Record playing device

Claim 1

A RECORD PLAYING DEVICE PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO BE INCORPORATED IN PHONOGRAPHIC APPARATUS OR SOUND REPRODUCERS, ALSO OF THE COIN OPERATED TYPE, COMPRISING (A) A SUPPORTING FRAME HAVING TWO SIDES, (B) A TURNTABLE MOUNTED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID SUPPORTING FRAME SO AS TO BE ROTATABLE ABOUT AN AXIS, (C) A MOTOR FOR DRIVING THE TURNTABLE, (D) A PAIR OF SPACED SUPPORTS MOUNTED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID SUPPORTING FRAME AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, (E) A FIXED MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTS, (F) A FIRST ARM ADJACENT SAID TURNABLE CARRYING AT AND OF ITS ENDS A RECORD CENTERING COLLAR AND PIVOTED AT ITS OTHER END TO SAID FIXED SO AS TO BE ROTATABLE THEREABOUT THROUGH A PRE-SELECTED ANGLE THEREBY TO MOVE SAID RECORD CENTERING COLLAR INTO AN INOPERATIVE POSITION IN WHICH SAID COLLAR DOES NOT HOLD A RECORD ON SAID TURNABLE OR INTO AN OPERATIVE POSITION IN WHICH SAID COLLAR HOLDS A RECORD ON SAID TURNTABLE, (G) A PIVOT SECURED TO SAID FIRST ARM SO AS TO EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID TURNTABLE, (H) A SECOND ARM (30) FULCRUMED AT ONE OF ITS ENDS TO SAID PIVOT AND MOUNTING AT ITS OTHER END A PHONO PICK-UP CARRYING A NEEDLE, AND (I) A FIRST LEVER PIVOTED TO SAID FIXED AXLE AND CONNECTED WITH SAID FIRST ARM, SAID FIRST LEVER BEING SUSCEPTIBLE OF BEING ENGAGED AND PIVOTED ABOUT SAID FIXED AXLE BY A RECORD BEING PLACED ON SAID TURNTABLE, THEREBY TO PIVOT SAID FIRST ARM TOGETHER WITH SAID SECOND ARM ABOUT SAID FIXED AXLE AND THUS TO TAKE SAID RECORD CENTERING COLLAR INTO SAID POSITION AND SAID NEEDLE CARRIED BY SAID PHONO PICK-UP TO ENGAGE INTO THE SOUND GROOVE IN SAID RECORD PLACED ON SAID TURNTABLE.