Motography (Jul - Dec 1915)

64 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIV, No. 2. Julien Tessier, assignor to Lubin Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. The film in the film gate is guided by two guides, one on each side, which hold the film closely. The two guides are moved by a striker which is fixed to the frame of the machine, and when the film gate is swung outwardly for threading up the guides swing away from the striker and separate automatically to facilitate threading up. 1,126,636. Baseball System for Projection. Issued to Albert A. Heyman, Baltimore, Md., assignor of part to T. T. Thomas, Baltimore, Md. Film for reproducing and exhibiting baseball games, consisting of a series of sections of moving picture film, each showing a selected portion of a game, the sections showing interchangeable plays in the game, so that a number of sections joined in sequence will serve to illustrate any one of several continuous innings capable of being illustrated by different combinations of the sections taken. No. 1,126,720. Tripod. Issued to Andre Debrie, Paris, France. A panoramic tripod for cinematographic cameras, containing both horizontal and vertical movements in very compact form. No. 1,126,902. Safety Shutter. Issued to Archie D. Standeford, Kansas City, Mo. The shutter is self-closing but is held open by a latch which is released if the film should break. The novelty lies in the mechanism for detecting the break in the film. Two air blasts are directed upon the opposite faces of the film as it passes from the film gate, and the film deflects are air currents to a vane which holds open an electric circuit. Should the film break, the air currents are not deflected against the vane, the electric circuit closes and the shutter is released. No. 1.127,382. Color Photography. Issued to W. B. Featherstone, assignor to Synthetic Corporation, New York, N. Y. The object is to avoid the color fringes found in some Fig. 1,127,382. pictures. The film for projection shows a double row or triple row of pictures, for the different color values, and the projection is made by two or three projection lenses simultaneously. No. 1.127,647. Film Lubricator. Issued to R. J. Lacey and E. Gaughran, Muncie, Ind. In rewinding the film it is passed over studs which engage it at the margins only, and Denver, Colorado. The arrangement is such that the closing of an emergency electrical circuit will cut off the electric current from the driving motor and from the projecting lamp. The means for closing the emergency circuit contains the novelty of the patent. Two idler rollers are opposed to each other with the film between them on its way to the take-up reel. If the film should break the rollers touch and close the emergency circuit. The principal object in such a detector is that it should accomplish its purpose without injury to the film strip, a condition which apparently is attained in this patent. No. 1,127,871. Recovery of Material. Issued to Jaques Duclaux, Paris, France. A process for the recovery of formic esters used as solvents in the manufacture of celluloid. The vapors are absorbed in water containing an alkaline agent. A strong acid is added with a large excess of methyl or ethyl alcohol, and the solution then is distilled. No. 1,128,460. Speed Adjuster. W. P. Kubitz and Charles Schmidborn, St. Louis. Mo. Two friction cones with a friction Fig. 1,127.647. which place a small quantity of lubricant upon the margins, to reduce the friction in the film gate and over the sprocket teeth. No. 1.127.775. Safety Attachment. Issued to O. B. Olson and I.. R. Kennedy, assignors to the O. K. Controller Co., Fig. 1,128.460. idler between are interposed between the motor and the motion head. See illustration. No. 1,128,861. Intermittent Mechanism. Issued to Horace Fisher, assignor to W. E. Garforth, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England. A variation of that class of intermittent mechanisms which have a slide operating vertically with a reciprocating motion, and a clamp carried by the slide which grips the film as the slide moves downward and releases the film while the slide returns. No. 1,128,867. Screen. Issued to Jacob H. Center, Newburgh. N. Y. Strips of fabric are joined by matching edges and then cementing a strip over the seam line upon the back of the screen. To conceal the seam from the front, a composition paste is spread upon the surface of the screen, which afterward is mechanically embossed. No. 1,129,693. Attachment. Issued to August H. F. Kurre, New York, N. Y. The usual perforated picture film passes through the film gate vertically, as is usual in projectors. There is added a narrow horizontal unperforated film containing the words of a lecture upon the subject matter of the motion picture of the picture film; this horizontal band moves steadily and is projected along the margin of the picture screen. The three claims are comprehensive. "Claim 1. An attachment for a moving picture machine, comprising a diaphanous band provided with a legend pertaining to the subject matter of the film of the moving picture machine, and means for moving the said band across the film at the projecting area of the moving picture machine to cause a simultaneous projecting of the film matter and the legend of the band."