Automatic phonograph

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMATIC PHONOGRAPH, THE COMBINATION OF MEANS DEFINING A SINGLE RECORD TRANSFER STATION LOCATED IN A STATIONARY POSITION, A TOROIDAL RECORD MAGAZINE DEFINING AN ANNULAR SERIES OF RECORD HOLDERS, MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID MAGAZINE FOR ROTATION ABOUT THE AXIS THEREOF IN A POSITION SUCH THAT THE TOROIDAL FORM OF THE MAGAZINE EXTENDS THROUGH SAID RECORD TRANSFER STATION, RECORD SELECTOR MEANS FOR ROTATABLY INDEXING SAID MAGAZINE TO MOVE THE INDIVIDUAL HOLDERS THEREOF SELECTIVELY INTO SAID RECORD TRANSFER STATION, A SINGLE TURNTABLE HEAD DEFINING A SINGLE RECORD PLAYING STATION LOCATED IN A STATIONARY POSITION, SAID TURNTABLE HEAD INCLUDING MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING A RECORD POSITIONED IN SAID PLAYING STATION, TWO TONE ARMS EACH INCLUDING A PICKUP, TWO TONE ARM SUPPORTS SUPPORTING SAID RESPECTIVE TONE ARMS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID RECORD PLAYING STATION TO ENGAGE AND PLAY OPPOSITE SIDES OF A RECORD SUPPORTED BY SAID TURNTABLE HEAD, TWO TONE ARM CONTROL LINKAGES INTERCONNECTED FOR SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION AND COACTING WITH BOTH SAID ARMS TO CONDITION BOTH ARMS SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR ENGAGING OPPOSITE SIDES OF A RECORD SUPPORTED BY SAID TURNTABLE HEAD, TWO SOLENOID LATCHES COACTING WITH SAID RESPECTIVE TONE ARMS TO RESTRAIN SAID RESPECTIVE ARMS SELECTIVELY AGAINST ENGAGEMENT WITH A RECORD SUPPORTED BY SAID TURNTABLE HEAD, REVERSIBLE DRIVING MEANS COACTING WITH SAID TURNTABLE HEAD TO ROTATE THE LATTER IN EITHER OF TWO OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, CONTROL MEANS COACTING WITH SAID REVERSIBLE