Patent GB-398486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in gramophone cabinets having mounting means for a wireless receiver
IPC: G11B31/00
Filed: 1932-03-05
Abstract: 398,486. Gramophones adapted for combination with wireless sets. WILLIAMS, T. E., 41, Rectory Road, Higher Crumpsall, Manchester. March 5, 1932, No. 6643. [Class 40 (ii).] Relates to a gramophone cabinet combined with a shelf for a wireless receiver, of the kind described in Specification 338,639, [Class 40 (ii), Phonographs &c.], in which the gramophone mechanism is so arranged in a drawer or the like that when not in use it is housed beneath the shelf, and it can be withdrawn for operation when required. The invention consists in a special design of the cabinet whereby improved means for supporting and guiding the drawer or slidable motor-board, are provided, whilst the gramophone mechanism is more easily accessible when the drawer or board is pulled out. Figs. 1, 3, and 5 show a construction in which two side rails 4 of the main framework form bearings on which the gramophone container can slide, the latter having a hinged lid 7, which, together with the upper part of the body of the container, is of substantially the same width as that of the main cabinet. The lid is preferably so hinged as to open sideways. The shelf 6 for supporting the wireless receiver is narrower from back to front than the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 3, and is mounted on two similar brackets 5 (preferably sheet metal), secured to the side rails. An adjustable guide bar 8 depends from the under face of the motor board, and extends across the back, its ends engaging with projecting flanges on the brackets 5, Fig. 5, so as to prevent the drawer from tilting when it is drawn out. The bottom portion of the cabinet forms a record storage cupboard. The drawer can be inserted in the cabinet from either end of the rails, so that the cabinet may,be placed with the cupboard doors on either the right- or left-hand side of the drawer, as required. In a modification, Fig. 6 (not shown), the sheet metal shelf supports are unequal in length, the longer one, which has the same length as the shelf, having secured thereto plugs and sockets connected to the gramophone motor and pick-up by flexible leads. In this construction, the drawer slides out to the side instead of the front of the cabinet. Fig. 8 shows a further construction, adapted for use on a table. The cabinet is itself provided with a door or lid 25, which can be swung forward as shown to allow the gramophone to be drawn outwardly. The gramophone has no separate container, but is mounted on a motor-board 24, slidable on rails 21 fixed to the shelf supports 22, which form the side walls of the cabinet. Side wings on the lid fit on to the recessed front edges of the supports 22 when the cabinet is closed. Plugs and sockets 26 are provided on the members 22. The motor-board may be connected by links 27 to the lid, so that it may slide forward automatically when the lid is opened. Fig. 11 shows another construction, somewhat similar to that shown in Figs. 1-5. The shelf 35 is supported. at the front by standards 30 secured to the rails 29, and at the back by extensions of the upright members 28 of the cabinet framework. A guide bar 33 secured to the back of the drawer 31 engages the under faces of the side rails 29.