The Moving Picture World (April 1907)

ioS THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD. out of the upper ends of their guides when the machine is operated quickly, a bar 47 is pivoted upon the rock-shaft 34 and pro- vided with forwardly-extending arms 48, engaging the upper ends of the walls 6. A coiled spring 49 is attached at one end to an arm 50, extending laterally from one of said arms at a distance from the shaft to hold the arms in engagement with the walls. When it is desired to take out or insert pictures, the bar is turned on the shaft until the spring passes the center of said shaft, the arms thus being held out of contact with the walls by the spring. Each of the cardboard pictures 4 is pro- vided with a back 51 of tin or other suitable material which is bent around the ends and bottom thereof, forming a holder to protect the picture and form a metal con- tact with the guides, so that it will slide easily therein, and also to give weight to the pictures, so that they will fall quickly. A clip 52 over the upper edge of the picture and back holds the picture in the holder and permits its ready removal therefrom. The hook 22 is normally held by gravity in contact with the stop-arm 18; but when the operator drops a coin into the chute it falls upon the end of the wire 24, and its weight throws the hook forward into engagement with the arm 17, thus connect- ing the operating-lever to the bar 15, so that when said lever is depressed the lifting- yoke will be turned on its pivot to raise the pictures, and at the same time the rock- shaft will be turned, putting the spring 46 under tension and moving the push-bars 36 out of contact with the cross-bar 32, thus leaving the springs 33 free to act upon said bar to project the rods 31 beneath the pictures as soon as they are raised above the ends of said rods. In order to get the lifting-yoke out of the way, so that the pictures may fall freely upon the buffers 10 as the rods 31 are with- drawn, the latch 42 is provided, which en- gages the yoke when the same reaches the upper end of its stroke and hold it there during the return or up movement of the operating-lever. Upon this upward move- ment of the operating-lever the arm 17, beingheld in the position in which it then is, said arm and the hook separate and the hook at once falls by its own gravity back against the stop 18, the coin having been allowed to pass on down the chute by the withdrawal of the wire therefrom during the downward movement of said operating- lever. The lever is thus disconnected from the other parts, so that when it engages the arm 43 of the latch and releases the same the yoke is free to fall into its normal or the position shown in Fig. 1. The return movement of the rock-shaft, which move- ment is caused by the spring 46, is, how- ever, retarded by the dash-pot, thus retard- ing the downward movement of the link- bar 39 also, and therefore in order that there may be a free movement of the bar 15 relative to the link-bar to allow the yoke to fall freely the pin-and-slot connection be- tween said bar and link is provided. It is evident that if the yoke was not held in its raised position after being so raised by the downward movement of the operat- ing-handle it would fall as said handle was raised, the hook 22 remaining in engage- ment with the lug 17, and if said handle was raised with a slow motion the downward movement of the yoke would be correspond- ingly slow, and it would not be fully low- ered before the pictures began to drop. This holding of the yoke in its raised po- sition also prevents, through the medium of lie link 14, bar 15, link-bar 39, and short-arm 38, the spring 46 from operating to withdraw the rods 31 from beneath the pictures, and therefore they are held in their raised position until the yoke is fully lowered out of the way, so that they may fall freely when the rods are withdrawn. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A. S., J. P., W. B., C. L„ O. C, and ... ers.—Thanks for letters. No, it is net * joke. The printer's imp wanted tc- •' **w his superiority, and like the air:..;eur lan- ternist he put the slide (cut) :.• wrong side up. We are not sorry in one dense, because it shows us that our readers are taking an interest in the paper. Wm. Ceoal. —(1), Gaston Melies, 204 East 28th street, New York. (2), C. Dress- ier & Co., 143 East 23d street, New York. (3), German-American Cinematograph and Film Company, 109 East 12th street, New York (we are not quite sure about this, but a letter will get you information). (4), Vitagraph Company, 116 Nassau street, New York. (5, 6, 7). Consult our adver- tisers ; we cannot make distinctions. O. G, W. K, W. P., B. H.—We are obliged to you for calling our attention to the matter, and enclosing the clippings. We have received no letter, nor do we know the man. When it comes we will certainly give it all the publicity it deserves. They are quite welcome to use our columns and copy therefrom any useful matter that helps on the groping tyro, but we have no use for the plagiarist, who invariably has no expert knowledge of the subjects he copies. G. Wilson writes: I cleaned my lenses a short time ago, and since then I have not been able to get a sharp image on the screen. Can you tell me what is the mat- ter? In reply: You have evidently trans- posed the lenses. Take them out again and put the front one in the tube with convex side outwards, then the thin double convex one place against the collar in back of tube (as a rule it does not matter which way this one is placed, as both sides are ground alike); then place the concave side of the back lens next to this, with the thin ring between; the hat side is then towards the condehsors. By following this method your pictures will be sharp as before. Film iReview. The Poet's Bid for Fame. The ecstatic poet calls at the office of the newspaper to present his inspiration; is met rudely by the editor and his office-boy. He harangues a crowd in the street; is run into a padded cell Finally goes onto the stage to recite.; he is not favorably re- received. Intensely funny and grand qual- ity. Her First Pancake. . The young wife's first essay to make a pancake, with the aid of the general servant Several attempts are made; the pancake first goes on the floor, then up the chimney. In the evening the husband eats one—has severe paroxysms. The doctor is called and a very amusing finale winds up this genuinely funny film. ouis Calcium Light Go. Established 1S73 Oxygen and Hydrogen Gas furnished in tanks for Stereopticoa and Moving Picture Machines. AU^rSfen to any part of the United Steles filled promptly. ■ -^_^ 516 ELM ST., ST. LOUIS, MO., U. S. A. NfeW We are sole American agents for HEPWORTH MFG, CO. CRICKS & SHARP R. W. PAUL New subjects every weeR. ir©s» <sleserip«» fciosa see Film Review im> iS*is issue *P vp \p Write for Lists Trade Supplied WILLIAMS, BROWN & EARLE Department P 918 Moot St., PHILADELPHIA, U.U »» CBAS. BS. HARRIS' NEW BOOK '•How to Write a IPopygar Song Gives full information regarding the same. Covers all details. P*iee, postpaid, - §l.OO CS3J6-S. K* HARRIS New York: Chicago: 33 W. 3iet St. 33 Grand Opera House Bid?. Mention Moving Picture World Now is the time to buy same cheap. Have a few fine new ones on band at a low price; come and sss them; no plaster of paris hor- ses. Also take old ones in exchange or re- build same into jumping horse motion. 2S* liefe Av*., E*. S. CSfty. N.Y. 1