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U. S. Phonograph Patents Granted in 1916
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Jan. 4, 1916

1,166,469  Winding-Indicator.  Joseph Mazer, of McAlester, Oklahoma.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 1, 1913, Serial No. 751,473.  “My invention relates to winding indicator mechanism for watches, graphophones or other devices, which shows to what extent the device has run down and when it needs winding up.”  Classification 368/212; 968/69.

1,166,602  Sound-Box.  Alexander S. Keszthelyi and Frank House, of Los Angeles, California, Assignors, by Mesne Assignments, to said Keszthelyi.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 22, 1913, Serial No. 791,260.  Renewed June 2, 1915, Serial No. 31,661.  Classification 181/147; 369/160.

1,166,627  Sound-Box.  John S. Ostrom, of San Francisco, California.  Executed Nov. 25, 1914.  Filed Nov. 30, 1914, Serial No. 874,790.  Classification 369/160; 369/170.

1,166,851  Stop for Talking-Machines.  Roy H. Morris, of Los Angeles, California.  No execution date.  Filed July 7, 1914.  Serial No. 850,824.  Classification 369/236; 369/53.45.

1,166,852  Phonograph System for Revolving Auditoriums.  Louis E. Myers, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed June 12, 1915, Serial No. 33,852.  Classification 379/87; 246/7.

1,166,925  Apparatus for Recording and Reproducing Sound.  Frank Somes Ober, of New York, N. Y.; Josephine R. Ober and Ernest I. Ober Administrators of said Frank Somes Ober, Deceased.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1908, Serial No. 409,744.  Classification 360/89.

1,166,953  Phonograph Sound-Box.  Charles W. Waller, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 30, 1915, Serial No. 24,859.  Classification 369/163; 369/170.

1,167,063  Phonographic-Disk-Record Cabinet.  Alfred H. Haag, of Newport News, Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 22, 1915, Serial No. 23,022.  Classification 312/9.24.

1,167,206  Cabinet for Sound-Records.  John Browning Ogden, of Lynchburg, Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 12, 1914, Serial No. 866,347.  Classification 312/9.56.

1,167,304  Automatic Lighting Attachment for Phonograph-Cabinets.  Frank B. Johnson, of Detroit, Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 19, 1915, Serial No. 3,112.  Classification 362/87; 362/155; 362/394.

D48,397  Design for a Talking-Machine Case.  Mark Jay Samuels, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Lyraphone Company of America, of Washington, District of Columbia, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 27, 1915, Serial No. 58,289.  Classification D14/199.


Jan. 11, 1916

1,167,468  Molded Article.  Jonas W. Aylsworth, of East Orange, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Filed Jan. 30, 1912, Serial No. 674,289.  Granted as 1,146,391, July 13, 1915.  Divided: Executed Sept. 2, 1914.  Filed Sept. 10, 1914, Serial No. 861,037.  “My invention relates to molded objects, such as sound records.”  Classification 428/65.9.

1,167,487  Controlling Device.  Frederick H. Fairweather, of East Orange, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed May 16, 1911.  Filed May 18, 1911, Serial No. 627,986.  “My invention relates to devices for controlling the starting and stopping of mechanism and is particularly designed for use with phonographs, although it is not limited to this use.”  Classification 92/94; 222/206; 74/470; 92/135; 92/99.

1,167,489  Phonograph-Reproducer.  Adolph F. Gall, of West Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Nov. 22, 1909.  Filed Nov. 26, 1909, Serial No. 529,917.  Classification 369/161; 369/168; 369/171.

1,167,500  Phonograph.  Newman H. Holland, of West Orange, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Oct. 4, 1911.  Filed Oct. 6, 1911, Serial No. 653,155.  Classification 369/260; 369/262.

1,167,501  Phonographic Apparatus.  Newman H. Holland, of West Orange, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Nov. 6, 1911.  Filed Nov. 8, 1911, Serial No. 659,092.  Classification 369/134; 192/116.5; 369/159; 379/85.

1,167,582   Winding-Indicator.  Joseph Mazer, of McAlester, Oklahoma.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 1, 1913, Serial No. 751,471.  “My invention relates to winding indicators for watches, graphophones or other devices.”  Classification 368/212; 968/69.

1,167,796  Talking-Machine.  Francesco Cirelli, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 22, 1915, Serial No. 22,995.  Classification 369/164.

1,167,838  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  John T. Prout, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 18, 1913, Serial No. 795,846.  Classification 369/216.

1,167,842  Phonograph Mechanism.  William Rotter and Richard S. Arthur, of New York, N. Y., Assignors to Talking Doll & Novelty Company, Inc., of New York, N. Y.  Executed June 29, 1914.  Filed July 1, 1914, Serial No. 848,340.  Classification 369/214; 369/230; 369/63.

1,167,972  Tone-Moderator for Talking-Machines.  George E. Brightson, of Oyster Bay, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 17, 1914, Serial No. 819,275.  Classification 181/197; 369/163.

1,168,053  Vehicle Signaling System.  George E. Boyden, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Alexander P. Browne, Trustee, of Boston, Massachusetts.  Executed July 10, 1914.  Filed July 17, 1914, Serial No. 851,451.  “My invention relates to signaling apparatus for vehicles, and its object is to provide means for announcing to the driver of a vehicle such as an automobile, the directions for following a predetermined route.”  Uses phonograph.  Classification 340/996; 116/33; 340/384.1; 369/21; 40/482.

1,168,239  Talking-Machine.  Henry Blake Babson, of Chicago, Illinois, and Andrew Haug, of Caldwell, New Jersey, Assignors, by Mesne Assignments, to Victor Talking Machine Company, of Camden, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Filed Mar. 7, 1905, Serial No. 248,872.  Divided: No execution date.  Filed July 17, 1909, Serial No. 508,117.  Renewed Oct. 28, 1911, Serial No. 657,393.  Classification 369/158.


Jan. 18, 1916

1,168,412  Adapter-Stylus for Phonographs.  Ellis S. Oliver, of Newark, New Jersey.  Executed Feb. 27, 1915.  Filed Mar. 3, 1915, Serial No. 11,792.  Classification 369/164.

1,168,432  Telegraphone.  Franz Seelau, of Berlin-Wilmersdort, Germany, Assignor of One-Half to Alexander M. Newman, of Berlin-Wannsee, Germany.  No execution date.  Filed May 28, 1914, Serial No. 841,408.  Classification 379/70.

1,168,606  Talking-Machine.  William H. Daily, of Tucson, Arizona.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 23, 1915, Serial No. 10,073.  Classification 369/197; 369/219.1; 369/265.

1,168,910  Sound-Record Cleaner.  James D. Rostron, of Germantown, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed June 16, 1915, Serial No. 34,353.  Classification 369/74; 15/246; 15/256.5; 29/DIG.97.

1,169,082  Discharge-Tube.  Robert von Lieben, Eugen Reisz, and Siegmund Strauss, of Vienna, Austria-Hungary, Assignors to the Firm of Relais-Gesellschaft M. B. H., of Vienna, Austria-Hungary.  No execution date.  Filed June 29, 1912, Serial No. 706,760.  “The object of the present invention...is to provide means whereby the duration of the discharge can be maintained for a greater period...especially for telephonic relays or for telegraphones and other uses where a prolonged discharge is desirable.”  Classification 313/565; 313/552; 445/10.


Jan. 25, 1916

1,169,134  Sound-Box for Talking-Machines.  Wilburn N. Dennison, of Merchantville, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed May 26, 1909.  Filed May 27, 1909, Serial No. 498,697.  Classification 369/157; 369/156.

1,169,317  Record-Meter for Talking-Machines.  Pliny Catucci, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor to A. F. Meisselbach & Brother, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 17, 1915, Serial No. 22,000.  Classification 185/44; 185/40M.


Feb. 1, 1916

1,169,861  Adapter-Stylus for Phonographs.  Ellis S. Oliver, of Newark, New Jersey.  Executed Mar. 26, 1915.  Filed Mar. 29, 1915, Serial No. 17,600.  Classification 369/164.

1,170,134  Phonograph.  Dexter W. Allis, of Whitman, and Josiah B. Millet, of Boston, Massachusetts, Assignors to Boston Talking Machine Company, of Boston, Massachusetts, a Corporation of Maine.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 17, 1912, Serial No. 691,307.  Classification 369/160; 369/170.

1,170,258  Phonograph or Talking-Machine.  Delos Holden, of East Grange, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed July 10, 1913.  Filed July 14, 1912, Serial No. 778,824.  Classification 369/81; 369/82.

1,170,325  Attachment for Musical Instruments.  Archie B. Poposkey, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 17, 1915, Serial No. 22,150.  Object is “the provision of a means for moving a tape bearing a musical staff and words in synchronism with the musical record so that as the musical record is being played, the tape is moved to show the music and words of said record....  This invention is shown applied to a phonograph but it is understood that it may likewise be applied to any mechanical musical instrument with slight modifications in the connecting and driving mechanism.”  Classification 40/455; 369/266; 369/69; 40/456; 84/453; 84/470R; 84/484.

1,170,391  Process of Forming Sound-Records and Other Objects.  Jonas W. Aylsworth, of East Orange, and Edward L. Aiken, of Orange, New Jersey, Assignors to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed July 30, 1910.  Filed Aug. 6, 1910, Serial No. 575,981.  Classification 264/107.

1,170,427  Figure-Toy Attachment for Disk Phonographs.  George A. D’Oench, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 9, 1915, Serial No. 44,415.  Classification 40/456; 369/63; 40/420; 428/13; 446/302.

1,170,447  Record-Holder.  James W. Hughes, of Narberth, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 18, 1915, Serial No. 2,960.  “This invention is an improvement on the holder described and claimed in an application for patent filed by me on the 11th day of August 1914, under Serial No. 856,277.”  Classification 312/9.46; 312/234; 312/305; 369/291.1.


Feb. 8, 1916

1,170,530  Method of Regulating Sound-Box Reproduction.  Emil Gruenfeldt, of Cleveland, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1915, Serial No. 1,239.  Reissued.  Classification 369/163.

1,170,675  Spring-Barrel for Talking-Machine Motors.  Belford G. Royal, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Mar. 12, 1914.  Filed Mar. 16, 1914, Serial No. 824,918.  Classification 185/45; 185/40M.

1,170,800  Sound Resonator and Amplifier.  Forest Cheney, of Jamestown, New York, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Cheney Talking Machine Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 11, 1912, Serial No. 682,989.  Renewed Nov. 26, 1915, Serial No. 63,678 [?].  “My invention is concerned with sound-reproducing machines, and more especially with those that are designed to reproduce complex sounds of a wide range, such as those of voices, orchestras and musical instruments generally.”   Classification 181/192; 84/387R; D14/208.

1,170,801  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  Forest Cheney, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Cheney Talking Machine Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed Oct. 25, 1912.  Filed Nov. 7, 1912, Serial No. 729,956.  My invention is concerned with certain improvements upon the ‘orchestral sections’ shown in my application No. 682,989, filed March 11, 1912.”  Classification 181/192.

1,170,802  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  Forest Cheney, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Cheney Talking Machine Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed May 19, 1913.  Filed May 21, 1913, Serial No. 768,905.  Classification 369/253; 403/161; 403/57; D14/262.

1,170,803  Sound-Reproducing Apparatus.  Forest Cheney, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Cheney Talking Machine Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 22, 1913, Serial No. 791,237.  Classification 181/162; D14/263.

1,170,997  Stop Mechanism for Graphophones.  Oscar L. Scalbom, of Glenview, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 15, 1913, Serial No. 748,605.  Classification 369/238; 369/290.1.

1,171,082  Sound Recording and Reproducing Machine.  Berthold A. Baer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 30, 1909, Serial No. 486,776.  Classification 369/53.38; 369/160; 369/78; 369/79.

1,171,118  Holder for Records and the Like.  Frank W. Harris, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor of One-Half to John Pfleging, of Brooklyn, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 21, 1915, Serial No. 22,728.  “This invention relates to holders and with regard to certain more specific features, to portable holders for flat phonographic records.”  Classification 206/311; 402/500.


Feb. 15, 1916

1,171,683  Combined Speed-Governor and Speedometer for Talking-Machines.  Clinton E. Woods, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 5, 1914, Serial No. 822,6878.  Classification 188/187.


Feb. 22, 1916

1,172,304  Means for Automatically Stopping the Motors of Talking-Machines.  Ludwig Norman, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor of One-Half to Jacob Wolke, of Brooklyn, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 5, 1915, Serial No. 6,292.  Classification 369/238.

1,172,346  Sound-Controller for Phonographs.  Rowland E. Faldl, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 9, 1915, Serial No. 13,093.  Classification 181/197.

1,172,370  Automatic Stop Mechanism for Sound-Reproducing Machines.  Erhard Kramm, Jr., of Peoria, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 27, 1914, Serial No. 858,790.  Classification 369/236.

1,172,380  Speed-Regulator for Phonographs and the Like.  Albert F. Madden, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor to Edmund H. Lansing, of Boston, Massachusetts.  Filed July 7, 1914, Serial No. 849,432.  Divided: Filed Oct. 31, 1914, Serial No. 869,644.  Classification 188/187; 369/241; 74/425.

1,172,533  Pitch-Ascertaining Attachment for Sound-Reproducing Records.  Thomas L. Kane, of Kane, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 13, 1915, Serial No. 14,110.  “The primary object of this invention is to facilitate the use of the phonograph, graphophone, and other similar music reproducing instruments, as an accompaniment in the teaching of music, and especially in the teaching of absolute pitch, by providing means for ascertaining the correct pitch at which any record element was produced.”  Classification 369/274; 369/290.1.

1,172,717  Graphophone.  Arthur Laurencich, of Washington, District of Columbia, Assignor of Three-Fourths to William F. Yates, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 22, 1915, Serial No. 23,170.  Classification 369/163.

1,172,754  Phonograph-Disk Holder.  Leander E. Wilkinson and Joseph M. Peirce, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 3, 1915, Serial No. 43,458. Classification 312/9.58.

1,173,104  Talking-Machine.  John C. English, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed July 30, 1907.  Filed July 31, 1907, Serial No. 386,381.  Renewed Apr. 11, 1914, Serial No. 831,341.  Classification 369/80.

D48,591  Design for a Casing for Phonographs or Talking-Machines.  William F. Grupe, of Jersey City, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Van-o-Phone Company, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 26, 1915, Serial No. 11,368.  Classification D14/199.

D48,592  Design for a Toy or Miniature Talking-Machine.  Percy A. Horswell, of Cleveland, and William H. Millikan, of Lakewood, Ohio, Assignors to the American Wonderland Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, a Corporation of Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 9, 1915, Serial No. 66,017.  Classification D21/516; D14/184.

D48,609  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  William Rotter, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Dec. 14, 1915.  Filed Dec. 17, 1915, Serial No. 67,479.  Classification D14/184.


Feb. 29, 1916

1,173,251  Needle-Setter.  Frederick A. Chapin, of Toledo, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 4, 1914, Serial No. 860,127.  "This invention has utility when incorporated in connection with reproducing mechanisms, especially sound reproducers of the disk record type."  Classification 369/245.

1,173,272  Resonator for Sound-Reproducing Devices.  William B. Hollingshead, of Mount Vernon, New York, Assignor of One-Half to Waldo G. Morse, of Yonkers, New York.  Executed Oct. 29, 1913.  Filed Nov. 17, 1913, Serial No. 801,471.  "In my following specification I will describe my improved resonator in connection with a talking machine, but it is obvious that it may be used in other situations."  Classification 369/80.

1,173,316  Handle for Winding Phonograph Spring-Motors.  Samuel Segal, of New York, N. Y.  Executed June 26, 1915.  Filed June 28, 1915, Serial No. 36,660.  Classification 464/39; 185/39.

1,173,466  Winding-Index for Indicator Mechanism for Timepieces, Musical and Other Mechanisms.  Charles Teske, of Wildrose, North Dakota.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 18, 1914, Serial No. 832,934.  Classification 368/212; 968/69.

1,173,501  Sound-Reproducer.  Edmund S. Geer, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 25, 1914, Serial No. 827,239.  Object "is to provide a device which will automatically and rapidly restore the reproducer needle or stylus to initial position on a sound reproducing record to cause the latter to be replayed."  Classification 369/229.

1,173,754  Automatic Recorder for Telephone-Messages.  Harold Gordon Stalker, of Navan, Ontario, Canada.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 15, 1914, Serial No. 8,408.  Classification 379/78; 379/82.

1,173,758  Sound Control for Talking-Machines.  Vincent W. Weczerzick, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 10, 1915, Serial No. 44,694.  Classification 181/197; 138/90; 138/93.


Mar. 7, 1916

1,174,274  Apparatus for Manufacturing Phonograph-Records.  Brian F. Philpot, of Orange, and Herbert A. Cook, of East Orange, New Jersey, Assignors, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Apr. 16, 1913.  Filed Apr. 22, 1913, Serial No. 762,854.  Classification 425/127; 425/468; 425/810.

1,174,292  Machine for Shaving Sound-Records.  Charles Schiffl, of Montclair, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed June 19, 1913.  Filed June 21, 1913, Serial No. 775,028.  Classification 82/1.12; 470/80.

1,174,358  Amplifying Device.  Henry A. J. Sexton, of St. Louis, Missouri.  No execution date.  Filed July 3, 1915, Serial No. 37,901.  Could be for either phonograph or telephone; doesn’t specify.  Classification 181/185; 116/142R.

1,174,454  Winding Device for Spring-Motors.  Edward E. Taliaferro, of Colorado Springs, Colorado.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 6, 1914, Serial No. 870,618.  Illustrated applied to phonograph motor.  Classification 185/40R; 185/43.

D48,670  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Peter Duffy, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Dec. 23, 1915.  Filed Jan. 11, 1916, Serial No. 71,586.  Classification D14/179.

D48,671  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Peter Duffy, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Dec. 23, 1915.  Filed Jan. 11, 1916, Serial No. 71,587.  Classification D14/176.

D48,672  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Peter Duffy, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Dec. 23, 1915.  Filed Jan. 11, 1916, Serial No. 71,588.  Classification D14/179.

D48,673  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Peter Duffy, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Dec. 23, 1915.  Filed Jan. 11, 1916, Serial No. 71,589.  Classification D14/184.

D48,676  Design for a Cabinet for Phonographs.  Harry Bloomfield Greene, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, and Henry Finch Chatfield, of Mount Vernon, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1916, Serial No. 71,110.  Classification D14/184.

D48,677  Design for a Cabinet for Phonographs.  Harry Bloomfield Greene, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, and Henry Finch Chatfield, of Mount Vernon, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1916, Serial No. 71,111.  Classification D14/184.

D48,678  Design for a Cabinet for Phonographs.  Harry Bloomfield Greene, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, and Henry Finch Chatfield, of Mount Vernon, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1916, Serial No. 71,112.  Classification D14/175.

D48,679  Design for a Cabinet for Phonographs.  Harry Bloomfield Greene, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, and Henry Finch Chatfield, of Mount Vernon, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1916, Serial No. 71,113.  Classification D14/184.

D48,680  Design for a Cabinet for Phonographs.  Harry Bloomfield Greene, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, and Henry Finch Chatfield, of Mount Vernon, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1916, Serial No. 71,114.  Classification D14/183.

D48,681  Design for a Cabinet for Phonographs.  Harry Bloomfield Greene, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, and Henry Finch Chatfield, of Mount Vernon, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1916, Serial No. 71,115.  Classification D14/184.

D48,682  Design for a Cabinet for Phonographs.  Harry Bloomfield Greene, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, and Henry Finch Chatfield, of Mount Vernon, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1916, Serial No. 71,116.  Classification D14/183.

D48,683  Design for a Cabinet for Phonographs.  Harry Bloomfield Greene, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, and Henry Finch Chatfield, of Mount Vernon, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1916, Serial No. 71,117.  Classification D14/184.

D48,684  Design for a Cabinet for Phonographs.  Harry Bloomfield Greene, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, and Henry Finch Chatfield, of Mount Vernon, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1916, Serial No. 71,118.  Classification D14/184.

D48,685  Design for a Cabinet for Phonographs.  Harry Bloomfield Greene, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, and Henry Finch Chatfield, of Mount Vernon, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1916, Serial No. 71,119.  Classification D14/184.

D48,686  Design for a Phonograph-Case.  James Hochholzer, of East Elmhurst, New York.  No execution date.  Filed July 16, 1915, Serial No. 40,340.  Classification D14/199.


Mar. 14, 1916

1,174,996  Sound-Box for Phonographs.  Joseph C. Kulp, of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 5, 1915, Serial No. 43,748.  Classification 369/163; 181/163; 181/164.

1,175,205  Tape-Graphophone.  Isaac S. Turner, of Centralia, Washington, and Theodore B. Turner, of Penticton, British Columbia, Canada.  No execution date.  Filed July 12, 1915, Serial No. 39,416.  Classification 369/259; 242/327.3; 369/260.

1,175,579  Service-Meter Circuit for Telephone Systems.  Fritz Aldendorff, of Antwerp, Belgium, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Western Electric Company, Incorporated, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Sept. 12, 1913.  Filed Oct. 3, 1913, Serial No. 793,122.  “A signaling device is then connected to the calling end of the local connection, which may be associated with a phonograph or any kind of code signaling.”  Classification 379/139; 379/219.

1,175,639  Repeater.  Edward S. Keogh, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 24, 1914, Serial No. 868,412.  “Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are to provide means for automatically replaying a disk record; to diminish the time interval between the repetitions of the playing of said disk record; and to noiselessly suspend and inaugurate the playing of said record.”  Classification 369/159; 369/226.

1,175,728  Gramophone-Record.  Arthur Eichengrün, of Berlin, Germany.  No execution date.  Filed July 20, 1912, Serial No. 710,679.  Classification 428/64.2; 156/220; 156/308.2; 156/309.3; 427/371; 428/464; 428/498; 428/535; 428/536.

1,175,764  Record-Cabinet.  Thomas Howard, of Steveston, British Columbia, Canada.  No execution date.  Filed May 19, 1914, Serial No. 839,629.  Classification 312/9.4; 211/164; 312/234; 312/305.

1,175,765  Brake Mechanism for Talking-Machines.  James W. Hughes, of Narberth, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Hughes-Lippincott Company, of Camden, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 17, 1914, Serial No. 851,525.  Classification 369/234.


Mar. 21, 1916

1,175,912  Phonograph-Stop.  Montague Adair, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Jan. 8, 1915.  Filed Jan. 11, 1915, Serial No. 1,556.  Classification 369/232.

1,176,326  Diaphragm for Sound-Reproducers.  James H. Sutlive, of Keokuk, Iowa.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 7, 1914, Serial No. 855,667.  Granted Mar. 21, 1916.   Could be for either phonograph or telephone; doesn’t specify.  Classification 181/170.


Mar. 28, 1916

1,176,919  Timekeeper Device.  Dezso Nemeth, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 12, 1915, Serial No. 13,911.  “This invention relates to a timekeeper device and has as its object to provide means for registering the time at which employees enter and leave their place of employment in an easy and simple way....  [T]he invention consists substantially in the combination of a recording phonograph of the Edison type with a clock striking the required divisions of time on a bell so as to record the sound thereof on a cylinder applied to the phonograph and with a mechanism adapted to prevent misuses.”  Classification 181/141; 369/19; 369/69.

1,177,025  Diaphragm.  James H. Ellis, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 26, 1911, Serial No. 623,521.  “This invention has for its object to provide a diaphragm for talking machines and the like which will possess to a superior degree the property of responding accurately to its actuating influences, whether they be sound vibrations, in the case of a recorder, or surface undulations or variations, in the case of a reproducer.”  Classification 181/162; 181/167.

1,177,047  Machine for Transmitting Sound Over Long Distances.  Walter Opel, of Leipzig, Germany.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 24, 1913, Serial No. 763,425.  “This invention has reference to improvements in talking machines by means of which the sound waves are transmitted over long distances.”  Classification 369/152.

1,177,227  Stop Mechanism for Phonographs.  Frederic Stephen Boerries, of Paris, France.  No execution date.  Filed July 12, 1913, Serial No. 778,763.  Classification 369/243.


Apr. 4, 1916

1,177,848  Apparatus for and Method of Recording Fluctuating Currents.  Lee de Forest, of New York, N. Y., Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Radio Telephone and Telegraph Company, a Corporation of Delaware.  Filed June 24, 1913, Serial No. 775,529.  Divided: Executed June 17, 1915.  Filed June 23, 1915, Serial No. 35,960.  Stated goal is to produce sound records from “weak pulsating or alternating currents.”  Classification 360/68; 369/99.

1,177,887  Arrangement of the Parts of a Talking-Machine in Particular for Speaking Dolls.  Alexander M. Newman, of Berlin-Wannsee, Germany.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 16, 1915, Serial No. 8,659.  Classification 446/302; 369/63.

1,177,978  Vocal Automobile-Signal.  Arthur W. Washburn, of Memphis, Tennessee, and Charles D. Keeler, of Perthshire, Mississippi; said Washburn assignor to said Keeler.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 7, 1911, Serial No. 612,745.  Classification 369/69; 340/384.1.

1,178,014  Phonograph.  Newman H. Holland, of West Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed July 10, 1914.  Filed July 13, 1914, Serial No. 850,603.  Classification 369/224; 369/225; 369/243.

1,178,061  Phonograph.  Frank L. Dyer, of Montclair, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Nov. 1, 1911.  Filed Nov. 3, 1911, Serial No. 658,343.  Classification 369/260; 369/262.


Apr. 11, 1916

1,178,840  Phonograph.  Harry L. Cassard, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed July 21, 1915, Serial No. 41,107.  Classification 369/155; 369/177; 369/63; 369/68.

1,178,871  Phonograph.  Emil Opferkuck and John Pfeifer, of Springfield, Ohio, Assignors to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  Executed Aug. 15, 1911.  Filed Aug. 19, 1911, Serial No. 644,984.  Classification 369/27.01.


Apr. 18, 1916

1,179,591  Means for Operating a Picture-Displaying Apparatus from a Sound-Producing Apparatus.  Richard A. Whitehead, of Los Angeles, California.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 13, 1912, Serial No. 683,537.  Classification 352/32.

1,179,660  Manufacturing Sound-Record Tablets.  Joseph Sanders, of Washington, District of Columbia.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 6, 1909, Serial No. 476,419.  Classification 264/107; 264/136; 369/286; 369/288.

1,180,008  Sound-Box.  Pliny Catucci, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor to A. F. Meisselbach & Brother, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Aug. 28, 1915.  Filed Sept. 4, 1915, Serial No. 48,958.  Classification 369/162; 369/170.


Apr. 25, 1916

1,180,401  Sound-Box Diaphragm.  Eldridge R. Johnson, of Merion, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Feb. 9, 1912.  Filed Feb. 16, 1912, Serial No. 678,120.  Classification 181/164; 181/170.

D48,938  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Alva D. Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 3, 1916, Serial No. 82,008.  Classification D14/178; D14/179.


May 2, 1916

1,181,108  Mounting for Record-Supporting Tables in Talking-Machines.  Frank L. Capps, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed June 1, 1915, Serial No. 31,463.  Classification 369/269; 464/42.

1,181,146  Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves.  Edward Allen Leet, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 26, 1912, Serial No. 722,490.  Renewed Sept. 25, 1915,  Serial No. 52,705.  Classification 369/80; 181/180.

1,181,337  Gearing for Phonographs and Other Talking-Machines.  Hans F. Neve, of Hancock, Iowa.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 5, 1915, Serial No. 12,452.  Classification 74/421R; 369/260.

1,181,655  Talking-Machine.  John C. English, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed May 27, 1909.  Filed May 29, 1909, Serial No. 499,080.  Renewed Sept. 24, 1914, Serial No. 863,387.  Classification 369/80.

1,181,864  Sound-Reproducer.  Carl W. Eilers, of East St. Louis, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 28,1915, Serial No. 47,844.  Classification 369/170; D14/263.

D48,975  Design for a Cabinet for Talking-Machines.  Alva D. Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 16, 1916, Serial No. 78,774.  Classification D14/178; D14/179.

D48,976  Design for a Cabinet for Talking-Machines.  Alva D. Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Filed Feb. 16, 1916, Serial No. 78,775.  Classification D14/176.


May 9, 1916

1,182,078  Sound-Box Diaphragm.  John H. Elfering, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Nov. 9, 1910.  Filed Nov. 12, 1910, Serial No. 591,947.  “This invention particularly relates to diaphragms for sound recording and reproducing devices, such as are preferably adapted to talking machines.”  Classification 181/164; 116/142R; 181/167.

1,182,233  Filing-Cabinet for Disk Sound-Records.  John M. Waddell, of Greenfield, Ohio.  Executed Feb. 12, 1914.  Filed Feb. 16, 1914, Serial No. 818,829.  Classification 312/9.55; 312/221.

1,182,551  Automatic Talking-Machine.  John Gabel, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 18, 1909, Serial No. 513,428.  Classification 369/37.01; 369/155; 369/172; 369/191.1.

1,182,576  Spring-Motor for Talking-Machines and the Like.  William D. La Rue, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Mar. 19, 1913.  Filed Mar. 20, 1913, Serial No. 755,579.  Classification 185/37; 185/40M; 185/45.


May 16, 1916

1,182,897  Apparatus for Recording and Reproducing Motion and Sounds.  Thomas A. Edison, of Llewellyn Park, Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Feb. 4, 1908.  Filed Feb. 8, 1908, Serial No. 414,924.  Classification 352/3.

1,182,922  Needle-Holder for a Talking-Machine.  Albert J. Mickley, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed July 28, 1915, Serial No. 42,255.  Classification 369/171; 369/161.

1,183,358  Process of Making Sound-Records.  George E. Emerson, of Newark, New Jersey; Clyde D. Emerson, Administrator of said George E. Emerson, deceased, assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Emerson Phonograph Company, Inc., of New York, Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Filed June 5, 1913, Serial No. 771,793.  Classification 156/246; 264/265.

1,183,802  Range-Teller.  Lee de Forest, of New York, N. Y., by Mesne Assignments, to Radio Telegphone & Telegraph Company, a Corporation of Delaware.  Executed Dec. 30, 1908.  Filed Dec. 31, 1908, Serial No. 470,279.  Gramophone setup described on page 3.  Classification 342/350; 342/458; 455/355.


May 23, 1916

1,184,060  Cabinet for Sound-Records.  Hulbert A. Yerkes, of Hackensack, New Jersey, and James D. Adams, of Wabash, Indiana, Assignors to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed July 30, 1913, Serial No. 782,053.Classification 312/9.44; 369/69.

1,184,268  Phonograph.  George L. Stone, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Assignor to Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 17, 1910, Serial No. 550,037.  Classification 369/80; 312/8.11.

1,184,275  Frame for the Driving Mechanism of Talking-Machines.  Hermann Thorens, of Ste.-Croix, Switzerland.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 4, 1915, Serial No. 6,020.  Classification 74/606R; 185/45.

1,184,332  Phonograph or Talking-Machine.  Thomas A. Edison, of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey.  Executed Dec. 5, 1910.  Filed Dec. 7, 1910, Serial No. 596,007.  Classification 369/80.

1,184,333  Phonograph or Talking-Machine.  Thomas A. Edison, of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Feb. 15, 1911.  Filed Feb. 17, 1911, Serial No. 609,100.  Classification 369/80.

1,184,334  Phonograph or Talking-Machine.  Thomas A. Edison, of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey.  Executed Aug. 9, 1912.  Filed Aug. 12, 1912, Serial No. 714,561.  Classification 369/80.

1,184,704  Electrical Synchronizer for Talking Motion-Pictures.  George P. McDonnell, of St. Louis, Missouri, Assignor of One-Half to John M. Hockmuth, of St. Louis, Missouri.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 11, 1913, Serial No. 784,237.  Classification 352/22; 352/23.


May 30, 1916

1,184,907  Talking-Machine.  Clinton E. Woods, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 13, 1913, Serial No. 789,676.  Classification 74/425; 369/268; 451/294; 451/398.

1,184,935  Film-Controlled Mechanism for Motion-Picture and Sound-Reproducing Means.  Charles W. Ebeling, of Elm Grove, West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 24, 1915, Serial No. 16,704.  Classification 352/22.

1,184,938  Talking-Machine.  Alex Fischer, of Kensington, London, England.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 5, 1911, Serial No. 668,880.  Classification 181/191.

1,185,001  Phonograph for Dolls or Other Toys.  Herman Ringel, of Newark, New Jersey.  Executed Apr. 1, 1913.  Filed Apr. 2, 1913, Serial No. 758,304.  Classification 369/214; 340/384.1; 340/390.1; 369/63.

1,185,056  Method of Making Phonographic Records.  Hagar Bolton Byron, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, of One-Third to A. H. Adams, Ada E. Pickard, and J. L. Jackson, of Chicago, Illinois. No execution date.  Filed Feb. 19, 1912, Serial No. 678,610.  Classification 369/84; 352/37; 355/98; 430/140.

1,185,149  Sound Reproducing or Recording Machine.  George H. Underhill, of Boston, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed July 28, 1904, Serial No. 218,492.  Classification 369/179; 192/139.

1,185,266  Tone-Varying Attachment for Reproducing-Needles.  Richard H. Vesey, of Denver, Colorado.  No execution date.  Filed July 6, 1915, Serial No. 38,194.  Classification 369/171; 369/161; 369/163.

1,185,311  Sound-Record.  Laura C. Hahn, of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 16, 1913, Serial No. 781,444.  For tuning pianos and similar instruments.  Classification 369/273.

1,185,331  Telephony.  Morton L. Johnson, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Frank B. Cook Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed Feb. 2, 1913.  Filed Feb. 24, 1913, Serial No. 750,286.  "The invention relates to telephone systems and contemplates means whereby the designations of lines with which calling subscribers desire connection may be automatically recorded by the calling subscribers and means for imparting this recorded information to operators who are to establish connections between calling and desired lines." Provision for "[s]peech recording and reproducing devices."  Classification 379/84; 379/262.

1,185,559  Decoy.  Amos C. Vaughan, of Anadarko, Oklahoma.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 3, 1915, Serial No. 5,923.  “The object of the invention is to provide a decoy of simple construction, embodying therein phonographic means for automatically giving at predetermined intervals a call or cry, and which may also move about in the water to simulate the motions of natural fowl.”  Classification 369/63; 369/157; 369/69; 369/75.11; 428/16; 43/3.


June 6, 1916

1,185,877  Reproducing and Transmitting Apparatus.  John J. Comer, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Automatic Enunciator Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed Jan. 24, 1912.  Filed Jan. 27, 1912, Serial No. 673,941.  Classification 369/152; 369/156; 381/162.

1,185,886  Adjustable Caster.  Alfred James Doherty, Jr., of Mackinac Island, Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 10, 1916, Serial No. 90,149.  “The primary object of the invention is the provision of adjustable means for use in connection with furniture such as phonograph cabinets, desks, tables, etc., by which the piece of furniture may be adjusted to level position, and particularly in the case of phonograph cabinets, the cabinet may be adjusted so that when the motor is wound, the cabinet remains stable or rigid.”  Classification 16/19; 16/22.

1,185,945  Talking-Machine.  Carl Schroeter, of Berlin, Germany, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.   Executed Aug. 12, 1913.  Filed Sept. 5, 1913, Serial No. 788,198.  Classification 369/82.

1,185,987  Light and Sound Distributing Apparatus.  George E. Emerson, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Emerson Phonograph Company, Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Executed July 14, 1913.  Filed July 15, 1913, Serial No. 779,101.  Classification 369/69; 362/87; 369/80; 84/464R.

1,185,988  Talking-Machine.  John C. English, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Sept. 19, 1911.  Filed Oct. 10, 1911, Serial No. 653,880.  Classification 181/192; 369/158.

1,186,190  Talking-Machine.  Charles L. Hibbard, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor of One-Half to Frederic W. Hager, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 19, 1914, Serial No. 878,092.  Classification 369/157; 369/158.

1,186,312  Disk-Record Holder.  Charles F. Hanselmann, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Phono Record Book Company, of Brooklyn, New York, a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 15, 1915, Serial No. 21,531.  Classification 206/311.

1,186,450  Apparatus for Phonographically Recording Telephonically-Transmitted Conversations.  Hans Starcke, of Cologne, Germany, Assignor to the Firm of Walseck & Starcke, of Cologne, Germany.  No execution date.  Filed May 1, 1912, Serial No. 694,572.  Classification 379/79; 379/70.

1,186,478  File for Sound-Reproducing Records.  Ford W. Harris, of Los Angeles, California.  Filed Continuation of Serial No. 693,836, filed Apr. 29, 1912.  Executed Aug. 25, 1915.  Filed Sept. 1, 1915, Serial No. 48,548.  Classification 312/9.56; 206/309; 211/40.

1,186,494  Synchronizer for Talking-Pictures.  Jean B. Olinger, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 4, 1913, Serial No. 758,761.  Classification 352/13.


June 13, 1916

1,186,628  Needle-Cutter.  Samuel O. Wade, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 28, 1916, Serial No. 80,803.  “My invention relates to needle cutters for repointing fiber needles for phonographs.”  Classification 30/131.

1,186,638  Locking Device for Speed-Governors of Talking-Machines.  Clinton E. Woods, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 5, 1914, Serial No. 822,687.  Classification 188/187.

1,186,717  Voice Recording and Reproducing Device.  Jack L. Walker, of Dallas, Texas.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 2, 1913, Serial No. 787,682.  Classification 369/117; 359/233.

1,186,869  Sounding-Board for Phonographs.  Owen B. Williams, of Seattle, Wisconsin.  Executed June 7, 1915.  Filed June 12, 1915, Serial No. 33,676.  Classification 369/271.1.

1,186,969  Automatic Brake Mechanism.  Edward T. Condon, Jr., of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Condon-Autostop Company, a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 18, 1913, Serial No. 742,762.  "My present invention relates to automatic brake mechanism designed particularly for use in connection with talking machines of the type in which a rotary disk record is employed, although it may be found useful in other and different connections."  Classification 369/234.

1,187,040  Top-Support for Talking-Machine and Other Cabinets.  Frank L. Capps, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 31, 1913, Serial No. 757,865.  Classification 217/60E; 292/DIG.42; 312/8.15; 49/394.

1,187,115  Stop Device.  Peter Weber, of Orange, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Continuation of Serial No. 664,393, filed Dec. 7, 1911.  Executed Oct. 1, 1912.  Filed Oct. 3, 1912, Serial No. 723,663.  “My invention relates to stop devices and more particularly to an improved stop device for phonographs.”  Classification 369/236; 369/241; 369/260; 369/53.39.

1,187,119  Means for Making and Reproducing Phonograph-Records.  Charles F. Winch, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Sept. 25, 1914.  Filed Sept. 26, 1914, Serial No. 863,616.  Classification 181/159; 369/156.

1,187,129  Talking-Machine.  Alberto Bertolucci, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 26, 1915, Serial No. 23,984.  Classification 369/198; 369/2; 369/265.

1,187,146  Sound-Box for Phonographs.  Newman H. Holland, of West Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Feb. 15, 1911.  Filed Feb. 17, 1911, Serial No. 609,101.  Classification 369/165; 369/173.

1,187,420  Binder.  Bruce V. Edwards, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor to Edwards Engineering & Manufacturing Company, of Newark, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Dec. 2, 1912.  Filed Dec. 10, 1912, Serial No. 735,968.  “My invention relates to binders such as are commonly used for the retaining or the filing, in a more or less temporary form, of printed matter or publications,—such as the successive issues of magazines and periodicals; catalogues and price lists; music; tariff sheets, and the like;—or for retaining in a secure and convenient manner the containers for flat gramophone records and the like.”  Classification 281/46.


June 20, 1916

1,187,892  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  John C. English, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Aug. 12, 1909.  Filed Aug. 14, 1909, Serial No. 512,845.  Renewed Nov. 7, 1914, Serial No. 870,939.  Classification 369/81; D14/199.

1,188,078  Method of and Mold for Making Sound-Boxes.  Alva D. Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed July 20, 1914, Serial No. 851,873.  Renewed Jan. 26, 1916, Serial No. 74,477.  Classification 264/250; 264/325; 264/347; 264/DIG.76.

1,188,079  Sound-Box for Talking-Machines.  Alva D. Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor of One-Half to John S. Latta, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 25, 1914, Serial No. 863,434.  Classification 369/157; 369/170.

1,188,080  Sound-Box for Talking-Machines.  Alva D. Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 20, 1914, Serial No. 873,205.  Classification 369/162.

1,188,374  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  John C. English, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Aug. 12, 1909.  Filed Aug. 14, 1909, Serial No. 512,844.  Renewed May 7, 1915, Serial No. 26,659.   Classification 369/81.

D49,215  Design for a Cabinet for Talking-Machines.  Eugene T. Kieffer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 11, 1915, Serial No. 7,603.  Classification D14/199.

D49,216  Design for a Cabinet for Talking-Machines.  Eugene T. Kieffer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 24, 1916, Serial No. 93,333.  Classification D14/183.

D49,222  Design for a Reproducer.  Julius Roever, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Roever Patent Company, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 16, 1916, Serial No. 78,784.  Classification D14/263.


June 27, 1916

1,188,509  Stylus-Lever for Phonograph Sound-Boxes.  Harry Teichlauf, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed July 13, 1915, Serial No. 39,574.  Classification 369/162; 369/170.

1,188,682  Sound-Reproducing Mechanism.  William Rotter and Richard S. Arthur, of Newark, New Jersey;’ said Arthur Assignor to said Rotter.  No execution date.  Filed May 31, 1913, Serial No. 770,827.  Classification 369/214; 369/230; 369/63.

1,188,728  Talking-Machine and Attachment Therefor.  Frank L. Capps, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone, Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed June 28, 1915, Serial No. 36,800.  Classification 369/260; 200/85R.

1,188,744  Talking-Machine.  John C. English, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Mar. 17, 1911.  Filed Mar. 24, 1911, Serial No. 616,664.  Classification 369/158.

1,188,872  Holder for Talking-Machine Records.  William H. Woerheide, of Orange, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 27, 1913, Serial No. 797,440.  Classification 312/9.58.

1,188,895  Top-Support for Talking-Machine and Other Cabinets.  Frank L. Capps, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 31, 1913, Serial No. 757,864.  Classification 217/60B.

1,188,909  Diaphragm.  Wilburn N. Dennison, of Merchantville, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Apr. 16, 1912.  Filed Apr. 18, 1912, Serial No. 691,570.  “My invention relates to diaphragms such as are particularly used in sound recording and reproducing machines, such as talking machines, phonographs and the like.”    Classification 181/171.

1,188,979  Gearing for Talking-Machines.  Henry H. Murray, of Riverton, and William D. La Rue, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignors to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed May 3, 1912.  Filed May 10, 1912, Serial No. 696,328.  Classification 74/425; 185/40M.

1,189,063  Phonograph-Stop.  Vassil Constantine, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 21, 1914, Serial No. 873,372.  Classification 369/236.

1,189,152  Tone-Purifier.  Charles P. Marshall, of Watertown, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 20, 1915, Serial No. 22,709.  “This invention relates to tone purifiers, designed for use in connection with talking machines generally, and the invention relates particularly to a device of the class for attachment to the reproducers of victrolas, graphophones, phonographs and like talking machines, wherein the well known vibration-bars or members are employed for conducting the sound vibrations from the needle to the reproducing diaphragms.”  Classification 369/163.


July 4, 1916

1,189,222  Phonograph-Stop.  Montague Adair, of New York, N. Y.  Executed July 29, 1915.  Filed July 30, 1915, Serial No. 42,733.  Classification 369/225; 369/226; 369/230; 369/238.

1,189,418  Phonograph-Stop.  Montague Adair, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Jan. 25, 1916.  Filed Jan. 27, 1916, Serial No. 74,682.  Classification 369/160; 29/DIG.98; 369/230; 369/234; 369/72.

1,189,592  Illuminating Device.  Harry J. Lutz, of Wheeling, West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 4, 1915, Serial No. 59,576.  “My invention consists in a new and useful improvement in illuminating devices for use in receptacles, adapted to illuminate the interior of the receptacle, automatically, when the latter is opened.  While the device is applicable to receptacles of various kinds, it is especially adapted for the illumination of the interior of cabinets containing graphophone mechanism.”  Classification 362/155; 200/61.83; 200/85R; 200/DIG.18; 362/802; 362/87; 84/464R.

1,190,005  Filing Device for Disk Records.  Joseph E. Ralph, of Newark, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed May 11, 1914, Serial No. 837,858.  Classification 206/309; 211/40; 229/67.1.

1,190,072  Process and Apparatus for Molding.  Edward L. Aiken, of Orange, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Oct. 11, 1912.  Filed Oct. 18, 1912, Serial No. 726,425.  “My invention relates to processes and apparatus for molding, especially to those for use in connection with the pressing of disk sound records from a mass of plastic record material.”  Classification 264/571; 264/107; 425/405.1; 425/812.

1,190,112  Arrester for Sound-Producing Apparatus.  Chester Y. Clawson, of Salt Lake City, Utah.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 27, 1915, Serial No. 24,275.  Classification 369/232; 369/237; 369/278.

1,190,133  Means for Recording Sounds.  Thomas A. Edison, of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Feb. 15, 1912.  Filed Feb. 16, 1912, Serial No. 678,065.  Classification 181/30; 181/199.

1,190,249  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  Patrick B. Delany, of South Orange, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed May 29, 1912, Serial No. 700,394.  Classification 369/160; 181/166; 369/247.1.

D49,300  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Edward J. Fischer, of Cincinnati, Ohio.  Filed Apr. 14, 1916, Serial No. 91,257.  Classification D14/179.


July 11, 1916

1,190,332  Electric Sound-ProducerMelvin L. Severy, of Arlington Heights, Massachusetts.  Executed Dec. 24, 1906.  Filed Feb. 18, 1907, Serial No. 357,977.  Uses a phonogram-like “timbre-form” to control the quality of the note, “as more particularly described in my companion application, Serial No. 357978, now replaced by application Serial No. 756,169” [see patent 1,218,324].  Classification 84/601; 340/388.1; 369/292; 84/723.

1,190,370  Descriptive-Film Attachment and Synchronizing Mechanism.  John W. Billings, of Union, Iowa.  Executed July 14, 1915.  Filed Aug. 9, 1915, Serial No. 44,421.  Classification 352/129; 352/133; 352/187; 352/71.

1,190,593  Motor-Governor.  Charles C. Russell, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 11, 1916, Serial No. 71,464.  “This invention relates to motor governors, and more especially to governors for spring motors, such for example as those employed in talking machines, but the invention is not limited in its application to motors of this type.”  Classification 188/187; 73/530; 73/551.

1,190,635  Talking-Machine.  Patrick B. Delany, of South Orange, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 3, 1913, Serial No. 739,939.  Classification 181/151; 181/162; 181/166; 369/157; 369/163.

1,190,636  Talking-Machine Recorder and Reproducer.  Patrick B. Delany, of South Orange, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 19, 1913, Serial No. 779,947.  Classification 369/163.

1,190,673  Phonograph.  Clinton B. Repp, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Aug. 10, 1909.  Filed Aug. 12, 1909, Serial No. 512,552.  Classification 369/158; 369/163; 369/215.1.

1,190,728  Tone-Arm for Talking-Machines and the Like.  Oscar J. Clair, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Mar. 29, 1915.  Filed Mar. 31, 1915, Serial No. 18,276.  Classification 369/158; 415/159.

1,190,748  Phonograph-Record Cabinet.  Charles D. Freeman, of Lockport, New York.  No execution date.  Filed June 5, 1913, Serial No. 771,946.  Classification 312/9.46; 312/285; 312/300.

1,190,787  Voice and Sound Recording Machine.  Frank Ebenezer Miller, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 9, 1915, Serial No. 7,035.  Classification 369/160; 181/162.

1,190,808  Operating Mechanism for Phonographs.  Herbert A. Stoiber, of New York, N. Y.  Executed May 20, 1911.  Filed May 23, 1911, Serial No. 628,927.  Classification 74/405.

1,190,943  Synchronizing Apparatus. Eugene Earl Norton, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to James Albert Whitman, of New York, N. Y.   Executed Apr. 10, 1909.  Filed Apr. 14, 1909, Serial No. 489,931.  Classification 352/23.

1,191,003  Record-Holder.  James W. Hughes, of Narberth, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Hughes-Lippincott Company, of Camden, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 11, 1914, Serial No. 856,277.  Classification 312/9.31; 312/305; 312/9.23.


July 18, 1916

1,191,182  Dictograph Apparatus.  William Heymann, of Washington, District of Columbia.  Executed Aug. 28, 1914.  Filed Aug. 28, 1914, Serial No. 859,109.  "The object of my said invention is to provide a recording instrument of a nature adapted to record ordinary conversations, which can be worn on the person in a manner to be conveniently concealed, whereby any conversation between two parties may be recorded and afterward reproduced, the instrument being intended primarily for use in detective and such like work."  Classification 369/64; 340/321; 369/127; 369/176; 369/214; 369/260; 369/69; 369/75.11.

1,191,202  Toy Phonograph.  Thomas J. Litle, Jr., of Woodbury, New Jersey, Assignor