US1371786A

US1371786A - Motion-picture reel and container therefor

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Publication number: US1371786A
Application number: US281521A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hummell Harry; Martin Frederick Wm; Carl J Schwall
Original assignee: HUMMELL
Current assignee: HUMMELL
Priority date: 1919-03-08
Filing date: 1919-03-08
Publication date: 1921-03-15
Anticipated expiration: 1938-03-15

Description

H. HUMMELL, F. W. MARTIN AND C. J. SCHWALL.

MOTION PICTURE REEL AND CONTAINER THEREFOR APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1919.

1,371,786. I Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY DIUMMELL, OF NEW YORK, AND FREDERICK WM. MARTIN AND CARL J. SGHWALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; SAID MARTIN AND SAID SCHWALL ASSIGNORS T0 SAID HUMMELL.

MOTION-PICTURE REEL AND CONTAINER THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY HUMMELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Woodhaven, borough of Queens, county of Queens, and State of New York; FREDERICK WILLIAM MARTIN, and CARL JULIUS SoHwALL, bOflZh citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Motion- Picture Reel and Container Therefor, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in motion picture appliances, and pertains more particularly to reels for containing the picture film.

The primary object of the invention is to so construct a film reel that it may be used as one section of a reel container for the purpose of storing the film when not in use.

A further object of the invention is to construct a container for motion picture films which is entirely fire-proof.

A still further object of the invention is to construct a container for motion picture films in such a manner that a number of such containers may be suitably secured together to facilitate the transportation thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means for securing both ends of the motion picture film to the reel.

A still further object of the invention is to construct a motion picture reel which is capable of use with all types of motion picture apparatus at present in use.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a suitable label for motion picture reels by means of which the title and other data may be conveniently displayed, thereby eliminating the strip of paper generally employed for this purpose.

With the above and other objects in view.

which will appear as the nature of the in vention is better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation,'partly broken away, of a plurality of receptacles secured together;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the improved reel;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the receptacle;

Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of the reel.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, a motion picture reel, constructed in accordance with the present invention comprises two side members 10 and 11, which are secured together by means of a centrally arranged tubular member 12 and a hub 13. The side member 10 is formed from a sheet of suitable material and is provided with an annular flange 14, near its outer edge. The peripheral edge of the side member 10 is rolled, as at 15, to provide an annular channel 16, the inner side of which is open as at 17. At diametrically opposite points in the channel 16, are pins or the like 18, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described. The side member 11 of the reel is formed from the same material as the side member 10, but is provided with a plurality of open spaces 19, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4:. The central portion of the side member 11 is depressed at 20, to form a continuous shoulder 21. The member 11 is provided around its peripheral edge with a plurality of slots 22, which terminate in large openings 23, said slots forming the means for securing a suitable resilient clasp 25. This clasp 25 is formed of metal and is, bent backwardly upon itself as at 26, one

end thereof being bent at right angles as designated at 27, and providedwith a button or the like 28, which is adapted to be received within the aforementioned slots 22.

The hub member 13 is formed from a strip of metal, one edge of Which is provided with a plurality of equidistantlyspaced projections 29, which are bent at right angles to the body portion of said strip. These projections 29 are adapted'to lie in contact with the inner face of the side member 10, and are secured thereto by means of rivets or the like 30. By this construction, it will be seen that the hub member 13 is rigidly secured to the'inner face of the side member 10 of the reel. The opposite ed e of the hub 13 is adapted to engage Wit the shoulder 21, as at 31, and passing through said shoulder 21 and the hub member 13, are rivets or the like 32.

Secured to the hub 13, by means of rivets or the like 33, is a resilient member 34:, which is provided with two oppositely disposed resilient arms 35, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4. These arms are each provided with a portion 36, which engages the outer face of the hub 13, to secure the inner end of the film strip to said hub. The resilient member 34 is provided with a rightangular projection 37, which is adapted to lie between one of the right-angular rojections 29 of the hub 13, and the inner ace of the side member 10 of the reel, as shown in Fig. 2, and is secured between said projection 29 and the side member 10 of the reel by means of the rivets 30. The tubular member 12 may be positioned within the hub 13, with its ends secured to the side members 10 and 11 in any desired manner.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, is shown a form of receptacle especially adapted to receive and contain the reel heretofore described. This receptacle is formed of sheet metal and has a closed side 40 and an open side 41. The closed side 40 is reduced as at 42, and the outer diameter of said reduced portion 42 is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the flange 14 of the side member 10 of the reel.

Extending around the receptacle is an annular channel, which provides a head 43, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

It will be noted that the diameter of the side 11 of the reel is less than the diameter of the side 10 thereof, which permits of the insertion of the side 11 into the receptacle. The open side of the receptacle is provided at diametrically opposite pointswith bayonet slots 44, and arranged centrally of the closed side 40 thereof, is a substantially circular opening 45, which is adapted to aline with the tubular member 12 when the reel has been positioned within said receptacle.

The reel together with the film strip wrapped thereon with its inner end and outer end in engagement with the

resilient members

35 and 25, respectively, is inserted into the open side of the receptacle. The open edge of the receptacle is adapted to pass into the open side 17 of the channel 16. With the reel in this position, it is turned until the pins 18 engage in the bayonet slots 44, and upon further movement.

of the reel, the pins 18 will pass into the elongated portions of the said slots to se curely retain said reel within the receptacle. By this construction, it will be apparent that the film strip is completely housed within the receptacle, and that the closed side 10' of the reel forms the means for closing the open side of said receptacle.

The reference character 46 designates a rigid rod, one end of which is provided with a head 47, the other end of said rod being screw-threaded as at 48. Any number of the receptacles may be threaded on to one of these rods 46, it being understood 1 one or a number of these receptacles or containers may be rolled, if desired.

Mounted for rotation in the depression provided by forming the shoulder 31, is a disk 50, the central portion of which is provided with an aperture within which is secured an operating button or the like 51, This disk 50 is retained in place against accidental displacement by means of lugs or the like 52, which are formed by cutting out a portion of the shoulder 31. This disk 50 is divided into a plurality of sections, 7

each of which is adapted to bear suitable printed matter for the purpose of identifying the film. The aforementioned lugs 52 are intended merely to retain the disk50 in place within said depressed portion and do not bear thereon with suflicient force to hinder the free rotary movement thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A moving picture reel comprising a hub portion, disks of different diameters secured to opposite ends of said hub portion, a cover adapted to receive the disk of smaller diameter and inter-engage the disk of larger diameter for inclosing the reel, and separate means passing through the hub portion of a plurality of said reels for securing said reels in contact with each other.

.2. A device of the character described comprising a reel having one of its sides provided with an annular flange, a cover adapted to engage the exterior surface of said annular flange to inclose the reel, said cover having a-reduced portion of a dimension equal to the interior dimension of the annular flange of an adjacent reel, and means for securing a plurality of said reels together.

3. A device of the character described comprising a reel having a closed side provided with an annular flange, the upper edge of which is curved outwardly and spaced therefrom, a cover adapted to inclose said reel and having its open end engageable in comprising a reel consisting of a hollow hub portion, an open plate secured to one end of said hub portion a closed plate secured to the opposite end of said hub portion and of a greater diameter than said open plate, said closed plate being provided with an annular flange, a cover adapted to inclose said reel and having its open edge of a diameter equal to the outer diameter of said annular flange, and a projecting portion provided on the closed end of said cover, the outside diameter of said projecting portion being equal to the inside diameter of the annular flange of an adjacent reel, and means passing through a plurality of said reels for securing them in contact with each other.

5. A moving picture reel comprising a hub, a disk secured to each end of said hub, a cover adapted to receive one of the disks carried by the hub and have interengagement with the other of said disks, and means for securing a plurality of said reels together to provide a single portable unit.

6. A moving picture reel comprising a hub, a disk secured to each end of said hub, a cover adapted to receive one of the disks carried by the hub and have interengagement with the other of said disks, a rigid rod adapted to be passed through the hub and cover of each of a plurality of said reels, and means engageable with said rod for securing said plurality of reels and covers thereon to provide a single portable unit.

7. A moving picture reel comprising a hub, a disk secured to each end of said hub, an open-ended cover adapted to receive one of the disks secured to the hub, the other disk being adapted for interengagement with said cover to close the same, and means for securing a plurality of said reels together to provide a single portable unit.

8. A device of the character described comprising a sheet metal disk having an annular flange terminating in an outlying curved annular bead spaced with respect to said flange, a second disk of a diameter equal to the inner diameter of the annular flange of the first-mentioned disk, a tubular member adapted to secure said disks together in spaced relation, a hub portion rigidly secured to each'of said disks and spaced with relation' to said tubular member, a container of an interior diameter equal to the exterior diameter of the annular flange of the firstmentioned disk and having its open end an annular flange, a tubular portion rigidly secured centrally of said disk, a second disk secured to said tubular portion in s aced relation with the first-mentioned dis, an interior annu ar shoulder formed on said second-mentioned disk, a hub portion comprising a continuous strip of metal provi-ded with a right-angular flange adapted to be secured by said flange to the first-mentioned disk and having its free edge overlapping the shoulder portion of the secondmentioned disk, means for securing the shoulder-engaging portion of said hub portion to the second-mentioned disk, and a cover adapted to receive the second-mentioned disk and interengage the first-mentioned disk for inclosing the reel.

10. The combination with a plurality of motion picture reels, of a casingfor each of said reels, said casings being formed to provide interengagement with each other, and separate means for securing a plurality of said reels and casings in such interengaged relation.

11. The combination with a plurality of motion picture reels having hollow hub por-' tions, of a casing for each of said reels, said casings being formed to provide interengagement with each other, and separate means adapted to pass through said casings and the hubs of said reels for securing a plurality of the reels and hubs in interengaged relation.

12. The combination with a plurality of motion picture reels, each of which is provided with a hollow hub portion, of a casing for each of said reels and provided with an opening adapted for alinement with the hollow hub portion of its respective reel, said casings also being formed to provide for interengagement with each other, and separate means passing through the hub portions of the reels and the openings of the casings for securing a plurality of said reels and casings together.

HARRY HUMMELL. FREDERICK WM. MARTIN. CARL J. SCHWALL.