The Talking Machine Patent Archive

Patents you could hear

Cylinder phonograph

Patent drawing of a cylinder phonograph with a reproducing carriage on a threaded shaft, a curved flexible tube leading to an external funnel, and mechanical levers and rails for automatically lifting and returning the carriage.AUTOMATIC REPEATING MECHANISM FOR PHONOGRAPHS.Jacob H. Ling · November 4, 1890A cutaway side-elevation engineering drawing of a Victorian tabletop cylinder phonograph, showing a conical listening horn, a threaded rotating cylinder holding a tubular tablet, a governor bellows and friction gearing beneath, and a detachable water-filled heating tank slid along guide rails at the front.PHONOGRAPH.Isaac W. Heysinger · November 11, 1890Patent drawing of a graphophone erasing attachment showing a record cylinder, carriage with reproducer and recorder arms, and a hinged eraser roller mechanism with control rods and finger-piece, plus enlarged detail views of the eraser wheel and alternate blade forms.ERASING ATTACHMENT FOR PHONOGRAPHS.Philip T. Dodge · March 31, 1891Patent drawing of a cylinder phonograph mechanism with a screw-threaded shaft, spring, cam, and latch assembly, shown both as isolated hardware and mounted inside the hollow body of a crow figure on a pedestal.PHONOGRAPH.Francis M. Criswell · March 8, 1892Patent drawing showing a phonograph with a large horizontal phonogram cylinder, an angled diaphragm assembly with a mouthpiece and thumb-nut adjustable arm above, and a weighted stylus support mechanism below, with labeled parts including the cylinder axis A, diaphragm ring N, and shield J.PHONOGRAPH.Gianni Bettini · December 20, 1892Patent drawing of a Bettini phonograph showing a cylindrical mandrel labeled A and C beneath an angled tone-arm assembly with mouthpiece M, diaphragm ring N, and spider S holding two styluses, with a small dual-faced weight indicator labeled 'Recording' and 'Reproducing' shown separately above.PHONOGRAPH.Gianni Bettini · December 20, 1892Patent drawing of a phonograph mechanism showing a horn-shaped diaphragm chamber connected via U-shaped amplificatory levers and a rocking bar to interchangeable recording and reproducing styles, with detailed close-ups of the lever linkage and style shanks.PHONOGRAPHStewart Dixon McKelvey · January 1, 1895Patent drawing sheet showing six figures of a small toy phonograph: a side view and end view of the whole machine on a base with cylinder and crank, an enlarged cross-section of the sound tube chamber, two comparative details of the diaphragm and double-pointed pin in reproducing versus recording positions, and an isolated view of the bifurcated diaphragm pin itself.TOY PHONOGRAPH.Jean Schoenner · August 8, 1899Front elevation of a tall cabinet-style talking machine housing an advertising sign window above a phonograph mechanism with gears, feed screw, and cylinder record visible below.TALKING-MACHINEBernard Benedict · December 26, 1916