Apparatus containing a plurality of sound moving picture films with a device for theprojection of the film chosen

Claim 1

A COIN OPERATED SOUND MOVIE FILM PROJECTION APPARATUS, COMPRISING A CABINET, A SCREEN LOCATED ABOVE SAID CABINET, A DRUM LOCATED WITHIN SAID CABINET, A PLURALITY OF RADIAL FILM-CARRYING FORKS CARRIED BY SAID DRUM, A SHAFT SUPPORTING SAID DRUM, SAID DRUM BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED UPON SAID SHAFT, A FILM-NUMBERED DISC KEYED UPON SAID SHAFT AND HAVING A PORTION PROJECTING OUTSIDE OF SAID CABINET FOR ROTATING SAID SHAFT TO A SELECTED POSITION FOR SELECTING ONE OF SAID FILMS FOR PLAYING, A POSITIONING GEAR WHEEL KEYED UPON SAID SHAFT, ANOTHER GEAR WHEEL FIRMLY CONNECTED WITH SAID DRUM, A SWITCH CARRIED BY THE SECOND-MENTIONED GEAR WHEEL, A CAM KEYED UPON SAID SHAFT AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID SWITCH, COIN-OPERATED MEANS FOR LOCKING THE FIRST-MENTIONED GEAR WHEEL IN A SELECTED POSITION CORRESPONDING TO THE POSITION OF SAID FILM-NUMBERED DISC, INDEXING MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE COIN-OPERATED MEANS FOR TURNING THE SECOND-MENTIONED GEAR WHEEL ALONG WITH SAID DRUM TO THE SELECTED POSITION, LOCKING MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID SWITCH AND ACTUATED THEREBY FOR LOCKING THE SECOND-MENTIONED GEAR WHEEL ALONG WITH SAID DRUM IN SAID SELECTED POSITION, A SEPARATE HOOK CONNECTED WITH EACH OF THE FILMS CARRIED BY SAID FORKS, SAID HOOKS BEING CARRIED BY SAID HOLDER, A FILM WINDING REEL, A SWINGABLE ARM ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE HOOK OF THE SELECTED FILM AND MOVE IT UPON SAID WINDING REEL TO EXTEND THE SELECTED FILM, MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE LOCKING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID SWINGABLE ARM AND SAID WINDING REEL, FILM PRESSING MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID SWINGABLE ARM FOR MOVING THE EXTENDED SELECTED FILM TO A PROJECTING POSITION, A PROJECTOR ACTUATED BY THE FILMPRESSING MEANS FOR PROJECTING THE SELECTED FILM LOCATED IN A PROJECTING POSITION UPON SAID SCREEN, AND REWIND MEANS ENGAGING THE SELECTED FILM FOR REWINDING IT UPON SAID HOLDER UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECTION OF SAID FILM.