Phonograph toy having swingable motor and record-supporting output shaft

Claim 2

A phonograph toy, comprising: a housing; motor means having an output shaft; means swingably mounting said motor means on said housing for swinging motion about an axis normal to said output shaft; phonograph record means having at least one recorded-message groove; fixed partition means on said housing having a record-supporting surface lying in a predetermined plane for supporting one edge of said record means in said predetermined plane; motor biasing means biasing said motor means to swing about said mounting means in a first direction to a position where said output shaft engages one side of said record means; a phonograph needle for tracking said recorded-message groove, said needle being positioned between said record and said speaker; and speaker means mounted on said housing wherein when said output shaft is biased to swing about said mounting means in said first direction into engagement with the other side of said record means by said biasing means said needle is trapped in said groove due to movement of said record toward said speaker.

Claim 3

A phonograph toy as stated in claim 1 including spring means biasing said needle to a predetermined reset position and reset plate means connected to said motor means for swinging said motor means in a second direction opposite to said first direction for releasing said needle from its trapped condition upon actuation of said reset plate means, whereby said needle-biasing spring means will reset said needle.

Claim 4

A phonograph toy as stated in claim 1 including finger means carried by said motor means and extending from said motor means to a position adjacent said record means and a pin carried by said finger means for engaging said record means to center said record means with respect to said partition means and said output shaft.

Claim 5

A phonograph toy as stated in claim 1 including needle-relieving means on said record means for releasing said needle from trapped engagement in said groove at the conclusion of the playing of a message recorded in said groove.

Claim 6

A phonograph toy as stated in claim 4 wherein said motor means comprises an electric motor, a fixed contact and a movable contact, said contacts being closed when said output shaft is in said predetermined plane, said biasing means swinging said electric motor to a position where said contacts open when said needle is released by said needle-relieving means.

Claim 7

A phonograph toy, comprising: housing means; motor means having an output shaft; means swingably mounting said motor means on said housing; disc-type phonograph record means having an upper surface, a lower surface, at least one recorded message groove on one of said surfaces and needle-relieving means at the end-of-play of said recorded message groove; fixed partition means mounted on said housing means in a predetermined plane adjacent said output shaft and having a record-supporting edge for supporting the other surface of said record means adjacent the outer periphery thereof, said edge of said partition and said output shaft lying in said predetermined plane when said motor means is swung to its normal operating position, said output shaft being spaced from said edge of said partition sufficiently to engage said other surface of said record means adjacent the outer periphery thereof diametriCally opposite said partition edge; motor biasing means biasing said output shaft into engagement with said other surface of said record means; speaker means mounted on said housing; a phonograph needle for tracking said recorded message groove, said needle being positioned between said record and said speaker; said needle being trapped in said recorded message groove when sad output shaft is in engagement with said other surface of said record means in said predetermined plane, said motor biasing means swinging said motor means about said normal axis in a first direction so that said needle can be relieved by said needle-relieving means at the end of play; means connected to said motor means for deenergizing said motor means when said motor means swings about said normal axis in said first direction; and motor swinging means connected to said motor means for swinging said motor means about said normal axis in a second direction opposite to said first direction to lower said output shaft away from said record means, whereby said record means is free to tip slightly under the influence of gravity permitting said needle to clear said one surface of said record means and return to the point-of-beginning-of-play for said needle means.

Claim 8

A phonograph toy, comprising: housing means; motor means having an output shaft; means swingably mounting said motor means on said housing; disc-type phonograph record means having an upper surface, a lower surface, at least one recorded message groove on one of said surfaces and needle-relieving means at the end-of-play of said recorded message groove; fixed partition means mounted on said housing means in a predetermined plane adjacent said output shaft and having a record-supporting edge for supporting the other surface of said record means adjacent the outer periphery thereof, said edge of said partition and said output shaft lying in said predetermined plane when said motor means is swung to its normal operating position, said output shaft being spaced from said edge of said partition sufficiently to engage said other surface of said record means adjacent the outer periphery thereof diametriCally opposite said partition edge; motor biasing means biasing said output shaft into engagement with said other surface of said record means; speaker means mounted on said housing; a phonograph needle for tracking said recorded message groove, said needle being positioned between said record and said speaker; said needle being trapped in said recorded message groove when sad output shaft is in engagement with said other surface of said record means in said predetermined plane, said motor biasing means swinging said motor means about said normal axis in a first direction so that said needle can be relieved by said needle-relieving means at the end of play; means connected to said motor means for deenergizing said motor means when said motor means swings about said normal axis in said first direction; and motor swinging means connected to said motor means for swinging said motor means about said normal axis in a second direction opposite to said first direction to lower said output shaft away from said record means, whereby said record means is free to tip slightly under the influence of gravity permitting said needle to clear said one surface of said record means and return to the point-of-beginning-of-play for said needle means.

Claim 9

A phonograph toy as stated in claim 6 wherein said motor means comprises an electric motor and said motor de-energizing means comprises electrical contacts.

Claim 10

A phonograph toy as stated in claim 6 wherein said housing means is provided with a record-receiving slot in alignment with said record-supporting edge, whereby different records may be played by inserting them through said slot and then withdrawing them at the end of play.

Claim 11

A phonograph toy as stated in claim 8 wherein said housing means comprises a doll torso.

Claim 12

A phonograph toy as stated in claim 9 including an aperture in said record means, finger means carried by said motor means and having a free end positioned in said housing means adjacent said aperture in said record means and a fixed pin on said free end of said finger means for engaging said aperture to hold said record means against lateral displacement during rotation of said record means by said output shaft.