Improvements in Magazine or Hand Photographic Cameras.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Magazine or Hand Photographic Cameras.
I, TOM MILLER, of 29, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Watch Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in magazine or hand photographic
cameras. The object of my invention is to enable films to be employed in their
natural form without the addition of either metal sheaths, paper backing, or other
addition thereto, and thereby to reduce the size and weight of the camera. In the
accompanying drawing to which I hereinafter refer, I have shown a longitudinal
section of my improved camera.
In this invention 1 construct a rectangular case as a in which is an upper
Within
chamber b to which access may be obtained by a hinged lid or cover c.
each side and at the rear end of said chamber I fit a small ratchet or friction wheel :m
on a transverse spindle g with the upper edges of the wheels raised a little above
the floor t; the spindle q projects through the side of the camera and is actuated
by a toothed wheel or other device. A connection is formed between the chamber b
and the back interior portion of the camera by means of the aperture or opening.v.
I form a vertical slide d at a short distance within and apart from the back.g.of the
camera; a rod e fitted in the centre of the slide d is attached to a pair of springs of
which project from the aforesaid slide when the rod e is down, but which are drawn
within the slide when the rod is pulled up. The frame j may be either fixed.as
shown or may be moveable. The lens is placed in the lens box k in the usual
manner.
In applying my invention, I place any number of films as they are received
from the manufacturer, in the chamber b so as to lie flat down on the floor t of said
chamber, the rear ends of the side edges of the bottom film 7 resting on the
projecting peripheries of the wheels m. I place a-board c¹ on the top of the films
and close the lid c, the springs c² pressing on said board. In order to remove.a
film from the chamber band place it in position for taking a picture, I draw up
the rod e and turn the spindle q when the bottom film will be moved through the
opening and will fall against the register j; I then push down the rod e which
causes the springs f to press the edges of the film as 2 against the register j and
to remain immoveable. When the picture is taken, and it is desired to remove the
film, the rod e is first drawn up and then the slide d; the camera is tipped back
which causes said film to rest against the inside of the back g of the camera,and.is
enclosed by the slide d, which is then replaced, but not the rod e, the succeeding film
being first passed from the chamber 6 through the opening by means of the
wheels or rollers m. By these means any number of films may be employed in
their natural state and the use of sheaths or other like additions are entirely dis-
pensed with; a register placed on the, outside.of.the.camera indicates the number of

page_text: revolutions the wheels mare required to make in order to remove a film from the
chamber b.
Dated this 7th day of December 1897
Improvements in Magazine or Hand Photographic Cameras.
I, TOM MILLER, of 29, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Watch Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in magazine or hand photographic cameras.
The object of my invention is to enable filins to be employed in their natural form
without requiring either metal sheaths, paper backing, or other addition thereto, and
thereby to reduce the size and weight of the camera. I attain this object by the
means hereinafter described, reference being made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side view and
Figs. 2 and 3 vertical sections of my improved camera.
Fig. 4 is a sectional plan drawn through line A A.
Fig. 5 is a transverse section on line B B.
Figs. 6 and 7 are vertical sections such as is represented by Fig. 2 but with a
modification.
In the several views shown on the drawing similar letters refer to similar parts.
In this invention I construct a rectangular case as a with an upper chamber b
therein to which access may be obtained by a hinged lid or cover c within each side
.and near the rear end of said chamber, I fit a small ratchet or friction wheel m on a
transverse spindle q with the upper edges of the wheels raised a little above the
the floor t of said chamber. At one end of the spindle q I fit a tooth wheel a of
small diameter that is actuated by a toothed wheel x¹ of larger diameter which is
connected to a handle 2 fitted on the outside of the case a.
between the chamber b and the back interior portion y of the camera.
A passage vis formed
I fit a
vertical slide d at a short distance within and apart from the back g of the.camera.
A rod e fitted in the centre of the slide d is attached to a pair of springs f which
project from the aforesaid slide when the rod e is down as in Figs. 1 and 2 but which
are drawn within the slide as in Fig. 3 when the rod e is pulled up. The frame or
register jinay be either fixed as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, or may be formed to slide as
in Figs. 6 and 7. A lens as h is placed in the lens box k in the usual manner.
In applying my invention, I place a film or any number of films as they are
received from the manufacturer in the chamber b so as to lie flat down on the floor t
of said chamber, the rear ends of the side edges of the bottom film 1 resting on the
projecting peripheries of the wheels m. I place a board c² on the top of the films
and close the lid C,
the springs c2 pressing on said board. In order to remove a film
from the chamber 6 and place it in position for taking a picture, I draw up the rod e
and turn the spindle q when the bottom film will be moved through the opening v
and will fall against the register j. I then push down the rod e which causes the
springs to press the edges of the film 72 against the register j and to remain
immoveable. When the picture is taken, and it is desired to remove the film, the
rod e is first drawn up and then the slide d, the camera is tipped back which causes
said film to rest against the inside of the back g of the camera and is enclosed by the

page_text: slide d, which is then replaced, but not the rod e, the succeeding film being first.
passed from the chamber 6 through the passage v by means of the wheels or rollers m
actuated by the wheels x, x¹ and the handle x².
In the modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the rod e and springs j are not
employed. When it is required to pass a film from the chamber b in the manner
herein before described in order to take a picture, the register ; is moved forward
as shown in Fig. 7 by means of the catch j¹ and when the film has been deposited
vertically opposite the lens the spring 12 causes the register j to return to its
original position as in Fig. 6 and to confine the film between said register and the
slide d. When a picture has been taken, the film is deposited in the chamber y in
the manner herinbefore described by the slide d being drawn up.
By these means any number of films may be employed in their natural state and
the use of sheaths or other like additions are entirely dispensed with a recorder
as n placed on the outside of the camera indicates the number of revolutions the
wheels m are required to make, in order to remove a film from the chamber b to
a position opposite the lens.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. In magazine or hand photographic cameras the combination of an upper cham-
ber as b with a ratchet or friction wheel on each side at the rear end thereof, the
peripheries or edges of said wheels projecting slightly above the surface of the floor
of the chamber so that the side edges of films placed in the chamber may rest
thereon, the films being retained in position by springs or equivalents: a passage as v
through which to pass the films consecutively by means of the aforesaid ratchet or
friction wheels so as to obtain a vertical position: springs as f for pressing the edges
of the film against the register, and a slide d for enclosing the films after the picture
has been taken, until required to be removed from the camera, all substantially as
and for the purpose herein before described.
2nd. In a magazine or hand photographic camera, the means employed for
placing a film in position for taking a picture by the use of ratchet or friction wheels
acting on the side edges of said film and operated from the outside of the camera,
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
3rd. In a magazine or hand photographic camera the means employed for retaining
a film in position against the register in order to take a picture, by springs as f that
are contained in a slide and may be caused to extend therefrom when required,
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
4th. In magazine or hand photographic cameras the means employed for retaining
a film against the register in order to take a picture by withdrawing said register
until the film has been placed in a vertical position against a slide or the back of the
camera, and afterwards allowing the register to return to its original position substan-
tially as herein before described.
5th. In magazine or hand photographic cameras the means employed for depositing
and storing the films after a picture has been taken without removing said films from
the camera substantially as herein before described.
6th. A magazine or hand photographic camera that is constructed in the manner
and for the purpose substantially as herein before described.
Dutch Quis dist may
of August 1890.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.