US1946674A - Reel and magazine supporting pedestal for motion picture machines - Google Patents

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A. DINA REEL AND MAGAZINE S'UFP'ORTING PEDESTAL FOR MOTION PICTURE MACHINES Filed April 1, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR 3/00 ATTORNEY PC1113, 1934. A. DINA 1,946,674

7 REEL AND MAGAZINE SUPPORTING PEDESTAL FOR MOTION PICTURE MACHINES Filed April 1, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR fiqyw/a 3/270 ATTORNEY A. DINA Feb. 13, 1934.

REEL AND MAGAZINE SUPPORTING PEDESTAL FOR MOTION PICTURE MACHINES 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR fiuyz/s/o, 3M0

Patented Feb. 13, 1934 REEL AND MAGAZINE SUPPORTING PED- ESTAL F ()R MOTION PICTURE MA- CHINES Augusto Dina, Elizabeth, N. J asslgnor to International Projector Corporation, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware New York,

Application April 1, 1930. Serial No. 440,731

3 Claims.

This invention relates to supports or pedestals for motion picture film magazines and reels.

A main object of the invention is to provide a simple, compact, strong, light weight, and efficient pedestal for film reels.

A further object is to provide a simple strong pedestal member which is so constructed and arranged that when supporting the film reel and magazine the unit thus formed is unusually rigid and will be substantially free of undesirable vibrations.

Further and more specific objects, features, and advantages will more clearly appear from the detailed description given below especially when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which form part of the specification and which illustrate one present preferred form of the invention.

The invention in general involves a pedestal member including an upright vertical post preferably curved or corrugated which at the top has an elongated journal element disposed preferably on one side of the post. At the bottom, the post is provided with a plurality of feet which are preferably spaced well apart and extend from the post in a direction opposite to that in which the journal element at the top of the post extends. Magazine A has a reel therein supported on the post by a shaft extending laterally into the journal element at the top of the post. The reel properly mounted on the shaft is supported directly over the feet of the post. The film may then pass out of the magazine at the bottom and through an appropriate slot in the top of the projector or machine casing B. This slot is preferably disposed between the feet of the pedestal member. The amply dimensioned feet of the pedestal will therefore prevent any tendency of the member to sway or be bent under the weight of the reel.

The present preferred form of the invention is shown in the drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a projector head casing with the pedestal member and the supported magazine disposed on the top;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the head;

Fig. 3 is a partial enlarged side elevation of the pedestal member;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3 through the pedestal member only; and,

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken only through the pedestal member on the line 5--5 of Fig. 3.

Preferably the invention concerns a pedestal element which can be cast altho other forms of manufacture may be employed and it can be made in other ways if desired. It comprises a vertical post 10 preferably curved or corrugated to give it unusual strength. The post 10 at the top is provided with angularly extending arms 50 such as 11 and 12 and with an elongated journal element such as 13 extending across the top of the post and in a direction at right angles to the vertical extension of the post.

At the bottom of the post 10 there are pro- Q5 vided a plurality of spaced feet such as 14 and 15 which are preferably ribbed as at 16 and well spaced apart from each other. These feet 14 and 15 extend from the post on a side opposite to that from which the journal element 13 ex- 79 tends as shown. The pedestal also is provided with a base portion such as 17 which lies in the plane of the feet 14 and 15 but on the side of the post- 10 opposite to the feet 14 and 15. Web portion 20 emerges from the base 1'? into the standard or post 10 adding to its strength.

The base portion is provided with suitable holes through which screws such as 18 and 19 can extend to fasten the pedestal member to the top or the bottom of the projector casing as the 50 case may be.

The invention thus described has the ability to firmly and without vibration support the magazine A and reel directly over the opening in the casing through which the film is adapted to pass 35 from the reel or vice versa. The feet are on the side of the post opposite to the elongated journal for the reel shaft, and the upper end of the post has the arms 11 and 12 which assist in bracing the magazine. The construction is unusually 9o rigid and firm and is simple in arrangement'and economical to manufacture and attach to the machine.

While the invention has .been described in detail and with respect to a present preferred form thereof, it is not to be limited to such details and forms since many changes and modifications may be made and the invention embodied in other forms and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in its broadest aspects. Hence it is desired to cover any and all forms and modifications which may come within the language or scope of any one or more of the appended claims.

What is claimed, is,

l. A reel pedestal for motion picture machines comprising a vertical post, an elongated journal extending from one side of the post at the top thereof, reel-bracing arms also extending from the top of the post, a'pair of elongated spaced feet extending horizontally from the bottom of the post on the opposite side thereof, said feet being spaced apart to permit the passage therebetween of the film from the reel.

2. A reel pedestal for motion picture machines comprising a vertical curved-section post, an elongated journal extending from one side of the post at the top thereof, reel-bracing arms also extending from the top of the post in a plane adjacent and parallel to the adjacent face of the reel magazine supported on the pedestal, a pair of elongated spaced feet extending from the bottom of the post on the oposite side thereof, said feet being spaced apart to permit the passage therebetween of the film from the reel, and a base portion at the bottom of the post and extending therefrom in a direction opposite to the extension of the feet.

3. A reel pedestal for motion picture machines comprising a vertical curved-section post, reelbracing arms extending from the top of the post in a plane adjacent and parallel to the adjacent face of the reel magazine supported on the peclestal, a pair of elongated spaced feet extending from the bottom of the post, said feet being spaced apart to permit the passage thcrebetween of the film from the reel, and a base portion at the bottom of the post and extending therefrom in a direction opposite to the extension of the feet.

AUGUSTO DINA.

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