US996101A - Picture-exhibiting device for talking-machines. - Google Patents

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H. G. MATTHEWS. m'runn EXHIBITING 1mm: FOR TALKING munmss. AYPLI'OATIOH IILBD AUG. 20. 1908.

Patented June 27, 1911.

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YIOTURE BXHIBITING DEVICE FOR TALKING MACHINES.

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'PIOTUBE EXHIBITING DEVICE FOR TALKING MACHINES.

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Patented June 27, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June. 27} 1911.

Application am August so, mos. Serial 1m. 449,302.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD C. MA'rrHews, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture-Exhibiting Devices for Talkin -Machines, of which the followin is a specfiication.

The olijects of thisinvention are to provide means by whicho ma '0 lantern can be employed for exhibiting pictures in connection with the reproduction of a. son or story by a talking machine; to enable t e magic lantern to be automatically operated by the to thus perfectly synchronise the reproductions bypictilre and o sound; n seen 76 such synchronism automatically w ll without any attention Whatever on the part of the operator; to obtain :1 practically instantaneous admission and enroll of light, in the magic lantern; to onnble a quit-knoll easy charge to be mode from one series oi: pi tures to another; to secure a simple, elective and practical construction, and to )bis'm other edvsntages and re.- sults as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same par s in the several figures, Figure 1 represents a front view of a magic lantern connected to a cylinder talking machine by 'my im roved means, and Fig.- 2 is a' side view 0) the magic lantern and my attachments; Fig. 3 is a. face view of a certain picture disk; Fig. 4 is a rear view of the-said magic lantern with. the lamp house removed;

- Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of a portion of he operating mechanism taken on line 5, 6, 4-, looking downward; Fig. 6 is a. sec- .n taken on the same line 5, 6, Fig. 4, look mg in the o posite direction or upward;

7 is a si e view of a certain connecting rear view 0 bur and rack; Fig. 8. is a perspective view of a certain split collar and means for securing the same to the re roducer arm of a talkin machine; Fig. 9 is a horizontal section ta enllongitudinally of the picture disk is a rear view of a certain operating armand other parts being removed for water clearncss; Fig. 11 1s a the shutter operating arm detached, and Fig. 12 is an edge view of the same.

In said drawings, 10 indicates a talking the opening 20 0 machine of the cylinder type, and 11 a. magic lantern to which my nn'provements are shown applied.

The magic lantern comprises a suitable base 12 upon the rear of which is mounte a lamp-house 18 of any suitable and well-. known construction, having through whichthe light is concentrated upon the picture, as usual. The ict-ure or series of a. tube 14 Ictures 15 are arranged in a circu' lar row 0 a ertures 16 in a disk 17, which is upon a she 18 journaled horizontall parallel to the in a vertical p etc 19 at t e front end of V and ncil of li ht. from the up),

base 12. The said plate 19 has an opening. 7

' 20 into registration with which the p cture 15 are successivel brou b I'OtltlOIK of their carrying di 17, Stud dis front side of the plate 19,. or ride away from the lamp. This picture disk 17 is .of course removable, so as to enable diflerent ictures to be displaaed in. different thrice, a V shown for olding it u on t e shaft '18, a' nut 21'. on the thread end of said shaft adapted to clamp the picture disk against 0. flange 22 fixed upon a. shoulder of the shaft... Thisflange 22 is udaptedby its position at the front ofthe plate 19,, to prevent rear- 5 ward longitudinal movement 0 the sha'it 18 in its bearings. Preferably the picture disk has a radial extension 171 of its central hole .170 to receive the shaft 18, which extension receives a corresponding radial projection 17 2 on the shaft, to insure said picture disk n I have being at the 1 bein put on the shaft in correct positiomas will understood.

As the disk 17 is rotated, its difierent pictures are brought successively in front of played; I will next escribe the means for automaticolly'turning said disk by the-bp-.

oration of the talking or me.

At the rear side 0 theplate. 19 a bearlilg 23 for the. shaft. 18 projects as "shown m Figs. 5 and -9, said bearing-e screws 24 or the like to t supplemental plate 25 which covers a ortion of the u right 1mm as'her'eina ter more fully escribe At the rear end of the beari 23 a star wheel 26 is fixed on the shaft'18,w star wheel is adaptedto be engaged and turned by pins 27 on the side of e-wheel 28 rotatably mounted upon the rear of the up right late .19. This wheel has at its 0 posite si e another series of ins or tech 29 which are engaged by u rue c 30' adapted to late 19, and thus dis-.

ingheld'by ich slide transversely of the upright plate 19. Longitudinal movement of this rack thus turns the picture disk.

Preferably, the rack 30 is slotted longitudinally, as shown at 31, to receive studs :32, 32 on the plate 19 and he supported thereby as it slides. To the end of said rack next the talking machine 10, is pivoted one end of a bar 33, the other end being notched as at 34 in Fig. 1, and adapted to hook over a pin 35 on a sleeve 36 which can be clamped upon the reproducer arm 37 of the talking machine by means of screws 38, all as shown more particularly in Fig. 8. The bar 33 thus lies longitudinally of the talking machine cylinder, or parallel thereto, so that as the reproducer moves along its rod 39, it draws the bar 33 and slides the rack 30. The hinging of the bar 33 to the rack 30 accommodates any differences in height between the magic lantern and talking machine, and furthermore enables the bar to be folded in over the magic lantern when not in use. The end of the bar 33 is provided with a plurality of notches 34, which provide for adjustment in making theconn'ection of said bar to the reproducer of the talking machine.

During intervals in which the pictures are being changed by rotating the picture disk 17, an automatic shutter 40 closes the opening 20, and shuts off the rays of light comin from the 1am house, so as to obviate all blur of a com ination of two pictures while moving. This shutter 40 is hung by a stem 41 directly above the opening 20, so that it naturally falls into closed position, as shown in Fig. 10. An arm 42 pivoted at its lower end 43 to the rear side of the plate 19 just below the shaft 18 and at the side thereof away from the wheel 28, is weighted as at 44 to normally fall at its upper end against the stem 41 of the shutter 40 and 0 on said shutter, as shown in full lines in Big. 4. Said upper end of the arm 42 preferably has a forwardly projecting pin 45 to engage the stem as described, and further more a handle 46 may roject from this end of the arm 42 to enab -it to be drawn or tip ed into idle position. This handle 46 an pin 45 are preferably formed of a single piece of wire bent as shown in Fig. 6 more especially. For automatically releasing the said arm 42 for the change of pictures, said arm is provided at its side next said wheel 26 witha projection or tooth 47 which is adapted to be engaged at the proper moments by the pins 27 of the wheel 28 which turn the picture disk shaft 18, as above deslclribed. 7This tooth 47 .isbsg located that eac in 2 engages it just e ore en a 'n a oiiit of the star wheel 26, and hu pus es back the said arm, releasin the shutter 40 for the whole time the dis r is bein turned. The pin 27 then passes the tool: 47 as it does thepoint of the star wheel 26,

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and. the arm 42 falls back against the shhtter ter, and open it suddenly.

The pushing back of the arm 42'by the tooth 4' is gradual, and to prevent the.

closing of the shutter being likewise gradual, I have provided a detent 48for the stem 41 of the shutter. This detent is pivoted on the supplemental plate 25, and adapted at its outer end 49 to receive the extremity 50 of the stem when the shutter is in open position, and by its weight hold the shutter raised or open. When the in 45 of the arm 42 begins to move, there ore, in its retraction, the shutter does not at once follow it, but the pin moves idly to a point where the shutter can freely drop entirely closed, and then said pin engages a projection 51 of the shutter stem, releasing it from the detent and let-tin the shutter drop by gravity. A practically instantaneous closure of the opening 20 is thus secured, as well as substantially instantaneous openin above described. A pin 57 holds the detent 48 from dropping down too far when idle.

In the operation of the devices described, let it be supposed that the talking machine is running and the ma ic lantern parts are as shown in Fig. 4, so hat a picture is being thrown on the screen through the hole 20.

The talking machine continues to run, its

reproducer pulling through the rod 33 u on the rack 30 which in turn rotates the w ieel 28, until the next pin 27 of said wheel engages the projection 47 of the arm 42 and slowly pushes said arm backward, or toward the right hand side of said Fig. 4. As the arm 42 swings, it leaves the shutter 40 as shown in Fig. 4 until the pin 45 of the arm engages the rejection 51 of the shutter stem 41; this orces the shutter free from its detent 48, and it drops instantly to close the opening 20, the in 45 having passed out of the way. The pin 27 of the wheel 28, by its continued movement carries the arm 42 still farther back and at the same time engages the star wheel 26 to turn the same a tooth; this brings the next picture in front of the opening 20, and upon the release of said tooth and also projection 47 of the arm, said arm falls forward, its pin 45 en aging the stem 41 of the-shutter 40 and orcing the same into open upper position as shown in Fig. 4. The detent 48 catches the extremity 50 of the shutter stem, and thus the parts are again in the relation shown in Fig. 4, with the next picture being exhibited.

It will be noted that the plate 19 is recessed at its back, as at 52, to receive the parts above described for operating the picture disk and shutter, and preferably all said parts are mounted for convenience u on the supplemental plate 25 above referre to and which is removably secured to the main plate 19 by screws 53. Even this suppleracks to actuate the w eel.

- shutter adapted to cut 08 the light of the to said shaftand shut said shaft and shutter, and means for memental plate is shown recessexi asiit 56 to 29 are removable. Thegsaineresu t of variameans for plate, means for transmittin receive the finger 45 of the arm 42 in its swinging movement. Furthermore, I desire to point out that by changes in the positions of the pins on the wheel 28, the time of displaying the pictures of a series could be varied. I have therefore shownin the wheel 28 a' series of outer holes 54, in an of which the pins 27 maybe arranged and ikewise an inner series 0 sockets 55 for the pins 29, it being'understood that the said ins-127 and" tion in time of picture display could obviously-be obtainedl by chan ing the entire wheel 28, or by sin di erently toothed Having thus described the invention, what I claim asnew is:-' Q A 1. The combination with a talking machine having a traveling re roducer and means tor driving the same and a magic lantern having a picture disk shaft, of a rotary member connected to said shaft and means for mechanically transmitting lin'ear movement of said reproducer into rotation of said rotar member.

2. he combination with a talking ma-- chine havin a' traveling reproducer and riving' the same and-a ma '0 lantern having a. picture disk shaft, 0 a

magic lantern from said picture disk, and means for mechanical transmitting motion from the said reproducer of the talking chine.

3. The combination with chine havin a traveling repro means for riving the same and a ma ic lantern having apicture disk, shaft an a shutter, of a rotary member connected to chanically transmitting linear movement of said reprodu'cer into rotation of saidrotary member.

4. The combination with a talking machine havinga traveling reproducer, and a magiclantern having an apertured plate. of a plcture diskshaft rotatably mounted'm said plate, a rack slidably mounted on said motion ;rem said rack to said shaft interm tent-1y, and a connecting rod pivoted at one end to said rack and adapted at its other end to be attached to the'reproducer arm of the talking machine. I I

5. The combination was stalking machine having a traveling' reproducer, and a magic lantern havingan apertured plate, of a picture disk shaft rotatabl mounted 'in said late, a star wheel on sai shaft,-a rack slida ly mounted on said plate. a wheel piv: oted on-saicLplate and engaged by said pins on said wheel adapted to engage sai star wheel, and a connecting rod pivoted at d tothereproducer of at its other end to be attached to the rcproducer armof the talkin machine.

7. The combination with a talking machine having a traveling repi'oducer and a magic lantern having an a ertured .plate, 'of a picture disk shaft rota'talily mounted in said plate, studs on said late,- a rack slotted to receive said studs an slii'iable thereon, a

wheel pivoted on said plate iindengagcd by said rack, pins on said wheel adapted to engage said star wheel, and a connecting rod' pivoted at one end to said rack and adapted at itsother end to be attached tothe re producer arm of the talkin machine.

8. The combination wit a talking ma chine having a moving reproducer, of a;

magic lantern having an apertured plate means for dis laying :ictures through aperture, a s utter or said a rtui, a pivoted arm adapted to operate said shutter, a rack slidably mounted on said plate, means for transm' 'g motion from said rack to -sai ntermittently, and connections hetiFeen said rack and thereproduoer of the talkin machine. V v

9. 'lfiie combination with a talking machine having -a moving 'reproducer, of a magic lantern having an apertured plate, means for displaying picturesthrough said aperture, 0. s utter normally closing said a erture, a pivoted arm adapted to open said shutter, a rack slidahly mounted on said plate,-means for transmitting motion from said rack said arm intermittently, and conadiectionsf blet-weirkil said ralfk and the re ucero at eta n mac inc. in. The combination with m chine having a moving reproducer, of a magic lantern having an apertured plate means for dis layingpictures through aperture, a s utter normally 'closin said aperture b v to open sai s utter, a rack shdably mounted on said plate, means for transmitting motion from said rack to said arm intenmttently, and connections; betweensaid'rack and the rcproducer of the talking machine.

11. The combination with a talking machine ha'vin g a moving reproducer, 'of a .gegiylarfflrn having an apertured plate, means for displaying pictures through said aperture, a shutter for said aperture norone end to said rack and adapted at its other mally' closing by gravity, a (latent adapted avity, a pivoted arma 'apted to hold said shutter open, a pivoted arm adapted to operate said shutter, a rack slidably mounted on said plate, means for trans mittin motion from said rack to said armi intermittently, and connections between said. rack and the reproducer of the talking machine.

12. The combination with a talking machine having a moving reproducer, of a magic lantern having an apertured plate, means for displaying pictures through said aperture, a pivoted shutter for said aperture normally closing by gravity, a pivoted arm adapted to open said shutter, a rack slidably mounted on said plate, means for transmitting motion from said rack to said arm intermittent-ly, and connections between said rack and the reproducer of the talking machine.

13. The combination with a talking machine having a moving reproducer, of a magic lantern having an apertuied plate, means for displaying pictures through said aperture, a shutter pivoted by a stem and adapted to normally close said aperture by gravity, a pivotetl arm adapted to engage 'said stem to opeITite the shutter, and means for transmitting motion from the reproducer of the talking machine to said arm to swing the same.

14. The combination with talking machine having a moving reproducer, of a magic lantern having an apertured plate, means for displaying pictures through said aperture, a pivoted shutter adapted to normally close said aperture by-gravity, a detent for holding said shutter open, a pivoted arm adapted to engage said shutter stem to open the shutter, means adapted to be engaged by said arm to release the said detent. and connections for transmitting motion from the reproducer of the talking machine to said arm to swing the same.

15. The combination with a talking machine having a moving reproducer, of a magic lantern having an apertured plate, means for displaying pictures through said aperture, a shutter for said aperture pivoted by a stem, a projection on said stem at the opposite side of its pivotal point from the body of the shutter, a pivoted arm adapted to engage said stem to open the shutter and said projection to close it, and means for transmitting motion from the rcproducer of the talking machine to said arm to swing the same.

16. The combination with a talking machine having a moving reprodueer, of a magic lantern having an apertured plate, means for displaying pictures through said aperture, a shutter for said aperture pivoted by a stem, a projection on said stem at the opposite side of its pivotal point from the body of the shutter, a pivoted arm adapted to engage said arm to open the shutter and said projection to close it, a detent for the shutter, and means for transmitting motion from the reproduccr of the talking machine to said arm to swing the same.

17. The combination with a plate having a display aperture, of a shutter adapted to normally close by gravity, an arm pivoted at one end and adapted at its other end to open said shutter by gravity, and means for intermittently retracting said arm from the shutter.

18. The combination with a plate having a display aperture, of a shutter adapted to normally close by gravity, an arm pivoted at one end and adapted at its other end to open said shutter by gravity, means for intermittently retracting said arm from the shutter. and a detent for said shutter.

19. The combination with a plate having a display aperture, of a shutter adapted to normally close by gravity, an arm pivoted at one end and adapted at its other end to open said shutter by gravity, means for intermittently retracting said arm from the shutter, and means adapted to he engaged by said arm to release said detcnt.

HAROLD O. MAT'JTH ldlVS.

In the presence of- RUSSELL M. Evnnn'rr, ETHnL B. Reno.

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