Patent ID: 7419077

Claim:
A device for transporting photographic film intermittently for motion pictures, said device being driven by at least one electric motor, and having a shutter for exposing said film to light through an aperture in a film gate when said film is at a standstill position, the improvement comprising means for transporting said motion picture film ( 5 ) without perforations from a defined start position to a defined stop position by discreetly piercing at least one surface of said film ( 5 ) with at least one mechanical point ( 2 ), so that said film ( 5 ) may be transported without slippage without the use of perforations, said at least one point ( 2 ) being inserted into said film ( 5 ) to hold said film ( 5 ) in order to transport said film ( 5 ) from said start position to said stop position, said at least one point ( 2 ) being withdrawn from said film ( 5 ) at said stop position before being brought to said start position and engaging said film ( 5 ) again to transport said film ( 5 ).