US1829359A

US1829359A - Picture projecting machine cabinet

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Publication number: US1829359A
Application number: US332248A
Authority: US
Inventors: Rufus W Kittredge
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1929-01-14
Filing date: 1929-01-14
Publication date: 1931-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 1948-10-27

Description

Oct. '27, 1931. R. w. KITTREDGE PICTURE PROJECTING MACHINE CABINET Oct. 27, 1931.

R. W. KITTREDGE PICTURE PROJEGTING MACHINE CABINET Filed Jan. 14, 1929 4,Sheets-Sheet 2 I lllllllllllll V III/I/I/IIIl/I/IIII/III. ll/Inn fufrilgrm Rufus h/ Mflreaye Oct. 27, 1931. Rjw, 1 1,829,359

PICTURE PROJECTING MACHINE CABINET Filed Jan. 14. 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Oct. 27, 1931. R. w. KITTREDGE PICTURE BROJEGTING MACHINE CABINET 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Jan. 14, 1929 Patented Oct. 27, 193i UNITED STATES RUFUS W. KITTREDGE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PICTURE PROTECTING MACHINE CABINET Application filed January 14, 1929. Serial No. 382,248.

My invention relates particularly to a motion picture projecting machine cabinet, adapted for home use, although not limited to this use alone.

The general objects of the invention reside in the provision of a cabinet for picture proj ecting machines, such as motion picture projecting machines, and a projection screen and stand therefor which is removably stored on the cabinet in such a manner as to not materially decrease the space afiorded in the cabinet for the reception or storage of other articles such as a projecting machine, related apparatus, and film, which permits of the quick and convenient storing of the screen and stand on the cabinet and removal of the same therefrom, and which does not detract from the appearance of the cabinet or require an unattractive shape thereof, all with a View toward the provision of such a cabinet for use in the home to form an attractive and convenient article of furniture thereof.

WVith these objects in view my invention consists in certain features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts by which the said objects and certain other objects, hereinafter appearing, are effected, all as fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the said drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cabinet, projection screen and stand embodying my invention set up ready for the exhibition of pictures from a motion picture projecting machine on the cabinet;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the cabinet with the projection screen and stand stored thereon, a portion of the cabinet being broken away and shown in section;

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the projection screen and stand of my invention in position for the exhibition of pictures projected upon the screen;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the cabinet with the projection screen and stand stored thereon, one of the panel members of the stand hereinafter described, being in open position;

Figure 5 is a partial top plan view of the projection screen and stand; and

Figure 6 is a front elevation of the projection screen andstand with the parts thereof in position to be stored on the cabinet, parts thereof being broken away.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates generally a cabinet, access into the interior of which is afforded in a usual manner, such as by means of a hinged door 2 on a side thereof. See Figures 1 and 2. Within the cabinet is suitable structure for the reception of various articles, such as racks 3 for the reception and storage of film.

The cabinet is provided with a horizontal bottom 4:, but is open at the rear side thereof for purposes hereinafter described.

The projection screen and stand of my invention consists as follows.

A vertical center panel member 5, forming an upright member, has a base part 6 secured to its lower end, and this base part extends normal to this panel member substantially on one side of the plane thereof. See particularly Figures 3 and 5.

Secured on the inner face of the panel member 5 and. extending longitudinally thereof is a pair of parallel opposing slide members 7 and mounted in these slide members for vertical longitudinal sliding move ment is a second upright member 8, this member 8 being movable with respect to the panel member 5 from an extended relation with respect thereto, as shown in Figure 3, to an overlying relation with respect thereto, as shown in Figure 6.

A projection screen 9 of usual construction has a centrally disposed vertical slide member 11 secured on the back thereof, and this slide member is engaged in a vertical slide way 12 on and extending longitudinally of the upright member 8. See Figures 3, 5 and 6.

As so arranged, the

upright members

5 and 8 and the screen 9 are disposed in adjacent parallel planes and are relatively movable vertically and longitudinally of these upright members from an extended relation,

as shown in Figures 1 and 3, to properly position the screen for the exhibition of pietures, to an overlying relation, as shown in Figures 2, a and 6, for the storing of the screen and stand on the cabinet, as shown in Figure 2.

it stop member 13, pivoted on the upright member 8, is movable into and out of position to engage the lower end of the slide member 11, to releasably secure the screen in e:-:tended relation with the upright member 8, and a second stop member 1a, pivoted on the panel or upright member 5, is movable into and out o'l position to engage selectively teeth 15 formed along a longitudinal edge of a longitudinal central opening through the upright member 8, to releasably secure the upright member 8 in adjusted extended relation with respect to the upright member 5. See Figures 3 and 6. Thus the screen 9 is releasably secured in adjusted extended position for the projection of pictures thereon, say from a motion picture projecting machine 16 on the top of the cabinet 1, as shown in Figure 1.

Two additional panel members 17 are hinged, as designated at 18 in Figures 1 and :3, on vertical TIES to opposite vertical edges of the center panel or upright member 5 for movement :trom the plane of the panel member 5 in a direction away from the base part (3, so that when the stand and screen are set up for the exhibition of pictures pr jected upon the screen, the panel members 1'? may e tioned out of the plane of the member LlllGClIlOll away from the base part 6 to .nd the base support of the stand, as will be observed in Figures 1 and 3.

When it is desired to store the screen and stand on the cabinet, the stop members 13 and 1-1 are released and the screen 9 and uprightembers and 8 positioned in overlying relation.

The screen and stand are then moved into the rear opening of the cabinet with the base part 6 projecting inwardly and resting upon the bottom a of the cabinet. See Figures 1 and 2.

When the screen and stand are in their innermost position on the cabinet, the panel member 5 lies in the plane of the rear of the cabinet, and the panel members 17 when swung into the plane of the panel member 5 form therewith a panel forming the rear side of the cabinet, pivoted lugs 19 on the cabinet being movable over the panel members 1'7 to secure the screen and stand on the cabinet.

It will be observed that the screen and stand do not decrease the space in the cabinet to any material extent because, when stored on the cabinet, they are disposed correspondingly with the exterior of the cabinet, the base part 6 being disposed correspondingly with the bottom of the cabinet, and the screen, upright members and related parts being disposed correspondingly with the rear side of the cabinet.

lVhile I have herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction shown as changes may readily be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, but having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following Claims 1. The combination with a cabinet provided with an opening, of a panel forming a closure for said opening and comprising panel members hinged together for tacewise angular movement into a common plane to form said closure and out of said common plane for forming a self-supporting stand, means whereby a projection screen is carried with one of said panel members for movement from a position overlying the inner face of said panel to an operative position extended from said panel members, and means whereby said panel is removably mounted on said cabiint to close said opening and with said screen in said cabinet and overlying the inner face of said panel.

The combination with a cabinet provided with an opening, of a panel forming a closure for said opening, and comprising a center panel member and two additional panel members hinged to opposite vertical edges of the center panel member for fac wise movement into the plane of saic center panel member to form said closure and out of said plane for forming a self-supporting stand, means on the inner face of said center panel member whereby a projection screen is carried therewith tor movement in its plane and parallel to the pivotal axes it said additional panel members from a position overlying the inner face of said panel to an operative position extended from said panel members, and means whereby said panel is ie movably mounted on said cabinet to close said opening and with said screen in said cabinet overlying the inner face of said panel.

3. The combination with a. cabinet, of a stand provided with an upright part in the form of a panel forming a side of said cabinet and a base part at the lower end of said panel and extending normal thereto substan tially on one side of the plane oi said panel, said panel comprising panel members hinged at vertical edges thereof for facewise movement into a common plane to form said panel and to one of which panel members said base part isfixed, and means whereby said stand is mounted on said cabinet with said panel forming said side and with said base part positioned correspondingly with an adjoining side of said cabinet and adapted to permit removal of said stand with movement thereof outwardly from one of said sides.

4. The combination with a cabinet provided with an opening in a vertical side thereof, of a stand provided with an upright part in the form of a panel forming a closure for said opening and a base part at the lower end of said panel and extending normal thereto substantially on the inside of the plane of said panel, means whereby a projection screen is carried with said panel for movement from a position overlying the inner face of said panel to an operative position extended above said panel, and means whereb said stand is removably mounted on said ca inetwith said panel closing said opening and with said base positioned correspondingly with the bottom of the cabinet and with said projection screen in position overlying the inner face of said panel.

5. The combination with a cabinet provided with an opening in a vertical side thereof, of a stand provided with an upright part in the form of a panel forming a closure for said opening and a base part at the lower end of said panel and extendin normal thereto substantially on the inside 0 the plane of said panel, said panel comprising a center panel member to which said base part is fixed so and two additional panel members hinged at opposite vertical edges of the center panel member for facewise movement into the plane of said center panel member to form said closure and outwardly out of said plane, telescopic means on the inner face of said center panel member whereby a projection screen is carried therewith for movement in its plane and parallel to the pivotal axes of said additional panel members from a posi- 0 tion overlying the inner face of said panel to an adjusted operative position upwardly extended from said panel members, and means whereby said stand is removabl mounted on said cabinet with said panel closing said opening and with said base positioned correspondingly with the bottom of said cabinet and with said projection screen in position overlying the inner face of said panel.

In Witness whereof I hereunto aflix my signature this 11th day of January, 1929.

RUFUS W. KITTREDGE.