UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANZ J. MATHEIN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE

SCOVILL & ADAMS COMPANY, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SHUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,337, dated February 19, 1895.
Application ?led June 23, 1 898. Serial No, 478,560. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern. the lever constituting the detent extends into
Be it known that I, FRANZ J OSEF MATHEIN, a slot formed lengthwise in a tube E. lVithin
of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, this tube, on one side of the lever is a piston
have invented anew and useful Improvement e’ and on the other side a spring 62. That 55
‘in Photographic Shutters, of which the follow
portion of the tube E containing the piston c’
mg is a speci?cation. is, at the end, connected by a soft rubber pipe
I will describe a shutter mechanism em 63, with a compression bulb e4 of soft rubber.
bodying my improvement and then point out By compressing the bulb the piston may be
the novel features in the claims. made to disengage the detent from the shut
In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is ter. Afterward the spring will return the de
a front view of a shutter mechanism embody tent to a position for re-engaging the shutter
1ng my improvement. Fig. 2 is a back View. by means of one of the teeth upon the hub c’.
Fig. 3 is a back view with the rear plate of Adjacent to the shutter Cand as here shown
the box and certain parts mounted thereon on the rear side thereof, is an auxiliary shut 65
15 removed, the shutter being shown as set. Fig. ter F, which is pivoted concentrically with
4 is an irregular transverse section taken on the shutter C. At one side of the pivot, it
the plane of line 4. 4. of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sec may be made only large enough to properly
tion taken on the plane of line 5 5 of Fig. 1. cover the opening 0 of the shutter. At the
Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3, after the shut other side of the pivot it need project but 70
ter has been released. slightly. In the latter portion it is provided
Similar letters of reference designate co rre with a notch f through which passes rear
sponding parts in all the ?gures. ward a pin 04 extending from the shutter C.
A designates the lens tube of a photographic The auxiliary shutter F is pivoted independ
camera. . ently of the shutter C and hasa hubf’ which
25 B designates a shallow box formed of two extends through the hub of the shutter C,
parts 1)’, b2, the former being made of a piece and also through the front plate 732 of the box
of sheet metal having a rim, and the latter B. At the outer extremity it is provided
being made in the form of a plate. with an arm f2, it being in the present in
The lens tube A is shown as made in two stance attached to a collar on said hub. The
parts a’, 01.2, which are attached respectively spring 05 resists the movement of the auxil
to the parts h’ b2 of the box B. iary shutter in the direction indicated by the
Within the box B is a shutter C. It will arrow marked on Fig. 1, and also is adapted
preferably be made of a disk segment of metal to move the same in the reverse direction.
and is pivoted to a stud c8 at the center of the The shutter is set by moving the arm f2 in 85
35 box, so as to be capable of rotating. A spring the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 1.
05 rotates this shutter in one direction. It is The ?rst effect of moving the armf2 toward
provided with a hole 0 which on the rotation the tube E will be to shift the auxiliary shut
of the shutter may pass into the lens tube. ter F into a position which will cause it to
Ordinarily the imperforate portion of the close the opening 0 of the shutter C. The
shutter will be opposite the lens tube and the further movement of the arm f2 will shift the
shutter will be locked in this position by shutter C so as to carry its opening cpast the
means of a detent consisting of a lever D, piv lens tube, the movement being in the direc
oted by a pin or screw 61 to the front plate b2 tion of the arrow marked on Fig. 1. \Vhen
of the box B. This lever is provided with a the shutter C has been shifted, it willbe held 95
45 tooth d’ which is capable of engaging with by the detent D. “Then the arm f2 is re
one of several teeth, formed upon a hub c’ af leased, the spring 05 will causethe auxiliary
?xed to the shutter C so as to rotate therewith. shutter F to move in the reverse direction to
The shutter will be rotated to set it, and, ac that indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1.
cording to the distance it is rotated, one or Upon the disengagement of the detent the 100
50 the other of the teeth on such hub 0' will be spring combined with the shutter will move
engaged with the detent. The free end of the shutter in the reverse direction to that
 indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, and cause the shutter, an auxiliary shutter, a detent and
the opening 0 of the shutter G to move past a pneumatic retarder for the shutter, sub
the lens tube A. The pin 04 co-aoting with stantially as speci?ed.
the notchfof the auxiliary shutter F limits 2. The combination with a lens tube, of a
the independent movements of this auxiliary shutter having an opening and capable of be
shutter. The pin 04 is connected by a link g ing moved past the lens tube, a support for
with the rod of a piston g’ ?tted to a cylinder the shutter, an auxiliary shutter, a detent, a
G mounted on the back plate Z)’ of the box pneumatic retardert'or the shutter, and means
B. At one end this cylinder is open. At the for adjusting the pneumatic retarder, sub
IO other end g2 it is closed and in this end are stantially as speci?ed.
small openings 93. From this end extends a 3. The combination with a lens tube, of a
screw g"1 and ?tted to this screw is a nut 95 shutter having an opening and capable of be
that may be adjusted along the screw toward ing moved past the lens tube, an auxiliary
and from the end of the cylinder so as to reg shutter for said opening, supports for said
ulate the passage of air from the openings g3. shutters, a detent and a pneumatic retarder
A screw 9“ may be used to adjust the size of connected with the shutter, substantially as
an opening through the piston to assist in speci?ed.
regulating the exit of air from the cylinder. 4. The combination with a lens tube, of a
When the shutter C is released and moves shutter having an opening and capable of be 85
20 under the impulse of its spring, it will force ing moved past the lens tube, an auxiliary
the piston g’ toward the end 92 of the cylin shutter for said opening, supports for said
der G, and, as the piston can only move in shutters, a detent, a pneumatic retarder con
accordance with the freedom with which air nected with the shutter, and a handle torset
will escape through the openings g3 and the ting the shutter by setting the auxiliary shut 9O
passage through the piston, it is obvious that ter, substantially as speci?ed.
the speed of the shutter may be varied by 5. The combination with a lens tube, of a
adjusting the nut 95 so as to produce any de shutter having an opening and capable of be—
sired exposure. ing moved past the lens tube, an auxiliary
Adjacent to the shutter O, and on the for shutter for said opening, supports for said 95
ward side thereof, a disk H is arranged. It shutters, a detent, a pneumatic retarder con
is pivoted concentrically with the shutter C nected with the shutter, a handle for setting
and the auxiliary shutter F and may be ad the shutter by setting the auxiliary shutter,
justed by hand, inasmuch as its end projects and a detent for holding the shutter after set
through an opening in the box 13, so that it ting it, substantially as speci?ed. I00

35 may be reached. In this disk are a number 6. The combination with a lens tube, of a
of openings N’, N2,N3, N4, N5, and N6 of dif shutter having an opening and capable of be
ferent sizes, and they are arranged with their ing moved past the lens tube, a support for
centers in a circle, that is, concentric with the said shutter, an auxiliary shutter, a detent,
pivot of the disk. The disk may be rotarily a cylinder attached to the shutter support, a 105
adjusted so as to bring any one of its open piston ?tted to the cylinder and connected
ings opposite the lens tube A. This disk is with the shutter, and a regulating valve for
a diaphragm plate, regulating the amount of varying the escape of air from the cylinder,
light passing through the lens tube A. A substantially as speci?ed.
spring It’ may be attached to the front plate 7. The combination with a lens tube, of a
45 122 of the box B and bent to press against the shutter having an opening and capable of be
diaphragm plate H to hold the latter in an ad ing moved past the lens tube, a support for
justed position. the shutter, a detent, a cylinder attached to
In the front plate 192 of the box Bis an open the shutter support, a piston ?tted to the cyl~
ing b“) through which may be seen a number inder and connected with a rod or pin rigidly I15
marked on the disk H. The numbers will e11 secured to the shutter, a screw extending
able a photographer to adjust the disk so as from one end of the cylinder, and a regulat
to bring any desired one of its openings oppo ing valve made in the form of a nut applied
site to the lens tube A. to said screw and serving to control the pas
In using the term “lens tube” in my speci sage of air from the cylinder, substantially as
55 ?cation and claims, Iwish to include not only speci?ed.
the lens tube proper but also any extension 8. The combination with a lens tube, of a
thereof. , shutter, a detent attached to shutter, a detent
Obviously the box B will be a support for lever for releasing the shutter when the lat
the shutter and its appurtenances. I‘ am un ter is in its closed position, a tube into which [25
willing to be con?ned to a shutter support said lever extends, a piston in said tube for
made in the form of a box. operating said detent lever, and a spring for
What I claim as my invention, and desire turning the piston to its normal position, sub
to secure by Letters Patent, is-—— stantially as speci?ed.
1. The combination with a lens tube, of a 9. The combination with a lens tube, of a
65 shutter having an opening and capable of be shutter having an opening capable of being
ing moved past the lens tube, a support for moved past the lens tube, an auxiliary shut
 534,337
ter for covering the opening of said shutter, shutters and a pneumatic retarder for the
a support for the shutter, a spring applied shutter, substantially as speci?ed.
to the auxiliary shutter for operating both 11. The combination with a lens tube, of a
shutters, a pin or stud having the auxiliaryshutter provided with an opening capable of
shutter af?xed to it and extending through being moved past the lens tube, an auxiliary
the shutter support to serve as a means for shutter for closing the opening through said
setting the shutter, a hub on the shutter and shutter, and a pin or rod attached to said
a spring-actuated detent for engaging with shutter and projecting through a slot formed
the hub on the shutter, said detent serving to in the auxiliary shutter, substantially as speci
IO hold the shutter against movement during tied.
the setting of the shutter until after the aux In testimony whereof I have signed my
iliary shutter shall have moved far enough to name to this speci?cation in the presence of
cover the opening of said shutter, substan two subscribing Witnesses.
tially as speci?ed. F. J. MATHEIN.
15 10. The combination with a lens tube and Witnesses:
a shutter support, of a shutter, an auxiliary ' A. B. DOBBS,
shutter, a single spring for operating both A. W. HOWARD,