US1020999A

US1020999A - Toy kinematograph.

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Publication number: US1020999A
Application number: US52394409A
Authority: US
Inventors: Oskar Messter
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-10-22
Filing date: 1909-10-22
Publication date: 1912-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 1929-03-26

Description

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TOY KINEMATOGRAPHL PPLIOATION FILED OUT. 22, 1909.

Patented Mar.26, 1912.

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Wit'nsses I I Invenloz idlycdii-nected together by two plates 24 A horizontal shaft 32 is inounted in the two by parallel dotted lines in Fig, 1. The pictures in alternating series,

one end in the one frame plate 2 and extend ,essary that .31 is provided with notches 33, into an of ;.which the is provided with two parallel slots or thelike for permitting the pins of the two guiding wheels 13 and 1 1 to engage in the holes 15 of the film band 17. A further guide it? may be disposed on the box 1 for guiding the film band 17, which may be permitted to hang down or to slide into some receptacle not shown. The two

belt pulleys

21 and 20 are connected wgether by an endless belt 21- or the like. Tlwoparallel horizonta guiding

pins

27 and 28 are fastened at at the other end through holes (Fig. 4) in the other frame plate 2. On these two guiding

pins

27 and 28 two

sleeves

25 and 26 are 'i pounted to slide, while they-are rigand. The plate 24; is bent at right angles. and its free part is made to slide on the stationary guide 1 -3 1 ;and is provided with an opening 48 (Fl gh The upper sleeve 25 is shown as made inione with a rack 29.

stays 38 and 39 to turn and carries a pinion 30 meshing with the rack 29 and a knurled knob 31, which latter can he turned .-;With

It will be seen, that the

parts

24, 25, 26.- and 24 form a carriage; on which. an objective 22 of any known construction and a projecting device 23 are fastened. The projecting device 23 is shown to be similar in construction to a telescope and tocontain an illuminating device consisting of a small incandescent lamp 23. 'The latter can he Q supplied with current through some con-. ductor 49 from the battery or other source the box 1 by switching on a switch 50 era; the like. The support 5 may be provided with ahincandescent lamp 51 (Fig. 1) for theoperator, which lamp 51 can be supplied withcurrent through another conductor 52.

The film band 17 is assumed to com rise four juxtaposed series of pictures, whic 1 are not actually shown but aremerely indicated for example in the first and third series in Fig. 1, when. counting from left to right, follow oneanother in the direction from'below so that the film band 17 requires to he moved downward for exhibiting the pictures. The pictures in the other series, that is in the second and fourth series, follow one another in the direction from above to below,'so that'the film band reqniresto be moved upward, in other words it must be wound on the drum 16. Of course it necthe horizontal center line ofg the objective 22 and the" projecting device-23 should cut the vertical center line of any of the, series of pictures. In order to insurethis, an inner'circ'ular'port-ion of the knob bent end of a leaf spring 34 (Fig;

to above,

minating device,

1) fastened on one frame plate 2 can engage. It will now be clear, that for chang mg from one series of pictures to the other one the knob 31 requires to he turned with .the fingers, so that the free end of the To spring 84 gets out of the respective notch 33 and slides on the periphery of the circular portion, until it engages in the next notch 33, when the carriage will be adjusted.

The manner of operating the kin'ematograph will now be evident. Supposing the first picture in the first series is in line with the opening 48 in the carriage, then the operator may turn the crank 4 say in the direction to the right, that'is'to say'in the direction of the arrow 53 in Fig. 2 for unwinding the film band 17 from the drum 16 and at the same time for actuating the star wheel 12 in the following manner, ,As long as the periphery of the notched dish 8 is in contact with an ofthe arched recesses of the star wheel 2, the'latter will stop. At the moment that the pin 10 on the disk 9 engages in the next radial'slot of the star wheel l2,"the latter will in a lmown mannei be turned through a partial revolution for changing from one picture to the next following one. Durin this period theshutter 37 moves past the o jective 22 for preventing'the change of pictures from hem jected on the plane of projection. T e op-.- erator continues turning the crank 4 for exhibiting all the pictures of the first series fine :fter the other. After the last picture as l for c anging from the first serisi to the second one, after which he turns the crank 4 in the opposite-direction, that is to say in the direction of the arrow 83 in Fig. 2 for ,winding the film band 17 on the drum 16 and exhibiting the pictures of the second series one after the other. At the end of the second series the operator again turns the knob 31 for changing from the second series to the third one, after which he turns the crank 4: in the opposite direction" indicated by the arrow 53. In this manner the operator actuates the apparatus until he has exhibited all the pictures.

that the crank 4 can be turned in'either direction without disturbing the apparatus. The stationary uidc 17 re uires to have two opposite horlzontal'slots or permitting the rays of-light to pass from to the objective proper 22'. v

The kiuematograph described -can -be -varied in many respects without'departing from the-spirit'of my invention."

Z[ claim: I 1n a kinematograph the combination wit mea'nsforcdgrymg and moving a film having a nu besof ongitudirmllyjuxtaposed rows of pictures, of an objective, anill'upro- 95 peared, the operator'turns the knob 31 From the above description it be seen,

the source 23' means for connecting this objective and the illuminatingfievice rigidly adapted to engage any one of such notches, together means slidably carrying the objecsubstantially as set forth.

.tiqe and illuminabing device so that the two 1 s latter can,- be adjusted transversely of the OSKAR MESTER'- 5 film a gear fox-such adjustments, a thumb Witnesses:

piec for operating the said gear, notches in HENRY I-IASPER,

the said thumb-piece, and a spring-catch WOLDEMAR HAUP'L-