Patents Assigned to Westrex Limited
  • Patent number: 3981571
    Abstract: An arrangement for spooling endless band material, particularly for the repeated projection of the full length of cinematograph film required for a complete programme formed as an endless loop, having two double spools each able to carry two film spirals. In a first half of the projection operation Spool 1, Spiral 1, is fed through the projector and taken up as Spool 2, Spiral 1. Simultaneously, Spool 1, Spiral 2, is directly rewound as Spool 2, Spiral 2. Both spools are then reversed and, in the second half of the projection operation, Spool 2, Spiral 2, is fed through the projector and taken up as Spool 1, Spiral 2, and Spool 2, Spiral 1, is directly rewound as Spool 1, Spiral 1. The initial state is re-established and the projection operation is continuously repeatable without rethreading the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Assignee: Westrex Limited
    Inventor: Penrose David Robertson