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(No Model.)

H. W. SHORT.

MEANS POR BXHIBITING GQNSBOUTIVE PICTURES.

Patented Jan. 26, 1897.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

HENRIT IV. SHORT, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

MEANS FOR EXHIBITING CONSECU'TIVE PICTURES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,761, dated January 26, 1897.

Application filed June 25,1896. Serial No. 596,910. (No model.)

.T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WILLIAM SHORT, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of London, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Exhibiting Consecutive Pictures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification thereof.

This invention relates to what are known as book-form kinetoscopes, wherein a number or series of leaves carrying successive representations or pictures which are bound together at one end, the object being to insure the pictures or representations being in juxtaposition when bound in book form.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will now refer to the annexed drawings, in which@ Figure l is aview of part of my strip 'for taking the pictures or representations thereon; Fig. 2, a perspective view of saine when cut and being bound; Fig. 3, a perspective view of book. complete; Fig. 4, a stand or support for use when binding the leaves together.

The present method of producing or manufacturing these book-forni kinetoscopes up to the present time has been to print the views, pictures, or representations upon separate sheets or leaves of the desired size, which are then bound together at one end, but the diftlcultyl of insuring that each View, picture, or representation shall be in juxtaposition has not been overcome.

Referring to the annexed drawings, in constructing a book form of kinetoscope I eniploy a strip or band ct of a sufficient Width so that the views, pictures, or representations b are taken upon one side or edge of the band a. The other side is provided with perforations e, in which pins upon a drum engage when the views, pictures, or representations are being taken, said band passing over said druin. The form of apparatus for taking the views, pictures, or representations may be of any well-known and convenient forin. The strip or band ct is then cut into sections or leaves along the dotted lines c and is bound as follows: The pins d pass through the apertures or perforations e, and thus insure the juxtaposition of the views, pictures, or representations. The ends are then secured or bound together by any convenient and wellknown means. The other ends fof the leaves are then cut at an angle, as shown by dotted lines fi, Fig. 2, so that by passing thetinger or a pointer g over said edges the views, pic tures, or representations may be viewed consecutively. 7L is the base which carries the pins cl.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-

A strip or band for bookforrn kine toscopes, one edge of which carries views, pictures or representations, and the other edge a row of perforations, the pictures and the perforations being in exact alineinent, and the perforaa tions having the saine relation to the differn ent pictures, for the purpose of positioning the latter, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of May, 1896.

HENRY NV. SHORT.

IVitnesses:

BENJAMIN CLARK, WM. JOHN WEEKS.

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