Film Actuating Mechanism For Motion Picture Cameras. (open access)

Film Actuating Mechanism For Motion Picture Cameras.

Patent for useful improvement in Film Actuating Mechanism for Motion-Picture cameras and cinematograph motion picture cameras. This invention simplifies and improves on the construction and capacity of film.
Date: May 12, 1917
Creator: Gildersleeve, Fred E. & Trice, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for a modification of a conventional rail joint, adding a solid abutment that allows for the use of conventional splice bars that "does not involve any appreciable increase in cost over the conventional rail joint" (lines 29-30). Includes Illustration.
Date: May 22, 1917
Creator: Baker, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History