US948272A - Mutoscope. - Google Patents

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A. S. FERGUSON.

MUTOSGOPE. APPLIGATIGN HLBD DEG. 26,1908.

948,272. Patented F9111, 1910. s SHEETS-SHEET 1.

INI/ENTO l A R WITNESSES 1^! ARTHUR S. FERGUSON.

ATTORNEYS A. s. FERGUSON.

MUTOSOOPE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. Z6, 1908. 948,272. Patented Feb. 1,1910. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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MUTOSGOPE. APPLICATION rum) nso. 26,1908.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

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l/vvE/vo' ARTHUR S. FERGUSON ATTORNEYS ARTHUR S. FERGUSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

I MUTGSCOPE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 26, 1908.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

SeralNo. 469,512.

To all whom it may concern:

.e it known that I, ARTHUR S. FERUson, a citizen'k of the United States, residlng in the city of Springfield, county of Greene,'

or other pictures arranged radially `in a circle thus forming what may be termed a picture wheel, which being rotated, the pictures are successively turned back and thus exhibited to the onlooker.

Itwill be understood that the photos or other pictures show successive changes of position of a body in motion, as for example a dancer. 4

The invention is embodied in the manner oflattaching the pictures together and to a flexible holder thus forming-what may be termed a aad or packof pictures adapted to be secured around a rotating axle and thus form the picture wheel above referred to.

The invention further includes the case or housing in which the icture wheel is mounted and certain nove features of construction and combination of parts constitute such casing.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section of the complete machine, the hinged cover of the casing being shown by dotted lines as thrown back on its pivot. Fig. 2 is a perspective. view of a pack of photos or other pictures. Fig` 3 is aiperspective View .ofthe axle of the machine together with `other parts attached thereto.- Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the machine. Fig. 5 is a view illustrating the attachment of the picture pads or packs to the axle. Fig. 6 is -a section on the line6-6 of Fig. 5, of the.

picture vwheel proper, the pictures being thrown back on one side byv pressure applied manually. Fig. 7 is a transverse section of a portion of a pad or pack of ictures. Fig. 8 is a cross section on the ine 8-8 of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a pers ctive view of a pad'or pack of pictures.

erspective view supplemental vto Fig. 9.

ig. 11 is a perspective View of the bottom v portion of the pack of pictures.

c Referring in the first instance to Figs. 1

and 4.-, `A indicates thecasing or sheet-'metal box inclosingthe picture-wheel B. The cas- *ig. l0 is a.

ving is provided with a hinged cover a', which' may be thrown back on its pivot a', as shown in Fig. l, when it is desired to obtain access to the wheel B for any purpose, say for removing it and for insertion of another. The said wheel is formed of a series of photos or other pictures, arranged radially around its axis C,' whose ends are supported in notched ears a2 forming attachments of the inner side of the casing A. Thus the Wheel is adapted to be readily inserted in, or removed from, the casing.- The axle is provided at one end with a large spur gear D, as shown in several figures, and thus meshes with a pinion or small gear E, which, as shown in Fig. 4, is mounted on a short crank-axle that is journaled in the Iside of the casing 'and provided exteriorly of the latter with a crank F. It is obvious that by rotating the said crank, the axle, together with .the picture-wheel proper fixed thereon,

will be rotated, and in suchcase the pictures` moving pictures as exhibited by larger ma chines and thrown uponthe screen for the amusement of large audiences.

The manner of securing together the required number of photos or other pictures tov constitute the picture-wheel pro er, and

.the manner'of securlng them to an around the axle C, 1s asfollows: The required number of photos or other pictures is put together so as to form a rectangular pack, as shown in Fig. 2, and two parallel grooves I) are' sawed, or otherwise cut, in the base end of the pack. A hole byis also formed throu h the pack-at a pointmidway between t e grooves b, b.' The latter are for the purpose of receiving cords b2 shown in Figs. 5 and 9, whose ends are carried up and secured to .the outer side of'a piece of stiftl cardboard H. The hole b is 4for receiving an elastic cord b3, whose ends are arranged and secured in the same way as the inelastic cords b2. A ad, or rectangular piece, of leather b", as s iow'n in Figs. 7 and 10, is laid over theend of the pack in which the grooves b are cut, andl e ends of the same extend up on the sides of the pack as shown in said and it being placed in the casing A, as

figures. The leather piece o4 is glued to the base of the picture pack, and also upon the cardboard'H and thus over and upon the l ends of the cords Z22, be.

It'will be seen that the cords o2 tie together the base ends of the pictures composing the pack B and that the leather piece b4 serves4 the same purpose, and, in addition, it aids in holding the ends of the cords secured tightly to the cardboards H which are arranged at the ends of a pack. Such leather together with the several cords Z22, b3, is lued or otherwise firmly secured in place. an thus the cords are held firmly and also the ends of the pictures forming the pack B.

The means for securing a pack of pictures B to the axle C and thus forming a picture-Wheel as represented in several figures, is as follows: A sheet metal clip I is secured to the cardboards H at one end of the pack. The sani'e consists of a metal strip extending across the end of the pack and having its ends inturned to form catches as indicated at a'. As shown in Fig. 3, the axle C has a radial longitudinal flange c. and over this flange the end portions i of the clips I are adapted to slide, as Will be understood by reference to Fig. 10. The clip I at one end of the pack B having been thus applied to the flange c, the pack is bent around the axle, the leather piece b* thus coming into contact with it, as will be understood by reference to Fig. 6. rlhe two cardboard strips are thus brought together, as indicated in Fig. 6, and are further secured to the` axle flange c by any suitable means. I have devised variouslmeans for this purpose, but I showr an eye bolt 7L, Figs. 6, 7, 8, Which has a long shank, the same being passed through the coincident openings in the cardboards H, and the axle flange c, Which is provided with a hole 0 and the eardboards H with openings h for this purpose. When the cardboards H have been thus brought together on opposite sides of the axle flange o, a hook if, see Figs. 5 and 6, is engaged with the eye lz. In this manner the picture pack proper B is applied to the axle C and secured detachably thereto. The

picture-Wheel proper being thus completed,v

,shown in lfigs. l and l, the machine is ready for operation, as before indicated.

The elasticity of the cord b3 and its location a little above the base of the picture pack B, ladapts it to perform a very useful function, Which is to increase the resiliency of the pictures, or cause them to more quickly resume their normal position after being turned back as indicated in Fig. l. In other words, the normal spring or elasticity of the pictures is increased by the location and function of the cord o3.

I claim:

l. In a picture-exhibitor of the type indicated, a picture-Wheel comprising an axle having a radial liange, a picture pack formed of a series of pictures which are flexibly connected at the base, pieces of flat rigid material attached to the ends of the pack adjacent to the base, and means for securing them in parallel position when the pad is applied around said axle, substantially as described.

2. In a picture Wheel, the combinationy with an axle having a radial fiange, of a pack of pictures secured together flexibly at the base, and provided with devices for engaging the said flange, and means for securing the ends of the pack together, and to the axle flange, substantially as described. V

3. In a picture exhibitor, the combination with a picture pack having an opening near the base which extends through the same and anclastic cord arranged in such opening and its ends secured upon the ends of the pack, as and for the purpose specified.

et. The improved picture-Wheel comprising a rotatable axle having a radial flange, a picture pack having a flexible base, and means for securing it to said flange, andan elastic cord passing 'through the pack at a point slightly removed from the base, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ARTHUR S. FERGUSON.

Witnesses:

S.l L. MoIN'frinn, W. W Moll'las'rnn.

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