Improvements in or applicable to Apparatus for Exhibiting "Living Pictures."
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Apparatus for Exhibiting "Living
Pictures."
I, ERNST MALKE, Manufacturer, of Leipzig-Gohlis, German Empire, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to apparatus for
exhibiting living pictures" and has for its object to provide better means than
those heretofore used for bending back the several pictures of which a series
consists and allowing the same to spring into position when they arrive at that
point at which they are to be set free.
In apparatus of the class in question it is usual to employ a block or bar to
act as a brake upon the pictures passing under or by it for the purpose of holding
back or bending rearwardly each picture until the proper moment for its release,
but the brakes hitherto used act in a manner not making sufficient allowance
for variations in the resiliency of the several pictures or in their length, the
brake hereinafter described however, readily adapts itself to such variations.
According to this invention the brake consists of a flexible elastic strip thickened
or strengthened at its outer, or free end so as to make it heavy and strong enough
to flex the pictures passing under or by it. It is attached by a screw or the like
to a standard or upright so placed in proximity to the path of the pictures as to
present the brake block in proper position to act on the pictures, and to bend the
same as required for presentation to the eye.
Opposite the brake and on the same standard is provided a roller which limits
the extent to which the brake block can be pushed by the pictures as they pass.
As the pictures in being carried forward by the operation of the apparatus
reach the brake, they bear against the brake block and push it up or aside against
the roller, or towards it. The pictures remain bent until that moment when they
leave the edge of the brake block. The elasticity of the strip forming or carrying
the block permits the brake to act upon pictures of varying elasticity or length
within certain limits.
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BERNHARD DUKES,
226, Hign Holborn, London, W.C.
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or applicable to Apparatus for Exhibiting "Living
Pictures."
I, ERNST MALKE, Manufacturer, of Leipzig-Gohlis, in the German Empire, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
Price R71

page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement:
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This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to apparatus for
exhibiting living pictures" and has for its object to provide better means than
those heretofore used for bending back the several pictures of which a series
consists and allowing the same to spring into position when they arrive at that
point at which they are to be set free.
The accompanying drawings illustrate this invention and show so much of the
whole apparatus as is necessary for the comprehension of the new features of the
same and
Figure 1 is a side view, showing the mechanism at rest.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the mechanism and
Figure 3 is a side view showing this improved mechanism in operation.
Like letters indicate like parts in all the figures.
In apparatus of the class in question it is usual to employ a block or bar to
act as a brake upon the pictures passing under it for the purpose of holding back,
or bending rearwardly, each picture until the proper moment for its release but
the brakes hitherto used act in a manner not making sufficient allowance for
variations in the resiliency of the several pictures, or in their length, the brake
hereinafter described however readily adapts itself to such variations; its con-
struction is as follows:
The brake consists of a flexible elastic strip A, which at A' is thickened or
strengthened so as to make it heavy and strong enough to flex the pictures
passing under, or by, it. It is by a screw B, attached to a standard or upright C,
placed in suitable position close to the path of the pictures. When
the apparatus is in operation the pictures, I), successively pass the
brake and are bent by it as will appear more particularly from Figure 2 of
the drawings, the strip A also being bent. On the support C a stop is provided,
this stop Elimits the extent to which the brake can be bent. The end of the stop
may conveniently be fitted with a roller as shown in the drawings, to diminish
friction. Between the pictures D springs of parchment may be interposed to
give more force to their movement at the moment when they escape from under
the brake.
It will be readily understood that as the pictures are carried under the brake,
they are bent back, and on the other hand raise the brake. By this arrangement
any inequality in the length, thickness, and resiliency of the pictures is com-
pensated for by the flexibility of the brake. It naturally follows that the several
pictures as they pass in succession are presented to the eye in a more satisfactory
manner than heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
In apparatus such as hereinabove referred to a brake constructed and operating
as set forth and substantially as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
BERNHARD DUKES,
226, High Holborn, London, W.C.
Agent for the Applicant.
BERNHARD DUKES,
226, High Holborn, London, W.C.
Agent for the Applicant.