Simplex DeLuxe Projector
Projector
Simplex DeLuxe Projector
Simplex
ca. 1914
Metal, glass, and wood
Overall: 69 × 22 1/4 × 42 1/2 in. (175.3 × 56.5 × 108 cm)
Museum accession
1978.1674.0081
DescriptionBlack-painted, vaulted, 35mm, electrically powered motion picture projector, projection lens, condensor lens, twin-blade shutter, hand crank, carbon-arc lamphouse, dowser, rheostat, upper film can, lower film can and adjustable base. The projector accepts 800 foot film reels.
Inscriptions Embossed in black on product label on roght side of lamphouse on projector stand: Simplex THE PRECISION MACHINE CO. INC NEW YORK Simplex / Etched in glass on product label on right side of projector: Simplex / Embossed in metal on right side on film cans on top and bottom of projector: Simplex, Simplex / Embossed in brass on product label on front of projector: THE PRECISION MACHINE CO. INC. TRADE Simplex MARK PAT. APP. FOR NEW YORK NO. 5524 / Embossed in metal on product label on front of projector: MFR'S SERIAL NO. 5524 SPECIAL LICENSE NO. 5485 SIMPLEX MADE BY THE PRECISION MACHINE CO. PATENTED NO. 573,329. APRIL 30,1901, NO. 707,934, AUG. 28,1902. NO. 673,992. MAY 14, 1901. NO. 722,382, MARCH 10, 1903. THIS SALE AND PURCHASE OF THIS MACHINE GIVES ONLY THE RIGHT TO USE IT SOLELY WITH MOVING PICTURES CONTAINING THE INVENTION OF REISSUED PATENT NO. 12,192 LEASED BY LICENSEE OF THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY, THE OWNER OF THE ABOVE PATENTS, WHILE IT OWNS SAID PATENTS, AND UPON OTHER TERMS TO BE FIXED BY THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY AND COMPLIED WITH BY THE USER WHILE IT IS IN USE AND WHILE THE MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY OWNS SAID PATENTS. THE REMOVAL OR DEFACEMTENT OF THIS PLATE TERMINATES THE RIGHT TO USE THIS MACHINE. MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A. / Embossed in metal on dual-blade shutter on front of projector: EXTRALITE PATENT APPLIED FOR, MADE BY THE PRECISION MACHINE CO., INC. NEW YORK No. 4966R, Simplex / Embossed in metal on left side of projector: Simplex / Embossed in black on left side of projector head: P.M. CO. D-108-D
