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US3311378A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Sound record producing apparatus

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-06-04
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Granted: 1967-03-28
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Expires: 1984-06-04
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Clark Charles William

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 13:37
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B17/00; G11B17/22

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 193 words
SOUND RECORDING PRODUCING APPARATUS COMPRISING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING IN A READILY REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE MANNER AND TRAVERSING, A MAGNETIC TAPE HAVING SPACED LATERALLY THEREOF A MULTIPLICITY OF INDIVIDUAL SOUND TRACKS CONSTITUTING INDIVIDUAL RECORDINGS, EACH INDIVIDUAL RECORDING STARTING AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME POINT IN THE LENGTH OF THE TAPE, ELECTRONIC AMPLIFYING APPARATUS, PICKUP MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING IMPULSES FROM SAID SOUND TRACKS TO SAID AMPLIFYING APPARATUS, SELECTOR MEANS WHEREBY ANY ONE OF SAID SOUND TRACKS CAN BE SELECTED TO BE OPERATIVE TO TRANSMIT IMPULSES THROUGH SAID PICKUP MEANS TO SAID AMPLIFYING APPARATUS, A ROTARY SUPPORT FOR A RECORD DISC ON WHICH A MECHANICAL SOUND RECORD CAN BE MADE, A STYLUS TYPE RECORDING HEAD CONNECTED TO THE AMPLIFYING APPARATUS TO RECEIVE IMPULSES THEREFROM, RECORDING HEAD CONTROL MEANS OPERABLE TO MOVE THE SAID RECORDING HEAD INTO AND OUT OF RECORDING ENGAGEMENT WITH A RECORD DISC DISPOSED UPON SAID TURNTABLE TO MAKE A SOUND RECORD THEREON IN THE FORM OF A SPIRAL GROOVE, STORAGE MEANS FOR A PLURALITY OF RECORD DISCS, TRANSFER MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE DISCS ONE BY ONE FROM THE STORAGE MEANS TO THE TURNTABLE AND FOR REMOVING EACH DISC FROM THE TURNTABLE PRIOR TO THE
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 193 words
SOUND RECORDING PRODUCING APPARATUS COMPRISING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING IN A READILY REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE MANNER AND TRAVERSING, A MAGNETIC TAPE HAVING SPACED LATERALLY THEREOF A MULTIPLICITY OF INDIVIDUAL SOUND TRACKS CONSTITUTING INDIVIDUAL RECORDINGS, EACH INDIVIDUAL RECORDING STARTING AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME POINT IN THE LENGTH OF THE TAPE, ELECTRONIC AMPLIFYING APPARATUS, PICKUP MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING IMPULSES FROM SAID SOUND TRACKS TO SAID AMPLIFYING APPARATUS, SELECTOR MEANS WHEREBY ANY ONE OF SAID SOUND TRACKS CAN BE SELECTED TO BE OPERATIVE TO TRANSMIT IMPULSES THROUGH SAID PICKUP MEANS TO SAID AMPLIFYING APPARATUS, A ROTARY SUPPORT FOR A RECORD DISC ON WHICH A MECHANICAL SOUND RECORD CAN BE MADE, A STYLUS TYPE RECORDING HEAD CONNECTED TO THE AMPLIFYING APPARATUS TO RECEIVE IMPULSES THEREFROM, RECORDING HEAD CONTROL MEANS OPERABLE TO MOVE THE SAID RECORDING HEAD INTO AND OUT OF RECORDING ENGAGEMENT WITH A RECORD DISC DISPOSED UPON SAID TURNTABLE TO MAKE A SOUND RECORD THEREON IN THE FORM OF A SPIRAL GROOVE, STORAGE MEANS FOR A PLURALITY OF RECORD DISCS, TRANSFER MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE DISCS ONE BY ONE FROM THE STORAGE MEANS TO THE TURNTABLE AND FOR REMOVING EACH DISC FROM THE TURNTABLE PRIOR TO THE

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-03-27 1970-09-26 1971-03-28 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-03-27 1974-09-26 1975-03-28 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-03-27 1978-09-26 1979-03-28 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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