Motion Picture News (Apr-Jun 1918)

3962 (Accessory) M o tio n P i c t u re N e w s The film that first made motion pictures practical is easily identifiable by the words "EASTMAN" AND "KODAK" on the film margin. EASTMAN KODAK CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. Printing, Developing, Toning, Tinting Titles Domestic Foreign Empire City Film Laboratories, Inc. 345 West 40th Street New York WHY PAY— $58.5? for HO volt Motors and an additional sum for 220 volt motors for POWER 6A when we will sell you a thoroughly efficient motor equipment, 110 or 220 volts A. C. or D. C. for $35.00 net, including the motor attachment for your mechanism? Our motors have no wooden bearings and no friction wheels to wear out. We are exclusive distributors for SIMPLEX Machines and all Supplies. LEWIS M. SWAAB 1327 VINE STREET PHILADELPHIA , PA. The American Film Cleaner A LL up-to-date exchanges appreciate the necessity of regularly **• cleaning and renovating their films, and the American Film Cleaner, which we have just seen demonstrated, is a machine that is deserving of investigation by the executives and the inspection departments of the various exchanges. The American Film Cleaner, shown in the illustration, is meant to take care of film cleaning on a large scale, and is very strongly constructed, being also characterized by simplicity in operation, due to the absence of unnecessary and complicated parts. The reel of film to be cleaned is placed on a spindle at the left of the machine, and is then lead through a series of four revolving brushes which are immersed in a tank containing the cleaning fluid. Although it might be thought that these brushes would cause scratching of the film while it is passing through^ the cleaning solution, it has nevertheless been demonstrated that no scratching results from the scrubbing action of the brushes. Be sure to mention " MOTION PI The American Film Cleaner Upon its emergence from the tank containing the cleaning solution the film passes up an inclined chute which is provided with a series of squeegees in the form of flat rubber strips, the surplus cleaning fluid being thus removed from the film in a manner similar to that in which a window-cleaner removes the surplus water from a window pane. Proceeding upwards and over the large idler roller at the right, in the illustration, the film is once again squeegeed by coming in contact with another rubber strip, and then passes to the take up reel which is located at the center of the apparatus. A feature of the American Film Cleaner is the manner in which the surplus cleaning fluid is removed from the sprocket holes of the film, this point being overlooked in many ■ previous film cleaning machines. As the illustration shows, the film is wound upon the receiving reel in contact with a strip of clean white paper having a slightly absorbent character, and as the film is entirely free of the cleaning solution except for the sprocket holes, when it reaches the receiving reel, this paper band with which it is rewound, removes the last traces of solution from the sprocket holes. The film is finally rewound from the receiving reel on a double rewinder, which rewinds the film upon one reel and the paper strip upon another, whereupon the film is ready for projection and the paper strip is ready for use again in connection with the cleaning machine. The paper strips used with the American Film Cleaner may be used five or six times before they are so soiled as to require renewal. A y& horse-power motor is used to operate the American Film Cleaner, which will clean a thousand foot reel of film in about six minutes. The makers of this useful device are the American Film Cleaner Company, 1104 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. CTURE NEWS " when writing to advertisers