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Edison "Triton" Motor

Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 6:24 am
by phonogfp
“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

October 27, 1896: Frank Capps received a U.S. patent (No.570,378) for a “Spring Motor for Phonographs.” This would become the Edison “Triton” motor, which powered the Edison Spring-Motor, Triumph, and Concert Phonographs for the next 15 years.

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