There are over 150 United States Patents associated with the Violano Virtuoso. The first patents were granted to Henry Sandell and assigned to Mills Novelty Co. Later patents were granted to Sandell, as well as Herbert Stephen Mills (oldest brother) and Bert Mills (youngest brother)
Below is a subset of patents that you can view and download
Note how multiple patents were applied for and granted as the Violano mechanism evolved from early period (1905-1907 to the later years (1914+)
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Patent # US807871 - Electric Self-Playing Violin - 1905 (pdf)
DownloadPatent # US855021 - Electric Self-Playing Violin - May, 1907 (pdf)
DownloadPatent # US856604 - Electric Self-Playing violin June, 1907 (pdf)
DownloadPatent # US1028495 - Electric Self-playing Violin -1912 (pdf)
DownloadPatent # US1068935 - Tension Device (Weight Arms) (pdf)
DownloadPatent # US1262266 Motor Mechanism (Bow Motor) 1918 (pdf)
DownloadPatent # US1482620 Bowing Mechanism (pdf)
DownloadPatent # US1586259 Tremolo Device (later) (pdf)
DownloadPatent # US1094819 Self-Playing Violin 1914 (pdf)
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