U. S. Phonograph Patents Issued in 1918

Jan. 1, 1918

            1,251,565  Talking-Machine.  Emile Pathé, of Paris, France, Assignor to Pathe Freres Phonograph Company of New York, N. Y.  Executed Sept. 5, 1916.  Filed Sept. 23, 1916, Serial No. 122,605.  Classification 369/157

            1,251,592  Phonograph.  Reinhold Thomas, of Brooklyn, New York.  No execution date.  Filed June 8, 1916, Serial No. 102,377.  Classification 369/158; 369/162; 369/164.

            1,251,675  Talking-Machine.  Adam A. Long, of Rochester, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 1, 1917, Serial No. 145,876.  Classification 369/236.

            1,251,828  Sound-Box Adjustment for Talking-Machines.  Louis K. Scotford, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 26, 1916, Serial No. 127,914.  Classification 369/157; 369/164; 369/170.

            1,251,851  Molding-Press.  Clarence S. Wickes, of Merchantville Borough, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Dec. 8, 1913.  Filed Dec. 11, 1913, Serial No. 806,007.  "More specifically, my invention relates to a mechanism particularly adapted for the production of sound record tablets, upon the surface of which is formed an undulatory groove corresponding to the recorded sound, said tablet when finished being suitable for use in reproducing sound by cooperating with the reproducing mechanism of a talking machine, or other similar sound reproducing mechanism."  Classification 425/157; 425/182; 425/384; 425/441; 425/810.

            1,251,907  Method of Making Styli, &c.  William W. Moyer, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Dec. 9, 1915.  Filed Dec. 11, 1915, Serial No. 66,260.  Classification 29/896.24; 29/509; 76/101.1.

            1,251,908  Stylus for Sound-Reproducing Machines.  William W. Moyer, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Jan. 13, 1916.  Filed Jan. 15, 1916, Serial No. 72,210.  Classification 369/173.

            1,251,909  Machine for Making Styli.  William W. Moyer, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Apr. 27, 1916.  Filed Apr. 28, 1916, Serial No. 94,105.  Classification 29/33K; 76/1.

            1,251,918  Sound-Producing Device.  Harry H. Pratley, of Kansas City, Missouri.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 10, 1916, Serial No. 71,212.  "My invention relates to sound producing devices and has for its principal object to provide a simple and inexpensive device whereby the sound recorded on a disk or like record may be reproduced."  Classification 369/68; 369/157; 369/177; 369/74.

            1,251,972  Spring-Motor.  George R. Kunkle, of Richmond, Indiana.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 24, 1917, Serial No. 144,285.  Illustrations leave little doubt that this was intended as a gramophone motor.  Classification 185/39; 185/40M.

            1,252,078  Disk-Record-Filing Device.  George E. Bender, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor of One-Third to Fred G. Rapp, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed June 22, 1915.  Filed June 28, 1915, Serial No. 36,681.  Classification 312/9.42.

            1,252,304  Combined Motion-Picture Apparatus and Phonograph.  David O. Royster, of St. Louis, Missouri.  Executed July 8, 1912.  Filed July 15, 1912, Serial No. 709,399.  Classification 352/9.

            D51,630  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Adolph Berkovitz and Samuel Fried, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 18, 1917, Serial No. 197,322.  Classification D14/183; 312/7.1.

            D51,653  Design for a Casing for Sound-Producing Instruments.  Lachlan MacLachlan, of Grand Rapids, Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 5, 1917, Serial No. 194,999.  Classification D14/184.

Jan. 8, 1918

            1,252,411  Phonograph.  Joseph Hunter Dickinson, of Cranford, New Jersey, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed Mar. 27, 1916.  Filed Mar. 28, 1916, Serial No. 87,231.  Classification 181/197; 138/45; 138/46; 251/333.

            1,252,835  Automatic Musical Instrument.  Salvatore Perla, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date. Filed Dec. 13, 1916, Serial No. 136,610.  "My invention relates particularly to instruments of the player piano type and the primary objects of the invention are to combine with an instrument of this character a phonograph or so-called talking machine and to accomplish this union without sacrificing or detracting from the qualities of the respective devices.  This invention I have called a 'Pianophono.'"  Classification 84/4.

            1,252,843  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  Anton H. Rintelman, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed Mar. 9, 1917.  Filed Mar. 14, 1917, Serial No. 154,656 [?].  Classification 369/171; 369/161; 369/163.

            1,252,951  Automatic Stop for Phonographs and Other Rotary Mechanism.  Herbert E. Rider, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Automatic Phono-Stop Company, Inc., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed July 29, 1915, Serial No. 42,478.  Classification 369/234; 188/187; 369/238.

            1,252,965  Apparatus for Recording Sounds Photographically.  Harry Benwell Stocks, of Northenden, England.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 7, 1915, Serial No. 54,626.  Classification 369/113; 315/348; 359/230; 369/118.

            1,253,008  Record-Cabinet.  Frank Coss, of Greencastle, Indiana.  Executed May 9, 1917.  Filed May 14, 1917, Serial No. 168,404.  Classification 312/9.21.

            1,253,010  Cabinet Talking-Machine.  Howard D. Darlington, of Dayton, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 3, 1916, Serial No. 129,311. Classification 369/80; 181/182.

Jan. 15, 1918

            1,253,276  Phonograph.  John Henry Phillips, Jr., of Jackson, Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 11, 1917, Serial No. 185,687.  Classification 188/187; 369/231; 369/241; 369/247.1; 369/266.

            1,253,317  Talking-Machine.  John A. Weser, of New York, N. Y., Elsie L. Weser, Administratrix of said John A. Weser, Deceased, Assignor to Weser Bros., Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Executed Jan. 23, 1915.  Filed Jan. 25, 1915, Serial No. 4,122.  Classification 369/157; 369/162.

            1,253,328  Combined Governor and Speed-Indicator 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 May 29, 1913, Serial No. 770,717.  Classification 188/187.

            1,253,374  Centering Means for Phonographic Records and the Like.  Bertram M. Hansen, of San Francisco, California.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 21, 1916, Serial No. 116,202.  Classification 369/282; 369/288.

            1,253,407  Sound-Modifier for Phonographs.  Peter MacAllister MacCaskie, of Hot Springs, Territory of Alaska.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 7, 1916, Serial No. 118,869.  Renewed Dec. 10, 1917, Serial No. 206,545.  Classification 369/163.

            1,253,475  Brake.  Joseph Hunter Dickinson, of Cranford, New Jersey, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed Jan. 27, 1915.  Filed Jan. 29, 1915, Serial No. 5,045.  "My invention relates to an improved brake more particularly adapted for use in phonographs and the like."  Classification 188/166; 188/74.

            1,253,527  Sound-Box.  Richard James Prettie, of Jamaica, New York, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed Jan. 25, 1915.  Filed Jan. 26, 1915, Serial No. 4,494.  Classification 369/162.

            1,253,533  Sound-Transmitting Apparatus.  Harrison W. Rogers, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 19, 1916, Serial No. 92,200.  "In said patented structure, the controlling valve is operated by a needle bar, carrying a needle for engaging the record of a phonographic machine, whereby the sound box is assembled with and constitutes a part of said machine."  Classification 72/466; 369/155.

            1,253,613  Acoustical Instrument.  Louis Lumiere, of Lyon, France, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed June 14, 1912.  Filed July 5, 1912, Serial No. 707,769 [?].  "The main objects of this invention are, to provide an improved sound box for talking machines; to provide in a sound box for talking machines an improved diaphragm and mounting therefor; and to provide other improvements as will appear hereinafter."  Classification 181/162; 369/169.

            1,253,629  Record-File.  Frank P. Read, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 5, 1917, Serial No. 140,746.  "My invention relates to apparatus for filing records such as phonograph disk records."  Classification 312/9.54.

            D51,693  Design for a Cabinet for a Talking-Machine.  Eugene T. Kieffer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 10, 1917, Serial No. 147,958.  Classification D14/184.

            D51,694  Design for a Cabinet for a Talking-Machine.  Eugene T. Kieffer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 10, 1917, Serial No. 147,959.  Classification D14/184.

            D51,696  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Frank H. Newton, of San Francisco, California.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 12, 1917, Serial No. 201,639.  Classification D14/184.

Jan. 22, 1918

            1,254,060  Governor for Fluid-Pumps.  August J. Mottlau, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor, by Direct and Mesne Assignments, to G. E. M. Engineering Company, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed June 23, 1916, Serial No. 105,337.  Identified as "useful for small precision instruments of scientific nature, and it may also be used as a governor control for phonograph motors.”  Classification 185/37.

            1,254,330  Sound Recording and Reproducing Machine.  David Frederick McQuire and Kenneth Douglas McQuire, of Hornchurch, England.  No execution date.  Filed June 1, 1917, Serial No. 172,304.  Classification 369/223.

            1,254,425  Sound-Box.  Henry C. Miller, of Waterford, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 10, 1914, Serial No. 831,002.  "My invention relates to improvements in means for dispensing with individual needles in connection with sound reproducing machines, particularly where records having grooves provided with lateral undulations are employed."  Classification 369/160; 369/170.

            1,254,436  Film-Control Mechanism for Motion-Picture and Sound-Reproducing Means.  Harrison W. Rogers, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 25, 1916, Serial No. 122,028.  Classification 352/22; 200/46.

            1,254,447  Sound-Damping Device for Talking-Machines.  David L. Suiter, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No execution date.  Filed June 13, 1917, Serial No. 174,418.  Classification 181/197.

            1,254,487  Film-Controlled Mechanism for Synchronized Motion-Picture and Sound-Record Carriers.  Charles W. Ebeling, of Wheeling, West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 18, 1916, Serial No. 132,123.  Classification 352/22; 200/DIG.11.

Jan. 29, 1918

            1,254,665  Modulator for Sound-Producing Machines.  James C. Drake, of Rochester, Minnesota, Assignor to Sears, Roebuck & Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed June 6, 1916, Serial No. 101,909.  "My invention relates to means for regulating the volume of sound transmitted through a conveyer or horn such for example as those employed in connection with talking machines, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the volume of sound may be varied from the full capacity of the conveyer or horn, down to a very low and soft tone, without reflection, interference, false vibrations, or any alteration or deterioration in the timbre or quality of the tone."  Classification 181/175.

            1,254,849  Burglar-Alarm.  Willis C. Reed, of Cambridge, Illinois.  Executed Aug. 5, 1915.  Filed Aug. 10, 1915, Serial No. 44,758.  Includes phonograph.  Classification 379/41; 379/44.

            1,255,117  Automatic Record-Repeating Means for Phonographs and the Like.  Richard James Prettie, of Jamaica, New York, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed July 30, 1915.  Filed July 31, 1915, Serial No. 42,950.  Classification 369/229.

Feb. 5, 1918

            1,255,143  Control Means for Sound-Reproducing Machines.  Charles W. Ebeling, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date. Filed Feb. 7, 1916, Serial No. 76,631.  Renewed Dec. 18, 1917, Serial No. 207,798.  Classification 192/18B; 192/108; 192/18R; 369/266; 74/395.

            1,255,500  Sound-Record.  Jonas W. Aylsworth, of East Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Filed Feb. 11, 1910, Serial No. 543,236.  Divided: Executed May 21, 1915.  Filed May 24, 1915, Serial No. 30,197.  Classification 523/174; 106/37; 369/288; 524/13; 525/503.

            1,255,564  Automatic Stop-Adjuster.  Ormond H. Paddock, of Toledo, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 27, 1914, Serial No. 858,872.  "My invention relates to automatic stop adjusters for causing rotatable tables of phonic reproducing instruments to stop at the terminus of the records carried thereby."  Classification 116/297.

            1,255,690  Holder for Phonograph-Records.  John B. Barlow, of Walker Township, Michigan.  Executed Mar. 12, 1917.  Filed Mar. 15, 1917, Serial No. 155,062.  Classification 211/40; 206/310; 24/DIG.17.

            1,255,822  Mechanism for Controlling Motion-Picture and Sound-Reproducing Mechanisms.  Harrison W. Rogers, of Wheeling, West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 11, 1913, Serial No. 794,632.  Classification 352/19.

            1,255,823  Synchronizing Mechanism for Motion-Picture and Sound-Reproducing Machines.  Harrison W. Rogers, of Wheeling, West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 18, 1916, Serial No. 132,118.  Classification 352/22.

            D51,716  Design for a Cabinet for Sound-Reproducing Apparatus.  Walter Ernest Colwell, of Oakville, Ontario, Canada.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 12, 1917, Serial No. 196,332.  Classification D14/184.

            D51,718  Design for a Tone-Arm for Talking-Machines.  Francesco Cirelli, of Phildalephia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 20, 1917, Serial No. 203,053.  Classification D14/262.

Feb. 12, 1918

            1,255,861  Damping Material for Telephones.  Irving B. Crandall, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Western Electric Company, Incorporated, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Executed Aug. 12, 1916.  Filed Aug. 14, 1916, Serial No. 114,795.  Applicable “in particular to vibrating diaphragms such as are used in telephonic communication, in phonographs, etc.”  Classification 381/354; 381/180; 381/348.

            1,255,894  Phonograph Record Storage Cabinet.  Adolph F. Krueger, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  No execution date.  Filed July 31, 1916, Serial No. 112,281.  Classification 312/9.48.

            1,256,025  Sound-Control Mechanism.  Nicolas Colby, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed June 14, 1917, Serial No. 174,717.  "My invention relates to improvements in volume controlling apparatus for sound reproducing machines."  Classification 369/80.

            1,256,034  Needle-Sharpener.  Harry L. Notter, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed May 11, 1917, Serial No. 167,863.  "This invention has for its object to provide a device for sharpening needles, and which is particularly adapted for sharpening needles of metal or other material used on phonographs or other sound-reproducing apparatus."  Classification 369/71; 369/257; 451/180.

            1,256,099  Phonograph Attachment.  Robert L. Baker, of Aurora, New York, Assignor of One-Half to Henry Morgan, of Aurora, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 31, 1916, Serial No. 88,157.  Classification 369/74.

            1,256,154  Combined Driving, Governor, Speed-Regulating, and Speed-Indicating Mechanism 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 Nov. 8, 1912.  Filed Nov. 11, 1912, Serial No. 730,595.  Renewed July 9, 1917, Serial No. 179,573.  Classification 73/498; 310/95; 464/93; 73/496; 73/526.

            1,256,317  Automatic Stop for Phonographs.  Adam Crozen Hendricks, of Martinsburg, West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 16, 1917, Serial No. 186,550.  Classification 369/236; 369/53.45.

            D51,758  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  John S. Pontone, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 10, 1917, Serial No. 195,865.  Classification D14/176.

            D51,759  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  John S. Pontone, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 10, 1917, Serial No. 195,865.  Classification D14/184.

Feb. 19, 1918

            1,256,601  Talking-Machine Brake.  Charles O. Scott, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Assignor to Scott Manufacturing Company, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  Executed July 7, 1917.  Filed July 12, 1917, Serial No. 180,125 [?].  Classification 369/236; 310/70R; 369/53.45.

            1,256,714  Winding-Indicator.  Joseph Mazer, of McAlester, Oklahoma.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 1, 1913, Serial No. 751,470.  "My invention relates to winding indicators for watches, graphophones or other devices, which show to what extent the device has run down and when it needs winding up."  Classification 368/212; 968/69.

            1,256,978  Machine for Repointing Phonograph-Needles.  Daniel W. Causey, of Norfolk, Virginia.  No execution date. Filed Sept. 25, 1917, Serial No. 193,171.  Classification 451/285; 451/381.

            D51,786  Design for a Casing for Sound-Producing Instruments.  Lachlan MacLachlan, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Assignor to Berkey and Gay Furniture Company, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a Corporation of Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 20, 1917, Serial No. 208,185. 

Feb. 26, 1918

            1,257,412  Train-Despatching System.  Paul J. Simmen, of Indianapolis, Indiana.  Executed Nov. 17, 1911.  Filed Nov. 18, 1911, Serial No. 661,112.  Notes that "a record of these orders may be kept on a phonograph.”  Classification 246/4; 246/123.

            1,257,439  Phonograph-Cabinet.  Francis Lincoln Young, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed Jan. 5, 1916.  Filed Jan. 6, 1916, Serial No. 70,649.  Classification 312/8.9; 312/291; 312/9.54; 312/9.56; 369/75.11.

            1,257,687  Automatic Fire-Alarm System.  John H. Fleming, of Seattle, Washington.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 23, 1916, Serial No. 132,989.  Classification 379/41; 379;43.

            1,257,939  Talking-Machine Tone-Arm.  Arthur R. Schwarzkopf, of Muskegon, Michigan, Assignor to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 9, 1916, Serial No. 119,298.  Classification 369/157; 369/159.

Mar. 5, 1918

            1,257,970  Cabinet for Phonograph-Records.  Edward F. Bergeron, of Snohomish, Washington.  No execution date.  Filed May 7, 1915, Serial No. 26,592.  Classification 312/9.3; 312/302.

            1,258,128  Talking-Machine.  Henry Lobschutz, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Mar. 21, 1917.  Filed Apr. 3, 1917, Serial No. 159,590.  Classification 369/158.

            1,258,189  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  Willard E. Cleveland, of Rochester, New York, Assignor to George Clay Cox, of Rochester, New York.  No execution date.  Filed May 2, 1917, Serial No. 165,823.  "My invention has reference to sound reproducing machines and its purpose is more particularly to provide an apparatus that is readily applicable to and used in conjunction with pianos so that a phonograph mechanism may be used either independently of or in conjunction or harmony with a piano."  Classification 369/69; 369/75.11.

            1,258,276  Display-Stand.  Joseph Turcek, of Cleveland, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 21, 1917, Serial No. 156,376.  One object "is to provide a revolving display case capable of exhibiting articles contained therein and arranged with a top compartment serviceable for such purposes as the holding of a phonograph for making suitable announcements, a propelling motor for the device being arranged at the base thereof."  Classification 312/135; 312/140.

            1,258,341  Talking-Machine Sound-Box.  Thomas P. Jones, of Maywood, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed July 2, 1917, Serial No. 178,165.  Classification 369/159

            1,258,498  Record-Filing Mechanism.  William Stuebing, Jr., and Louis I. Van Guelpen, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Assignors of Seven-Sixteenths to said Stuebing, Two-Sixteenths to said Van Guelpen, and Seven-Sixteenths to I. A. Burrell, of Cincinnati, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 17, 1916, Serial No. 84,877.  Illustration shows mechanism holding gramophone disc.  Classification 312/9.14.

            D51,834  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Charles P. Casson, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 12, 1917, Serial No. 196,333.  Classification D14/184.

            D51,835  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Charles P. Casson, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 12, 1917, Serial No. 196,334.  Classification D14/184.

Mar. 12, 1918           

            1,258,687  Spring-Motor.  Harry J. Keeley, of Los Angeles, California, Assignor to Non-Electric Fan Co., a Corporation of Arizona.  Executed Feb. 28, 1916.  Filed Jan. 12, 1917, Serial No. 141,934.   “This invention relates to spring motors suitable for driving fans, phonographs, etc.”  Classification 185/37; 185/40R.

            1,258,753  Spring-Controlled Noiseless Motor for Operating Talking and Other Machines.  Donato Di Carlo, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed June 26, 1917, Serial No. 176,950.  Classification 185/37; 185/40M.

            1,258,933  Combined Burglar and Fire Alarm.  Edward C. Newsom and Charles E. Beach, of Jacksonville, Florida.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 18, 1916, Serial No. 85,092.  "Our invention relates to apparatus for producing an alarm when a burglar enters a dwelling or house, or in case of fire, and has particular reference to such apparatus wherein a graphophone is automatically set into operation for announcing the audible signal to a telephone, which transmits it to a desired point, such as to police headquarters or the like."  Classification 379/41; 379/42.

            1,259,110  Stop for Talking-Machines.  James Sidney Lane, of Snohomish, Washington.  No execution date.  Filed June 22, 1917, Serial No. 176,270.  Classification 369/236; 369/53.45.

            1,259,188  Spring-Motor.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed June 14, 1916.  Filed July 1, 1916, Serial No. 107,141.  "My invention relates to spring motors, and more particularly to motors for talking machines, and has for its object to produce a motor which will be silent in its operation, both when the spring is being wound and when the same is unwinding and driving the motor."  Classification 185/37.

            1,259,189  Locking Device for Talking-Machines.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Aug. 17, 1916.  Filed Aug. 19, 1916, Serial No. 115,900.  Classification 369/157.

            1,259,242  Attachment for Talking-Machines.  André Junod, of New York, N. Y.  Executed Mar. 24, 1915.  Filed Apr. 19, 1915, Serial No. 22,320. Classification 369/157; 369/164.

            1,259,258  Talking-Machine.  Frank Malocsay, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Mar. 24, 1915.  Filed Apr. 19, 1915, Serial No. 22,321.  Classification 185/40R; 185/40M.

            1,259,419  Music-Filing Cabinet.  Patrick T. Larkin, of Great Barrington, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 13, 1916, Serial No. 136,616.  "The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved music filing cabinet more especially designed for conveniently filing sheet and roll music and phonographic disk records and phonographic cylinder records and arranged to permit the user to quickly locate and easily remove any one piece of music without disturbing any other piece."  Classification 312/9.3.

            1,259,434  Needle-Cutter.  Gustaf Olson, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor of One-Half to Edwin F. Engel, of Chicago, Illinois. No execution date.  Filed May 5, 1917, Serial No. 166,691.  "My invention relates to phonographs and has particular reference to improvements in means, tools or instruments for re-pointing the wood or fiber type of reproducer tracking point." Classification 30/131.

Mar. 19, 1918

            1,259,561  Phonograph or the Like.  John Russ, of North Braddock, and Frank J. Russ, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 1, 1917, Serial No. 189,238.  Classification 369/266; 185/2; 185/40M; 310/172; 60/716.

            1,259,570  Spring-Motor.  Theo Clifford Whiting, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Executed June 22, 1916.  Filed Aug. 17, 1916, Serial No. 115,503.    “My invention may be employed with particular advantage in the construction of motors for rotating phonograph or gramophone sound record disks.”  Classification 185/37.

            1,259,596  Brake for Phonographs.  Michelangelo Bono, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 17, 1917, Serial No. 155,396.  Classification 369/238.

            1,259,602  Filing-Case.  Wilbur S. Clark, of Camden, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 18, 1917, Serial No. 142,997.  "My invention consists of an improved filing case and is especially adapted for the filing of phonograph records of the 'disk' type."  Classification 312/9.47; 312/9.51; 312/9.52.

            1,259,645  Phonograph.  Leslie McArthur, of Kenilworth, Illinois, Assignor to Stewart Phonograph Corporation, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Filed Nov. 24, 1916, Serial No. 133,139.  Divided: Executed Apr. 20, 1917.  Filed Apr. 23, 1917, Serial No. 163,777.  Classification 369/162; 285/276.

            1,259,681  Phonograph.  Reinhold Thomas, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed Feb. 14, 1917.  Filed Mar. 15, 1917, Serial No. 154,910.  Classification 369/158; 369/160.

            1,259,699  Start and Stop Mechanism 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 Sept. 9, 1913, Serial No. 788,826.  Classification 369/243; 200/DIG.34.

            1,259,815  Sound-Box for Phonographs.  John B. Westenhaver, of Wheeling, West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed June 15, 1917, Serial No. 174,992.  Classification 369/163.

            1,259,916  Attachment for Talking-Machines.  William Atwood Sharp, of Des Moines, Iowa.  Executed May 11, 1917.  Filed May 14, 1917, Serial No. 168,617.  Classification 369/228.

            1,260,001  Tone-Modulator for Phonographs.  Cheng Chih Kuo, of Ithaca, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 2, 1916, Serial No. 129,085.  Classification 181/186.

            1,260,159  Advertising Device.  Vincenzo Di Mario, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 13, 1917, Serial No. 196,476.  Classification 40/455; 369/63; 40/416; 40/456; 446/299.

Mar. 26, 1918
            1,260,337  Phonographic Attachment for Moving-Picture Machines.  Richard M. Craig, of San Antonio, Texas.  No execution date.  Filed May 6 [sic], 1913, Serial No. 765,959.  Classification 352/5; 369/69.

            1,260,338  Moving-Picture Machine.  Richard M. Craig, of San Antonio, Texas.  Filed May 8 [sic], 1913, Serial No. 765,959.  Divided: No execution date.  Filed Aug. 12, 1914, Serial No. 856,420.  "My invention relates to phonographic or 'talking' moving pictures, and more particularly to the art of taking and projecting such moving pictures with the accompaniment of sound recording and sound reproduction respectively."  Classification 352/5; 369/121.

            1,260,365  Stylus.  Robert L. Gibson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 29, 1913, Serial No. 809,186.  Classification 369/173; 369/17.

            1,260,586  Phonograph-Reproducer and Record Therefor.  Charles D. Smith, of San Jose, California, Assignor of One-Half to Henry T. Welch, of San Jose, California.  Executed Oct. 27, 1916.  Filed Nov. 6, 1916, Serial No. 129,782.  Classification 369/163; 369/272.1.

            1,260,790  Talking-Machine.  Martin Nystrom, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed June 17, 1916, Serial No. 104,144.  Classification 369/162.

            1,260,821  Talking-Machine Lighter.  Gilbert J. Sellmeyer and Loyal H. Britton, of Indianapolis, Indiana.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 22, 1917, Serial No. 156,734.  Classification 362/87; 362/133; 362/155.

            1,260,829  Safety-Crank for Spring-Motors.  Edward W. Stewart, of Sandusky, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed May 21, 1917, Serial No. 169,986.  "This invention relates to cranks of the type employed for winding the springs of spring motors of phonographs and the like and it is the dominant object of the invention to provide a crank having a novel form of clutch interposed therein, the same serving as a safe guard against the winding of the motor spring too tight, which oftentimes causes the breaking or disabling of the same."  Classification 464/42.

            1,260,948  Rotary Table for Sound-Record Disks.  Theo Clifford Whiting, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Executed June 14, 1916.  Filed July 5, 1916, Serial No. 107,718.  Classification 369/271.1; 29/DIG.12

Apr. 2, 1918

            1,261,071  Time-Controlled Actuating Mechanism.  Ludwig B. Uri, of Seattle, Washington.  Executed July 17, 1917.  Filed July 23, 1917, Serial No. 182,138.  "Figure 1 is a top plan view of a phonograph table, showing my device applied thereto."  Classification 188/382; 368/274.

            1,261,174  Phonograph.  Carl Stein, of Steger, Illinois, Assignor to Steger & Sons Piano Manufacturing Company, of Steger, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed Oct. 7, 1916.  Filed Oct. 14, 1916, Serial No. 125,535.  Classification 181/187.

            1,261,218  Talking-Machine Sound Box and Reproducer.  Patrick B. Delany, of South Orange, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed May 7, 1917, Serial No. 166,951.  Classification 369/160; 369/162.

            1,261,315  Projector for Moving Pictures.  Benjamin J. Such, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 3, 1916, Serial No. 123,547.   “My invention relates to moving picture projectors; and the objects of my invention are to provide a means of stopping the film at intervals, with the picture in frame, so that the action on screen may synchronize in a measure with a dialogue or recital delivered by a human voice or by a phonograph.”  Classification 352/177.

            1,261,541  Sound-Conveyer for Talking-Machines.  Albert A. Huseby, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed July 5, 1917, Serial No. 178,658 [?].  Classification 369/158; 369/164.

            1,261,667  Phonograph-Light.  William G. Winter, of St. Louis, Missouri.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 12, 1917, Serial No. 196,218.  Classification 362/370; 362/394; 362/396.

            1,261,688  Device for Cleaning Phonograph-Records.  James Bratherton, of Detroit, Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed June 18, 1917, Serial No. 175,461.  Classification 15/210.1; 15/214; 29/DIG.97; 369/72.

            D51,933  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Samuel S. Schiff and Jeffrey B. Schiff, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 4, 1917, Serial No. 205,473.  Classification D14/184.

            D51,934  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Samuel S. Schiff and Jeffrey B. Schiff, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 4, 1917, Serial No. 205,474.  Classification D14/178.

            D51,935  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Samuel S. Schiff and Jeffrey B. Schiff, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 4, 1917, Serial No. 205,475.  Classification D14/176.

            D51,936  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Samuel S. Schiff and Jeffrey B. Schiff, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 4, 1917, Serial No. 205,476.  Classification D14/184.

            D51,937  Design for a Talking-Machine Cabinet.  Samuel S. Schiff and Jeffrey B. Schiff, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 4, 1917, Serial No. 205,477.  Classification D14/184.

Apr. 9, 1918

            1,261,795  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  Charles W. Ebeling, of Wheeling, West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 20, 1913, Serial No. 785,804.  Classification 352/9; 360/80.

            1,261,796  Variable-Speed Mechanism for Sound and Picture Reproducing Mechanism.  Charles W. Ebeling, of Wheeling, West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 30, 1913, Serial No. 798,295.  Renewed Jan. 19, 1918, Serial No. 212,836.  Classification 74/363.

            1,261,797  Compensating Device for Hand-Operated Motion-Picture Projectors and the Like.  Charles W. Ebeling, of Wheeling, West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 18, 1916, Serial No. 132,122.  Renewed Jan. 19, 1918, Serial No. 212,837.  "The present invention relates to improvements in compensating devices for hand operated motion-picture projectors and the like, one object of the present invention being the provision of means adapted to be connected to the projector when used alone and to the projector and a sound record carrier when coupled together, whereby the record of one or the records of both machines cannot be speeded regardless of the power exerted by the operator upon the crank, and also whereby an unsteady or intermittent actuation of the crank will be received in a power storing means and distributed to the record or records at a uniform rate."  Classification 464/59; 185/37; 188/187; 464/160; 464/23. 

            1,261,904  Attachment for Phonographs.  Earl W. Carlos, of Richmond, Indiana.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 8, 1917, Serial No. 141,094.  Classification 369/245.

            1,261,969  Talking-Machine Motor.  Edward E. Taliaferro, of Colorado Springs, Colorado.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 18, 1915, Serial No. 9,121.  Renewed Aug. 13, 1917, Serial No. 186,056.  Classification 185/33; 185/40M.

            1,261,990  Phonograph-Stop.  Montague Adair, of Brooklyn, New York.  Filed Jan. 27, 1916, Serial No. 74,682.  Divided: Executed June 14, 1916.  Filed June 17, 1916, Serial No. 104,161.  Classification 369/234; 369/243.

            1,262,167  Hinged-Cover Support.  Charlie J. Bousfield, of Bay City, Michigan, Assignor to the Delpheon Company, of Bay City, Michigan, a Corporation of Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 9, 1917, Serial No. 147,624.  "This invention relates to hinged cover supports for talking machine cabinets and the like."  Classification 217/60G.

            1,262,415  Driving Means for Talking-Machines.  Harry Randolph Van Deventer, of Sumter, South Carolina, Assignor to Splitdorf Electrical Company, of Newark, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 12, 1914, Serial No. 866,270.  Classification 185/40M.

            1,262,521  Coin-Freed Gramophone.  James W. Knights, of Hammersmith, London, England.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 18, 1915, Serial No. 9,131.  Renewed Feb. 19, 1918, Serial No. 218,173.  Classification 369/198.

            1,262,592  Talking-Machine.  Martin Nystrom, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Charles R. Osborne, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed Jan. 25, 1915.  Filed June 1, 1915, Serial No. 31,603.  Classification 369/164.

Apr. 16, 1918

            1,262,789  Cabinet for Phonograph-Records.  William C. Heller, of Montpelier, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 24, 1917, Serial No. 150,640.  Classification 312/9.43; 312/107; 312/275; 312/315.

            1,262,810  Talking-Machine.  Thomas Kraemer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Domestic Talking Machine Corporation, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Corporation of Pennsylvania.  Executed July 25, 1917.  Filed July 26, 1917, Serial No. 182,618 [?].  Classification 369/80; 181/186.

            1,263,136  Record-Rest.  Guy Evert Smith, of Oklahoma, Oklahoma.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 27, 1917, Serial No. 157,764.  Classification 369/75.11.

            1,263,178  Needle-Trimmer for Talking-Machines.  Frank O. Wilking, of Indianapolis, Indiana. No execution date.  Filed Oct. 22, 1917, Serial No. 197,850.  Classification 30/131; 144/118.

            1,263,205  Vertical-Spindle Bearing.  Pliny Catucci, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co., Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 26, 1917, Serial No. 164,597. Classification 384/415; 5/309.

            1,263,279  Talking-Machine Mechanism.  Archie E. Parnall, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Frank W. Williams, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 18, 1916, Serial No. 120,818.  Classification 369/158.

            1,263,315  Illuminating Device.  Daniel T. Finkbeiner, of Freeport, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed May 28, 1917, Serial No. 171,370.  One object is to provide a light "particularly applicable for use in the cabinets of sound reproducing machines, to illuminate the record, the stylus, and the record controlling devices, and which may be placed in position in any of the cabinets now in general use, without cutting or marring the same, or altering the positions of any parts."  Classification 362/157; 134/166R; 312/8.1; D26/52.

Apr. 23, 1918
            1,263,378  Motor-Governor.  Robert F. Coleman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor of One-Half to Gustave Lyon, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed May 4, 1916, Serial No. 95,390.  “My invention relates to improvements in spring governors employing a spring operated friction disk, for small motors such as used in talking machines and music boxes.”  Classification 188/187; 126/247.

            1,263,433  Phonograph Cut-Off.  Joseph N. M. Keyzer, of Lynchburg, Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 28, 1917, Serial No. 165,195.  Classification 369/238; 369/278.

            1,263,466  Sound-Box.  Richard James Prettie, of Jamaica, New York, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed July 28, 1915.  Filed July 31, 1915, Serial No. 42,951.  Classification 369/161; 369/164.

            1,263,587  Spring-Motor.  William Estel Merryman, of Richmond, Indiana.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 15, 1917, Serial No. 196,565.  “The object of this invention is to produce a spring-motor which is especially intended for driving light-weight machinery, such for instance, as phonographs or the like.”  Classification 188/187.

            1,263,625  Sound-Amplifier for Phonographs.  Herman Thimgan, of Denver, Colorado, Assignor to the Colorado Phonograph Company, a Corporation of Colorado.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 7, 1915, Serial No. 49,218.  Classification 181/183; 369/80.

            1,263,806  Braking Mechanism.  Henry G. Saal, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed June 21, 1917, Serial No. 176,005.  “The mechanism of my invention is of particular service when employed in connection with brakes that are used for automatically regulating the speed of phonographic record supporting shafts.”  Classification 188/187.

            1,263,816  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  David L. Suiter, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 24, 1916, Serial No. 127,393.  Classification 369/163.

            1,264,017  Tone-Arm for Phonographs.  Robert H. Cone, Jr., of St. Louis, Missouri.  Executed June 27, 1916.  Filed June 29, 1916, Serial No. 106,557.  Classification 369/157.

Apr. 30, 1918

            1,264,201  Sound-Box.  Louis Menge, of East Orange, New Jersey.  Executed Apr. 5, 1916.  Filed Apr. 7, 1916, Serial No. 89,704.  Invention "specifically relates to improvements in recording and reproducing sound boxes for gramaphones [sic], phonographs, and like machines."  Classification 369/163.

            1,264,219  Sound-Reproducing Diaphragm and Process of Making the Same.  John A. Steurer, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 17, 1917, Serial No. 207,446.  Associated with 1,192,833, which is clearly for a gramophone.  Classification 181/164; 181/168; 84/452R.

            1,264,268  Phonograph.  Charles S. Burton, of Oak Park, Illinois, Assignor to Melville Clark Piano Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed Jan. 26, 1917.  Filed Jan. 29, 1917, Serial No. 145,037.  "The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved construction of a phonograph adapted to be combined with a piano and contained within the casing thereof."  Classification 369/253; 369/176.

            1,264,273  Talking-Machine.  Francesco Cirelli, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 8, 1917, Serial No. 190,287.  Classification 369/158.

            1,264,588  Start and Stop Mechanism for Talking-Machines.  Clinton E. Woods and Frank C. Hinckley, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignors to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 15, 1913, Serial No. 795,344.  Renewed Mar. 10, 1916, Serial No. 83,405.  Classification 369/233; 369/239.

            1,264,691  Guiding Device for Phonograph Tone-Arms.  John A. Shoemaker, of Ada, Minnesota.  Executed May 18, 1917.  Filed May 22, 1917, Serial No. 170,315.  Classification 369/245.

            1,264,851  Phonograph-Record Cabinet.  Harry H. Pemberton and Charles A. Moore, of Roseville, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed May 17, 1916, Serial No. 98,084.  Classification 312/9.27.

May 7, 1918

            1,264,883  Talking-Machine.  William G. Beard, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Henry C. Burnstine, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed July 24, 1915, Serial No. 41,645.  Classification 369/158.

            1,265,009  Phonograph.  George H. Underhill, of Boston, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 29, 1911, Serial No. 624,014.  Classification 369/30.01; 369/179.

            1,265,115  Phonographic Driving Mechanism.  Charles F. Roberts, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Chicago Metal Products Co., of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed Aug. 24, 1916.  Filed Aug. 28, 1916, Serial No. 117,172.  Classification 476/66; 74/445.

            1,265,179  Phonograph or Talking-Machine.  John P. Constable, of West Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed June 19, 1915.  Filed June 21, 1915, Serial No. 35,265.  Classification 369/80.

            1,265,286  Machine for Continuous Reproduction of Phonographic Compositions.  Charles S. Andres and William T. Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignors to Sound-O-Photoplay Co., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed July 28, 1915, Serial No. 42,299. Classification 369/198; 369/2; 369/265; 369/271.1.

            1,265,295  Phonograph.  Le Bonsieur, of Elyria, Ohio, Assignor to the Garford Manufacturing Company, of Elyria, Ohio, a Corporation of Ohio.  Executed Sept. 14, 1916.  Filed Sept. 21, 1916, Serial No. 121,362.  Classification 188/180; 188/187.

            1,265,297  Talking-Machine Stop.  Charlie J. Bousfield, of Bay City, Michigan, Assignor to the Delpheon Company, of Bay City, Michigan, a Corporation of Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 7, 1916, Serial No. 113,583.  Classification 369/236.

            1,265,473  Winding Mechanism for Spring-Motors.  Samuel W. Meredith and Leopold Baumann, Sr., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and James Black, of Thorofare, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 15, 1917, Serial No. 148,875.  Classification 185/39; 185/40M; 369/266; 464/44.

            1,265,498  Talking-Machine Mechanism.  Archie E. Parnall, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Frank W. Williams, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 18, 1916, Serial No. 120,819.  Classification 369/157; 369/162; 369/164.

            1,265,502  Phonograph.  Marshall B. Peal, of Brooklyn, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 20, 1916, Serial No. 92,563.  Classification 369/290.1.

            D52,031  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Feb. 28, 1918.  Filed Mar. 9, 1918, Serial No. 221,545.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,032  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Feb. 28, 1918.  Filed Mar. 9, 1918, Serial No. 221,544.  Classification D14/183.

May 14, 1918

            1,265,757  Speed Regulator and Indicator for Phonographs.  James H. Dooley, of East Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to De Camp and Sloan, Inc., of Newark, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 26, 1916, Serial No. 138,748.  Renewed Oct. 17, 1917, Serial No. 197,173.  Classification 188/187.

            1,265,793  Split Mandrel.  Louis G. Larsen, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 10, 1916, Serial No. 83,328.  "This invention relates to talking machines, and more particularly to a support for the sound-record tablets thereof."  Classification 369/260.

            1,265,802  Winding-Indicator.  Joseph Mazer, of McAlester, Oklahoma.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 1, 1913, Serial No. 751,472.  Renewed Mar. 19, 1918, Serial No. 223,478.  "My invention relates to winding indicator mechanism for watches, graphophones or other devices, which indicates to what extent the device is run down and when it needs winding up."  Classification 368/210; 968/69.

            1,265,874  Cover-Support for Phonographs.  Martin Bersted, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 10, 1917, Serial No. 206,435.  Classification 217/60E; 5/316.

            1,265,930  Support for Hinged Covers.  Isaac B. Macomber, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 7, 1917, Serial No. 153,221.  “This invention relates to supports for hinged covers, and while particularly adapted for talking machine covers, is not so limited.”  Classification 217/60R.

            1,266,062  Electric Motor for Talking-Machines.  Howard A. Selah, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Eclipse Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of Delaware.  Executed Nov. 16, 1915.  Filed Dec. 7, 1915, Serial No. 65,457.  Classification 388/816; 310/46; 369/266; 388/928.

            1,266,065  Correction Device for Talking-Machines.  Samuel Shelly, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Executed June 27, 1917.  Filed June 29, 1917, Serial No. 177,621.  Classification 369/53.39; 369/223; 369/27.01.

            1,266,096  Tone-Arm for Talking-Machines.  Charlie J. Bousfield, of Bay City, Michigan, Assignor to the Delpheon Company, of Bay City, Michigan, a Corporation of Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed May 22, 1917, Serial No. 170,206.  Classification 369/158.

            1,266,169  Phonograph-Cabinet Library-Table.  Harry Siskin, of Los Angeles, California.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 27, 1917, Serial No. 193,519.  Classification 312/8.5; 312/21; 369/75.11.

            1,266,181  Attachment for Phonographs.  George W. Van Nortwick, of Denver, Colorado.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 20, 1917, Serial No. 187,159.  Classification 369/158; 369/162.

            1,266,280  Spring-Winding Electric Motor.  Henry Kocourek, of Jersey City, New Jersey, Assignor to Julia B. Stewart, Executrix of the Will of John K. Stewart, Deceased.  Executed Jan. 29, 1917.  Filed Feb. 3, 1917, Serial No. 146,539.  Classification 185/40R; 192/104R; 464/45; 74/383.

            1,266,306  Centrifugal Speed-Regulator for Phonographs.  Archie E. Parnall, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Frank W. Williams, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 12, 1915, Serial No. 20,863.  Classification 188/187.

            1,266,307  Talking-Machine Mechanism.  Archie E. Parnall, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Frank W. Williams, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 18, 1916, Serial No. 120,820.  Classification 369/157; 369/162; 369/164.

May 21, 1918

            1,266,767  Automatic Record-Shifting Mechanism for Phonographs.  Edgar E. Brosius, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 20, 1917, Serial No. 156,029.  Classification 369/191.1.

            1,266,777  Phonograph.  Nelson C. Durand, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Sept. 23, 1914.  Filed Sept. 25, 1914, Serial No. 863,440.  Classification 369/141; 369/163.

            1,266,834  Balanced Hinged Top for Cabinets and Other Receptacles.  Thomas C. Linn, Jr., of Salisbury, North Carolina, and John P. Butt, Jr., of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.  Executed Apr. 17, 1917.  Filed Apr. 18, 1917, Serial No. 162,901.  "This is especially desirable in connection with graphophone or phonograph tops, where it is necessary to have the top remain in a raised position for the changing of records and needles, etc., particularly where the operator desires to use only one hand for performing these acts."  Classification 217/60G.

            1,266,949  Process of Making Phonograph-Needles.  Roscoe C. Johnston, of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Assignor of One-Half to Emil Nelson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  No execution date.  Filed May 5, 1917, Serial No. 166,644.  Classification 134/29; 369/173.

            1,267,059  Phonograph.  Otto B. Cole, of Boston, Massachusetts, Assignor to Arion Manufacturing Company, of Boston, Massachusetts, a Corporation of Maine.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 14, 1916, Serial No. 91,209.  Classification 74/396; 310/78; 369/239; 369/244.1; 74/336.5; 74/383; 74/421R; 74/425.

            1,267,077  Used-Needle Receiver for Talking-Machines.  Albert A. Huseby, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed July 5, 1917, Serial No. 178,659.  Classification 312/8.1; 312/8.15.

May 28, 1918

            1,267,378  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 Oct. 8, 1912, Serial No. 724,500.  "My present invention relates to automatic brake mechanism for talking machines, particularly for that type of talking machine in which a disk record is employed."  Classification 192/139; 369/234; 369/239.

            1,267,981  Cabinet for Phonograph-Records.  Arthur J. Crippen, of Rochester, New York, Assignor to Crippen-Rase Co., Inc., of Rochester, New York, a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed May 26, 1915, Serial No. 30,507.  Classification 312/9.13.

            1,268,008  Stop Mechanism.  Joseph F. Hitchcock, of Rochester, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 19, 1917, Serial No. 155,681.  "My invention has for its object to afford a structure for sound reproducing machines, with more particular reference to mechanisms of the disk or flat record type and the specific purpose of my improvement is to provide for automatically bringing the record to a standstill at any predetermined point in its operation."  Classification 369/238.

June 4, 1918

            1,268,121  Stopping Attachment for Talking-Machines.  Harvey Hubbell, of Bridgeport, Connecticut.  No execution date.  Filed June 27, 1916, Serial No. 106,133.  Classification 369/238.

            1,268,141  Vertical File for Talking-Machines.  Martin Nystrom, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Comapny, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed May 31, 1917, Serial No. 171,894 [?].  Classification 312/9.54; 312/302; 312/901.

            1,268,358  Winding Device for Spring-Motors.  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 Jan. 26, 1915, Serial No. 4,551.  Classification 185/40R; 200/47; 74/411; 74/425.

            1,268,472  Continuous Phonograph, Kinetograph, or the Like.  Orlando E. Kellum, of Los Angeles, California.  Executed Mar. 5, 1914.  Filed Mar. 16, 1914, Serial No. 824,909.  Renewed Nov. 1, 1917, Serial No. 199,773.  Classification 369/198; 318/5; 318/695; 369/2; 369/265.

            1,268,729  Combination Motion-Picture and Sound-Reproducing Mechanism.  Abraham L. Kirkwood, of Blocker, Texas.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 11, 1916, Serial No. 90,382.  Classification 352/13.

            D52,081  Design for a Sound-Box.  Paul Rudert, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 27, 1918, Serial No. 219,521.  Classification D14/263.

June 11, 1918

            1,269,060  Hand-Controlled Hydraulic Press.  George E. Davenport, of Camden, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 14, 1916, Serial No. 114,814.  "This invention relates to hydraulic presses and particularly to presses of this character used for stamping the flat record tablets or record disks used in talking machines."  Classification 425/407; 425/411.

            1,269,089  Talking-Machine.  Harry T. Kingsbury and Edward J. Kingsbury, of Keene, New Hampshire.  No execution date.  Filed July 22, 1916, Serial No. 110,759.  Classification 369/80; 369/157.

            1,269,175  Automatically-Acting Multiple-Record-Supporting Table.  Lewis Richard Gilbert, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to George Regester Webb, of Baltimore, Maryland.  No execution date.  Filed June 26, 1914, Serial No. 847,462.  Classification 369/265; 369/2; 369/266; 74/395.

            1,269,266  Tone-Arm.  Zena Ecklebarger, of Goshen, Indiana.  No execution date.  Filed June 16, 1917, Serial No. 175,205.  Classification 369/158; 369/245.

            1,269,536  Phonograph.  Samuel J. Hoexter, of Kalamazoo, Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed June 21, 1916, Serial No. 104,950.  Classification 369/75.11.

            D52,101  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Kenneth F. Matthews, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, Assignor to the R. L. Kenyon Company, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, a Corporation of Wisconsin.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 2, 1918, Serial No. 220,059.  Classification D14/179.

            D52,102  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Kenneth F. Matthews, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, Assignor to the R. L. Kenyon Company, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, a Corporation of Wisconsin.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 2, 1918, Serial No. 220,060.  Classification D14/179.

            D52,103  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Kenneth F. Matthews, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, Assignor to the R. L. Kenyon Company, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, a Corporation of Wisconsin.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 2, 1918, Serial No. 220,061.  Classification D14/179.

June 18, 1918

            1,269,607  Recording and Reproducing Phonograph.  Ernest Albert Ivatts, of Paris, France, Assignor to Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Pathé Frères, Phonographe et Cinématographe, of Paris, France.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 10, 1914, Serial No. 817,724.  Classification 369/218; 369/219.1.

            1,269,659  Sound-Box for Phonographs.  Charles P. Trundy, of Boston, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed July 12, 1917, Serial No. 180,114.  Classification 369/157; 369/170.

            1,269,696  Sound-Record.  John Fletcher, of Douglaston, New York, Assignor to Operaphone Manufacturing Corporation, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Executed June 29, 1915.  Filed July 3, 1915, Serial No. 37,946.  Classification 369/277; 369/173.

            1,269,750  Shaft-Bearing.  Henry G. Saal, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed Apr. 20, 1917.  Filed June 21, 1917, Serial No. 176,004.  Illustrated by "preferred embodiment thereof as employed in connection with the governor for controlling the speed of a turn table supporting shaft in a phonograph structure."  Classification 384/249; 279/6.

            1,269,752  Driving Mechanism.  William Gentry Shelton, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 10, 1916, Serial No. 90,051.  Illustrated through "a practical embodiment of my invention as applied to a talking machine."  Classification 74/665GD; 369/266; 476/64; 74/724.

            1,269,836  Phonograph-Light.  Oscar W. Moehn, of Burlington, Iowa.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 10, 1917, Serial No. 195,803.  Classification 362/87; 362/155.

            1,269,965  Sound-Box.  Charles H. Shaw, of Babylon, New York, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed May 4, 1915.  Filed May 6, 1915, Serial No. 26,331.  "My present invention relates to improvements in sound-boxes, especially to means for employing a wire stylus in connection therewith and for quickly adjusting it at will to play the phonograph record with any desired degree of loudness or softness."  Classification 369/160; 279/77; 369/163; 369/170.

June 25, 1918

            1,270,260  Filing-Cabinet.  Thomas D. Brown, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Jan. 27, 1917.  Filed Feb. 1, 1917, Serial No. 145,946.  "My invention relates to filing cabinets for talking machine disk records."  Classification 312/9.61.

            1,270,265  Spring-Motor Winding-Spindle.  Pliny Catucci, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co., Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 26, 1917, Serial No. 164,594.  "My invention relates to improvements in talking machine motors and has to do particularly with the winding spindle."  Classification 464/112; 123/185.14.

            1,270,278  Sound-Modifier for Talking-Machines.  Pincus Farb, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Jan. 17, 1917.  Filed Feb. 1, 1917, Serial No. 145,944.  Classification 181/186.

            1,270,382  Automatic Controlling-Device for the Motors of Pneumatics.  John A. Weser, of New York, N. Y.; Elsie L. Weser, Administratrix of said John A. Weser, Deceased, Assignor to Weser Bros. Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Executed June 23, 1916.  Filed June 27, 1916, Serial No. 106,098.  “The invention is designed with particular reference to its application to the motor of an air pump intended to actuate either the pneumatics of a player piano or the pneumatics for controlling the operations of a graphophone.  The desirability of having suitable automatic devices for instituting the operation of either a player piano or a graphophone at stated time intervals and without especial manipulation on the part of the operator will be appreciated.”  Classification 417/412; 251/57.

            1,270,526  Phonograph-Needle.  Lewis C. Keen and John M. Klevan, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 3, 1917, Serial No. 194,541.  Classification 369/173.

            1,270,534  Phonograph.  George W. Lorimer, of Piqua, Ohio.  Executed Oct. 2, 1915.  Filed Oct. 6, 1915, Serial No. 54,328.  Classification 369/80; 181/177.

            1,270,584  Phonograph-Disk-Record Holder and Ejector.  George E. Adams, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Assignor of One-Third to Daniel Alexander and One-Third to Hammond O. Williams, Both of Salt Lake City, Utah.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 19, 1917, Serial No. 155,896.  Classification 312/9.26.

            1,270,610  Radial Sound-Amplifier.  Carl Frederick William Forssberg, of Brooklyn, New York.  Executed Jan. 7, 1916.  Filed Jan. 11, 1916, Serial No. 71,474.  "This invention relates to sound amplifiers in phonographs, and especially to that class wherein the cover of the phonograph serves as a main portion of the amplifier."  Classification 369/80.

July 2, 1918
            1,270,884  Diaphragmatic Sound-Producer.  James T. Sibley, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 5, 1916, Serial No. 118,333.  "My improvements are applicable to diaphragmatic sound producers generally, although shown herein as related more particularly to what are known technically as 'sound-boxes' for use in connection with phonographs."  Classification 369/162.

            1,271,066  Synchronic Twin Phonograph.  Indalecio Noriega, of Mexico, Mexico.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 12, 1917, Serial No. 191,091.  Classification 369/198; 369/2; 369/265.

            1,271,224  Needle for Talking-Machines.  Anton H. Rintelman, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed Dec. 7, 1914.  Filed Jan. 4, 1915, Serial No. 324.  Classification 369/173.

            1,271,527  Sound-Regenerating Machine.  Marcus C. Hopkins, of Jersey City, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Lektophone Corporation, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed July 14, 1913, Serial No. 778,826.  Renewed Mar. 22, 1918, Serial No. 224,048.  "This invention relates to instruments which reproduce sounds, such as the talking machine and the phonograph, and is particularly directed to the attainment of a direct propagation in free air from a record of self-sustaining sound waves substantially corresponding to the original recorded sounds in intensity or amplitude as well as in pitch and timbre, as distinguished from an initial generation of violent air disturbances in a confined space, and a subsequent transformation of such disturbances into self-sustaining sound waves by means of the megaphone or trumpet, commonly employed with most existing machines."  Classification 369/80; 369/158.

            1,271,528  Sound-Regenerating Machine.  Marcus C. Hopkins, of Jersey City, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Lektophone Corporation, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 24, 1913, Serial No. 808,577.  Renewed Mar. 22, 1918, Serial No. 224,049.  "My invention relates to improvements in sound regenerating machines.  It relates particularly to sound regenerating machines of the 'direct' type in which the sound waves are regenerated by a tympanum without the employment of amplification devices, such as horns or trumpets."  Classification 369/158; 369/170.

            1,271,529  Acoustic Device.  Marcus C. Hopkins, of Jersey City, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Lektophone Corporation, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of Delaware.  Filed July 14, 1913, Serial No. 778,826.  Renewed Mar. 22, 1918, Serial No. 224,048.  Divided: No execution date.  Filed Apr. 17, 1918, Serial No. 229,014.  Described with respect to talking machine.  Classification 181/164; 181/171; 181/173; 369/155; 381/432.

            D52,155  Design for a Casing for Sound-Boxes.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Mar. 2, 1917.  Filed Mar. 10, 1917, Serial No. 154,044. Classification D14/263.

July 9, 1918
            1,271,590  Driving Attachment for Talking-Machines.  Eden G. Lefever, of Boyertown, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 1, 1917, Serial No. 183,909.  Classification 476/57; 369/266; 369/269.

            1,271,684  Method of Producing Sound-Records.  Victor Hugo Emerson, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Emerson Phonograph Co., Inc., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed June 19, 1915, Serial No. 34,990.  Classification 369/16; 369/288; 369/99.

            1,271,881  Speed-Regulating Means.  Theodore Fletcher, of San Antonio, Texas.  No execution date.  Filed May 16, 1917, Serial No. 168,972.  Gramophone with constant linear speed.  Classification 188/187; 369/240; 74/393.

            1,272,261  Controlling Device.  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 Oct. 22, 1914.  Filed Oct. 23, 1914, Serial No. 868,153.  "My invention relates to controlling devices and especially to controlling devices for business or other phonographs."  Classification 188/67; 74/491; 92/23.

            1,272,262  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 Nov. 21, 1916.  Filed Nov. 27, 1916, Serial No. 133,671.  Classification 369/53.39; 369/223.

July 16, 1918

            1,272,595  Governor Mechanism for Spring-Motors.  Adolph Anderson, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Aurora Automatic Machinery Co., of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed July 12, 1917, Serial No. 180,121.  "The present invention relates to a governor mechanism for spring motors more particularly designed and adapted for use in connection with talking-machines."  Classification 188/187; 185/40M; 369/241.

            1,272,963  Loose-Leaf Device.  Cornelius Evan Johnson, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Assignor to the Proud-Fit Loose Leaf Company, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a Corporation of Michigan.  Executed Feb. 5, 1917.  Filed Feb. 8, 1917, Serial No. 147,372.  "In the embodiment of the invention chosen for illustration by the drawings and for detailed description in the body of this specification, the device is shown as a book having leaf-members with pockets adapted to contain phonograph records."  Classification 206/311; 281/38; 281/47.

            1,273,107  Sound-Transmitting Apparatus.  Frank Stevens, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 17, 1917, Serial No. 142,921.  "My invention relates to improvements in means for transmitting all sounds, vocal, instrumental, etc., of whatsoever nature, reproduced by artificial means such as phonographs, talking machines and the like, and its use in conjunction with such devices affords ready facility for reproducing the sounds therefrom at widely separated points and at a distance, with great clearness and fidelity and in satisfactory volume."  Classification 369/76; 369/80.

            D52,194  Design for a Combined Phonograph-Cabinet and Hall-Clock Case.  Frank P. Read and Wyckliffe W. Parsons, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed June 19, 1917, Serial No. 175,700.  Classification D10/2; D10/16; D6/401.

July 23, 1918

            1,273,300  Motor-Controlling Mechanism.  Theo Clifford Whiting, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Executed July 10, 1916.  Filed July 31, 1916, Serial No. 112,610.  "My invention may be employed with particular advantage in connection with a motor employed to rotate sound record disks in phonograph or gramophone machines."  Classification 74/491.

            1,273,342  Talking-Machine.  Victor H. Emerson, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Emerson Phonograph Company, Inc., a Corporation of New York.  Executed Feb. 1, 1916.  Filed Feb. 18, 1916, Serial No. 79,217.  Classification 369/164.

            1,273,459  Soundboard.  Charles Chudzikowski, of Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Executed Dec. 10, 1914.  Filed Dec. 15, 1914, Serial No. 877,438.  "The object of this invention is the construction of improved means for reinforcing acoustic vibrations, for telephones, phonographs, musical instruments and other sound-emitting devices."  Classification 181/163.

            1,273,572  Automatic Phonograph.  John Briggs and John T. Jenkins, of San Francisco, California, Assignors to Russell Berkenkamp, of San Francisco, California.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 24, 1916, Serial No. 80,160.  Classification 194/246; 369/35.01.

            D52,214  Design for a Phonograph Case or Cabinet.  Edwin Forrest, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 31, 1918, Serial No. 214,782.  Classification D14/180.

July 30, 1918

            1,274,157  Repeating Device for Talking-Machines.  Charles H. Frink, of Northampton, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 13, 1917, Serial No. 201,862.  Classification 369/228.

            1,274,183  Device for Shaving Phonograph Records or Blanks.  Walter H. Miller, of Orange, New Jersey.  Executed Feb. 23, 1918.  Filed Feb. 26, 1918, Serial No. 219,325.  Classification 82/1.12.

            1,274,191  Filing-Case for Disk Records.  Miles G. Nixon, of Chicago, Illinois, and Oberlin Smith, of Bridgeton, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 22, 1916, Serial No. 110,730.  Classification 312/9.56; 40/375.

            1,274,243  Spring-Motor.  George W. Chamberlain, of Atlanta, Georgia.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 24, 1915, Serial No. 52,436.  “The spring motor hereinabove described may be applied to various uses such as the running of clocks, watches, mechanical toys, phonographs, timing apparatus, astronomical instruments and various other devices.”  Classification 185/37.

            1,274,324  Phonograph-Record and Method of Making the Same.  Paul Poetschke, of Milford, Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 12, 1917, Serial No. 201,580.  Classification 428/65.9; 264/134; 264/258; 369/286; 369/288; 428/138; 428/452; 428/537.5.

Aug. 6, 1918

            1,274,361  Phonograph.  Harry Adams, of the United States Navy.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 25, 1916, Serial No. 127,540.  "My invention relates to a toy phonograph or sound producing device and the object of my invention is to produce a toy phonograph which is novel in construction and operation, simple to operate and portable and also light in weight so that a child can readily handle and operate the device, and a further object of my invention is to produce a toy phonograph which can be manufactured at a very small cost."  Classification 369/157.

            1,274,444  Automatic Stop for Talking-Machines.  Henry P. Proud, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 27, 1917, Serial No. 157,664.  Classification 369/236.

            1,274,581  Brake Mechanism for Talking-Machines.  Martin Nystrom, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 23, 1917, Serial No. 187,746.  Classification 369/236.

            1,274,640  Phonograph.  John M. Waddell, of Greenfield, Ohio.  Executed Feb. 11, 1918.  Filed Feb. 14, 1918, Serial No. 217,211.  Classification 369/80.

            1,274,661  Means for Translating Wave Impulses.  Edward H. Amet, of Redondo Beach, California.  Executed Feb. 23, 1917.  Filed Feb. 28, 1917, Serial No. 151,596.  "This discovery and invention may be applied to various uses, but is more particularly designed for use in the transmission of sound wave impulses and will be herein described as applied to talking machines and telephones."  Classification 369/152.

            1,274,690  Talking-Machine.  Alfonso Cortella, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Filed Aug. 21, 1913, Serial No. 785,853.  Divided: No execution date.  Filed Jan. 22, 1917, Serial No. 143,614.  Classification 369/198; 369/2; 369/265.

            1,274,706  Brake-Timing Attachment for Talking-Machines.  Ellsworth F. Giles, of Altoona, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 16, 1917, Serial No. 162,294.  Classification 369/236; 369/53.45.

            1,274,712  Phonograph-Disk-Record Cabinet.  Henry Bernhard Hilger, of Fort Wayne, Indiana.  No execution date.  Filed May 21, 1917, Serial No. 170,009.  Classification 312/9.18.

            1,274,735  Automatic Brake for Talking-Machines.  Ray H. Manson, of Elyria, Ohio, Assignor to the Garford Manufacturing Company, of Elyria, Ohio, a Corporation of Ohio.  Executed June 10, 1916.  Filed June 24, 1916, Serial No. 105,530.  Classification 369/238; 369/155; 369/158; 369/80.

            1,274,960  Automatic Talking-Machine.  John L. Vaughn, of San Francisco, California, Assignor of One-Half to Charles A. Fey, of San Francisco, California.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 16, 1916, Serial No. 125,767.  Classification 369/38.01; D14/184.

            1,275,022  Method of and Apparatus for Manufacturing Telephone-Diaphragms.  Henry C. Harrison, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Western Electric Company, Incorporated, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Filed Nov. 9, 1916, Serial No. 130,498.  Phonographs also mentioned as a field of application.  Classification 29/896.23; 105/409; 29/281.1; 29/DIG.42.

            1,275,087  Talking-Machine Record.  Thor Raje, of Los Angeles, California.  Executed Jan. 3, 1917.  Filed Jan. 31, 1917, Serial No. 145,774.  Classification 369/279.

            1,275,089  Sound-Modifying Means.  Alcorn Rector, of Cleveland, Ohio.  Executed Apr. 27, 1917.  Filed May 5, 1917, Serial No. 166,612.  "My invention relates to sound reproducing devices used with and which form a part of phonographs, graphophones, and like machines of the class commonly known and referred to as talking machines."  Classification 369/163; 369/170.

            1,275,100  Die for Pressing Sound-Records.  Thomas Steventon, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed May 4, 1915, Serial No. 25,815.  Classification 264/107; 425/408; 425/411; 425/810; 69/8.

            1,275,189  Means of Recording and Reproducing Sound and Motion in Synchronism.  August C. Rutzen, of Cleveland, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed July 6, 1914, Serial No. 849,235.  Classification 352/36; 369/69.

Aug. 13, 1918

            1,275,227  Combined Kinetoscopic and Phonographic Apparatus.  Clyde J. Coleman, of New Rochelle, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 21, 1915, Serial No. 46,628.  Classification 352/16.

            1,275,257  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 Feb. 13, 1914.  Filed Feb. 16, 1914, Serial No. 818,892.  Classification 369/29.02; 369/225.

            1,275,259  Album, Sample-Book, or Scrap-Book.  Harry A. Hooker, of Wilmette, Illinois, Assignor to Rand McNally and Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 9, 1917, Serial No. 153,628.  "This invention relates to albums and is particularly applicable to albums holding in envelops heavy articles such as phonograph disk records, samples of cloth, hardware, or the like, although is not limited for such use."  Classification 206/311.

            1,275,302  Sound-Reproducer.  Alexander N. Pierman, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Jan. 16, 1914.  Filed Jan. 19, 1914, Serial No. 812,906.  Classification 369/156; 369/169.

            1,275,630  Automatic Winding-Means for Talking-Machines.  Harry Randolph Van Deventer, of Sumter, South Carolina, Assignor to Splitdorf Electrical Comapny, of Newark, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Filed Oct. 12, 1914, Serial No. 866,270.  Divided: No execution date.  Filed Mar. 22, 1918, Serial No. 223,907.  Classification 185/40M.

            1,275,635  Attachment for Phonographs.  William H. Weaser, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. No execution date.  Filed Mar. 26, 1918, Serial No. 224,828.  Classification 185/39; 185/40M; 369/266; 74/140; 74/577S.

            1,275,764  Sound-Box.  Frederick W. Schaefer, of Cranford, New Jersey, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 9, 1917, Serial No. 185,331.  "This invention relates to sound-boxes for talking machines, and in particular to those of the so-called convertible or universal type, which may be used to play records of both the vertical- and the lateral-cut forms."  Classification 369/164.

            1,275,823  Repeating and Stopping Attachment for Disk Phonographs.  Frank H. Adams, of Cleveland, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 23, 1914, Serial No. 826,489.  Renewed Oct. 5, 1917, Serial No. 195,000.  Classification 369/228.

            1,275,914  Sound-Box.  Robert Head, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Filed Aug. 9, 1917, Serial No. 185,317.  "This invention relates to sound-boxes for talking machines, and in particular to those of the so-called convertible or universal type, which may be used to play records of both the vertical- and the lateral-cut forms."  Classification 369/164.

            1,275,936  Sound-Box for Talking-Machines.  Alva D. Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 23, 1914, Serial No. 873,500.  Classification 369/163.

Aug. 20, 1918

            1,276,074  Driving Mechanism.  Jay M. Johnson, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 17, 1916, Serial No. 131,848.  "This invention relates to an improved construction and assembly of driving mechanisms particularly adapted for use on talking machines, whereby a silent and vibrationless drive may be imparted through suitable gearing to the record carrying disk of the machine on which a record is placed to be played." Classification 476/35; 188/187; 476/62; 476/64; 74/397.

            1,276,153  Disk-Record-Filing Cabinet.  Francis Lincoln Young, of New York, and Richard James Prettie, of Jamaica, New York, Assignors to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed July 28, 1915.  Filed July 31, 1915, Serial No. 42,943.  Classification 312/9.58.

            1,276,156  Sound-Reproducing Mechanism.  Charles H. Allen, of Claremont, New Hampshire.  No execution date.  Filed May 28, 1917, Serial No. 171,561.  "It has for its object to reproduce a record such as those used in phonographs or the like, in an improved manner whereby the full naturalness and full volume of the original sound is reproduced with accuracy."  Classification 181/162.

            1,276,182  Automatic Stop and Tempo Control for Talking-Machines.  John A. Davis, of Boston, Massachusetts.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 28, 1916, Serial No. 117,150.  Classification 369/243; 369/239.

            1,276,192  Needle-Holder for Sound Boxes.  Emil Albert Dodelin, of Moorestown, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 26, 1917, Serial No. 144,731.  Classification 369/160; 369/170.

            1,276,287  Sound-Directing Appliance.  Eric Magnus Campbell Tigerstedt, of Copenhagen, Denmark.  No execution date.  Filed May 12, 1915, Serial No. 27,580.  "This invention relates to diaphragms and particularly to such as are used for gramophones, phonographs, talking or recording machines, receivers or transmitters of telephones, or other similar devices in which diaphragms are employed for receiving, recording or producing sound waves."  Classification 381/343; 340/388.3; 381/180; 381/186.

            1,276,326  Container for Talking-Machine Records.  Irwin G. Casper, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed July 14, 1917, Serial No. 180,501.  Classification 206/311; 206/804; 206/815; 211/126.1; 312/303; 312/9.52.

            1,276,456  Fastening Device.  Anthony Vasselli, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor to Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co., Inc., a Corporation of New York.  Executed Jan. 4, 1918.  Filed Jan. 17, 1918, Serial No. 212,237. “My invention relates to means for securing the inner ends of springs to mandrels, and more particularly to securing and retaining the helical springs on the mandrel, sleeve, collar, or shaft of talking machine motors.”  Classification 185/45.

            1,276,507  Hydrogenated-Oil Composition.  Carleton Ellis, of Montclair, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 6, 1913, Serial No. 740,416.  Renewed Aug. 1, 1916, Serial No. 112,614.  "Solid compositions suitable for making moldable articles such as phonograph records and the like."  Classification 106/37; 106/220; 106/224; 106/245.

            1,276,508  Hydrogenated-Oil Composition.  Carleton Ellis, of Montclair, New Jersey.  Continuation of Serial No. 740,416, filed Jan. 6, 1913.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 21, 1917, Serial No. 163,738.  Reissued: RE14,569.  Filed Oct. 26, 1918, Serial No. 260,536.  Granted Dec. 17, 1918.  “The composition thus produced is susceptible of a great variety of uses and modifications, one form being suitable for use as a phonograph record composition or as an ingredient thereof.”  Classification 106/37; 106/266.

            1,276,551  Tone-Arm for Talking-Machines.  Frank Malocsay, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Feb. 5, 1916.  Filed Feb. 11, 1916, Serial No. 77,690.  Classification 369/158.

            D52,260  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  James D. Adams, of Wabash, Indiana, Assignor to the Wabash Cabinet Co., of Wabash, Indiana, a Corporation of Indiana.  No execution date.  Filed May 17, 1918, Serial No. 235,196.  Classification D14/176.

Aug. 27, 1918

            1,276,759  Duplex Graphophone.  Frank C. Hinckley and John Graham, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignors to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 9, 1917, Serial No. 141,424.  Classification 369/157; 369/161.

            1,276,968  Record for Phonographic Machines.  August C. Rutzen, of Cleveland, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed June 7, 1915, Serial No. 32,545.  Classification 369/96; 369/277; 369/287.

            1,276,983  Controlling Mechanism for Phonographs.  Harry M. Smith, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed Oct. 13, 1916.  Filed Oct. 23, 1916, Serial No. 127,040.  Classification 369/42.01; 369/163.

            1,277,096  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  Hugh J. McGreal, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Assignor of One-Half to Michael S. Sheridan, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 8, 1916, Serial No. 76,888.  Classification 369/82; 369/63.

            1,277,224  Synchronously-Operated Reproducing Apparatus.  Lawrence Langner, of London, England, Assignor to Aeolian Company, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed Mar. 25, 1913.  Filed Apr. 11, 1913, Serial No. 760,490.  "This invention relates to means for securing and maintaining synchronism in the operation of two or more reproducing machines, such as a talking machine and a piano."  Classification 84/5.

            D52,367  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed May 10, 1918.  Filed May 31, 1918, Serial No. 237,653.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,368  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed May 10, 1918.  Filed May 31, 1918, Serial No. 237,654.  Classification D14/176.

            D52,369  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed May 10, 1918.  Filed May 31, 1918, Serial No. 237,655.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,370  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed May 10, 1918.  Filed May 31, 1918, Serial No. 237,656.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,371  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed May 10, 1918.  Filed May 31, 1918, Serial No. 237,657.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,372  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed May 10, 1918.  Filed May 31, 1918, Serial No. 237,658.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,373  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed May 10, 1918.  Filed May 31, 1918, Serial No. 237,659.  Classification D14/184.

Sept. 3, 1918

            1,277,440  Telephone-Exchange System.  Alben E. Lundell, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Western Electric Company Incorporated, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Executed June 15, 1916.  Filed June 17, 1916, Serial No. 104,231.   "In Fig. 7 is shown a phonographic call indicator."  Classification 379/228; 379/235.

            1,277,448  Automatic Stop Mechanism for Talking-Machines.  Frank Malocsay, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Dec. 15, 1914.  Filed Dec. 31, 1914, Serial No. 879,865.  Classification 369/232; 369/278.

            1,277,449  Automatic Stop Mechanism for Talking-Machines.  Frank Malocsay, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Sept. 14, 1915.  Filed Sept. 21, 1915, Serial No. 51,886.  Classification 369/238.

            1,277,538  Diaphragm.  Donald M. Bliss, of West Orange, New Jersey.  Executed Oct. 2, 1916.  Filed Oct. 4, 1916, Serial No. 123,625.  "My invention relates to phonograph or talking machine reproducers and especially to improved diaphragms and coacting parts."  Classification 181/162; 181/167.

            1,277,545  Stop Mechanism for Talking-Machines.  Pliny Catucci and Anthony Vasselli, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignors, by Mesne Assignments, to Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co., Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Executed Apr. 6, 1915.  Filed Apr. 8, 1915, Serial No. 20,050.  Classification 369/236; 369/241.

            1,277,546  Stop Mechanism for Talking-Machines.  Pliny Catucci, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co., Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 16, 1916, Serial No. 131,640.  Classification 369/236; 114/240B; 369/241; 369/53.45.

            1,277,572  Automatic Telephone-Responder.  Mary Bassett Hamacher and Ignatius McCutchan, of Windsor, Missouri.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 22, 1916, Serial No. 132,890.  "The object of our invention is to provide a novel automatically actuated device for answering a telephone call, in a manner such that the person calling at the other end of the line will hear in his receiver certain predetermined signals or messages as it may be desired to have sent to him.  For example, a person calling up a telephone provided with our improvement may receive the message 'Mr. Brown will be back at 2 o'clock' or such other message as may be desired to have delivered."  Classification 379/83; 379/87.

            1,277,583  Automatic Stop for Phonographs.  Adam C. Hendricks, of Martinsburg, West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 21, 1918, Serial No. 218,490.  Classification 369/236; 191/12.2R; 369/53.45.

            1,277,594  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  Louis P. Jackson, of Schenectady, New York.  Filed July 5, 1912, Serial No. 707,889.  Divided: Executed Sept. 6, 1913.  Filed Sept. 10, 1913, Serial No. 789,023.  Classification 181/162.

            1,277,991  Combined Picture-Projecting and Sound-Reproducing Machine.  Joseph Moltchen, of the United States Army.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 28, 1917, Serial No. 165,218 [?].  Classification 352/36; 181/205.

            1,278,042  Means for Recording and Reproducing Sounds.  Max Shulman, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 24, 1917, Serial No. 192,944.  Classification 369/270.1; 369/223; 369/286.

Sept. 10, 1918

            1,278,259  Album.  Henry Barnes Tremaine, of Westfield, New Jersey, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed Jan. 22, 1915.  Filed Jan. 23, 1915, Serial No. 3,953.  "My present invention relates to improvements in albums such as albums for holding phonograph disk records, and provides a convenient card-index visible from the back of the album for seeing at a glance whether a particular record is contained in the album, and if so at what page."  Classification 283/42.

            1,278,341  Sound-Box.  Robert Head, of New York, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 9, 1917, Serial No. 185,318.  "The present invention relates to sound-boxes for phonographs, and more particularly to the vibrating stylus-carrying element thereof."  Classification 369/162; 369/170.

            1,278,440  Carrying-Case for Talking-Machines.  Frank Winston Corley, of Richmond, Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 2, 1918, Serial No. 209,870.  Classification 312/8.8; 369/75.11; D14/201.

            1,278,539  Filing Device for Talking-Machine Records.  Frank O. Wilking, of Indianapolis, Indiana.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 26, 1917, Serial No. 198,617.  Classification 206/309.

            1,278,565  Phonographic Dictating-Machine.  Evan Barnett Basch, of Savannah, Georgia.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 24, 1917, Serial No. 193,007.  "My invention relates to dictating machines and more particularly to devices for automatically indicating upon a record when an error in dictating has been made."  Classification 369/27.01; 369/53.39; 74/503.

            1,278,688  Spring-Motor.  Frederick L. La Roche, of Oakland, California, Assignor to Ira J. Coe, of Oakland, California.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 27, 1916, Serial No. 139,166.  “This invention relates to a spring motor, particularly adapted for use in connection with talking machines, although it will be obvious that the invention is applicable to music boxes and the like, wherever a spring motor is desired.”  Classification 185/37.

            D52,393  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  John Herzog, of Saginaw, Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 27, 1917, Serial No. 188,535.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,395  Design for a Grille for Talking-Machine Cabinets.  Cicero Hine, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed June 15, 1918, Serial No. 240,236.  Classification D14/219.

            D52,396  Design for a Grille for Talking-Machine Cabinets.  Cicero Hine, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed June 15, 1918, Serial No. 240,237.  Classification D14/219.

            D52,397  Design for a Grille for Talking-Machine Cabinets.  Cicero Hine, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed June 15, 1918, Serial No. 240,238.  Classification D14/219.

            D52,398  Design for a Grille for Talking-Machine Cabinets.  Cicero Hine, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed June 15, 1918, Serial No. 240,239.  Classification D14/219.

            D52,399  Design for a Grille for Talking-Machine Cabinets.  Cicero Hine, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed June 15, 1918, Serial No. 240,240.  Classification D14/220.

Sept. 17, 1918

            1,278,845  Expression-Device Control.  James Wares Bryce, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed Dec. 20, 1916.  Filed Dec. 22, 1916, Serial No. 138,465.  "My invention relates to improvements in remote control for expression devices for musical instruments and more specifically for electrically actuated means for controlling the expression devices for phonographs such, for example, as a valve for varying the volume of sound produced by such an instrument."  Classification 369/24.01; 318/687; 369/230.

            1,279,104  Diaphragm for Talking-Machine Sound-Boxes.  Frederick J. Gubelman, of Englewood, New Jersey, Assignor to the Regina Company, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 7, 1917, Serial No. 179,174.  Classification 369/163; 369/173.

            1,279,245  Remote Control for Phonographs and the Like.  James Wares Bryce, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Delaware.  Executed Dec. 20, 1916.  Filed Dec. 22, 1916, Serial No. 138,467.  Classification 369/24.01; 192/82R; 318/687; 369/230.

            1,279,357  Phonograph.  William W. Kideney, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to American Electric Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed Sept. 16, 1916.  Filed Oct. 9, 1916, Serial No. 124,463.  Classification 369/241; 369/176; 369/230; 369/266.

            1,279,375  Talking-Machine.  Moses Stuart Levussove, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 4, 1915, Serial No. 43,532.  Classification 369/157; 369/173.

            1,279,438  Sound-Amplifier.  Thomas H. Reed, of Newark, New Jersey.  Filed Dec. 30, 1915, Serial No. 68,352.  Explicitly to be connected to a tone arm.  Classification 181/180.

            1,279,439  Talking-Machine.  Thomas Herbert Reed, of Newark, New Jersey.  Executed Apr. 27, 1917.  Filed Apr. 28, 1917, Serial No. 165,090.  Classification 369/80.

            1,279,464  Record-Cabinet.  Le Grand Skinner, of Erie, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 25, 1917, Serial No. 193,099.  "My invention relates to filing cabinets and particularly to such cabinets for storing phonograph records, and has for its object the construction of a cabinet with a series of compartments, one above the other and provided with ejecting mechanism whereby a desired record can be removed from and replaced in the compartment in which it is stored."  Classification 312/9.33.

Sept. 24, 1918

            1,279,522  Talking-Machine.  Joseph H. Dickinson, of Cranford, New Jersey, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed Mar. 30, 1914.  Filed Mar. 31, 1914, Serial No. 848,445.  Classification 369/80.

            1,279,639  Mechanism for Synchronizing the Operations of Moving Parts.  Heinrich Bockisch, of Poughkeepsie, New York, Assignor to M. Welte & Sons of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 20, 1916, Serial No. 92,388.  Renewed Dec. 20, 1917, Serial No. 208,149.  "This invention has relation to mechanism for synchronizing the operations of moving parts.  As the invention may be very desirably applied to synchronizing of a plurality of automatically operated musical instruments, respectively reproducing different parts of a musical composition, I have selected this particular application of the invention for illustration herein, and particularly have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention when it is to be employed as a means for synchronizing the operations of a phonograph—which for the purpose of the present invention is regarded as a species of musical instrument, although its use is not restricted to the reproduction of musical compositions—and a pneumatically operable instrument of the style which utilizes a traveling perforated note sheet as the primary selecting element or record, player pianos, automatic organs, and orchestrions forming well known examples of such pneumatically-operable instruments."  Classification 84/5.

            1,279,640  Mechanism for Synchronizing the Operations of Moving Parts.  Heinrich Bockisch, of Poughkeepsie, New York, Assignor to M. Welte & Sons of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 20, 1916, Serial No. 92,389.  Renewed Dec. 20, 1917, Serial No. 208,150. "This invention has relation to mechanism for synchronizing the operations of moving parts.  As the invention may be very desirably applied to synchronizing of a plurality of automatically operated musical instruments, respectively reproducing different parts of a musical composition, I have selected this particular application of the invention for illustration herein, and particularly have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention when it is to be employed as a means for synchronizing the operations of a phonograph—which for the purpose of the present invention is regarded as a species of musical instrument, although its use is not restricted to the reproduction of musical compositions—and a pneumatically operable instrument of the style which utilizes a traveling perforated note sheet as the primary selecting element or record, player pianos, automatic organs, and orchestrions forming well known examples of such pneumatically-operable instruments."  Classification 84/5.

            1,279,743  Graphophone.  Horace C. Moyer, of Oak Park, Illinois, Assignor to the Windsor Furniture Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 11, 1915, Serial No. 44,877.  Classification 312/8.9; 312/8.15; 369/75.11.

            D52,491  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Walter C. Pitts, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed May 16, 1917, Serial No. 169,140.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,492  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Walter C. Pitts, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed May 16, 1917, Serial No. 169,141.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,493  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Walter C. Pitts, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 3, 1917, Serial No. 178,482.  Classification D14/199.

            D52,494  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Walter C. Pitts, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 3, 1917, Serial No. 178,483.  Classification D14/184.

Oct. 1, 1918

            1,280,264  Protective Inclosure.  Dorchester Mapes, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed Aug. 28, 1917.  Filed Sept. 1, 1917, Serial No. 189,296.  "My invention is particularly adapted for use in connection with that class of styluses or needles which are used in connection with the records of sound producing machines, and which comprise a shank carrying a point which comes in contact with the records and which follows the sinuosities and depressions thereof to reproduce the sound."  Classification 206/381.

            1,280,342  Adjustable Pivot-Bearing.  Pliny Catucci, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co., Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 26, 1917, Serial No. 164,596.  In reference to "modern spring motors used for driving phonographs and talking machines."  Classification 74/396; 185/37; 55/DIG.26.

            1,280,384  Automatic Stop for Talking-Machines.  Frederick E. Brown, of Winona, Minnesota.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 24, 1917, Serial No. 192,955.  Classification 369/232; 369/236.

            1,280,565  Support for the Sound-Boxes of Talking-Machines.  Horace Sheble and Thomas Kraemer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignors to Domestic Talking Machine Corporation, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Corporation of Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed July 7, 1916, Serial No. 107,936.  Classification 369/157.

Oct. 8, 1918

            1,280,637  Lid-Support.  George W. Beadle, of New Rochelle, New York, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Oct. 26, 1917, Serial No. 198,639.  "This invention is intended primarily for supporting the cover of the cabinet for a Grafonola or other talking machine."  Classification 217/60C; 16/339.

            1,281,060  Support.  Norman C. Nicol, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to the Berbecker & Rowland Mfg. Co., of Waterville, Connecticut, a Corporation of Connecticut.  No execution date.  Filed May 26, 1915, Serial No. 30,523.   “My invention relates to supports for holding in separated position a part which is separable from another, such as the cover of a box or phonograph, or the lid of a trunk or chest.”  Classification 217/60D; 16/348; 5/47.

            1,281,135  Needle Attachment for Sound-Reproducing Machines.  Frederick W. Claybrook, of Baltimore, Maryland.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 31, 1917, Serial No. 145,652.  Classification 369/72; 369/161; 369/163; 369/171.

            D52,526  Design for a Casing for Automatic Sound-Producing Instruments.  William H. Eggebrecht, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Assignor to Cheney Talking Machine Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed June 27, 1918, Serial No. 242,306.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,527  Design for a Casing for Automatic Sound-Producing Instruments.  William H. Eggebrecht, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Assignor to Cheney Talking Machine Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed June 27, 1918, Serial No. 242,307.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,536  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Henry Kovell, of Oakland, California.  No execution date.  Filed May 8, 1918, Serial No. 237,153.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,541  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Frank Harry Newton, of Oakland, California.  No execution date.  Filed May 17, 1918, Serial No. 235,197.  Classification D14/180.

            D52,551  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed May 10, 1918.  Filed June 8, 1918, Serial No. 239,062.  Classification D14/184.

Oct. 15, 1918

            1,281,282  Phonograph.  Hans Brockmüller, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 23, 1918, Serial No. 213,329.  Classification 369/158; 310/78; 369/264.

            1,281,419  Diaphragm for Acoustic Instruments.  Thomas Herbert Reed, of Newark, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed May 4, 1916, Serial No. 95,445.  “I believe I am the first to use reinforced animal hide for diaphragm in a talking machine, and particularly a diaphragm rendered stiff, strong and durable by means of reinforcement either in the nature of a water-proof material or other means; and I believe I am the first to use compound diaphragm composed of a plurality of animal skins of different sizes.”  Classification 181/169.

            1,281,565  Talking-Machine.  Andrew Haug, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed May 21, 1918, Serial No. 235,906.  Classification 369/162.

            1,281,671  Phonograph.  Robert D. Schoonmaker, of Plainfield, New Jersey.  Executed Apr. 3, 1918.  Filed Apr. 8, 1918, Serial No. 227,248.  Classification 369/158; 369/164.

            1,282,007  Tone-Arm Adjustment.  Samuel Hechler, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 2, 1917, Serial No. 199,973.  Classification 369/158; 369/251.

            1,282,008  Phonograph.  Edward Schwartz, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 6, 1918, Serial No. 220,695.  Classification 74/398; 248/610.

            1,282,011  Production of Sound-Records.  Jonas W. Aylsworth, of East Orange, and Edward L. Aiken, of Orange, New Jersey, Assignors, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed June 17, 1912.  Filed June 19, 1912, Serial No. 704,517.  Classification 40/340; 369/273; 369/286.

Oct. 22, 1918

            1,282,349  Gearing.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed May 15, 1916.  Filed May 20, 1916, Serial No. 98,835.  "My invention relates to gearing, and more particularly to the winding gear of spring motors, such as are commonly employed in talking machines, and my object is to produce a form of tooth gearing which will be noiseless in operation."  Classification 74/416.

            1,282,473  Phonograph-Tablet Support and Remover.  William F. Sholl, of Hubbell, Nebraska.  No execution date.  Filed May 20, 1918, Serial No. 235,692.  Classification 369/262.

            1,282,500  Compound Resonator.  Charles A. Valentine, Jr., of Yonkers, New York.  Executed Nov. 20, 1916.  Filed Nov. 23, 1916, Serial No. 132,961.  "In Fig. 1 four of these improved compound resonators are shown in an amplifying horn 20 of a form suitable for use in conjunction with a phonograph or talking machine."  Classification 181/177.

Oct. 29, 1918

            1,282,916  Sound-Reproducing Machine.  Hobart C. Niblack, of Rochester, New York, Assignor to Emanuel L. Miller, of Cincinnati, Ohio.  No execution date.  Filed June 23, 1913, Serial No. 775,221.  Renewed Apr. 13, 1917, Serial No. 161,849.  Classification 369/228.

            1,283,007  Amplifier for Talking-Machines.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Apr. 20, 1916.  Filed May 15, 1916, Serial No. 97,673.  Classification 181/192.

            1,283,122  Talking-Machine.  John C. English, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Filed May 29, 1909, Serial No. 499,080.  Divided: Executed Feb. 14, 1916.  Filed Feb. 17, 1916, Serial No. 78,830.  Classification 312/8.16; 312/107.

            1,283,223  Automatic Stop for Talking-Machines.  Louis G. Larsen, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Assignor to American Graphophone Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of West Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 24, 1915, Serial No. 16,597.  Classification 369/237; 369/241.

Nov. 5, 1918

            1,283,450  Sound-Record.  Jonas W. Aylsworth, Deceased, Late of East Orange, New Jersey, by Adelaide M. Aylsworth, of East Orange, New Jersey, and Savings Investment and Trust Company, of East Orange, Executors; said Jonas W. Aylsworth Assignor, by Mesne Assignments, to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Filed Mar. 8, 1911, Serial No. 613,114.  Divided: Executed Apr. 3, 1917.  Filed Apr. 9, 1917, Serial No. 160,694.  Classification 428/65.9; 369/283; 74/445.

            1,283,470  Ratchet Device.  John P. Constable, of West Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Aug. 5, 1915.  Filed Aug. 9, 1915, Serial No. 44,389.  "My invention relates to ratchet devices and more particularly to devices which are especially applicable to the winding mechanism of spring motors or mandrels of phonograph or talking machines."  Classification 74/576.

            1,283,510  Sound-Controlling Machine.  Charles M. Heck, of Raleigh, North Carolina.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 10, 1914, Serial No. 876,467.  Specifies reproduction of a record.  Classification 369/19; 181/182; 369/155; 84/372.

            1,283,571  Phonograph Attachment.  Oscar Wm. Schauz, of Adrian, Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed May 11, 1918, Serial No. 233,858.  Classification 181/192.

            1,283,696  Speed-Regulator Calibration Means for Phonographs.  James H. Dooley, of East Orange, New Jersey, Assignor to De Camp and Sloan, Inc., of Newark, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 25, 1917, Serial No. 188,095.  Classification 188/187.

            1,283,706  Para-phenylene-di-amin Substance and Process Relating Thereto.  Thomas A. Edison, of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey.  Filed Oct. 2, 1916, Serial No. 123,261.  Described as "very suitable for the molding of sound records and other objects molded with a high degree of accuracy."  Classification 525/504.

            1,283,734  Remote Control Device.  Harry T. Goss, of Rutherford, New Jersey, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  Executed Dec. 28, 1916.  Filed Jan. 3, 1917, Serial No. 140,446.  "My invention relates to improvements in remote control devices for phonographs or other motor driven musical instruments, and more specifically for electrically actuated means for controlling the driving motors and expression devices for such instruments, such, for example, as a valve for varying the volume of sound produced by a phonograph."  Classification 369/24.01; 318/687; 369/230.

            1,283,771  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 Apr. 10, 1914.  Filed Apr. 14, 1914, Serial No. 831,695.  Classification 369/161; 369/171.

            1,283,791  Spring-Winding Device.  Emile Kaliski, of Monroe, Louisiana.  Filed Dec. 31, 1917, Serial No. 209,733.  "This invention relates to spring winding device and is particularly adapted to be used in connection with phonographs as a means for automatically rewinding the spring thereof."  Classification 185/39; 185/40M; 369/75.11; 74/168.

            1,283,903  Sound-Record and Means and Method for Producing the Same.  James Kent Reynard, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Himself as Trustee.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 19, 1918, Serial No. 229,630.  Classification 369/277; 369/288.

            1,284,072  Motor 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 Sept. 29, 1916, Serial No. 122,797.  Classification 185/37; 185/40M.

            1,284,073  Means for Controlling 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 Oct. 30, 1916, Serial No. 128,365.  Classification 369/235; 369/236; 369/241.

            1,284,136  Phonograph-Reproducer.  Archie E. Parnall, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Frank W. Williams, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 21, 1917, Serial No. 187,393.  Classification 369/160; 369/170.

            1,284,184  Speed-Regulator and Brake 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 Oct. 23, 1916, Serial No. 127,075.  Classification 188/187; 200/558.

Nov. 12, 1918

            1,284,222  Sound-Reproducer and Diaphragm Therefor.  Donald M. Bliss, of West Orange, New Jersey.  Executed Mar. 28, 1917.  Filed Mar. 30, 1917, Serial No. 158,530.  "My invention relates to phonograph or sound reproducers and especially to improved diaphragms therefor and the manner in which the same are mounted in the sound-box."  Classification 181/170.

            1,284,249  Talking-Machine Table.  George R. Cudlipp, of Los Angeles, California.  Executed Apr. 11, 1918.  Filed May 15, 1918, Serial No. 234,656.  Classification 369/262.

            1,284,333  Hinge.  John Herzog, of Saginaw, Michigan.  No execution date.  Filed July 8, 1918, Serial No. 243,948.   “This invention is a hinge and has for its object to produce a hinge especially adapted for use on fine furniture, as for example, phonograph cabinets and the like.”  Classification 16/387.

            1,284,467  Talking-Machine.  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 Jan. 6, 1916, Serial No. 70,613.  Classification 369/80.

            1,284,623  Telephonic Recording and Reproducing Apparatus.  Henry C. Egerton, of Passaic, New Jersey, Assignor to Western Electric Company, Incorporated, of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Executed Jan. 24, 1918.  Filed Feb. 1, 1918, Serial No. 214,906.  Classification 369/149; 369/170.

            1,284,820  Stylus for Sound-Reproducing Machines.  Angelo M. Tozzi, of Bayonne, New Jersey.  Executed Oct. 18, 1916.  Filed Oct. 19, 1916, Serial No. 126,467.  Classification 369/173.

            D52,644  Design for a Graphophone-Case.  William H. Friedline, of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, Assignor of One-Half to Clarence E. Livengood, of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed June 1, 1918, Serial No. 237,816.  Classification D14/183; 312/7.1.

            D52,672  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Frank Harry Newton, of Oakland, California.  No execution date.  Filed May 17, 1918, Serial No. 235,198.  Classification D14/184.

Nov. 19, 1918

            1,284,988  Talking-Machine.  Shular Baum, of Utica, New York, Assignor to the Century Cabinet Company, of Utica, New York, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Oct. 3, 1917.  Filed Oct. 5, 1917, Serial No. 194,971.  Classification 369/158.

            1,285,140  Phonograph-Stop.  Oswald E. Hansen, of Port Washington, Wisconsin, Assignor to United Phonographs Corporation, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  No execution date.  Filed June 12, 1917, Serial No. 174,184.  Classification 192/139; 369/236; 369/238.

            1,285,221  Driving Mechanism for Phonographs.  William W. Kideney, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to American Electric Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed Nov. 15, 1916.  Filed Dec. 18, 1916, Serial No. 137,513.  Classification 369/266; 369/176; 369/230.

            1,285,258  Sound-Reproducer.  William Lindsay, of Chicago, Illinois.  Executed Dec. 27, 1917.  Filed Dec. 31, 1917, Serial No. 209,783.  Classification 369/162.

            1,285,320  Tone-Arm Mounting for Talking Machines.  Henry H. Murray, of Riverton, New Jersey, Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Apr. 25, 1916.  Filed Apr. 26, 1916, Serial No. 93,623.  Classification 369/158.

            1,285,389  Illuminating Attachment for Talking-Machines.  William J. Riedel, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio.  Executed Feb. 17, 1917. Filed Feb. 21, 1917, Serial No. 150,140.  Classification 362/87; 362/155; 362/802.

            D52,700  Design for a Phonograph Case or Cabinet.  Mariano F. Giaimo, of New Haven, Connecticut.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 9, 1918, Serial No. 253,335.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,716  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Aug. 20, 1918.  Filed Sept. 3, 1918, Serial No. 252,491.  Classification D14/177.

            D52,717  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Aug. 20, 1918.  Filed Sept. 3, 1918, Serial No. 252,492.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,718  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Sept. 9, 1918.  Filed Sept. 14, 1918, Serial No. 254,145.  Classification D14/183.

            D52,719  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Sept. 10, 1918.  Filed Sept. 14, 1918, Serial No. 254,146.  Classification D14/183.

Nov. 26, 1918

            1,285,572  Knockdown Phonograph Cabinet.  James D. Adams, of Wabash, Indiana, Assignor to the Wabash Cabinet Co., of Wabash, Indiana, a Corporation of Indiana.  No execution date.  Filed May 17, 1918, Serial No. 235,101.  Classification 312/257.1.

            1,285,595  Talking Spin-Top.  Edward T. Beach, of Freeport, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 12, 1917, Serial No. 154,269.  Contains a phonographic "record disk." Classification 446/258.

            1,285,639  Device for Obtaining Predetermined Speed.  William Warren Dean, of Stamford, Connecticut, Assignor to Splitdorf Electrical Company, of Newark, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 6, 1917, Serial No. 179,062.  "The invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for obtaining a predetermined speed and more particularly to a device for obtaining the proper speed of a phonographic record."  Classification 73/570; 73/593.

            1,285,640  Device for Obtaining Predetermined Speed.  William Warren Dean, of Stamford, Connecticut, Assignor to Splitdorf Electrical Company, of Newark, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 6, 1917, Serial No. 179,063.  "The invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for obtaining a predetermined speed and more particularly to a device for obtaining the proper speed of a phonographic record."  Classification 73/570; 73/488; 73/593.

            1,285,641  Method of Determining Speed of a Rotating Part.  William Warren Dean, of Stamford, Connecticut, Assignor to Splitdorf Electrical Company, of Newark, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey. No execution date.  Filed May 31, 1917, Serial No. 172,066.  "My invention consists of a method of determining the correct speed of machines, such as sound reproducing devices and the like, and has for its object the determination in a simplified manner of an exact speed, without the use of mechanical speed indicators or so-called 'key' records, as heretofore employed."  Classification 73/570; 367/89; 369/241; 73/488; 73/593.

            1,285,668  Sound-Amplifier for Phonographs.  William C. Freeman, of Nashville, Tennessee.  Executed Jan. 15, 1918.  Filed Jan. 21, 1918, Serial No. 213,002.  Classification 181/180.

            1,285,904  Correction Device for Dictation-Machines.  George W. Beadle, of New Rochelle, New York, Assignor to Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 6, 1918, Serial No. 252,897.  Classification 369/27.01; 369/53.39.

            1,286,154  Spring-Motor for Talking-Machines.  Louis P. Valiquet, of Elyria, Ohio.  Executed Oct. 8, 1917.  Filed Oct. 17, 1917, Serial No. 197,026.  Classification 185/37; 185/40M; 74/425; 74/606R.

Dec. 3, 1918

            1,286,259  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. 28, 1913.  Filed Mar. 6, 1913, Serial No. 752,275.  Classification 369/133; 352/3; 381/170.

            1,286,459  Phonograph-Horn.  Frank J. W. Weiser, of Elmhurst, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed May 24, 1918, Serial No. 236,266.  Classification 181/186.

            1,286,527  Flexible Shaft-Coupling.  Isaac F. Burton, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and William W. Moyer and Lloyd Y. Squibb, of Camden, New Jersey, Assignors to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Filed Apr. 28, 1916, Serial No. 94,119.  Illustrated as "a self contained talking machine motor mechanism."  Classification 464/57; 188/187; 369/241.

            1,286,637  Vivigraph Record and Process.  Edwin S. Hopkins, of New York, N. Y.  Filed Dec. 24, 1907, Serial No. 407,895.  Divided: No execution date.  Filed Feb. 10, 1909, Serial No. 477,235.  "My invention relates principally to manufactures designed to effect the synchronization, or simultaneous production of selected or analogous optical and acoustical effects, such as the optical effects of the films of motion picture projecting machines or other sound producing or reproducing machine records.  The principal effect is to cause the figures of motion pictures to appear to talk or sing, but other effects are possible, such as the apparent conversation of man and dog, the singing of automatic figures, the dancing of motion picture figures to mechanically produced music, etc."  Classification 369/286.

            1,286,638  Vivigraphic Film and Process.  Edwin S. Hopkins, Jr., of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Dec. 24, 1907, Serial No. 407,895.  "My invention relates principally to manufactures designed chiefly to accomplish the synchronization of the effects of motion picture projecting machines, such as kinetoscopes, with the effects of sound reproducing machines, such as phonographs, but it may readily be adapted also to effect the synchronization of the effects of other sorts of sound reproducing machines or automatic musical instruments, such as music boxes, and piano—or other instrument—playing machines or systems of reproducing music such as the telharmonium, with motion picture machines, or motion picture machines with each other, it being within the scope of my invention to synchronize one or more of any one machine mentioned with one or more of the same type, or with one or more of any other types mentioned."  Classification 352/5; 369/287.

            1,286,759  Stylus-Holder.  Raymond Paul, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Gainer & Koehler, of Chicago, Illinois, a Copartnership Composed of Edward J. Gainer and John E. Koehler.  No execution date.  Filed May 31, 1918, Serial No. 237,442.  "This invention relates to talking machines and has for its object the provision of means on the sound box or reproducer whereby the stylus may be readily inserted and removed without the necessity of manipulating screws or other fastening means."  Classification 369/171; 369/161.

            1,286,772  Record-File.  Frank P. Read, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to Automatic Container Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation of Delaware.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 5, 1917, Serial No. 146,770.  "My invention relates particularly to a construction for filing phonograph disk records."  Classification 312/302; 312/9.56; 312/901.

            1,286,809  Phonograph-Needle Container.  Charles H. Shaw, of Babylon, New York, Assignor to the Aeolian Company, a Corporation of Connecticut.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 11, 1917, Serial No. 161,264.  Classification 221/232; 221/227; 221/260.

            1,286,833  Automatic Stop for Phonographs.  George H. Taggart, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 5, 1918, Serial No. 220,479.  Classification 369/234; 369/232; 369/278.

Dec. 10, 1918

            1,287,199  Stylus-Holder.  Walker Booth, of Collingswood, New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 7, 1917, Serial No. 200,800.  "This invention relates to soundboxes, such as used in connection with phonographs or other talking machines, and has for an object to provide a holder for the stylus of the soundbox."  Classification 369/162; 369/170.

            1,287,224  Needle-Sharpening Device.  Daniel W. Causey, of Norfolk, Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 26, 1918, Serial No. 213,877.  "This invention relates to a machine for sharpening or repointing needles, particularly those adapted for use on talking machines."  Classification 451/285; 369/71; 451/381.

            1,287,348  Fire-Alarm System.  Peter J. Kutulan, of San Francisco, California.  No execution date. Filed Mar. 7, 1918, Serial No. 220,990.  "The undulations on the phonograph record 37 are such that a mechanical voice will be produced explaining that a certain building is on fire."  Classification 379/41; 379/43.

            1,287,585  Sound-Reproducing or Talking Machine.  Adolph P. Gustafson, of Chicago, Illinois, Assignor to M. Schulz Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a Corporation.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 29, 1916, Serial No. 84,314 [?].  Classification 181/186.

            D52,721  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Raimondo C. Aimone, of New Rochelle, New York, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 19, 1918, Serial No. 245,762.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,722  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Raimondo C. Aimone, of New Rochelle, New York, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 19, 1918, Serial No. 245,763.  Classification D14/176.

            D52,723  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Raimondo C. Aimone, of New Rochelle, New York, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 19, 1918, Serial No. 245,764.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,724  Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet.  Raimondo C. Aimone, of New Rochelle, New York, Assignor to New Jersey Patent Company, of West Orange, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  No execution date.  Filed July 19, 1918, Serial No. 245,765.  Classification D14/184.

            D52,735  Design for a Graphophone-Case.  William H. Friedline, of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, Assignor of One-Half to Clarence E. Livengood, of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed June 1, 1918, Serial No. 237,815. Classification D14/183.

Dec. 17, 1918

            1,287,693  Stop Mechanism for Phonographs.  Frederick J. Hornberger, of Bridgeport, Connecticut.  No execution date.  Filed Nov. 26, 1917, Serial No. 203,909.  Classification 369/238.

            1,287,763  Talking-Machine.  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 Nov. 23, 1915, Serial No. 62,979.  Classification 369/158.

            1,287,842  Album for Holding Talking-Machine Records.  Parron S. Betts, of New York, N. Y., Assignor to Victor Talking Machine Company, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Nov. 3, 1915.  Filed Nov. 6, 1915, Serial No. 59,929.  Classification 206/311; 229/69; 229/71; 402/60; 402/70; 402/75; 402/77.

            1,287,881  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 Feb. 10, 1913.  Filed Mar. 8, 1913, Serial No. 752,861.  Classification 369/157; 369/170; 369/249.1.

            1,288,168  Mounting for Tone-Arms of Talking-Machines.  James J. Phillips, of Rochester, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 27, 1917, Serial No. 151,365.  Classification 369/158.

            1,288,229  Record-Ejector for Record-Cabinets.  Harry T. Scott, of Los Angeles, California.  Executed Mar. 30, 1917.  Filed Apr. 5, 1917, Serial No. 159,867.  Classification 312/9.25.

            RE14,569  See 1,276,508. 

Dec. 24, 1918

            1,288,610  Talking-Machine Record.  Alva D. Jones, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Assignor of Forty One-Hundredths to Frank Lyster, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; J. W. Cammack Administrator of said Alva D. Jones, Deceased.  No execution date.  Filed Feb. 28, 1914, Serial No. 821,678.  Classification 369/281.

            1,288,726  Sound-Controller.  William A. Sommerhof, of Erie, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 27, 1918, Serial No. 251,685.  "This invention relates to sound controllers for phonographs, one of its objects being to provide a novel form of shutter designed normally to close the outlet of the sound chamber but which can be shifted readily to bring the various members thereof into parallel planes one back of the other, thereby to provide outlets for the sound waves."  Classification 181/199.

            1,289,007  Diaphragm for Sound-Boxes.  Paul Rudert, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 7, 1918, Serial No. 210,595.  "My invention relates to improvements in reproducing diaphragms for talking machines and the method of making the same, and more particularly to the diaphragm used in the sound boxes."  Classification 181/169.

            1,289,014  Commutator for Electric Motors.  Edward Strohacker, of Freeport, Illinois, Assignor to Structo Manufacturing Company, of Freeport, Illinois, a Corporation of Illinois.  Executed May 14, 1917.  Filed May 18, 1917, Serial No. 169,395.  “The motor herein shown is a small type of motor which is more particularly adapted for operating toys, talking machine mechanisms, sewing machines and other like uses where small horse power output is required; although my improvements may be adapted to motors of larger capacity.”  Classification 310/237; 310/1; 310/40MM; 310/43.

            1,289,029  Panel Construction.  Frank W. Williams, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Aug. 21, 1917, Serial No. 187,468.   “This invention relates to an improved form of a panel construction adapted for use in phonograph cabinets and other similar articles.”  Classification 52/800.1; 52/656.1.

            1,289,065  Amplifying Device for Talking-Machines.  Joseph Wolff, of Brooklyn, New York, Assignor to Sonora Phonograph Corporation, a Corporation of New York.  Executed Apr. 11, 1918.  Filed Apr. 13, 1918, Serial No. 228,464.  Classification 181/181.

Dec. 31, 1918

            1,289,282  Talking-Machine Motor.  William Gentry Shelton, of New York, N. Y.  No execution date.  Filed Mar. 16, 1918, Serial No. 222,833.  Classification 369/243.

            1,289,584  Graphophone.  John A. Weser, of New York, N. Y.; Elsie L. Weser, Administratrix of said John Albert Weser, Deceased, Assignor to Weser Bros., Inc., of New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York.  Executed June 23, 1916.  Filed June 27, 1916, Serial No. 106,100.  Classification 369/201; 369/226; 369/243.

            1,289,718  Automatic Lid-Releasing Device for Talking-Machine and Like Cabinets.  William E. Ferguson, of Buffalo, New York.  No execution date.  Filed Jan. 10, 1917, Serial No. 141,542.  Classification 217/60C.

            1,289,784  Automatic Starting and Stopping Device for Talking-Machines.  Albert A. Huseby, of Chicago, Illinois.  No execution date.  Filed Apr. 5, 1918, Serial No. 226,797.  Classification 369/236; 369/234.

            1,289,961  Cabinet for Disk Records.  Albert G. Thomas, of Lynchburg, Virginia.  No execution date.  Filed Sept. 9, 1918, Serial No. 253,172.  Classification 312/9.35.

            1,290,006  Phonograph.  George J. Zisch, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignor to Newark Engineering and Refrigerating Company, of Newark, New Jersey, a Corporation of New Jersey.  Executed Feb. 10, 1917.  Filed Feb. 12, 1917, Serial No. 148,029.  Classification 188/187.