Announcing system

Claim 2

In an audio announcing system, the improvement comprising a driving pulley, a driven pulley, said driving and driven pulleys each having a flat annular belt receiving periphery, an endless record belt aving an outer surface and an inner surface each of which is substantially flat, said endless record belt being of resilient material and extending in tension about said driving pulley and said driven pulley with said flat inner surface in driven engagement with said driving pulley and

Claim 3

An audio announcing system for use with a telephone system or the like comprising a support frame, vibration dampening means supported by said support frame, a driving motor supported by said vibration dampening means in spaced relation with said support frame for isolating the motor vibrations from said support frame, a driving pulley connected to said driving motor, a driven pulley positioned in approximately the same plane as said driving pulley and rotatably supported by said support frame on an axis approximately parallel to the axis of rotation of said driving pulley, said driven and driving pulleys each having a flat annular belt receiving periphery, a flywheel connected to and rotatable with said driven pulley, an endless belt recording medium having an outer surface and an inner surface each of which is substantially flat, said endless belt being of resilient material and extending in tension around said driving pulley and said driven pulley with said flat inner surface in driven engagement with said driving pulley and in driving engagement with said driven pulley, a plurality of messages recorded along the length of said outer surface of said endless belt recording medium, at least one of said messages being substantially parallel with the length of said belt, a plurality of reading heads positioned at said driven pulley and disposed in message reading relation with the portion of the endless belt recording medium which passes around the driven pulley, said endless belt recording medium including a detectable portion positioned in fixed predetermined relation to said at least one recorded message, and detecting means positioned adjacent said endless belt recording medium and operative to detect the movement of saId detectable portion of said endless belt recording medium with said endless belt recording medium.

Claim 4

An audio announcing system for use with a telephone system or the like comprising a support frame, vibration dampening means supported by said support frame, a driving motor supported by said vibration dampening means in spaced relation with said support frame for isolating the motor vibrations from said support frame, a driving pulley connected to said driving motor, a driven pulley positioned in approximately the same plane as said driving pulley and rotatably supported by said support frame on an axis approximately parallel to the axis of rotation of said driving pulley, said driven and driving pulleys each having a flat annular belt receiving periphery, a flywheel connected to and rotatable with said driven pulley, an endless belt recording medium having an outer surface and an inner surface each of which is substantially flat, said endless belt being of resilient material and extending in tension around said driving pulley and said driven pulley with said flat inner surface in driven engagement with said driving pulley and in driving engagement with said driven pulley, a plurality of messages recorded along the length of said outer surface of said endless belt recording medium, at least one of said messages being substantially parallel with the length of said belt, a plurality of reading heads positioned at said driven pulley and disposed in message reading relation with the portion of the endless belt recording medium which passes around the driven pulley, said endless belt recording medium including a detectable portion positioned in fixed predetermined relation to said at least one recorded message, and detecting means positioned adjacent said endless belt recording medium and operative to detect the movement of saId detectable portion of said endless belt recording medium with said endless belt recording medium.

Claim 5

The audio announcing system of claim 2 and wherein said detectable portion of the endless belt recording medium comprises at least one surface depression, and wherein said detecting means comprises switch means supported by said vibration dampening means and operative to detect the movement of said surface depression about said driving pulley.

Claim 6

In an audio output system, a driving pulley, a driven pulley, said driving and driven pulleys each having a flat annular belt receiving periphery, an endless belt recording medium having an outer surface and an inner surface each of which is substantially flat, said endless belt recording medium being of resilient material and extending in tension about said driving pulley and said driven pulley with said flat inner surface in driven engagement with said driving pulley and in driving engagement with said driven pulley, at least one reading head positioned adjacent said driven pulley and disposed in message reading relation with said endless belt recording medium which passes about the driven pulley, a support frame, said endless belt recording medium being a magnetic recording medium and said outer surface comprising a message recording surface facing outwardly of said pulleys, said reading head comprising a magnetic transducer head disposed to contact said message recording surface at a location whereat said endless belt passes about and drives said driven pulley, said reading head being supported by said support frame, vibration dampening means supported by said support frame, a driving motor connected to said driving pulley and supported by said vibration dampening means for isolating the motor vibrations from said support frame, and a flywheel connected to and rotatable with said driven pulley, said flywheel and driven pulley being supported by said support frame.

Claim 7

In an audio output system, a driving pulley, a driven pulley, said driving and driven pulleys each having a flat annular belt receiving periphery, an endless belt recording medium having an outer surface and an inner surface each of which is substantially flat, said endless belt recording medium being of resilient material and extending in tension about said driving pulley and said driven pulley with said flat inner surface in driven engagement with said driving pulley and in driving engagement with said driven pulley, at least one reading head positioned adjacent said driven pulley and disposed in message reading relation with said endless belt recording medium which passes about the driven pulley, a support frame, said endless belt recording medium being a magnetic recording medium and said outer surface comprising a message recording surface facing outwardly of said pulleys, said reading head comprising a magnetic transducer head disposed to contact said message recording surface at a location whereat said endless belt passes about and drives said driven pulley, said reading head being supported by said support frame, vibration dampening means supported by said support frame, a driving motor connected to said driving pulley and supported by said vibration dampening means for isolating the motor vibrations from said support frame, and a flywheel connected to and rotatable with said driven pulley, said flywheel and driven pulley being supported by said support frame.

Claim 8

The audio output system of claim 4, wherein said endless belt recording medium includes four groups of message tracks disposed thereon extending along the length of and spaced apart from each other across the width of said endless belt recording medium, with each group of message tracks comprising three message tracks spaced across the width of said endless belt recording medium, and wherein said at least one reading head comprises three banks of reading heads spaced about the perimeter of said driven pulley, with each bank of reading heads positioned adjacent a corresponding group of message tracks and including reading heads disposed in message reading relation with a corresponding message track from each group of message tracks on said endless belt recording medium.

Claim 9

The audio output system of claim 4 and wherein said endless belt recording medium contains at least one message recorded on a message track which is substantially parallel with the length of the endless belt and includes at least one surface depression in said endless belt positioned in fixed predetermined relation to said recorded message, and further including switch means positioned adjacent said driving pulley and operative to detect the surface depression as the surface depression moves with said endless belt recording medium about said driving pulley.

Claim 10

The audio output system of claim 6 and wherein said endless belt recording medium comprises at least two surface depressions spaced along its length and equally spaced from one edge of said endless belt recording medium, a third surface depression laterally spaced from said at least two surface depressions, first switch means positioned at said driving pulley and operative to detect said at least two surface depressions as said at least two surface depressions move with said endless belt recording medium about said driving pulley, and second switch means positioned at said driving pulley and operative to detect said third surface depression as said third surface depression moves with said endless belt recording Medium about said driving pulley.