Resettable toy phonograph

In a toy phonograph comprising a housing, said housing comprising a base, a turntable rotatably mounted on said base for rotation a phonograph record mounted on said turntable about an axis of rotation, a pickup arm pivoted at one end and engageable with a playing surface of said phonograph record, said phonograph record having a periphery, a first spring means, said pickup arm being constantly placed under a force of said first spring means which urges said pickup arm toward the periphery of said phonograph record, a speaker cone means resiliently mounted on said housing above said pickup arm, and second spring means resiliently urging said speaker cone means into contact with said pickup arm with a biasing force for pressing said pickup arm into engagement with said phonograph record for reproducing recorded sound from said phonograph record playing surface;

• the improvement comprising a first cam means axially mounted on said turntable axis of rotation and fixedly rotatable therewith, a second cam means nestable with said first cam means for rotation therewith when in nested engagement therewith, said second cam means being a floating cam means comprising at least one lower peripheral cam surface sloped with respect to said turntable, said first cam means having at least one congruent upper peripheral cam surface nestable with said second cam means at least one lower peripheral cam surface, third spring means resiliently urging said second floating cam means at least one lower peripheral cam surface into nesting engagement with said first cam means at least one upper peripheral cam surface, said second floating cam means comprising a first protrusion extending outwardly therefrom beneath said speaker cone means parallel to said phonograph record playing surface and being normally biased out of engagement with said speaker cone means by said third spring means, said pickup arm comprising a second protrusion extending upwardly therefrom substantially normal to said phonograph record playing surface and being pivotally movable with said pickup arm, said speaker cone means comprising a lift bar means for enabling said speaker cone means to be urged out of engagement with said pickup arm by said second cam means as said nestable cam surfaces are driven out of nesting engagement, said second spring means resiliently urging said lift bar means into supporting contact with said pickup arm second protrusion, said lift bar means comprising a third protrusion extending downwardly therefrom substantially normal to said phonograph record playing surface and normally disposable above said rotating first protrusion when said lift bar means is in said supporting contact with said pickup arm second protrusion, said lift bar means further comprising an aperture for receiving said second protrusion therein, said second protrusion being pivotally movable with said pickup arm, said lift bar means aperture being located above said phonograph record adjacent the end of said phonograph record recording, said second protrusion being receivable in said lift bar means aperture when said pickup arm is adjacent the end of said phonograph record recording for enabling said resiliently urged lift bar means to drop a sufficient amount in the direction of said phonograph record to enable said first and third protrusions to become engageable for halting rotation of said second floating cam means when said pickup arm is adjacent the end of said phonograph record recording, said turntable and said first cam means still being rotatable when said first and third protrusions are in engagement, said rotating first cam means at least one upper peripheral cam surface being driven out of nesting engagement with said second cam means at least one lower peripheral cam surface during rotation of said turntable when said first and third protrusions are in engagement, said second cam means at least one sloped lower peripheral cam surface rising up said at least one sloped first peripheral cam surface as said cam surfaces are driven out of said nesting engagement to enable sufficient contact of said second cam means with said speaker cone means to overcome said second spring means biasing force and urge said speaker cone means out of engagement with said pickup arm to raise said lift bar means aperture above said second protrusion and enable said pickup arm to be resiliently reset to the periphery of said phonograph record by said first spring means while returning said lift bar means to said supporting contact with said pickup arm second protrusion, thereby disengaging said first and third protrusions.