Spindle adapter

Claim 1

IN A RECORD PLAYER HAVING A TURNTABLE AND CENTRAL SPINDLE FORMED WITH A SHOULDER ON WHICH SMALL CENTERHOLE RECORDS MAY BE MAGAZINED AND RELEASED TO THE TURNTABLE BY A CYCLICALLY OPERATED EJECTOR AT THE SHOULDER, ADAPTER MEANS TO PROVIDE MAGAZINE SUPPORT FOR LARGE CENTER HOLE RECORDS FROM SAID SPINDLE AND DERIVE MOTION FROM SAID EJECTOR FOR RELEASE OF SUCCESSIVE LOWERMOST MAGAZINED RECORDS TO SAID TURNTABLE COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL BODY FORMED TO RECEIVE THE SPINDLE THEREIN AND BE THEREBY SUPPORTED AND TO PASS THROUGH LARGE CENTER HOLE RECORDS AND WITH A PAIR OF OPPOSED MAGAZINE APERTURES UPWARD OF SAID BODY, A CAP PORTION CONCENTRIC WITH SAID BODY AND DISPOSED THEREABOVE, TWO PIVOT PINS, A MAGAZINE COUPLE INCLUDING A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED RECORD SUPPORT MEMBER AT EACH OF THE APERTURES, A RECORD SEPARATOR MEMBER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ABOVE EACH OF SAID SUPPORTS FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID APERTURES, EACH SEPARATOR MEMBER AND ITS CORRESPONDING SUPPORT MEMBER BEING MOUNTED ON ONE OF SAID PIVOT PINS, THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID PINS BEING SUPPORTED BY SAID CAP PORTION, THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID PINS BEING SUPPORTED BY SAID BODY, MEANS TO OPERATE SAID SUPPORTS AND SEPARATORS FROM SAID EJECTOR COMPRISING A GUIDE MEMBER FIXED TO SAID BODY AT THE LEVEL OF SAID EJECTOR, A FOLLOWER MECHANISM INCLUDING A PAIR OF CAM PINS SLIDABLY ANCHORED TO SAID GUIDE MEMBER, A FIRST CLOSED CAM SLOT ON EACH OF SAID SUPPORTS, A SECOND CLOSED CAM SLOT ON EACH OF SAID SEPARATORS, SAID CAM SLOTS RECEIVING SAID CAM PINS AND BEING FORMED FOR MOVING SAID SEPARATORS AND/OR SAID SUPPORTS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WHEN SAID MECHANISM IS MOVED, AND A SPRING ANCHORED TO SAID GUIDE AND SAID FOLLOWER MECHANISM TO BIAS SAID MECHANISM TO A NORMAL POSITION IN ASSOCIATION WITH SAID EJECTOR BETWEEN OPERATIONS OF SAID EJECTOR FOR THE SUPPORTS OF BOTH OF SAID MAGAZINE COUPLES TO BE EXTENDED OUTWARD OF THE BODY TO CARRY A PLURALITY OF RECORDS AND THE SEPARATORS CONCURRENTLY RETRACTED WITHIN SAID BODY, SAID EJECTOR WHEN OPERATED PRESSING ON SAID FOLLOWER MECHANISM AND MOVING SAID SEPARATORS OUTWARD OF SAID SPINDLE AND BETWEEN SAID BOTTOM MAGAZINED RECORD AND REMAINGING MAGAZINED RECORDS IN ADVANCE OF RETRACTION OF SAID SUPPORTS WITHIN SAID MAGAZINE APERTURES TO SUPPORT THE RECORDS ABOVE SAID BOTTOM RECORD BEFORE SAID BOTTOM MAGAZINED RECORD IS RELEASED TO SAID TURNTABLE BY RETRACTION OF SAID SUPPORTS WITHIN SAID MAGAZINE APERTURES.