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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
WILLIS N. BARTLETT, OF PORTERVILLE, TEXAS.
OPERATING DEVICE FOR CAMERA-SHUTTERS.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 14, 1916.
Application filed November 2, 1915. Serial No. 59,291.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Wnus N. BARTLETT,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Porterville, in the county of Loving, State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and
useful Improvements in Operating Devices
for Camera-Shutters; and I do hereby de-
clare the following to be a full, clear, and
exact description of the invention, such as
10 will enable others skilled in the art to which
it appertains to make and use the same.
This invention relates to operating devices
for camera shutters.
The object of the invention is to provide
15 an operating device for camera shutters em-
bodying an improved construction whereby
the shutter of the camera may be actuated
by the operator while the latter is disposed
within the focus of the camera and he may
20 thereby photograph himself.
With the above and other objects in view
the invention consists in the details of con-
struction and in the arrangement and com-
bination of parts to be hereinafter more
25 fully described and particularly pointed out
in the appended claim.
In describing the invention in. detail ref-
erence will be had to the accompanying
drawings wherein like characters of refer-
30 ence denote corresponding parts in the sev-
eral views, and in which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view showing
the device operatively associated with a
camera; Fig. 2, a bottom view of the de-
35 vice, and Fig. 3, a view of a fragment of
what is shown in Fig. 2 with the flexible
shutter cable operatively applied.
Referring to the drawings the invention
is shown as comprising a pair of pivotally
40 connected arms 10 and 11. One end of the
arm 11 terminates in a laterally directed
prong 12 which is adapted to be driven into
a suitable support 13 as shown in Fig. 1.
The end of the arm 11 remote from the
45 prong 12 is provided with a laterally dis-
posed head 14 which is bent so as to lie
substantially in a plane at right angles to
the plane of the arm. The outer end of this
- head 14 is provided with a recess 15 for a
50 purpose that will presently appear. The
rear end of. the head is separated from the
arm 11 and is bent upon the forward endso as to form a spring arm 16, the free end
of said arm being provided with a recess
17 which registers with the recess 15. The 55
end of the arm 10 adjacent the head 14 is
provided with a laterally disposed portion
18 )vhich is also bent so as to lie in a plane
at right angles to the plane of the arm 10.
It will thus be apparent that the heads 14 60
and 18 form cooperating jaws. The end of
the arm 10 remote from the head 18 is pro-
vided with an opening 19 in which is adapt-
ed to be secured an operating cord 20. The
flexible shutter cable is of the usual con- 65
struction and comprises an cuter casing 21
and an inner wire 22 slidable in the casing
21. The casing 21 is provided with a flange
23 while the wire 22 is provided with a
head 24. 70
In the use of the device same is secured
to a suitable support 13 in the manner shown
in Fig. 1. The flange of* the casing 21 is
then inserted between the arm 16 and the
head 14, said casing being disposed in the 75
recess 15 and the wire 22 extending through
the recess 17. The head 24 of the wire 22
bears against the head 18. With the parts
in this position it will be obvious that when
the cord 20 is pulled by the operator sta- 80
tioned in front of the camera the shutter
will be actuated for the purpose of enabling
him to take his own picture.
What is claimed is:-
A device of the class described compris- 85
ing pivotally connected arms provided at
corresponding ends with enlarged portions
bent to lie in planes at right angles to the
planes of respective. arms and forming co-
operating jaws, a spring arm mounted upon 90
the inner side of one jaw and provided with.
a recess in its free end registering with a.
recession the corresponding end of the re-
lated jaw, a lateral prong on the other end
of one arm, and means for attaching an 95
operating cord to the other end of the other
arm.
In testimony whereof, I affix my signa-
ture, in the presence of two witnesses.
WILLIS N. BARTLETT.
Witnesses:
J. S. LsTER,
HARRY W. HELs.1,205,079.
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Bartlett, Willis N. Operating Device For Camera Shutters, patent, November 14, 1916; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859742/m1/2/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.