US1409004A - Motion-picture carrier - Google Patents

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C. F. JENKINS.

MOTION PICTURE CARRIER APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, I921.

1,409,00. Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

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EIEGTION-PICTURE To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that T, CHARLES Fnenois Jenkins, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MotiouPicture Carriers, of which the following is a speci fication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to carriers "for motion pictures, the pictures being borne upon the marginal portion of a plurality of equal superposed disks which may be of paper. The general object of the invention is to secure at extremely low cost a compact, convenient and durable device for carrying a great number of pictures in such a way that they may be conveniently displayed by devices not herein set forth.

The superposed disks usually form a thick tablet bearing pictures which are all in the usualsequence and suitable central means are employed to bind the disks together firmly and prevent their relative rotation.

Tn the accompanying drawings, which are diagrammatic,

Figure 1 shows the broad upper face of a tablet, the picture spaces thereon being indi cated only in part.

Figure 2 shows the edges of some of the disks, which are shown as spaced apart to make clear their relative positions.

lln these views, A represents the upper disk of the series, each disk of which bears near its edge 5 closely adjacent pictures 6 arranged in circular series, and all the disks are secured together by acentral tubular rivet 7. Each disk has at some distance from both its center and its margin a preferably circularaperture 8 and these apertures are primarily in registry. All the registering "punched disks are out along a line 9 extending from the apertures 8 to the edge 5. The disks are then progressively offset or turned angularly in the same fdirection through angles each equal to the angle at the center subtended by one or more of the marginal picture spaces. When thus adjusted the disks are locked against relative. rotation by a second eyelet 10 inserted at a little distance from the center.

Tn Figure 1, the marginal portion A or the upper disk A is visible, but the opposite marginal portion A" is placed under the marginal portion B of the second disk B,

Specification of letters Patent.

1921. Serial No.

responds the portion A of the first disk.

will be raised, and by continuing the process all the pictures on all the disks will be exposed in succession.

The somewhat large periphery of the aperinner end oi the rgrins of the disks, practically nodifi'iculty t ture 8 mak s tealine 9, in raising very unlikely, is met in this respec The number of disks is as great as may be desired, and they are usually printed with the pictures of l in proper sequence. When many like disks 0 each kind have been printed,-they are ranged in sets. adjusted. and secured together inthe manner already set forth.

The cost or a set of pictures corresponding to those usually upon a. single film or reel of the ordinary kind is relatively extremely insignificant, and it is quite possible to form, adjust and use the tablets by very simple tip pliances.

What I claim is.

l. fils a motion picture carrier, a practically continuous spiral made up of the marginal portions of approximately plane superposed registering disks fixed to eachother centrally and each bearing marginally aseries of motion pictures.

2. in a motion picture carrier, a series of approximately plane superposed disks bearing marginal pictures and each marginally engaging at one point the next disk below in such manner l to form with said next disk a practically ontinuous spiral.

3. As a motion picture carrier, a series of distinct superposed thin elastic disks all cut inwardly from their periphery and angul larly oii'set progressively, about a common axis, with respect to the succeeding disks respectively, and all secured against further offsettingw l A series of distinct superposed disks,

bearing marginal motion pictures, centrally secured together, cut inwardly from their margins, respectively, progressively offset angularly, and each having one margin, formed by such cutting, inserted beneath a margin formed by the cutting of the succeeding disk.

5. A series of distinct superposed disks centrally secured together, bearing marginal 10 series pictures, each having an opening at some distance from both center and margin and a cut extending from each opening to the corresponding margin the cuts being angularly offset through an angle at the center subtended by one or more pictures, and all the disks being secured against relative angular displacement.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

CHARLES FRANCIS JENKINS.

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