The Talking Machine Patent Archive

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Comb mechanism

Patent drawing of an electric music box showing a pinned cylinder, comb, gear train, and a U-shaped magnet armature motor mounted at one end, with a detailed mechanical linkage for a stop lever and friction spring at the opposite end.ELECTRIC MUSIC-BOX.Leonidas G. Woolley · February 1, 1881Patent drawing of a cylinder music box mechanism showing the pinned cylinder, tuned comb with teeth, main shaft with sleeves and sockets, and a separate cross-sectional detail of the locking sleeve and spindle assembly.MUSIC-BOXArthur Junod · July 12, 1887Patent drawings depicting the internal mechanism of a Swiss cylinder music box, showing the pinned barrel, mainspring housing, tooth comb, driving-shaft disks, and a multi-faced cam plate used to shift the barrel and change tunes.MUSIC-BOXLouis Campiche · May 8, 1888Patent drawing of a mechanical musical instrument showing a box with a perforated paper roll fed over rows of spring-loaded hammers that strike tuned metal tongues, with cross-section and detail views of the hammer and damper mechanism in various positions.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Theodor Zöllner · April 4, 1893Patent drawing of a mechanical music player showing a paper roll feeding over a star wheel with plungers, geared to a spring-driven blade cylinder that plucks a comb.AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.William H. Hoschke · December 18, 1894Patent drawing of a disc musical box mechanism showing a large perforated note disc, gear train, spring drum, governor fan, and comb assembly with labeled parts A through W.MUSICAL BOX.Ferdinand Schaub · April 30, 1895Patent drawing of a music box cabinet showing the comb and star-wheel mechanism, cylinder, battery, induction coil, and wired handles for administering electric shocks in time with the music.ELECTRICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Gustav A. Brachhausen · December 21, 1897An ornate open music box with a mirrored lid, showing the comb mechanism and rotating disk inside, alongside cross-section diagrams of the sounding-board, resonance boxes, and a hand-crank cithern attachment mechanism.MUSIC-BOX.Levi D. Markle · May 16, 1899