Moving Picture News (1911) . SHOWING HEAD OF MACHINE W I 111REMOVED 1 IREPROOF COVERS advantage of our adjustable mount) the result will be a per-fect white light all over the picture, entirely eliminating theobjectionable blue spot which causes so much criticism of theoperator. How about the shutter arrangement? I am very proud of this point; while the shutter is sentout approximately adjusted, it is not necessary for us to payparticular attention to this very important detail; there is asmall knurled knob on the lamphouse side of the mechanismjust below the automatic shutter. As soon as the
Moving Picture News (1911) . SHOWING HEAD OF MACHINE W I 111REMOVED 1 IREPROOF COVERS advantage of our adjustable mount) the result will be a per-fect white light all over the picture, entirely eliminating theobjectionable blue spot which causes so much criticism of theoperator. How about the shutter arrangement? I am very proud of this point; while the shutter is sentout approximately adjusted, it is not necessary for us to payparticular attention to this very important detail; there is asmall knurled knob on the lamphouse side of the mechanismjust below the automatic shutter. As soon as the picture ison the screen, if there is any perceptible ghost, it is only nec-essary to turn this knob to the right or left (with left hand)to bring the shutter into perfect alignment while the ma-chine is in motion. This is a real boon to the inexperienced. REAR VIEW OF MECHANISM WITH DUSTPROOF DOOR OPEN operator, also to the experienced and old-timers, for theycan remember how often their show has been spoiled by notbeing able to control this delicate adjustment while the ma-chine is in motion. Now, Mr. Saunders, I want to call your attention to an-other advantage to users of the Simplex—the film trap often happens while running fresh films through a project-ing machine, the emulsion sticks to the trap door springs inlong streaks; every operator knows how difficult it is to re-move the emulsion after it has caked hard. With the Sim-plex it is only necessary to push the knob that opens the film trap door, grip the door and lift it up to the stop, then pullforward away from the machine; there is now plenty of roomto clean the trap. The door can be cleaned while being heldin hand. Have you anything to say to the operator specially? Yes; in introducing our machine to the trade, we desireto bring to the special attention of practic
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