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T. 0. ROCHE.
PHOTOGRAPHIG COLOR SCREEN.
No. 561,132. l Patented June 2, 1896.

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 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
THOMAS O. ROCHE, OF BROOKLYN, NEÑV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE E. d: H.
T. ANTHONY du COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PHOTOGRAPHIC COLOR-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,132, dated June 2, 1896. '
Application filed June 6, 1895. Serial No. 551,812. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: A is the frame of the box of an ordinary

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. ROCHE, a photographic camera; B, the bellows thereof;
citizen of the United States, and a resident of C, the usual lens-tube; D, the plate-holders
Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State containing the ordinary sensitized surface, 5 5
5' of New York, have invented certain new and irrespective of its special character.
useful Improvements in Photographic Color* Referring nowto the parts more particu
Screens, of which the following is a specifica larly embraced in the invention, A’ is a frame
tion. of any suitable material, preferably hard r ub
My invention relates to improvements in ber or metal.
1o photographic apparatus used in the produc B’ B’ B’ are three color-íilters~í. c., plates
tion of colored photographs. In makin g such of colored glass, preferably of such size as to
photographs it is desirable to interpose be cover the field of the lens-and they are cou
tween the lens of the camera and the sensitive fined within the frame A’ in such manner that
surface a “colorffilteig” so called-_in other the surfaces of the íilters are flush with the 65
15 words a plate of glass or equivalent material surfaces of the frame, so that as it rotates
colored in such manner as to intercept cer through the slots in the lens-tube in contact
tain rays of the spectrum, thereby affecting with the light-tight cushioning devices, here
the resulting picture. The colors most fre inafter to be explained, there maybe no pas
quently used are blue, yellow, and red, al sage of the light into the camera bythe sides 7o
2o though others may be employed. It has been of these filter-plates as they pass through the
customaryT heretofore to introduce the said slot, because being of the same thickness as
colored plates one at a time at some suitable the frame they will fill all the space, thus eX~
part of the apparatus between the lens and cluding the light. A convenient way in which
the sensitive surface, and it has been found in to conii ne the filters within the frame is shown 7 5
2 5 practice inconvenient to have the said plates in the cross-section in Fig. 2, where the frame
each of a different color separate from each A’ is shown as made of two parts a b, which
other, because they are liable to become mis are fastened together by rivets or equivalent
placed and lost 5 also, being detached from the devices c. The holes in the two parts a and
camera apparatus, they are very liable to be b of the frame in which the filter-plates are
come broken, and, moreover, their manipula placed are inwardly beveled, as shown, and
tion is attended with inconvenience and loss the peripheries or edges of the plates are out
of time. Bymyinvention I combine all of the wardly beveled to conform thereto. Conse
color-filters that are to be used in a single quently when the plates are in position and
frame, and this frame is so constructed that the two parts of the frame brought up close 8 5
35 each of the colored glasses may in turn be side by side and fastened together by rivets
thrown into registration with the lenses, and or equivalent devices the plates are firmly
the frame being made an integral part of held in place and the whole structure becomes
the apparatus cannot become misplaced or integral. To more effectually exclude the
broken. light, I provide felt, plush, or equivalent 90
4o I embody my invention in various forms. cushioning devices dall about the edges of the
Shown in the accompanying drawings is one slot in the lens-tube, through which the frame
form only, in which the filter-frame is repre A slides, and in order to more effectually
sented as being circular in form and rotating support this cushion I supply liauges e on the
upon a central axis, and the frame is adapted inside of the lens-tube, to which the cushions 9 5
45 to move through a light~tight slot made in the are attached in any suitable manner.
sides of the lens-tube or other suitable part f is a leg attached to the side of the lens
of the apparatus. tube in any suitable manner, two being pref
Figure l illustrates a perspective view of a erably provided, one on each side of the frame
camera-box, showing all the parts in position. A’,which legs support a pivot or axis G', which roo
5o Fig. 2 illustrates a sectional view thereof, a passes through the center of the frame A’,
part being in elevation. and upon which that frame rotates as an axis.
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It is obvious that any number of color-.filters provided with a slot through which;y the said
maybe used'. _ The three colors> red, yellow, frame moves andlight-excluding cushions at
and blue are those most commonly employed; the edges of said slot, for the purposes set
but the frame may be adapted to contain a forth. .

greater or less number. 2. The combination in a photographic vcam

The operation of the invention is as follows: era of a lens-tube, a lens in the tube, a cen--
An exposure is made with one of'` the color *trally-pivotedv movable frame made in two
filters in registration with the lens. There parts,l which hold between them differently 35
upon the light is excluded in any suitable colored plates, the lens-tube being provided
IO manner, and then the frame A', supporting with a slot through which the frame moves
the color-iilters, is revolved to such an extent and‘ light-excluding devices at the edges of
that the next plate of a different color comes said slot, for the purposes set forth. ’
vinto registration with the lens. Then the sec 3. The combination in a photographic cam
ond exposure is'made. The lightis then again jera', of a lens-tube', alens in the tube, a mov
excluded, and then the last plate of still adif able frame containing differently- colored
ferent color is brought into registration with plates, the surfaces of which are flush with
the lens,and then the last exposure is made. the surfaces of said frame, the lens~tube be
It will be obvious that as long or as short an iing provided with a slot through which the
exposure as desired may be given to each ' said frame moves, for the purposes set forth.
color. Thus perfection in the resulting pic Signed at’New York, iny the county of New
ture is attained. York and State of New York, this 3d' day of
Having described my invention, I claim June, A. D. 1895.
l. The combination in a'photographic cam THOMAS' C. ROCHE.
era of a lens-tube, alens in the tube, a mov-_ `
25 able frame containing differently - colored Witnesses :
plates, the surface of which is flush with the PHILLIPS ABBOTT,
surface of said frame, the lens-tube- beingy WILLIAM J. FARRELL.