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turn movement, said finger'being adapted to
move onto the rail. during the remaining
portion of, the .return movement, and cou-
pling means upon the carriage and shiftable
5 into engagenientwith the returning means
during the upward movement of the car-,
riage, said returning -means and coupling
means cooperating to return the carriage to
:its.initial position.
10 .9. The combination with a guide rod, and
a .continuousl.y moving flexible returning
means, of a cauriage mounted to slide and
rock :upon the rod, a-hanger depending from
the carriage, a continuously oscillating lift-
15 ing finger, means foi: successively deflecting
the hanger' laterally and releasing it to en-
gage the -ifting finger when the carriage
reaches' one limit of its, movement, means for
positively feeding tle carriage to said limit
20 of 'its movement, 'and means upon the car-
'riage. and shiftable thereby when lifted, .to
couple the carriage to the returning means.
S 10 The combination with a guide rod,
and a continuously moving flexible retui'n-
25 ing means, of a carriage mounted to slide
and rock ipon the rod, a hanger depending
from the carriage, a continuously oscillating
lifting finger, meins for successively deflect-
ing the hanger Jterally and releasing it to
30 engage the lifting finger when the carriage.
reaches one nimit of its movement, means
for positiveiv fed ig the ca rriage to said
limit of jts m11cm'e'nt, (mea ns pon the car-
riage and sihif :tble thereby when lifted, to
35 couple the carriage to. the returning means,
and .means for holding the carriage in
rocked position until returned to its initial
poi nt.
11. Th c mbinlation with a guide rod, of
40 a carriage moun Id "o slide and rock there:
on, separa t means. fr moving the carriage
backward and fiw (d along the rod, means
for swinging the carriage ,upwardly upon
the rod upon reachmgiv one limit of its move-
45 ment, a reproduc' movable with the car-
riage, and a stationary brush, the needle of
the reproducer being- movable under thebrush during the movement of the carriage
in one direction and being movable over the
brush during the movement'of the carriage 60
in the opposite direction.
12. The combination with - a stationary
bush, of a carriage, a reproducer movable
with 'the carriage, means for .actuating the
carriage in one direction to move the needle .6
of the reproducer under the brush,' means
for automatically lifting the carriage and
reproducer upon reaching one limit of
movement of the carriage, and means for
moving the carriage and reproducerr back 60
to their point of starting, said brush being
adapted for engagement by the needle of the
reproducer during such return movement.
13. The combination with - a stationary
brush, and a reproducer, of a carriage there- 65
for mounted for backward and forward
movement, means for holding the needle of
the reproducer under the brush during the,
movement of the carriage in one direction,
and. for supporting the needle of the re- 70
producer above and in contact with the
brush during the movement of the repro-
ducer and carriage in..the opposite direction.
14. The combination with a stationary
brush, of a reproducer mounted for move- 75
ment relatively thereto and including a dia-
phragm, a lever, a pin mounted for rotation
therein, yielding means for holding the pin
normally in a .predetermined relation with
the lever, a secondary lever fulcrumed upon 80
the pin, a connection between the secondary
lever and the diaphragm, and a needle car-
ried by the secondary lever, said pin being
revohible relatively to the first named lever
during the movement of the needle over the 85
brush.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own, I have hereto affixed my signature
in the presence of two witnesses.
WALTER EDGAR CIIILDERS.
Witnesses:
HERlnT' D. LxwsON,
M. E. AMeCAn'rHY.1,141,233
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Childers, Walter Edward. Multiple-record phonograph., patent, June 1, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857955/m1/11/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.