US1239800A - Combined talking and picture-projecting machine. - Google Patents

Description

. A. LUCIANO.

COMBINED TALKING A ND PICTURE PRMECTING MACHINE.

APLICATIQM FILED DEC- 31 1914.

PatentedSept. 11, 1917.

INVENTOR BY 5 ORNEYS WITNESSES ing UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ACHILLE LUCIANO, OF SILVER LAKE, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED TALKING AND PICTURE-PROJECTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1917.

Application filed December 31, 1914. Serial No. 879,911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AoHrLLE LUOIANO, a subject of the King of Italy, and a resident of Silver Lake, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Combined Talk and Picture-Projecting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine that is adapted to reproduce sound and also motion pictures, the sound being adapted to be projected toward a person s1tt1ng in front of the screen on which the pictures are reproduced, and means for operating the talking machine and the motlon picture machine in a manner to provide for their being synchronized.

The invention is further designed to provide a casing that is of different sizes and can be made of a size to fit on a table of ordinary dimensions and thus be adapted for house use, or it can be made in larger sizes and thus utilized in places of amusement and the like, and it can be made in any particular form so as to facilitate its movement, shipping and transportation, and still insure the relative position of the difi'erent partsof the mechanism, this also, if desired, obviating the necessity of dismantling or taking apart the device in order to sh1p 1t or to move it about.

The invention is further designed to pro-' vide a machine of this kind in which the motion picture machine is conveniently located for the operators attention and supervision, the motion picture apparatus and the lamp which is usually inclosed in the lamphouse being also arranged to be adjusted for focusing and other purposes, and the motion picture machine is also in positlon to have its films inserted, and similar preparations or operations made in connectiontherewith, without opening the casing.

The invention is further designed to provide a machine to project motion pictures and sound reproductions through the screened end of the casing, the casing being provided with a record-rotating device which also is driven by a suitable mechanism which acts as a driving means for the motion picture machine, the driving means being of any desired form, but the preferred form consists of chains and sprockets with their necessary shafts so as to provide a posi 56 tive non-slipping connection which will insure the synchronizing of the two moving parts of the apparatus, namely the record-rotatlng device and the motion picture machine.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which one embodiment of my lnvention is shown, but it will be understood that changes may be made in the particular arrangement of the parts and their proportions, and also any ornamental features of the invention, without departing from .the'scope of the invention.

In said drawing, Figure 1 illustrates a side view of the machine embodying the principles of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a front \lg'iew of the apparatus or machine shown in The machine shown in the drawing comprises a casing 10 which can be of any reasonable size, either portable or fixed, being adapted to be made for use on tables or the like, or made larger in size and in the nature of a permanently placed structure. The casing is substantially light-tight except at its front end which is provided with a screen 11 of linen or any other translucent material adapted to receive a picture on one side, which picture can be seen from the other side of the screen. The casing has side walls 12, a top 13 and a back wall 14, and is made of any suitable material, being preferably made of wood although sheet metal can also be employed in making the casing. A base 15 supports the casing and in the form of machine shown it extends beyond the ack of the casing as at 16 and acts as a support for the motion-picture machine or other light-projecting amusement device. The part 16 of the base is preferably provided with a stand or box which can be provided with a part 18 to receive films and the like, being provided with a door 19. The lightprojecting device, such as a gas lamp or an electric light, is not shown in detail and is usually. concealed in a lamp-house 20 adj ustably mounted on the stand 17 and having a means, such as 21, for projecting light through the machine 22 which may be a stereopticon or other similar'apparatus, the drawing, however, showing a motion-picture machine with a light-projecting part 23 thereon, which part 23 is so disposed that it sends the light on the back of the screen 11.

24 which represents a miniature stage draping, but it will be evident that other forms of ornamenting the screen can be used with a view, however, to leaving the space within the line 25, for instance, for the field of the picture or pictures to be presented.

On the top of the casing 10 is a recordrotating device, the drawing illustrating one for a disk record, although other forms can be used. It consists of a platen 26 to receive a record 27, the platen being mounted on a shaft 28 driven from a suitable motor conveniently placed, the motor 29 being preferably located within the casing on the under side of the top 13 and outof the path 30 of the light from the machine 22.

A sound conveying means is provided to direct suitable dialogue, monologue or music, for the picture shown on the machine, the said means being placed so that the spectator can distinctly hear the sounds. The machine shown has a sound-conveying means consisting of a horn 31 placed within the casing and directed toward the back of the screen 11. The horn extends through the top 13 and has a bearing 32 for the pivoted tube 33 having on its end the reproducer 34. p

To synchronize the record-rotating device and the picture machine, I connect them by means of a non-slipping operative connection which is illustrated in the drawing as consisting of a pinion or gear 35 which is driven by the teeth 36 of the platen 26. The pinion 35 is fastened on a shaft 37 rotating in a bearing 38, the shaft 37 having a sprocket 39 thereon, which sprocket drives a chain 40 which in turn drives a sprocket 41 on a shaft 42 which rotates in a bracket 43. On the shaft 42 is a sprocket 44 which drives a chain 45 which drives a sprocket 4.6 on the picture machine 22, and this sprocket 46 is connected up with the mechanism of the machine 22 so as to operate the picture films, slides, etc.', so as to have them produced in time with the sound from the record. In the form shown, a film 47 is shown mounted on a reel 48 on a bracket 49 on the back of the casing, the film passing through the machine and being deposited in the box 18 as shown at 50, although other means, such as the ordinary rewinding device, can be used to take care of the film that has passed through the machine 22.

The machine has positive synchronizing apparatus that does not slip and can be depended upon. The machine is compact and substantial and can be operated by one person; the amount of attention required being very little.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a combined talking and picture projecting' machine, a casing of box-like form with an open front, a screen in said front and adapted to have the major portion of its surface utilized for projection purposes, the top of the casing forming 'a support, a record supporting and rotatin device on the support so provided, a soun -conveying means extending within the casing and bent forward to direct sound directly at and through the screen, said projecting soundconveying means being toward the rear of the casing to permit a comparatively large sound outlet without getting within the line of divergent rays in said casing, and a motion picture machine at the back of the casing and directing its light rays on the back of the screen.

2. In a combined talking and picture projecting machine, a box-like casin with an open front, a screen closing saic front, a motion picture machine at the rear of said casing so that the rays from the machine diverge within the casing, a record support and rotating device on the upper side of the to of the casing, a motor on the under side 0 said top, and a horn to convey sound from the record and having its outlet end projecting within the casing and forwardly directed at the rear of the inside of the easing, said horn and motor being thus arranged so as not to interfere with the light from the picture machine.

3. In a combined talking. and picture projecting machine, a box-like casing with an open front, a screen closin said front, a motion picture machine at t e rear of said casing so that the rays from the machine diverge within the casing, a record support and rotating device on the upper side of the topof the casing, a motor on the under side of said top, a horn to convey sound from the record and having its outlet end projecting within the casing and forwardly directed at the rear of the inside of the cusing, said horn and motor bein thus arranged so as not to interfere wit the light from the picture machine, and means for operating the icture machine from the record rotating evice.

4. In a combined talking and motion picture machine, a casing having an open front and a small opening in the back, a screen in the open front, a motorwithin the casing, a horn within the casing, both the horn and the motor being out of the line of light between the small opening and the edge of the screen, a motion picture machine with its light projecting partly into the small opening 0 the casing, a record su porting device on the casing and driven rom the motor, a reproducer connected to the horn, and a connection between the record rotating device and the picture machine for operating the picture machine.

5; In a coinbined picture projecting and into the casing and forwardly toward the 10 sound reproducing machine, a casing havscreen. ing an open front, a screen disposed across In testifnony that I claim the foregoing,

, .sald opening, a picture'projecting machine I hereto set my hand, this 29th day of Dein the rear of the casing adapted to pligject cember, 1914.

a picture onto the screen, and a so re- ACHILLE LUCIANO. producing device 7 supported'by the upper Witnesses:

wall of the casing and having a horn adapt- M. A. JOHNSON,

ed to direct the sound waves downwardly H. TRAUTVETI'ER;

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