The Nickelodeon (Feb-Sep 1909)

July, 1909. THE NICKELODEON. 23 Ne^?v^ Amusement Patents By Austin SnerriU It will be the purpose of this department to list all United States patents, as they are issued, which pertain to any form of amusement business giving such data in each case as will enable the reader to judge whether he wishes to see the complete drawings and specifications of the patent. When patents of special interest to The Nickelodeon readers are encountered, the descriptive matter herein will be amplified accordingly. A complete' copy of drawings, specifications and claims of any patent listed will be furnished from this office upon receipt of ten cents. 920,263. Film Developing Machine. Ralph L. Burton, Ortonville, Minn., assignor of one-half to Charles E. Chrisman, of same place. 921,135. Amusement Device. A riding device of the merrygo-round type. Louis C. Marble, Columbus, Ohio, assignor to Pleasure Park Specialty Company, Delaware, Ohio. 921,153. Carousel. Isaiah D. Patterson, Dayton, Ohio. 921,273 and 921,274. Fire-Proof Magazine for Picture Films. The metal case has a hinged cover, and has an opening for feeding out the film which is protected by rollers. There is also a chamber within the case which is filled with absorbent material moistened to keep the film prooerly provided with moisture to maintain flexibility. Thaddeus A. Nolen, Cincinnati, Ohio. 921,416. Amusement Device. A riding device having a passenger car which advances and tips, as well as rotates. August P. Lauster, Paterson, N. J. 921,537. Kinetoscope. The object of the invention is to provide reels which may be attached to any of the standard machines and which will when so attached obviate the necessity of rewinding the film between performances. As the illustration will show, the film is fed from the inner end of the upper reel, which is 921,537. placed flatwise across the top of the machine, while the take-up reel is quite ordinary in construction except that the reeled-up film has a large center space. The roll of film is taken from the lower reel and placed upon the upper one without rewinding, it being in proper shape for feeding when so changed. Charles B. Gillespie, Ridgeville Corners, Ohio. 921,552 and 921,553. Coin-Controlled Mechanism. Fred Meyer, Burlington, Iowa. Assignor to Dodson Vending Machine Company's Des Moines, Iowa. 921,597. Vending Machine. Albert E. Dieterich, Washington, D. C, assignor of one-half to Fred G. Dieterich, of same place. 921,655. Coin-Operated Vending Machine. Henry Pein, Jersey City, N. J., assignor to United Centadrink Manufacturing Company. 921,763. Coin-Controlled Vending Machine. Joseph L. Weed, Wheaton, 111. 921,841. Vending Machine. Frank Jendrzejewski, Chicago, 111. 922,052. Pleasure Railway. While the truck is movable along the track, the car body is rotatable upon the truck, and means are provided for moving it as the truck progresses. Andrew G. Sherk, Newark, New Jersey. 922,184. Amusement Device. This is a roller coaster having a car modeled after the form of a horse, giving a hilly horseback ride. Charles F. Peck, Coney Island, N. Y. 922,302. Kinematograoh. The present invention has for its object the elimination of the obscure periods or dark periods between the successive pictures in kinematographic projections, and the giving of a constant and even illumination upon the screen. The means employed for attaining these results consists of arranging the succession of pictures upon two films, and exposing from the two films alternately. To secure the even illumination of the screen, the two shutters are opened and closed in proper unison and relation, that each picture may fellow the preceding one with out an interval of darkness. Of course, the pictures must be taken by a double camera in the same manner, says the inventor, although it is not seen that such a making of the negative necessarily should follow, and furthermore such a process seems to have positive disadvantages, when the negative is made in the same manner as the projection. Claude Antoine Lumiere, Paris, France. 922,628. Amusement Apparatus. A modification of the phantom swing trick. A chamber has a car suspended therein and means for moving the chamber is provided, as well as means for moving the car. Alfred Pitzer, New York, N. Y. 922,723. Merry-Go-Round. A structural detail patent. Clarence D. Sauve, Denver, Colo. 922,743. _ Automatic Light Shield for Moving Picture Machines. This device is a safety shutter for moving picture machines which is intended to be of such design that when the film 922,743. ceases to feed through the film gate the safety shutter will close the film window. With the top sprocket running steadily, the upper feed loop of film will enlarge in case the film sticks in the film gate ; the inventor takes advantage of this feature and provides a shutter for the film window, which shutter is held out of the film window by a trigger, the trigger being operated by the enlargement of the upper feed loop of the film in case the film should stick in the gate. In the illustrations, the film window is shown at the figure 14, the safety shutter is labeled 20, the upper film loop is labeled 12 and the trigger arm against which the film pushes is labeled 24. Dallas C. Woodworth, Chicago, 111., assignor to Carl Laemmle, of same place. 923,087. Merry-Go-Round. A combination of some of the double-whirl features with a merry-go-round. Robert W. Steen, Kansas City, Missouri. 923,245. Coin-Operated Weighing and Vending Machine. Frank R. Chase, Cincinnati, Ohio. 923,334. Amusement Apparatus. A riding device composed of a whirling car mounted upon a truck. Owen M. Connelly and George W. Rudolph, Philadelphia, Pa. 923,432. Machine for Coloring Kinematographic Films. Ernest A. Ivatts, Paris, France, assignor to Compagnie Generale de Phonographes, Cinematographes and Appareils de Precision, Paris, France.