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U. S. Phonograph Patents Granted in 1917
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Jan. 2, 1917

1,210,665  Talking-Moving-Picture Apparatus.  Frederick Webster Matthews, of Los Angeles, California.  Executed Aug. 14, 1914.  Filed Aug. 20, 1914, Serial No. 857,651.  Means of synchronizing moving pictures and phonograph.  Classification 352/36.

1,211,066  Speed-Controller for Graphophones.  Joseph H. Bragdon, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 2, 1913, Serial No. 758,350.  Refiled Jan. 14, 1915, Serial No. 2,157. Classification 188/187.

1,211,110  Stop Mechanism for Talking-Machines.  Raymond Duncan, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Dec. 29, 1915.  Filed Feb. 3, 1916, Serial No. 75,895.  Classification 369/237; 200/DIG.34.

1,211,121  Flash-Lamp.  Henry L. Everett, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed May 4, 1916, Serial No. 95,455.  Proposed “to adapt the device for use in illuminating the needle of a talking machine when it is lowered to the record.”  Classification 362/197.

D50,126  Design for a Talking-Machine Casing.  John C. English, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 28, 1911, Serial No. 605,335.  Classification D14/203.

D50,139  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Archie E. Parnall, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 18, 1916, Serial No. 120,908.  Classification D14/184.


Jan. 9, 1917

1,211,532  Phonograph-Needle Cutter.  Burr B. Blood, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Carlyle MacHarg, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed Feb. 7, 1914.  Filed Feb. 14, 1914, Serial No. 818,622.  Classification 30/131; 30/229.

1,211,559  Stylus for Talking-Machines.  William P. Dun Lany, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Sears, Roebuck and Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 26, 1916, Serial No. 93,610.  Classification 369/173; 76/DIG.11; D14/264.

1,211,573  Phonograph.  Edgar J. Griswold, of New York, N. Y.  Executed July 11, 1916.  Filed July 12, 1916, Serial No. 108,778.  Classification 369/158; 369/160.

1,211,874  Phonograph-Reproducer.  Alexander N. Pierman, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed July 17, 1913.  Filed July 19, 1913, Serial No. 779,917.  Classification 369/156; 369/169.


Jan. 16, 1917

1,212,292  Needle-Cutter.  Samuel O. Wade, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed June 24, 1915, Serial No. 36,051.  “My invention relates to needle cutters for sharpening the so called ‘fiber’ needles of phonographs and talking machines.”  Classification 30/131.

1,212,309  Means for Securing a Sound-Box to the Tone-Arm of Talking-Machines.  Harry Woodward Archer, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed May 19, 1915, Serial No. 29,161.  Classification 369/157.

1,212,692  Speed-Regulator for Phonographs.  Albert Ruckgaber, of Brooklyn, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 6, 1914, Serial No. 822,933.  Classification 369/240; 310/103; 310/105; 310/93.

1,212,693  Speed-Regulator for Phonographs.   Albert Ruckgaber, of Brooklyn, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 7, 1914, Serial No. 855,618.  Classification 369/240; 310/268; 310/93.

1,212,872  Automatic Brake Mechanism for Phonographs.  Frank H. Adams, of Cleveland, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 22, 1915, Serial No. 3,673.  Renewed Dec. 1, 1916, Serial No. 134,500.  Classification 369/236; 116/319.

1,213,051  Method of Making Diaphragms.  Clarence S. Wickes, of Merchantville Borough, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Sept. 18, 1912.  Filed Sept. 20, 1912, Serial No. 721,415.  Classification 264/137; 264/320.

D50,210  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Horace Sheble, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Domestic Talking Machine Corporation, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Corporation of Pennsylvania.  Filed Apr. 1, 1916, Serial No. 88,399.  Classification D14/200.


Jan. 23, 1917

1,213,150  Method of Producing Magnetic Sound-Records for Talking-Motion-Picture Films.  Henry C. Bullis, of Redwood Falls, Minnesota.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 15, 1915, Serial No. 67,068.  Classification 360/15; 235/450; 315/289; 315/76; 355/98; 369/118; 369/284; 427/130; 427/132; 430/140.

1,213,176  Apparatus for Phonograph-Kinetoscopes.  Reginald A. Fessenden, of Brookline, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed June 27, 1916, Serial No. 106,247.  Classification 381/152; 359/444.

1,213,197  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 Sept. 26, 1913.  Filed Sept. 29, 1913, Serial No. 792,253.  Classification 369/260.

1,213,413  Phonograph.  Clinton B. Repp, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Jan. 8, 1912.  Filed Jan. 19, 1912, Serial No. 672,067.  Classification 369/213; 369/266; 74/393.

1,213,443  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. 25, 1913, Serial No. 791,821.  Classification 369/42.01; 369/53.39.

1,213,468  Sound-Record.  Victor H. Emerson, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Emerson Phonograph Company, Inc., a Corporation of New York.   Executed Dec. 8, 1915.  Filed Dec. 16, 1915, Serial No. 67,165.  Classification 369/277.

1,213,613  Record of Light, Sound, and Analogous Phenomena and Process and Apparatus for Producing the Same.  Charles Edgar Fritts, Deceased, late of Oneonta, New York, by Josephine H. Fritts, Administratrix, of Oneonta, New York, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to John D. Myers, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Filed Oct. 22, 1880, Serial No. 19,313.  Divided: No execution date.  Filed June 22, 1912, Serial No. 705,346.  Classification 369/84; 235/91R.

1,213,614  Record of Pulsations of Sound and Analogous Phenomena and Process and Apparatus for Producing the Same.  Charles Edgar Fritts, Deceased, late of Oneonta, New York, by Josephine H. Fritts, Administratrix, of Oneonta, New York, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to John D. Myers, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Filed Oct. 22, 1880, Serial No. 19,313.  Divided: No execution date.  Filed June 22, 1912, Serial No. 705,347.  Classification 369/84; 235/91R; 359/227.

1,213,615  Apparatus for Making Sound-Records.  Charles Edgar Fritts, Deceased, late of Oneonta, New York, by Josephine H. Fritts, Administratrix, of Oneonta, New York, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to John D. Myers, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Filed Oct. 22, 1880, Serial No. 19,313.  Divided: No execution date.  Filed June 22, 1912, Serial No. 705,349.  Classification 369/117; 250/230.

1,213,616  Means for Producing, Controlling, and Utilizing Electric Currents.  Charles Edgar Fritts, Deceased, late of Oneonta, New York, by Josephine H. Fritts, Administratrix, of Oneonta, New York, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to John D. Myers, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Filed Oct. 22, 1880, Serial No. 19,313.  Divided: No execution date.  Filed June 22, 1912, Serial No. 705,351.  Classification 369/105; 250/566.


Jan. 30, 1917

1,213,883  Synchronous Phonograph and Kinetograph.  Isidor Kitsee, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to the Cort-Kitsee Co., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed July 1, 1912, Serial No. 706,887.  Classification 352/16; 318/686.

1,213,990  Multiple-Disk Record for Phonographs.  Neil B. Wolcott, of Washington, District of Columbia.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 31, 1916, Serial No. 75,359.  “The object of my invention is to produce a disk record comprising a plurality of disk units upon each of which is recorded a part of a phonographic record, the units of which comprise a multiple of a complete record arranged in sequence upon the unitary disks, which collectively comprise a continuous and sequent production.”  Classification 369/274; 369/201.

1,214,050  Tone-Purifier for Talking-Machines.  Charles P. Marshall, of Watertown, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 24, 1916, Serial No. 93,038.  Classification 369/163; 369/170.

1,214,106  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 Jan. 24, 1914, Serial No. 814,174.  Classification 369/223; 369/241; 369/260; 369/53.41.

1,214,181  Brake for Phonographs.  Frederick Kraft, of Highwood Park, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 16, 1916, Serial No. 115,125.  Classification 369/236; 369/235.

1,214,191  Phonograph Turn-Table.   John P. Leach, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 20, 1916, Serial No. 121,100.   Classification 369/271.1.

1,214,304  Talking-Machine.  Harry W. Hess, of New York, N. Y. No execution date.  Filed Aug. 7, 1914, Serial No. 855,654.  Classification 369/80.

1,214,352  Repeater Attachment for Phonographs.  George L. Minns, of Cleveland, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 19, 1916, Serial No. 115,896.  Classification 369/226; 369/231.


Feb. 6, 1917

1,214,806  Stopping Mechanism for Phonographs.  William A. Lucker, of St. Paul, Minnesota.  No execution date.  Filed July 22, 1915, Serial No. 41,401.  Classification 369/236; 369/53.45.

1,214,920   Electric Switch.  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. 13, 1914.  Filed Feb. 16, 1914, Serial No. 818,894.  “When an electric switch is used in connection with such a phonograph, it may be necessary, for convenience of operation, to place the same in close proximity to desks and tables, which are generally strewn with papers and other inflammable materials.”  This invention is to avoid risk of a spark.  Classification 200/470; 200/DIG.27.

RE14,257  See 1,076,385.


Feb. 13, 1917

1,215,328  Needle Attachment.  Porter H. Adams, of Brookline, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 27, 1915, Serial No. 4,716.  Classification 369/171; 279/44; 369/161.

1,215,410  Phonograph.  Clinton B. Repp, of Plainfield, New Jersey.  Executed Oct. 22, 1912.  Filed Oct. 29, 1912, Serial No. 728,435.  Classification 369/162; 369/168.

1,215,446  Stop for Talking-Machines.  William S. Ward, of Charlottesville, Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 14, 1916, Serial No. 91,081.  Classification 369/236.

1,215,500  Method of Mounting Diaphragms in Sound-Boxes.  Parker Dodge, of Washington, District of Columbia.  No execution date.  Filed May 18, 1915, Serial No. 28,910.  Classification 181/171; 381/162.

1,215,744  Vibration-Governing Device for Sound-Reproducing Machines.  William J. Tanner, of Bridgeport, Connecticut.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 9, 1914, Serial No. 811,205.  "The invention consists of a device or attachment applicable to sound reproducing machines of various types but it is particularly useful with machines employing disk records."  Classification 369/163; 369/170; 369/251.

1,216,222  Speed-Regulating Device for Talking-Machines.  Jorgen F. H. Fechtenburg, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 3, 1916, Serial No. 112,982.  Classification 188/187; 369/239.

1,216,232  Annotator for Commercial Phonographs.  Martha L. Hunter and Albert B. Church, of San Francisco, California.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 15, 1915, Serial No. 50,780.    Classification 369/27.01.


Feb. 20, 1917

1,216,500  Multiple-Horn Phonograph.  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 July 12, 1915, Serial No. 39,245.  Renewed July 14, 1916, Serial No. 109,404.  Classification 369/82.

1,216.501  Divided-Horn Phonograph.   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 July 12, 1915, Serial No. 39,246.  Renewed July 14, 1916, Serial No. 109,403.  Classification 369/82.

1,216,614  Tone-Arm Support for Talking-Machines.  Louis K. Scotford, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed July 15, 1916, Serial No. 109,489.  Classification 369/158.

1,216,656  Talking-Machine.  Frank L. Capps, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed June 17, 1915, Serial No. 34,721.  Classification 181/180; 181/200.

1,216,691  Talking-Machine Attachment.  William M. Hilliard, of Haverhill, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 29, 1916, Serial No. 122,791.  Classification 369/157; 369/165.

1,216,839  Convertible Sound-Box.  Richard James Prettie, of Jamaica, New York, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed May 3, 1915.  Filed May 4, 1915, Serial No. 25,741.  Classification 369/161; 369/164.

1,216,946  Acoustic Multiplier.  Edward E. Clement, of Washington, District of Columbia.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 16, 1912, Serial No. 684,365.  Among purposes is “improving the reproduction of phonographic records.”  Classification 381/179; 181/128; 367/174; 369/163; 369/246; 381/186.

D50,363  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Horace Sheble, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Domestic Talking Machine Corporation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Corporation of Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 3, 1916, Serial No. 88,728.  Classification D14/200.

D50,364  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Horace Sheble, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Domestic Talking Machine Corporation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Corporation of Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 4, 1916, Serial No. 88,949.  Classification D14/200.


Feb. 27, 1917

1,217,294  Diaphragm for Sound-Reproducers.  Bernhard Fritzsch, of Cincinnati, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed May 15, 1916, Serial No. 97,492.  Classification 181/162.

1,217,723  Phonograph.  Roy A. Dunbar, of Evans City, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 31, 1916, Serial No. 87,917.  Classification 369/162.

1,217,746  Safety Spring-Winding Mechanism.  Emil Graf, of New York, N. Y., Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to James Manoil Company, Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed July 26, 1916, Serial No. 111,371.  “One of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of this kind particularly adapted for use in winding phonographs.”  Classification 464/44.

1,217,794  Phonographic Attachment.  Eugene F. McDonald, Jr., of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed June 26, 1916, Serial No. 105,991.  Classification 369/245.

1,217,843  Automatic Electric Winder for Spring-Motors.  William Gentry Shelton, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 23, 1916, Serial No. 133,062.  “The invention is peculiarly useful in connection with an automatic winder for the spring motor of a talking machine.”  Classification 185/40M; 185/40R; 185/43.

1,217,869  Talking-Machine.   Eldridge R. Johnson, of Merion, and John C. English, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignors to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Apr. 13 and 21, 1915.  Filed Apr. 23, 1915, Serial No. 23,299.  Classification 369/82; 312/7.1; 312/8.11; 312/8.16.

D50,388  Design for a Casing for Winding Attachments for Talking-Machines.  Joseph W. Jones, of Pelham, New York, Assignor to Jones Motrola, Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 4, 1916, Serial No. 82,257.  Classification D14/261.


Mar. 6, 1917

1,218,324  Sound-Producing Device.  Melvin L. Severy, of Arlington Heights, Massachusetts.  Continuation of Serial No. 357,978, filed Feb. 18, 1907.  Executed Dec. 17, 1912.  Filed Mar. 22, 1913, Serial No. 756,169.  “The object of the present invention is the construction of an improved musical instrument in which the sonorous vibrations are produced electromagnetically by the movement of phonograms of magnetic material past electromagnetic sound producing mechanism.”  Classification 369/273; 29/DIG.28; 340/384.1; 360/125; 369/162.

1,218,408  Repeating Attachment for Sound-Reproducing Instruments.  Eskil H. Josephson, of Chicago, Illinois.  Filed June 10, 1916, Serial No. 102,965.  Classification 369/226; 369/231.

1,218,560  Stop Device for Phonograph-Disks.  Artie F. Ireton, of Richmond, Indiana, Assignor to the Starr Piano Company of Richmond, Indiana, a Corporation of Indiana.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 7, 1916, Serial No. 82,584.  Classification 369/238.

D50,419  Design for a Combined Jardinière and Grafanola [sic] Stand.  Fred Hoyt, of Seattle, Washington, Assignor to Universal High Power Telephone Co., of King County, Washington.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 13, 1916, Serial No. 119,984. Classification D14/168; D11/144; D14/176.


Mar. 13, 1917

1,218,625  Sound Recording and Reproducing Machine.  Horace H. Brown, of New York, N. Y., Assignor of One-Half to Gottfried Peil, of New York, N. Y.  Executed July 8, 1912.  Filed July 12, 1912, Serial No. 708,952.  Renewed Jan. 29, 1917, Serial No. 145,311.  Classification 369/161; 369/163; 369/169.

1,218,799  Phonograph Recorder and Reproducer.  Herman G. Pape, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Mar. 2, 1915.  Filed Mar. 8, 1915, Serial No. 12,770.  Classification 369/146.

1,218,918  Recorder-Reproducer Device.  Clinton E. Woods, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 18, 1915, Serial No. 15,206.  Classification 369/171; 369/161.

1,219,099  Mechanical Toy.  John Wiley Hart, of Iola, Kansas, Assignor of One-Half to James Waring Wilgus, of Iola, Kansas, and One-Fourth to Edward G. Cresse, of Iola, Kansas.  No execution date.  Filed June 23, 1916, Serial No. 105,475.  One object is for use as a “phonograph attachment.”  Classification 446/83; 446/357.

1,219,112  Speed-Indicator for Talking-Machines.  Henry Kocourek, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Virginia.  Executed Dec. 24, 1914.  Filed Jan. 2, 1915, Serial No. 211.  Classification 384/415; 73/519.01.

1,219,144  Repeater for Talking-Machines.  John Para, of Elizabeth, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed June 21, 1916, Serial No. 104,973.  Classification 369/227; 369/228; 369/268.

1,219,164  Phonograph.  Mark Jay Samuels, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 17, 1915, Serial No. 21,983.  Classification 369/80; 188/187.

1,219,275  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. 616,666.  Classification 369/81.

1,219,379  Automatic Brake for talking-Machines.  Wilburn N. Dennison, of Merchantville Borough, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Sept. 6, 1910.  Filed Sept. 8,1910, Serial No. 581,022.  Classification 192/143; 369/236.

1,219,380  Brake for Talking-Machines.  Wilburn N. Dennison, of Merchantville Borough, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Filed Sept. 8, 1910, Serial No. 581,022.  Divided: Executed July 27, 1911.  Filed July 29, 1911, Serial No. 641,274.  Classification 192/139; 369/234; 369/236; 369/238.

D50,449  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Walter C. Pitts, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Solophone Company, of Jersey City, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 26, 1916, Serial No. 139,059.  Classification D14/176.

D50,450  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Walter C. Pitts, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Solophone Company, of Jersey City, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 26, 1916, Serial No. 139,060.  Classification D14/184.


Mar. 20, 1917

1,219,682  Recording Correlated Light and Sound Effects.  William Baldwin Vansize, of Brooklyn, New York.  Filed June 29, 1915, Serial No. 36,938.  Divided: No execution date.  Filed Sept. 24, 1915, Serial No. 52,353.  Classification 352/3; 360/80; 455/100.

1,219,752  Graphophone.  Phillip Majorana, of Louisville, Kentucky.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 30, 1916, Serial No. 87,712.  Classification 369/258.1.

1,219,753  Talking-Machine.  Joseph B. Marshall, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to Rex Talking Machine Corporation, of Wilmington, Delaware, a Corporation of Virginia.  Executed Jan. 27, 1916.  Filed Feb. 8, 1916, Serial No. 76,928.  Classification 369/158; 369/163.

1,219,934  Attachment for Phonographic Reproducers.  Edmund Gollmer, of New Ulm, Texas.  No execution date.  Filed June 30, 1915, Serial No. 37,301.  Classification 369/163.

1,219,975  Phonographic-Disk-Record Cabinet.  Cecilia D. McVay, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 31, 1915, Serial No. 69,529.  Designed to prevent warpage of disc records left standing vertically.  Classification 312/9.11.

D50,478  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.   Horace C. Moyer, of Oak Park, Illinois, Assignor to the Windsor Furniture Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 2, 1917, Serial No. 140,321.  Classification D14/184.

D50,479  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.   Horace C. Moyer, of Oak Park, Illinois, Assignor to the Windsor Furniture Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 2, 1917, Serial No. 140,322.  Classification D14/178.

D50,480  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.   Horace C. Moyer, of Oak Park, Illinois, Assignor to the Windsor Furniture Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 2, 1917, Serial No. 140,323.  Classification D14/184.

D50,481  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.   Horace C. Moyer, of Oak Park, Illinois, Assignor to the Windsor Furniture Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 2, 1917, Serial No. 140,324.  Classification D14/184.

D50,482  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.   Horace C. Moyer, of Oak Park, Illinois, Assignor to the Windsor Furniture Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 2, 1917, Serial No. 140,325.  Classification D14/184.

D50,483  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.   Horace C. Moyer, of Oak Park, Illinois, Assignor to the Windsor Furniture Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 2, 1917, Serial No. 140,326.  Classification D14/184.

D50,484  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.   Horace C. Moyer, of Oak Park, Illinois, Assignor to the Windsor Furniture Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 2, 1917, Serial No. 140,327.  Classification D14/184.


Mar. 27, 1917

1,220,480  Phonograph.  Peter Weber, of Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Aug. 2, 1910.  Filed Aug. 6, 1910, Serial No. 575,861.  Classification 369/214; 369/254.

1,220,638  Sound-Box. Alva D. Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor of One-Fifth to E. Hayward Fairbanks, of Merchantville, New Jersey.   No execution date.  Filed Feb. 24, 1914, Serial No. 820,643.  Classification 369/160; 181/162; 181/167; 181/171.

1,220,967  Phonograph-Table.  Albart Epri, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed June 5, 1916, Serial No. 101,847.  Classification 312/8.11; 312/290; 312/8.13.

1,221,003  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  Robert G. Brown, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Assignor to John E. Strietelmeier, of Cincinnati, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 18, 1915, Serial No. 2,834.  Classification 369/226.

D50,544  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Clara A. White, of Brooklyn, New York.  Filed Dec. 5, 1916, Serial No. 135,280.  Classification D14/184.


Apr. 3, 1917

1,221,072   Spring-Motor.  Harry B. McNulty, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Wonder Talking Machine Company Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Executed Jan. 5, 1916.  Filed Jan. 28, 1916, Serial No. 74,785.  “For rotating a sound record support or any other object”  Classification 185/10; 185/40M; 185/45.

1,221,074  Driving and Speed-Regulating Mechanism for Phonographs.  Stanley R. MacLane, of Boston, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 2, 1915, Serial No. 48,727.  Classification 369/53.43; 188/187; 369/232; 369/235; 369/236; 369/240; 369/243; 369/267.

1,221,075  Driving and Speed-Regulating Mechanism for Phonographs.  Stanley R. MacLane, of Boston, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed July 7, 1916, Serial No. 108,064.  Classification 369/234; 369/181.

1,221,285  Brake for Talking-Machines.  Guadalupe Buelna and Arthur E. Burson, of Santa Barbara, California, Assignors to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 30, 1911, Serial No. 606,965.  Classification 369/234.

1,221,348  Sound-Reproducing Stylus.  John C. Mercer, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 6, 1915, Serial No. 65,282.  Classification 369/173.

1,221,407  Apparatus for Producing Companion Auditory and Visual Records for Simultaneous Reproduction.  Edward H. Amet, of Redondo Beach, California.  Filed Dec. 22, 1912, Serial No. 738,809.  Divided: Filed Apr. 21, 1913, Serial No. 762,553.  Classification 352/35; 464/92.

1,221,408  Means for Reproducing Vibrations.  Edward H. Amet, of Redondo Beach, California.  Executed May 22, 1914.  Filed May 27, 1914, Serial No. 841,397.  Classification 381/179; 369/131.

1,221,495  Pneumatic Hand Control for Talking-Machines.  Clinton E. Woods, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 11, 1914, Serial No. 861,192.  Classification 74/2; 169/19.

1,221,527  Elevator-Signal.  Robert H. Gaylord, of Pasadena, California, Assignor to R. H. Gaylord Company, of Los Angeles, California, a Corporation of California.  Executed Oct. 19, 1915.  Filed Oct. 26, 1915, Serial No. 57,918.  Prerecorded phonographic announcements.  Classification 187/396; 379/76.


Apr. 10, 1917

1,222,034  Controlling Device.  Charles Schiffl, of West Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed July 14, 1910.  Filed July 20, 1910, Serial No. 572,796.  “My invention relates to devices for controlling the starting and stopping of mechanism, particularly phonographs.”  Classification 92/135; 417/903; 74/470; 92/129; 92/13.7.

1,222,139  Phonographic Stylus.  Fred Ries, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed Apr. 6, 1916.  Filed Apr. 10, 1916, Serial No. 90,102.  Classification 369/173.

1,222,348  Electric Telephone Talking-Machine.  Edward H. Amet, of Redondo Beach, California.  Executed July 12, 1916.  Filed July 17, 1916, Serial No. 109,816.  Classification 369/152.

1,222,371  Talking-Machine.  John C. English, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Sept. 3, 1907.  Filed Sept. 4, 1907, Serial No. 391,399.  Renewed Feb. 5, 1912, Serial No. 675,646.  Classification 369/82; 181/182; 381/342.

1,222,372  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. 616,663.  Classification 369/80; 181/182.

1,222,381  Talking-Machine Record.  Edward T. Frankel, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 22, 1916, Serial No. 85,923.  Classification 369/277.

1,222,408  Automatic Stop for Sound-Reproducing Machines.  Oscar H. Karch, of Rochester, New York.  No execution date.  Filed July 24, 1912, Serial No. 711,303.  Renewed Sept. 19, 1916, Serial No. 121,066.  Classification 369/236.


Apr. 17, 1917

1,222,607  Stylus-Holder for Talking-Machines.  Omar C. De Selms, of Attica, Indiana.  Executed July 26, 1916.  Filed Aug. 7, 1916, Serial No. 113,679.  Classification 369/170.

1,222,626  Apparatus for Producing Audible Moving Pictures.  Henry Hess, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed June 20, 1913, Serial No. 774,795.  Classification 352/13.

1,222,790  Telephone-Transmitter.  James G. Nolan, of New York, and Robert L. McElroy, of Whitestown, New York, Assignors to Magnetic Phonograph Company, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed May 4, 1914, Serial No. 836,186.  “The improved telephone transmitter above described is readily applicable for the production of cut phonograph records, the diaphragm of the instrument being actuated mechanically from a master record, instead of by direct voice waves.”  Classification 381/179; 381/340; 381/417.

1,222,895  Automatic Phonographic Responding and Receiving Device.  Franz Seelau, of Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany, Assignor of one-Half to Alexander M. Newman, of Berlin-Wannsee, Germany.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 29, 1914, Serial No. 879,427.  Classification 379/70.

1,222,974  Automatic Stop Mechanism for Phonographs.  Aage Nielsen, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to William A. Condon, of Summit, New Jersey.  Executed Nov. 15, 1913.  Filed Nov. 27, 1913, Serial No. 802,199.  Classification 192/139; 369/238.

1,223,041  Automatic Stop Mechanism For Sound-Reproducing Machines.  Raymond Braden De Vere, of Seattle, Washington.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 7, 1916, Serial No. 113,579.  Classification 369/243.

1,223,080  Talking-Machine.  William D. La Rue, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.   Executed May 12, 1914.  Filed May 15, 1914, Serial No. 838,638.  Classification 369/75.11.

1,223,149  Repeating Device for Phonographs.  Willard E. Cleveland, of Fall River, Massachusetts, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to George Clay Cox, of Rochester, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 22, 1916, Serial No. 92,997.  Classification 369/226.

1,223,338  Sound-Amplifier.  Bernhard Fritzsch, of Cincinnati, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed June 5, 1916, Serial No. 101,669.  “My invention relates to an improved tone chamber or sound amplifying compartment for a phonograph, having superior properties in relation to either the recording or reproducing of sound.”  Classification 181/183.

D50,608  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  William K. Cowan, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 6, 1917, Serial No. 152,930.  Classification D14/184.

D50,609  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  William K. Cowan, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 6, 1917, Serial No. 152,931.  Classification D14/176.

D50,610  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  William K. Cowan, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 6, 1917, Serial No. 152,932.  Classification D14/176.

D50,611  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  William K. Cowan, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 6, 1917, Serial No. 152,933.  Classification D14/176.

D50,612  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  William K. Cowan, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 6, 1917, Serial No. 152,934.  Classification D14/176.

D50,613  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  William K. Cowan, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 6, 1917, Serial No. 152,935.  Classification D14/176.

D50,639  Design for a Stylus for Phonographs.  Joseph Wolff, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Nov. 20, 1914.  Filed Nov. 27, 1914, Serial No. 874,342.  Classification D14/264.

D50,640  Design for a Stylus for Phonographs.  Joseph Wolff, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Nov. 20, 1914.  Filed Nov. 27, 1914, Serial No. 874,342.  Classification D14/264.

D50,641  Design for a Cabinet for Phonographs.  Walter J. Baker, of Chicago, Illinois.  Filed Mar. 6, 1917, Serial No. 152,941.  Classification D14/176.


Apr. 24, 1917

1,223,387  Lid-Lifting Device.  Edward G. Hayne, of Ottawa, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 28, 1916, Serial No. 87,360.  “My invention relates to new and useful improvements in lid lifting devices and more particularly to that class employed for lifting the lid or cover of a phonograph cabinet, and my object is to provide a pivoted beam, one end of which is attached to the lid or cover of the cabinet and the opposite end provided with a counter balance weight.”  Classification 217/60E; 312/319.4; 49/345.

1,223,889  Talking-Machine.  Thomas Kraemer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Executed Feb. 27, 1915.  Filed Mar. 3, 1915, Serial No. 11,662.  Classification 369/164.

1,223,896  Speed-Indicator.  Martin Nystrom, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to the Brunswitck-Balke-Collender Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 16, 1916, Serial No. 131,622.  “This invention relates to a speed indicator for talking machine record tables.”  Classification 73/493; 73/529; 73/550.

1,223,927  Universal Tone-Arm.  Peter Becker, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 23, 1917, Serial No. 143,939.  Classification 369/158.

1,223,970  Graphophone-Tone-Arm.  John R. Hare, of New Windsor, Maryland.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 13, 1916, Serial No. 131,107.  Classification 369/245.

1,224,091  Centrifugal Brake for Reproducing Mechanisms.  Hubert A. Myers, of Toledo, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 11, 1915, Serial No. 13,611.  Classification 188/187; 188/174.

1,224,092  Record-Controlling Mechanism.  Hubert A. Myers, of Toledo, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed July 30, 1915, Serial No. 42,699.  Classification 369/241.

1,224,102  Acoustic Diaphragm.  William W. Young, of Agawam, Massachusetts, Assignor to L. A. Young, of Agawam, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed June 1, 1916, Serial No. 101,182.  “My invention relates to improvements in diaphragms for use in telephones, talking-machines, and the like.”  Classification 181/164.


May 1, 1917

1,224,185  Telephone Signal and Recorder.  Francis J. McGowen and Karl W. Thalhammer, of Los Angeles, California, Assignors of Five-Twelfths to said McGowen, One-Fourth to said Thalhammer, and One-Third to Ida R. Forbes, of Los Angeles, California.  Executed Apr. 14, 1915.  Filed Apr. 22, 1915, Serial No. 23,000.  Classification 379/81; 379/73.

1,224,215  Flash-Light.  Oscar L. Scalbom, of Glenview, Illinois.  Exectued Sept. 6, 1916.  Filed Sept. 8, 1916, Serial No. 118,960.  “With the present invention, the light can be secured within the inclosure, such for instance as the cover of a phonograph cabinet.”  Classification 362/197; 369/75.11; 84/464R.

1,224,301  Motor-Controlling Mechanism for Talking-Machines.  Albert A. Huseby, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed July 26, 1915, Serial No. 41,821.  Classification 369/236; 369/241.

1,224,352  Disk-Record Cabinet.  Nicklas A. Apostolopoulos, of Providence, Rhode Island.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 11, 1916, Serial No. 77,586.  Classification 312/9.15.

1,224,369  Portable Cabinet-Gramophone.  Alex Fischer, of Kensington, London, England.  No execution date.  Filed July 31, 1914, Serial No. 854,309.  Classification 369/81; 181/205; 312/8.16.

1,224,547  Motor-Controlling Mechanism for Talking-Machines.  Albert A. Huseby, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed July 31, 1916, Serial No. 112,254.  Classification 369/236; 185/40M; 369/241; 369/267.

D50,704  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Eugene A. Widmann, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Pathé Frères Phonograph Company, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of Delaware.  Filed Feb. 24, 1917, Serial No. 150,820.  Classification D14/184.

D50,705  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Eugene A. Widmann, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Pathé Frères Phonograph Company, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of Delaware.  Filed Feb. 24, 1917, Serial No. 150,821.  Classification D14/184.

D50,706  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Eugene A. Widmann, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Pathé Frères Phonograph Company, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of Delaware.  Filed Feb. 24, 1917, Serial No. 150,822.  Classification D14/184.


May 8, 1917

1,224,979  Automatically-Operated Talking-Machine.  Louis P. Valiquet, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Oct. 25, 1904.  Filed Oct. 27, 1904, Serial No. 230,202.  Classification 369/36.01; 369/192.1.

1,224,995  Repeating Attachment for Phonographs.  Louis Angello, of Kansas City, Missouri.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 23, 1916, Serial No. 86,122.  Classification 369/225.

1,225,203  Means for Utilizing Electrically-Transmitted Impulses.  Edward H. Amet, of Redondo Beach, California.  Executed Feb. 28, 1916.  Filed Mar. 4, 1916, Serial No. 82,265.  “This invention relates to the art of mechanically reproducing impulses and is particularly applicable to telephone receivers in general, and more particularly to a telephone receiver adapted to operate sound-recording devices, step-up devices and relays.”  Classification 381/338; 369/148; 381/411.

1,225,217  Stop Mechanism for Phonographs.  William R. Boyer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed May 18, 1916, Serial No. 98,242.  Classification 369/236.

1,225,463  Mouthpiece for Telephones and the Like.  Jerome T. McGonigal, of Pottersdale, Pennsylvania, Assignor of One-Half to M. T. Bowman, of Clearfield, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 5, 1916, Serial No. 89,102.  “This invention relates to mouth pieces of telephones, phonographs, speaking tubes, etc., and more especially to an improved sanitary mouth guard for mouth pieces of such devices.”  Classification 181/242; 379/452.

1,225,505  Sound-Box.  Louis K. Scotford, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed May 9, 1916, Serial No. 96,343.  Classification 369/162.

1,225,538  Attachment for Graphophone-Machines.  Edward C. Walter, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed June 5, 1913, Serial No. 771,978.  Classification 192/139; 369/236; 369/238.

1,225,560  Attachment for Phonographs.  Frank Lee Barrows, of Moscow, Idaho.  No execution date.  Filed July 13, 1916, Serial No. 109,047.  Classification 369/226; 369/201.

1,225,561  Attachment for Phonographs.  Frank L. Barrows, of Moscow, Idaho.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 16, 1916, Serial No. 131,689.  Classification 369/201.

1,225,579  Stop for Phonographs.  Willard E. Cleveland, of Fall River, Massachusetts, Assignor to Cote Piano Mfg. Co., of Fall River, Massachusetts, a Corporation of Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 22, 1916, Serial No. 92,996.  Classification 369/236. 


May 15, 1917

1,225,847  Phonograph-Record Cleaner and Lubricator.  Charles Palmer, of Buffalo, New York.  No execution date.  Filed May 6, 1916, Serial No. 95,899.   Classification 369/74; 29/DIG.97.

1,226,262  Sound-Box for Sound-Reproducing Machines.  Paul Rudert, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania.  Continuation of Serial No. 26,020, filed May 5, 1915.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 31, 1917, Serial No. 125,624.  Classification 369/163.

1,226,301  Record-Cabinet.  Alexander Max Brexendorf, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 14, 1916, Serial No. 84,086.  Classification 312/9.46; 312/275; 312/305.

1,226,607  Phonograph-Lamp.  Paul Gillen, of Lynbrook, New York, Assignor to Hudson Brass Works in the City of New York, of Brooklyn, New York, a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 19, 1917, Serial No. 149,508.  Classification 362/87; 362/197.

D50,775  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Howard D. Darlington, of Dayton, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 23, 1915, Serial No. 150,588.  Classification D14/178.


May 22, 1917

1,226,674  Centering-Director for Record-Disks.  Joseph Moses Ward Kitchen, of East Orange, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 6, 1916, Serial No. 82,335.  Classification 369/53.1; 369/270.1; 369/282.

1,226,749  Automatic Stopping Device for Graphophones.  Clarence Cate, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Frank F. Akerly, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 5, 1915, Serial No. 19,121.  Classification 369/234.

1,226,839  Sound-Conveyer and Tone-Modulator.  Clinton E. Woods, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  Filed July 17, 1915, Serial No. 40,491.  "The object of the invention is to improve the quality of audible reproductions obtained from graphophones or other talking-machines; and while the invention is primarily intended for use with the so-called 'concealed horn' type of machine, in which the sound-conveyer or horn is inclosed within a cabinet, yet the invention is applicable to other forms."  Classification 181/186.

1,226,883  Combined Phonograph and Moving-Picture Apparatus.  Daniel Higham, of New York, N. Y.  Executed May 15, 1912.  Filed May 17, 1912, Serial No. 697,839.  Classification 352/33.

1,226,979  Repeater for Talking-Machines.  Wallace Lucius Lightfoot, of Brooklyn, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 15, 1916, Serial No. 91,322.  Classification 369/226.

1,227,023  Phonograph.  George H. Underhill, of Boston, Massachusetts.  Filed Nov. 14, 1910, Serial No. 592,179.  Classification 369/179; 369/231; 369/254; 369/260; 369/272.1; 369/280.

1,227,334  Automatic Stop for Phonographs.  James Edward Soons, of New York, N. Y., Assignor of Sixty One-Hundredths to Edward Caterson, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 16, 1916, Serial No. 125,823.  Classification 369/170; 369/232; 369/237; 369/74.

1,227,523  Phonographic Time-Announcer.  John G. Blessing, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Automatic Electric Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed June 28, 1913.  Filed July 7, 1913, Serial No. 777,677.  “My invention relates to improvements in phonographic time announcers and one of the features of my invention is the application of this time announcer to an automatic telephone system whereby a subscriber, by operating his calling dial, may ascertain the time of day or obtain other information contained on the phonograph record.”  Classification 379/71.

1,227,536  Phonograph-Cabinet.  Stephen L. Hartman, of Fillmore, California.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 24, 1916, Serial No. 80,183.  Classification 312/9.44; 108/38; 112/260; 144/285; 312/314; 312/317.2; 312/323.

RE14,305  See 1,076,385.


May 29, 1917

1,227,579  Combined Piano and Phonograph.  Charles S. Burton, of Oak Park, Illinois, Assignor to Melville Clark Piano Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed Nov. 6, 1916.  Filed Nov. 13, 1916, Serial No. 131,035.  Classification 84/4; 369/69.

1,227,748  Shaving-Machine for Sound-Record Tablets.  Frank L. Capps and John J. Scully, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignors to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 14, 1915, Serial No. 55,913.  Classification 82/1.12; 29/DIG.64; 29/DIG.79; 369/154.

1,227,799  Cabinet.   Arthur D. Kaub, of Mongo, Indiana.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 20, 1915, Serial No. 51,509.  “My invention relates to improvements in cabinets, and the object thereof is the production of a cabinet for holding medical supplies, books, phonograph music records, or the like, wherein pivoted shelves are used to gain easy access and a maximum of shelf space.”  Classification 312/300; 312/310; 312/325.

1,228,014  Driving Device for Talking-Machines.  John Frier, of St. Louis, Missouri.  No execution date.  Filed May 18, 1916, Serial No. 98,330.  Classification 476/67; 310/78; 369/266; 74/397.

1,228,064  Tone-Arm Support.  Herman Segal, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 5, 1916, Serial No. 118,290.  Classification 369/75.11.

1,228,115  Sound-Box Mounting for Talking-Machines.  Albert A. Huseby, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 27, 1916, Serial No. 133,568.  Classification 369/157; 369/169.

1,228,116  Sound-Box for Talking-Machines.  Albert A. Huseby, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 22, 1916, Serial No. 138,356.  Classification 369/164.

D50,849  Design for a Casing for Sound-Reproducing Machines.  Henry T. Schiff, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 18, 1917, Serial No. 143,183.  Classification D14/176.

D50,859  Design for a Record-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Feb. 26, 1917.  Filed Mar. 10, 1917, Serial No. 154,043.  Classification D6/407; D6/448.


June 5, 1917

1,228,406  Cushion-Support for Pivot-Joints.  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. 791,239.  “The principal object of my invention is to provide a new and improved pivotal support for the needle or stylus of a gramophone reproducer.”  Classification 369/162.

1,228,446  Talking-Machine Cabinet.   Alva D. Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 1, 1917, Serial No. 145,990.  Classification 369/80; 312/7.1; 5/280.

1,228,564  Automatic Stop for Talking-Machines.  André Junod, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed May 23, 1916, Serial No. 99,274.  Classification 369/234; 369/232.

1,228,639  Sound-Producing Device.  Erik Christian Bayer, of Jordløse, Svebølle Station, Denmark.  Executed Mar. 16, 1914.  Filed Mar. 27, 1914, Serial No. 827,652.  “Besides for the here mentioned use as a telephone relay, the apparatus is very suitable for the reproduction of sounds, such as speech, music, song, etc.  When used for such purpose, the apparatus excels by its ability to omit (‘strain out’) all impure secondary sounds, for instance when gramophone plates are used, the scratching of the pin on the plate and the foreign sounds produced by the diaphragm, so that the voice, the music, the song, etc., will appear with their original timbre and harmony.”   Classification 381/338; 381/341.

1,228,673  Clutch Mechanism.  Joe Hribar, of Waukegan, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 18, 1916, Serial No. 83,896.  “The invention is applicable to many uses where such one-way rotation is desirable, and is particularly useful in connection with spring motors such as are used in piano players, victrolas, or other sound-reproducing machines, and the like.”   Classification 188/82.84; 192/45; 310/77.

1,228,901  Process for Recording Sound.  Robert L. Gibson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 29, 1913, Serial No. 809,187.  Classification 369/99; 369/16.

1,228,902  Apparatus for Recording Sound.  Robert L. Gibson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 29, 1913, Serial No. 809,188.  Classification 369/99; 369/16.

1,229,142  Educational Appliance.  Oscar Saenger, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 25, 1913, Serial No. 786,491.  “This invention consists in improvements in educational appliances, being more particularly intended to assist in vocal teaching through the aid of the phonograph, and to obtain thereby certain results which have heretofore been unattainable by the methods of voice culture commonly in vogue.”  Classification 434/185; 434/319; 84/470R.

1,229,197  Sound-Box for Phonographs.  Joseph C. Kulp, of Linwood, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed June 30, 1916, Serial No. 106,762.  Classification 369/157.


June 12, 1917

1,229,330  Gramophone-Record Holder.  William Jemson Sharples, of Gisbourne, New Zealand.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 11, 1916, Serial No. 136,213.  Classification 312/9.53.

1,229,346  Phonograph.  Reinhold Thomas, of Brooklyn, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 30, 1915, Serial No. 64,214.  Classification 369/158.

1,229,466  Tone-Arm.  Frank W. Hutchings, of New Haven, Connecticut.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 12, 1916, Serial No. 71,670.  Classification 369/157; 369/165.

1,229,469  Cutter for Sound-Reproducing Styli.  Eldridge R. Johnson, of Merion, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Nov. 15, 1912.  Filed Nov. 18, 1912, Serial No. 731,955.  Classification 30/131.

1,229,518  Graphophone.  William C. Potts, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 15, 1916, Serial No. 131,485.  Classification 369/192.1.

1,229,619  Device for Transmitting or Transforming Micromovements.  Jonas Albert Johnsen, of Christiania, Norway.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 31, 1915, Serial No. 69,541.  “This applies more particularly to devices such as microphones, telephones, gramophones, automatic recording devices, etc.”  Classification 381/162; 381/180.

1,229,642  Stop Mechanism for Talking-Machines.  Henry H. Murray, of Riverton, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed May 12, 1914.  Filed May 13, 1914, Serial No. 838,241.  Classification 192/142R; 192/139; 369/235; 369/238.

1,229,749  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 Sept. 14, 1914.  Filed Sept. 17, 1914, Serial No. 862,138.  Classification 369/140; 369/171.

1,229,775  Phonograph.   Frank S. Moore, of Brooklyn, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 29, 1916, Serial No. 87,397.  Classification 369/80.

1,229,780  Sound-Box for Talking-Machines.  Walter Opel, of Leipzig, Germany.  Executed Feb. 11, 1915.  Filed Mar. 5, 1915, Serial No. 12,237.  Classification 369/163.


June 19, 1917

1,230,247  Burglar-Alarm.  Louis Weitzman, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  No execution date.  Filed July 1, 1916, Serial No. 107,115.  Includes phonographic and photographic elements.  Classification 396/503; 109/3; 340/545.6.

1,230,324  Combination Piano and Sound-Reproducing Instrument.  Elzear Plante, of Fall River, Massachusetts, Assignor to Edmond Coté, of Fall River, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed June 13, 1916, Serial No. 103,556.  Classification 84/4; 369/75.11.

1,230,485  Annotator for Commercial Phonographs.  Martha L. Hunter and Albert B. Church, of San Francisco, California.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 15, 1915, Serial No. 50,780.  Divided: Filed Jan. 25, 1917, Serial No. 144,564.  Classification 369/53.4; 369/27.01.

1,230,505  Stop for Sound-Reproduction Machines.  Francis A. Nolan, of St. Paul, Minnesota.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 22, 1915, Serial No. 3,763.  Classification 369/236; 369/53.45.

1,230,506  Stop.  Francis A. Nolan, of St. Paul, Minnesota.  No execution date.  Filed June 25, 1915, Serial No. 36,221.  “An object of my invention is to stop the playing of a record of a sound reproducing machine immediately when a predetermined point near the end of the sound groove is reached by the stylus or sound box.”  Classification 369/236; 369/53.45.

1,230,509  Gramophone and the Like.  Noel Pemberton-Billing, of County of Hertford, England.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 4, 1917, Serial No. 140,639.  Classification 369/228.

1,230,564  Telephone-Exchange System.  Henry P. Clausen, of Mount Vernon, New York, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Western Electric Company, Incorporated, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Dec. 10, 1914.  Filed Dec. 12, 1914, Serial No. 876,795.  “The fact that the calling subscriber maintains control of his line at all times through the means herein described, makes it feasible to employ the use of a graphophone as a busy signal if desired.  In event the graphophone was used in giving a busy signal and had been connected to a subscriber’s line, if it proved displeasing to the subscriber, he may rid himself of the annoyance by merely working his switch hook.”  Classification 379/257; 379/260; 379/319.

1,230,614  Portable Talking-Machine.  Arthur Stechbart, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed Sept. 15, 1916.  Filed Sept. 18, 1916, Serial No. 120,596.  Reissued: R16,993, June 12, 1928.  Classification 312/8.8; 312/8.15; D14/201.

1,230,633  Cinematograph and Gramophone Machine.  Ferdinand von Madaler, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to the Rotary Photographic Co., Ltd., of West Drayton, England, a Corporation of Great Britain.  No execution date.  Filed June 22, 1915, Serial No. 35,637.  Classification 352/34.

1,230,763  Phonograph-Stop.  Francis A. Nolan, of St. Paul, Minnesota.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 6, 1915, Serial No. 44,028.  Classification 369/236; 369/53.45.

1,230,764  Phonograph-Stop.  Francis A. Nolan, of St. Paul, Minnesota.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 11, 1915, Serial No. 50,125.  Classification 369/236; 369/53.45.

1,230,765  Phonograph-Stop.  Francis A. Nolan, of St. Paul, Minnesota.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 11, 1915, Serial No. 50,124.  Classification 369/236; 369/53.45.

1,230,816  Method of Making Phonograph-Records.  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.  Executed Mar. 4, 1911.  Filed Mar. 8, 1911, Serial No. 613,114.  Classification 264/107; 264/135.


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