUPPORTING POSITION TO RECORD EJECTING POSITION CAN TAKE PLACE WHEN SAID ADAPTER BODY IS PLACED ON SAID SPINDLE; MEANS AT THE TOP OF SAID BODY ENGAGEABLE WITH THE UPPER END PORTION OF THE SPINDLE TO POSITION SAID BODY ON THE SPINDLE AND TO GUIDE SAID SPINDLE END PORTION IN MOVING FROM RECORD SUPPORTING POSITION TO RECORD REJECTING POSITION, A SHELF ON SAID BODY FOR SUPPORTING A STACK OF RECORDS, AN SHELF ON SAID BODY ADJACENT SAID SHELF, A LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BODY AND HAVING A FIRST PORTION POSITIONED IN SAID PASSAGE PORTION AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SHIFTABLE SPINDLE PORTION AND A SECOND PORTION POSITIONED TO EXTEND OUTWARDLY OF SAID OPENING AND MOVE ACROSS SAID SHELF, MEANS AT THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID BODY FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING RECORDS, AND MEANS ON SAID BODY AT THE SIDE OPPOSITE SAID SHELF SLOPED TO LEAD THE RECORD STACK DOWN ONTO SAID SHELF AND TERMINATING AT A LEVEL A RECORD THICKNESS ABOVE THE SHELF WHEREBY ACTUATION OF THE SHIFTABLE SPINDLE PORTION MOVES THE SECOND PORTION OF THE LEVER OUTWARDLY OF SAID OPENING AND ACROSS THE SHELF TO SHIFT A RECORD OFF THE SHELF AND BENEATH THE SLOPED MEANS WHEREUPON THE EJECTED RECORD IS FREE TO MOVE ONTO SAID TURNTABLE WHILE THE SLOPED MEANS GUIDES THE SUCCEEDING RECORD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RECORD STACK ONTO SAID SHELF.