US 4,287,388 AGranted

Drive-in theatre sound distribution system

OwnerWalter R. Beer, Margaret Beerinventors

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Abstract

The invention relates to a sound distribution system for a drive-in theatre. The system comprises means for converting the sound track of a film into an audio information signal and means for transmitting the signal to at least one sound reproducing apparatus. The sound reproducing apparatus is for use with a magnetic playback apparatus having at least one playback head and a cassette or cartridge receiving aperture. The sound reproducing apparatus includes a transducer having at least one transfer head and alignment means for receiving the transfer head and for maintaining the head in a spatial position relative to the alignment means, whereby when the sound reproducing apparatus is inserted into the receiving aperture the transfer head is aligned opposite a respective playback head of the playback apparatus so that the signals may be reproduced as sound by the playback apparatus.

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Dependent claims

A drive-in theatre sound distribution system comprising:

means for converting the sound track of a film into an audio information signal;
means for transmitting said signal to at least one sound reproducing apparatus for use with a dual channel magnetic playback apparatus having two playback heads and a cassette or cartridge receiving aperture, said sound reproducing apparatus including:
a transducer having three transfer heads, two of which are connected in parallel;
alignment means comprising a blank cassette or cartridge for receiving said transfer heads and for maintaining the latter in spatial position relative to the blank cassette or cartridge, whereby said sound reproducing apparatus may be inserted into the receiving aperture with either of its sides uppermost or outermost of the playback apparatus to align one of said parallel connected transfer heads and the remaining transfer head opposite respective playback heads of the playback apparatus to function so that dual channel sound may be reproduced by the playback apparatus.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.