VISUAL-AUDIO DEVICE

• US 3,857,191 A
• Filed: 11/20/1972
• Issued: 12/31/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Talkies International Corporation Decatur IL A Corporation of
• Original Assignee: George P. Sadorus
• Inventors: Sadorus, George P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Michell, Robert W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pitrelli, John F.
• Application Number:
  US05/307,837
• Time in Patent Office: 771 Days
• Field of Search: 40/28.1,28.2,28.3 274/4R,4B,4D,4A,11B,11F,11D 242/179,68 35/35R 360/2,109,193
• US Class Current: 40/455
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/06 combined with other apparatus having a different main function

Abstract

A picture frame with a picture of a person mounted therein, a housing secured to the rear of the frame and a sound producing mechanism mounted in the housing for reproducing utterings made by the person. The sound producing mechanism includes a length of tape on which utterings made by the person are recorded and a tape storing and driving mechanism for driving the tape in a path along which a tape pickup head is situated. An amplifier is electrically connected between the tape pickup head and a speaker; and a switch is connected to the sound producing mechanism for energizing and de-energizing the same.

Claims

1. A personalized visual-audio recording of a particular person, comprising, a combination picture frame and housing having picture-receiving frame at the front and a rear wall, a picture of said person mounted facing frontward in said frame, a mounting plate supported within said housing in spaced parallel relation with respect to said picture and rear wall, and sound producing means within said housing for reproducing utterings made by said person, comprising, a tape cartridge pivotally mounted flatwise on the front side of said mounting plate and containing a magnetic tape on which said utterings are recorded and a drive pulley adapted to be driven by frictional engagement with a fly wheel shaft, an electric motor mounted on the front side of said mounting plate and having a drive shaft projecting rearwardly therefrom, a pulley mounted on the rearward end of said motor drive shaft, a fly wheel mounted on a fly wheel shaft journaled between said rear wall and said mounting plate and having a portion frictionally engageable with said cartridge drive pulley, spring means biasing said cartridge toward said fly wheel shaft and said cartridge drive pulley into driving engagement with said shaft, a tape pickup head mounted on the front side of said mounting plate in signal pickup engagement with said tape, a speaker mounted on said rear wall to one side of said mounting plate, amplifier means mounted on said planar rear wall to one side of said mounting plate, a switch mounted on said housing, electrical conductor means interconnecting said switch, motor, pickup head and amplifier in circuit relationship with a current source.

2. A personalized visual-audio recording of a particular person, comprising, in combination, a picture frame have interconnected sides which provide a rearwardly opening cavity, a picture of said person mounted in the front portion of said frame, a dished cover on the rear of said frame providing a forwardly opening cavity and having a planar rear wall generally parallel with said picture, and a mounting plate supported within said cover in spaced parallel relationship witH a portion of said planar rear wall, said picture frame and said cover combining to form a housing, and sound producing means mounted within said housing for reproducing utterings made by said person, said sound producing means comprising, a tape cartridge pivotally mounted flatwise on the front side of said mounting plate and containing an endless magnetic tape on which said utterings are recorded and a drive pulley adapted to be driven by frictional engagement with a fly wheel shaft, an electric motor mounted on the front side of said mounting plate with a portion extending into said rearwardly opening picture frame cavity and having a drive shaft projecting rearwardly through said mounting plate, a pulley mounted on said motor drive shaft intermediate said planar rear wall and said mounting plate, a fly wheel mounted on a fly wheel shaft journaled between said planar rear wall and said mounting plate and having a portion extending forwardly through said mounting plate to frictionally engage and drive said cartridge drive pulley, spring means pivoting said cartridge toward said fly wheel shaft and biasing said cartridge drive pulley into driving engagement with said shaft, a tape pickup head mounted on the front side of said mounting plate in signal pickup engagement with said tape, a speaker mounted on said planar rear wall to one side of said mounting plate, amplifier means mounted on said planar rear wall to one side of said mounting plate, dry cell batteries mounted on the interior of said dished cover for powering said motor and amplifier, switch means mounted on said dished cover, and conductors electrically interconnecting electrical components.