Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1930-1949)

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140 THOMPSON August used drops into place at the end of the retracting stroke. Thus the slides are gravity-fed from the hopper on the left to the slide track, are positioned by the plunger, and finally are pushed by the next mm Fig. 3 — Exposed view of slide changer. Fig. 4 — Slide changer with cover. slide into a receiving hopper. The unit shown uses a 3000-revolutionper-minute motor, has a 16-to-l reduction system, and completes a slide-change cycle in about 0.4 second. The motor picks up speed rapidly, and since the beginning of the cycle is chosen well ahead of the forward stroke of the plunger, it is operating at full speed during