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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1978
Henry Guillory, San Francisco, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Apparatus is disclosed for cyclically communicating an audio electrical signal to a plurality of sound-reproducing elements in sequential, serial fashion. One embodiment includes a number of make-or-break type of electrical switches, one for each sound-reproducing element, operably situated about and in engagement with the periphery of a rotating cam element. Each switch has an input terminal, to which is applied the audio electrical signal, and an output terminal that is coupled to the sound-reproducing element associated therewith. Rotation of the cam element sequentially makes and breaks each switch to alternately establish and interrupt communication of the audio electrical signal to the associated sound-reproducing element. Another embodiment includes a digital counter operably coupled to a number of transistor switches that are selectively caused to conduct. Transistor switch conduction interconnects an input terminal receiving the audio electrical signal to the sound-reproducing element associated with the transistor switch.