Motion picture camera using focal plane shutters

Claim 1

A CAMERA FOR FORMING A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS ON A LIGHT SENSITIVE FILM OF AN OBJECT MOVING AT HIGH SPEED COMPRISING A ROTATING REFLECTING MEANS FOR REFLECTING IMAGE RAYS RECEIVED FROM THE OBJECT TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS SWEEPING IMAGE RAYS ALONG A FIRST PATH, MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND DIVERTING SAID SWEEPING IMAGE RAYS ALONG A SECOND PATH IN A TIMED RELATIONSHIP BACK TO SAID FIRST NAMED MEANS, AN OPAQUE BAFFLE PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THEREIN ARRANGED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT A MULTIPLICATION OF IMAGES IS FORMED AFTER PASSAGE OF THE RAYS THROUGH THE APERTURES, SAID FIRST NAMED MEANS REFLECTING THE SWEEPING IMAGE RAYS IN THE SECOND PATH ACROSS SAID BAFFLE PLATE, THE APERTURES IN SAID BAFFLE PLATE RECEIVING AND PASSING THE MULTIPLE OF IMAGE RAYS IN A TIMED RELATIONSHIP THROUGH THE BAFFLE PLATE, CHANNELING MEANS FOR PLACING SAID MULTIPLE IMAGE RAYS IN A DISPLACED SPACED RELATIONSHIP, RECORDING MEANS HAVING AN ARCUATE SHAPE FOR RECEIVING AND RECORDING THE MULTIPLE IMAGE RAYS FROM SAID FIRST NAMED MEANS, A PLURALITY OF MIRRORS FOR RECEIVING AND REFLECTING SAID MULTIPLE OF IMAGE RAYS FROM SAID CHANNELING MEANS TO SAID FIRST NAMED MEANS WHEREBY THE MULTIPLE IMAGES ARE REFLECTED BY THE FIRST NAMED MEANS TO SAID RECORDING MEANS FOR RECORDATION IN A FRAME RELATION.