Tainter Patents 1886-1887

  1. Patent 341,287 granted 1886/05/04 - magnetic recording on iron record
  2. Patent 341,288 granted 1886/05/04 -improved cylinder holder
  3. Patent 374,133 granted 1887/11/29 - helically-wound cylinder
  4. Patent 375,579 granted 1887/12/27 - treadle graphophone


1. Tainter patent 341,287 - Recording and reproducing sounds 1886/05/04

Tainter patent 341,287 granted 1886/05/04
from Tainter Papers, NMAH
Tainter patent 341,287 granted 1886/05/04
from Tainter Papers, NMAH
Tainter patent 341,287 granted 1886/05/04
from Tainter Papers, NMAH

2. Tainter patent 341,288 - Apparatus for recording and reproducing sounds 1886/05/04


3. Tainter patent 374,133 - Paper Cylinder for Graphophonic Records 1887/11/29

Tainter patent 374,133 granted 1887/11/29
from Tainter Papers, NMAH
Tainter patent 374,133 granted 1887/11/29
from Tainter Papers, NMAH
Tainter patent 374,133 granted 1887/11/29
from Tainter Papers, NMAH

4. Tainter patent No. 375,579 - Apparatus for Recording and Reproducing Speech and Other Sounds 1887/12/27

Tainter patent 375,579 granted 1887/12/27
from Tainter Papers, NMAH
Tainter patent 375,579 granted 1887/12/27
from Tainter Papers, NMAH
Tainter patent 375,579 granted 1887/12/27
from Tainter Papers, NMAH
Tainter patent 375,579 granted 1887/12/27
from Tainter Papers, NMAH
Tainter patent 375,579 granted 1887/12/27
from Tainter Papers, NMAH
Tainter patent 375,579 granted 1887/12/27
from Tainter Papers, NMAH
Tainter patent 375,579 granted 1887/12/27
from Tainter Papers, NMAH

Source: Tainter Papers, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, D. C.


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