The Talking Machine Patent Archive

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Perforated paper roll

Patent drawing of a hand-held cylindrical music-making device labeled 'phuniphone,' shown gripped by a hand at a wooden handle, with internal bellows, reed plates, and paper rolls visible through the open casing.IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSMason J. Matthews · January 28, 1879Patent drawing of a wooden orguinette-style mechanical organ mounted on a stand, showing two large paper-strip rollers at either end, a central reed box labeled with mechanism letters, a hand crank, and internal cross-section views of the bellows and shaft linkages.IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.George B. Kelly and Mason J. Matthews · July 22, 1879Patent drawing of a reed-organ attachment showing a side-sectioned organ case with an internal wind chest, bellows, and treadle, alongside a compact perforated-paper-roll mechanism with music roller, take-up roller, and gear-driven roller assembly mounted atop the keyboard.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Elias P. Needham and Charles A. Needham · July 26, 1881Patent drawing of a mechanical reed organ showing a vertical cross-section with bellows, reed-board, and paper-feed rollers, plus plan views of the perforated raceway and reed cells.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Oliver H. Arno · December 26, 1882Patent drawing of a McTammany automatic musical instrument case showing two large paper reels (M and N) connected by a belt and pulley system, with a central reed-board, feed rolls, pressure roll, and hand-crank drive mechanism visible in plan and sectional views.AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.John McTammany, Jr. · January 29, 1884Patent drawing of an ornamental cross-topped chime cabinet with internal clockwork, bells, and a rotating perforated paper mechanism that controls electro-magnetic hammers striking a series of bells.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Willard H. Gilman · May 21, 1889Patent 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, 1894Cutaway front elevation of an upright piano cabinet revealing the pneumatic player mechanism, including vertical striking bellows, valve-board, tubing to a tracker bar, paired music rolls in a lower drawer, and a flywheel-driven exhaust pump at the base.AUTOPNEUMATIC PIANO-PLAYERFred R. Goolman · February 1, 1898A detailed mechanical patent drawing showing a long rectangular casing mounted over a piano keyboard, containing rows of numbered valves, plungers, rollers, cog-wheels, and a governor mechanism connected by tubing to an external air compressor and tank.SELF PLAYING ATTACHMENT FOR KEY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.Harry M. Salyer · July 10, 1900An exploded perspective drawing of the upper interior of a player piano, showing the sliding door and roll receptacle above the keyboard, rows of numbered pneumatic bellows and wippen-engaging arms, and a side detail of the governor and valve assembly for the paper-roll drive motor.SELF-PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Harry M. Salyer · June 18, 1907