In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1914)

680,749 i. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a film or strip, of & tension device, a rotating ..-lenient adapted to causa the film to intermittent!}' move S through saJA tension device, a drum for taking up the film as it is intermittently moved, together with a gear connection between said rotating clement and the drum, said gear connection being so-proportioned and timed that to the interval of exposure of the film shall predominate tlie interval of motion, whereby simple and efficient mechanism maybe provided for operating the film, substantially as described <5 2. In an apparatus of the character doscribed, the combination with a film or strip, of a tension device, a shaft provided with a rotating element having an eccentricallyarranged roller thereon adapted to engage *o the film and intermittently move the same through said tension device, a shaft and a take-up drum secured to said shaft, a gear seemed to the shaft of the rotating element, and a second gear of larger diameter secured 25 to the take-up-drum shaft and meshing directly with, the gear on the rotatiug-oleineni shaft, said gear being so proportioned and timed that the interval of exposure of the film shall predominate the interval of motion, 30 wbei-eby simple and efficient mechanism may be provided for operating the film, substantially as described. 3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a film or strip, of a ten35 sion device, a feed-drum adapted to be contin -.ously rotated and to provide slack in the film between said drum and the tension device, a take-up drain connected to the feeddrum so as to rotate in unison therewith, a 40 rotating clement interposed between the tension devkc and snidiakc-up drum and adapted to intermittently movo a portion of tlio film at each revolution, together with adlrec* gear connection between said rotating element and the take-up drum, said gear con 45 nection being so proportioned and timed' that the interval of exposure of the film shairpredominate the interval of motion, whereby simple and efficient mechanism may be provided for operating the film, substantially as sodescribed. 4. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination" wjth a film or strip provided with apertures or perforations there in, a rotating element adapted to cause the 55 film to intermittently move through said tension device, a drutn provided with teeth engaging tne perforations in the film and adapted to take up said film as it is intermittently moved, together with a pair of idler-spools 60 interposed between the take-np drum and the rotating element and arranged above and below said drum on the same side thereof; snid film being passed around tho upper siir 1 face of the upper spool, and then around the 65 lower surface of the lower spool to the takeup drum, whereby the strain on the film by the take-up drum may bo relieved and the enlargement of the perforations thereof provented, substantially as described. 70 5. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a suitable support, of a drum arranged thereon, a film or strip passing around said drum, and fingers arranged at the opposite ends of the drum 75 adapted to aline said film, said fingers being adjustably held upon the support so as to swing away from the drum to permit the film to be passed around tho latter, substantially as described. 80 In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. THOMAS ARM AT. Witnesses: J. A. E. Cbiswelt,, Chaules E. Riordon.