Ampro Repeater
Projector
Ampro Repeater
1949
Metal, wood, and glass
Overall: 15 1/4 × 23 3/4 × 8 1/2 in., 27.6 lb. (38.7 × 60.3 × 21.6 cm, 12.5 kg)
Museum accession
DescriptionCrackled-brown, vaulted, 16mm, electrically powered, motion picture projector with f/2.4 projection lens, 300 watt lamp, framing adjustment knob, mirror, film magazine, film brushes, film clamps, film guides, amplifier fuse, projector fuse, 6 inch speaker, amplifier tubes, flywheel, and power cord. The projector accepts film loop magazines and would have been equipped with a pop-out, rear projection screen built into the carying case.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on product label on back of projector: AMPRO REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. PRECISION PROJECTOR / Embossed in silver on red label on back of projector: LAMP 300 WATTS MAX FUSES: PROJ. 6 AMP. MAX., AMPLIFIER 1 1/2 AMP. AMPRO REPEATER PROJECTOR AMPRO CORPORATION CHICAGO 18, ILL., U.S.A. SERIAL NO. 73914 VOLTS 90-120 AC-DC WATTS 500 INTERMITTENT DUTY ONLY PATENTED AND PATENTS PENDING IN U.S.A. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ALSO LICENSED UNDER R.C.A. AND WESTERN ELECTRIC PATENTS / Engraved in white on fuse compartment on back of projector: FUSE / Embossed in silver on black label on back of projector: FOR SLOW BURNING FILM ONLY, LISTED UNDER REEXAMINATION SERVICE OF UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES. INC. UL / Inscribed in red on back of projector: XRAY. 2 / Printed in white on electric tubes inside projector: RCA ELECTRIC TUBES / Printed in black on metal box inside projector: 5651 BBH6, 12AX7, 50CB / Engraved in white on lens inside projector: AMPRO CORP. CHICAGO. U.S.A. 12.7mm. F:2.4 COATED LENS
