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US3247737A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Manual selection means for automatic phonograph

Assignee: Rock Ola Manufacturing Corp
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Filing: 1964-08-13
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Granted: 1966-04-26
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Expires: 1984-08-13
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 David C Rockola

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 22:10
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/30; G11; G11B; G11B17/00; G11B17/22; G11B17/24; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/20; Y10T74/20207; Y10T74/20238; Y10T74/20244

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 173 words
A SELECTOR PUSHBUTTON ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FRAME, TWO GROUPS OF DEPRESSIBLE PUSHBUTTONS A BAR ASSOCIATED WITH EACH GROUP SLIDABLE LONGITUDINALLY TO AN ADVANCED POSITION IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF DEPRESSION OF THE PUSHBUTTONS, THE PUSHBUTTONS AND BARS HAVING INTERENGAGING PORTIONS OPERABLE UPON DEPRESSION OF THE PUSHBUTTONS FOR ADVANCING THE BARS, ADVANCEMENT OF A BAR BY DEPRESSION OF A SELECTED PUSHBUTTON OF ITS ASSOCIAATED GROUP SERVING TO PREVENT DEPRESSION OF ANY OTHER PUSHBUTTON OF THAT GROUP, A LATCH PAWL PIVOTED ADJACENT EACH BAR AND MOVABLE TO AND FROM LATCHING POSITION, A PIN FIXED ON THE FRAME ADJACENT EACH LATCH PAWL AND POSITIONED FOR ENGAGEMENT BY THE LATCH PAWL WHEN THE LATTER IS IN LATCHING POSITION FOR CONSEQUENT RETENTION OF THE BAR IN ADVANCED POSITION, MEANS NORMALLY BIASING THE LATCH PAWLS TO LATCHING POSITION, BLOCKING MEANS MOVABLE INTO AND OUT OF A POSITION BLOCKING THE LATCH PAWLS FROM LATCHING POSITION, MEANS NORMALLY BIASING THE BLOCKING MEANS TO BLOCING POSITION, AND SOLENOID MEANS OPERATIVE FOR MOVING THE BLOCKING MEANS OUT OF BLOCKING POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 173 words
A SELECTOR PUSHBUTTON ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FRAME, TWO GROUPS OF DEPRESSIBLE PUSHBUTTONS A BAR ASSOCIATED WITH EACH GROUP SLIDABLE LONGITUDINALLY TO AN ADVANCED POSITION IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF DEPRESSION OF THE PUSHBUTTONS, THE PUSHBUTTONS AND BARS HAVING INTERENGAGING PORTIONS OPERABLE UPON DEPRESSION OF THE PUSHBUTTONS FOR ADVANCING THE BARS, ADVANCEMENT OF A BAR BY DEPRESSION OF A SELECTED PUSHBUTTON OF ITS ASSOCIAATED GROUP SERVING TO PREVENT DEPRESSION OF ANY OTHER PUSHBUTTON OF THAT GROUP, A LATCH PAWL PIVOTED ADJACENT EACH BAR AND MOVABLE TO AND FROM LATCHING POSITION, A PIN FIXED ON THE FRAME ADJACENT EACH LATCH PAWL AND POSITIONED FOR ENGAGEMENT BY THE LATCH PAWL WHEN THE LATTER IS IN LATCHING POSITION FOR CONSEQUENT RETENTION OF THE BAR IN ADVANCED POSITION, MEANS NORMALLY BIASING THE LATCH PAWLS TO LATCHING POSITION, BLOCKING MEANS MOVABLE INTO AND OUT OF A POSITION BLOCKING THE LATCH PAWLS FROM LATCHING POSITION, MEANS NORMALLY BIASING THE BLOCKING MEANS TO BLOCING POSITION, AND SOLENOID MEANS OPERATIVE FOR MOVING THE BLOCKING MEANS OUT OF BLOCKING POSITION.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1969-04-25 1969-10-25 1970-04-26 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1973-04-25 1973-10-25 1974-04-26 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1977-04-25 1977-10-25 1978-04-26 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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