British patents listed by patent date

The following is a list of patents referred to in the main text.

6741855Describes a combined camera and dark tent arrangement. The lens of the camera moves in a curved slot.

Bourne, John Cooke

25741857Improved achromat lens.

Grubb, Thomas

Grubb Aplanat

29401857Stereo Viewer. Handle on the hinged top-flap.

Sands, Charles

Sands' Patent

8871858A thin membrane is used as a lens diaphragm.

Maugey, Pierre

26441858Covers the Clairvoyant viewer.

Swan, Henry

Clairvoyant

21121859Stereoscope open on three sides with a mirror on the fourth for viewing illustrations mounted in books.

Beck, Joseph

Mirror Stereoscope

21931859'An improved panoramic lens for taking photographic pictures'.

Sutton, Thomas

Sutton Panoramic

31751864Covers the Dubroni.

Bourdin, Gabriel Jules

Dubroni No. 1

30691871Describes a folding bellows camera where the baseboard is in three parts, the outer two parts fold up to cover the rear and front standards.

Stillman, William James

Bellows Wet-plate Camera

16991875Describes the Hare transfer box.

Hare, George

Hare Automatic Changing Box

19381877Euryscope lens.

Voigtländer, F. von

Euryscope

14481878Stand camera with a hinged baseboard to protect the focusing screen and a front standard mounted on a short focusing rail.

Rouch, S.W.

Patent Portable

27831881Shutter.

Sands, Charles

Exhibition Camera, Sands' Patent

30141881The rear standard has a rounded base and is clamped by a screw passing through the baseboard. The standard pivots on a ball or cylinder for adjustment, the screw tightens on the ball when clamped. Sold as the Sciopticon, a distinctive tailboard type camera.

Smith, George

43201881Describes a twin lens camera, shutter and changing mechanism.

Brookes, Warwick

Academy

55981881Camera with provision for holding and changing plates internally by passing a hand through a light-tight sleeve.

Lawley, Walter; Starnes, H.S.

Field Camera

30351882Describes the '1882' pattern folding plate camera.

Hare, George

New Patent Camera

32681882Focusing scale attached to the baseboard.

Stanley, William Ford

16501883Flap/drop shutter. The flap is spring powered, the drop-plate is rubber-band powered.

Reynolds, R.; Branson, F.W.

Phoenix

3191884Turntable in base of camera to dispense with the tripod top.

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

Double-pinion, Treble Patent, Watson Acme, Field Camera

18981884Swing and tilt adjustment using a cradle with curved surfaces attached to the baseboard. Used on the 'Patent Swing' studio camera.

Sands, Charles; Hunter, J.J.

27671884Flap/drop shutter. Flap speed controlled by weighted arm, the drop-plate is rubber-band powered.

Branson, F.W.

Phoenix

30261884Plates are held in a frame inside a slide which clips to the camera, a plate is moved into the focal plane by depressing a rod attached to the frame.

Hopkins, J.; Hopkins, A.G.

Simplex Slide and Reversible Camera Back

66881884Pivoting lens board enabling it to swing forward onto the baseboard whilst front standard swings backwards when collapsing the camera.

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

Double-pinion, Treble Patent

68981884Folding darkroom lamp.

Redding, Henry Joseph

Redding's Improved Pocket Ruby Lamp

72011884The object is to dispense with the tilting back and sliding front. The lens is supported on a 'U' shaped bracket allowing rise, tilt and shift.

Samuels, T.

77461884Shutter.

Furnell, T.

Rayment's Patent

84631884Inner sliding frame on a field camera for focusing, the frame is moved by a rack and pinions at each end of the frame.

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

Double-pinion, Treble Patent

123891884Describes a folding bed camera with a double-slotted link connecting the baseboard and the back.

Chapman, J.T.; Scott, T.

Scott's Patent

155421884Roll-film holder.

Eastman, G.; Walker, W.H.

Improved Portable Bellows Camera, Shew Eclipse

158871884Describes a field camera with two angle-plates sliding on the inner frame to which the front standard is pivoted.

Middlemiss, W.

160871884Describes a camera with the front and back standards moved by racks running each side of a single pinion. The patent was used on the 'Imperial' and an earlier model from S&H.

Sands, Charles; Hunter, J.J.

163341884Horizontal swing given to the back by pivoting it to plates that move along each edge of the baseboard.

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

Double-pinion, Treble Patent

11201885Describes a tailboard camera.

Branson, F.W.

24961885Method of clamping the front standard to the baseboard and clamping the rising front. Used on the 'Combination' camera from Shew and others.

Brown, J.E.

Shew's Aluminium Combination, Brown's Patent Combination Camera

41021885Describes the Shew Eclipse.

Lowdon, George

Shew Eclipse

45281885Field camera with an attached focusing hood and magnifier.

Stanley, William Ford

Stanley Tailboard Camera

45311885Single blade return shutter.

Sarjeant, W.L.

Sarjeant

50141885Roller-blind shutter.

Kershaw, John

Kershaw Patent

53631885Rotary shutter.

Lancaster, W.J.

Instantograph, Instantograph, Lancaster Rotary

53641885Baseboard in three parts with pull-out section and second section moved by rack and pinion. Locking nut on pinion.

Lancaster, W.J.

59381885Tailboard camera, especially the fitting of the front and rear standards. Used in the 'Long and Short Focus' camera.

Rouch, A.S.

Rouch Long & Short Focus

59651885Field camera with a turntable or cut-out for the lens in the baseboard.

Underwood, E.; Underwood, T.A.

The Club

92861885Roll-holder

Morgan, W.T.; Kidd, R.L.

New Patent Camera

105941885The camera back is connected by short links to the slides running on the edge of the baseboard, this is arranged to provide a tilting back. Tilting front is also provided.

Gotz, J.R.

113861885Dovetailed wedge-shaped fitting on the camera to fit tripod top.

Park, Henry

139561885Rotating back.

Billcliff, Joshua

Improved Long Focus, Multiple image camera

16751886Method of fixing the front standard to the baseboard using vertical rods inside the forks.

Rayment, Arthur

Rayment's Patent

23901886Dark slide for film.

Vergara, F.J.

Vergara Patent

26701886Field camera with front standard that can be disengaged for collapsing. Double pinion acting on the focusing rack. Circular lens panel carrying several lenses. Flexible focusing screen that winds onto a roller.

Thornton, John Edward

Tourist

28111886Cameras, especially fixing the front standard to the baseboard using studs.

Stanley, William Ford

New Patent Portable

38791886Use of an iris diaphragm.

Lancaster, W.J.

Instantaneous

46241886Describes an actinometer using paper prepared with bromine salt, the paper is held in a circular case.

Stanley, William Ford; Sarjeant, W.L.

Stanley Actinometer

54501886Development of patent 15887/1884, the front standard is held in place by pins that can pivot and be disengaged to collapse the camera. Advertised by Marion (YBP 1891).

Middlemiss, W.

60131886Relates to a detective camera with one lens for focusing and another similar one for throwing the image on the sensitive plate.

Driffield, V.C.

Academy

71561886Pneumatic shutter. Used on the early Newman shutter (fitting in the diaphragm slot of e.g. field cameras).

Newman, Arthur Samuel

Tailboard Camera, Newman's Patent

73591886Dark-slides. Small plates are on the draw-slide to prevent the removal of the draw-slide.

Watson, Thomas Parsons

Stereoscopic Camera

79511886The dark-slides are held in position by wooden strips that are moveable to accommodate different sizes of dark-slide. The strips unscrew and can be placed for vertical or horizontal use.

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

83291886Changing box where the exposed plate is raised by a crank lever in the bottom of the box.

Newman, Arthur Samuel

N&G Standard, N&G Changing Box

96551886Waistcoat camera.

Stirn, C.P.

Stirn's Waistcoat Camera, Gray's Vest Camera

97561886Use of a metal frame in place of the conventional baseboard, the sides of the frame can telescope for focusing. Arrangement for tilting back and swing front.

McLaughlin, G.

116151886Plate Box with corrugated grooves to hold the plates and flaps to lift out the plates.

Arundel, S.D.

Three-Colour Separation Negatives

122381886Roller-blind shutter.

Thornton, John Edward

Time & Instantaneous

132401886Field camera with front standard that can be disengaged for collapsing. Hole in baseboard with a turntable to fix tripod. Plumb bob. Circular lens panel carrying several lenses.

Thornton, John Edward

Tourist

142621886Describes a conventional field camera with an inner moveable frame on which the front standard is mounted.

Park, Henry

Victoria

144211886So that Waterhouse stops are not lost they fit into a metal frame attached to the side of the camera, to hold them in place a leaf spring has an attached peg that fits into the holes of the stops.

Thornton, John Edward

Tourist

5411887Tailboard camera where the bellows disengage from the front, the rear standard folds onto the baseboard and the front standard folds on top covering the focusing screen. Possibly used on a Ross stereo camera.

Ashford, J.

New Patent Camera

15331887Use of eccentric discs to clamp the dark-slides in place.

Lancaster, W.J.

Instantograph, BB Instantograph, Special Patent

20421887The base of the back has a curved rack to provide a tilt movement.

Gotz, J.R.

47181887Field camera with levers to clamp the front standard.

Cusworth, C.

48081887Use of a slotted disc to set tilting back.

Sands, Charles; Hunter, J.J.

Sands & Hunter Imperial

66131887Changing mechanism, shutter for a detective camera. Used on the Eureka.

Rouch, S.W.

Eureka

99481887Catches for dark-slides to lock the draw-slide in place.

Watson, Thomas Parsons

Stereoscopic Camera

101031887Method of clamping the front standard to the baseboard.

Collins, T.J.

Collins Patent Field Camera

133321887Describes a means of estimating the light by introducing varyingly translucent plates in front of the image on the ground glass screen.

Decoudun, J.

Photometre

15101888Book camera.

Krügener, R.

Krügener's Patent Book Camera

30761888Field camera, the front forks have a slot within which the studs on the lens board can move for vertical adjustment. Centre swing and base tilt to back. Focusing pinion pushes into recess for storage. Sold by Marion as the Cyclone.

Gale, C.H.

Gale's Patent Camera

41451888Changing mechanism.

Rouch, A.S.

Eureka

55451888Exposure determining.

Hurter, F.; Driffield, V.C.

Actinograph

68141888Twin lens camera with bayonet lens mount.

Clark, S.M.

Artist's Hand Camera, Kinegraphe Grand Angle

69501888Roll-film detective camera.

Eastman, G.

The Kodak

84471888Method of fixing the rear standard of a field camera to the baseboard. The rear standard is attached to a bracket that moves along a rail, a wedge clamps the bracket to the rail.

Turner, J. W.

108231888Describes a small rigid hand camera and changing method. Used in the Demon.

O'Reilly, Walter

Demon Detective Camera

115781888Actinometers. Relates to improvements to BP13332/1887.

Decoudun, J.

Photometre

125731888Turntable operated by a rack and pinion, general arrangement for focusing and folding the camera.

Scorer, W.

173281888Luzo roll-film camera.

Redding, Henry Joseph

Luzo

180991888Method of connecting the front standard to the baseboard and locking rising front etc. Used on the Acme camera.

Watson, Thomas Parsons

Watson Acme

185421888The focusing pinion has reduced sections so that when these are moved over the rack it is out of gear.

Rayment, E.; Rayment, F.L.; Rayment, Arthur; North, C.G.

9391889Changing mechanism for a detective camera.

Smith, A.

Facile

13651889Darkroom lamp.

Lancaster, W.J.

Rubralux

16311889Curved slot on front standard forks to control tilt and collapsing of camera. Tilting back by clamping plates on the rear standard to short uprights running on the baseboard, these uprights (and therefore the whole back) are clamped to the baseboard by a screwed rod extending the width of camera. Bellows are made parallel for a short distance near the camera back. Used on the 'Extra Special' model.

Lancaster, W.J.

Extra Special

41311889Changing mechanism and shutter for a detective camera.

Miall, Frank

Facile

80541889Use of an extra large pinion wheel to adjust the focus. A folding handle rotates the pinion wheel, a sliding bolt locks the position.

Skinner, J.H.; Lyth, E.J.

98691889Shutter.

Eastman, G.

No. 5 Folding Kodak

145371889The lens is mounted within eccentric discs to provide rise and cross front. Other improvements cover tripod fixing.

Scorer, W.

181671889See-Saw shutter.

Lancaster, W.J.

Rover, Perfect Omnigraph, Lancaster See-Saw

197701889Plate holders for use in changing boxes.

Miall, Frank

Facile

3591890Describes the Folding Kodak.

Brownell, Frank Alexander; Kodak Ltd

No. 5 Folding Kodak

5111890Rubber grip to fit the shutter to various size lenses.

Thornton, John Edward; Pickard, Edgar

Time & Instantaneous

13881890Describes an actinometer on the principle of the slide-rule for determining the exposure to be given to a plate.

Watkins, Alfred

Watkins Standard

37431890Covers the fitting of dark-slides to reversing frames, especially an arrangement of catches that prevents the shutter of the slide being withdrawn until it inserted into the camera back.

Scorer, W.

60281890Protar lens.

Rudolph, Paul

Shew's Aluminium Combination, Protar

74891890Describes a back with swing and tilt. Used on the Perfection model.

Vevers, C.C.

100121890Celluloid vignettes.

Sershall, G.J.

Sershall's Patent Vignette Papers

114761890Two-blade pivoted return shutter.

Mattioli, G.

Le Perpetuel

118911890Changing mechanism.

Clarke, Joseph Thacher

Frena, Frena, Frena Changing Mechanism

120011890Method of clamping tripod turntable.

Skinner, J.H.

124421890Diaphragm shutter opening to a varying extent.

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.

Iris

126691890Falling plate camera mechanism.

Miller, Tom

The British, Miller's patent

130551890Shutter. Used on the Presto camera.

Franks, Louis Aubrey

Franks Patent Presto

154951890Describes a detective camera. Used in the Rover.

Lancaster, W.J.

Rover

192741890Shutters, pneumatic regulation. Patent refused.

Newman, Arthur Samuel

194801890Shutter. Used on the Adams Hand Camera.

Adams, Arthur Lewis; Newman, Arthur Samuel

Adams Hand Camera

202991890Changing boxes especially the use of sheaths to hold the plates. Found on Newman and Guardia and Adams cameras.

Newman, Arthur Samuel; Adams, Arthur Lewis

N&G Standard, Adams Hand Camera, N&G Changing Box, Adams Changing Box

208521890Shutters and lens fittings.

Clarke, Joseph Thacher

Frena, Frena Changing Mechanism

22791891Describes a falling plate detective camera.

Miller, Tom

The British, Miller's patent

65331891An interrupted screw (bayonet) is used to attach and disconnect the bellows to the front standard. The tilting back is guided by a curved slot. Back adapted to fit an enlarger or copying device.

Savage, R.W.; Sun Camera Co.

102781891Falling plate camera.

Ricard, E.; Lacroix, J.B.J.

Vélocigraphe

107981891Roller-blind shutter. BP 5014/1885 is related.

Kershaw, John

Kershaw Patent

113941891Improvements to strut cameras.

Shew, Fox

Shew Eclipse

133401891Suction device for attaching an article to glass. Used on the Limpet finder.

Brookes, Warwick

Limpet

134491891Method of attaching the front standard to the baseboard.

Gandolfi, Louis

The Club

146481891Front standard is made detachable by using spring bolts on the forks. Two positions for the forks locked by a single pair of struts.

Rayment, Arthur; Lyons, G.

156571891Describes a strut camera where the lens board is pivoted between the struts and able to tilt. Rise is also possible. Incorporated in a Shew Eclipse model.

Shew, Fox; Henry, L.C.V.

171431891Brin camera.

Brin, A.

Brin's Patent Camera

219331891Telephoto attachment fitting behind the prime lens.

Dallmeyer, Thomas Rudolphus

Telephoto Attachment

9411892Describes a folding strut camera.

Jeffrey, A.; Wishart, George

Jeffrey & Wishart's Patent Camera

30191892Tapering the end of screw threads.

Taylor, T.S.; Taylor, W.; Hobson, H.W.

Watson Acme, Focal-Plane Field Camera

57421892Roller-blind shutter, rack and pinion setting arm and pneumatic regulation.

Newman, Arthur Samuel; Guardia, J.

N&G Roller-Blind

60131892Developing and washing apparatus.

Brin, A.

Brin's Patent Camera

66311892Describes a camera and enlarging apparatus for a rigid hand camera.

Carpentier, Jules

Photo-Jumelle

81941892Printing frame.

Beck, Conrad; Bynoe, Frederick Oatley

Bynoe Printing Frame

98191892Changing mechanism for a detective camera. Used in the Frena.

Beck, Conrad; Clarke, Joseph Thacher

Frena, Frena, Frena Changing Mechanism

98201892Shutter. Used in the Frena.

Beck, Conrad; Clarke, Joseph Thacher

Folding Frena, Frena, Frena, F.O.P. Frena, Frena Changing Mechanism

120291892Pneumatic delay cylinder where the initial position of the cylinder or piston is altered to vary the speed.

Adams, Arthur Lewis; Hill, Henry

Improved Tourist Camera, Adams de Luxe, The Adjustable

138571892Changing box, use of a pressure plate.

Newman, Arthur Samuel; Guardia, J.

N&G Standard, N&G Changing Box

147531892The conventional baseboard is replaced by telescoping tubes.

Griffiths, Walter

Zodiac

152921892Changing box. The plates are held in a hinged frame that tilts backwards to grip the front plate.

Adams, Arthur Lewis; Jeyes, John William

Adams Changing Box

176421892Exposure determining. Describes a circular slide-rule.

Scott, J.A.; Britannia Works Co.

Ilford Meter

195811892Shutter.

Clarke, Joseph Thacher

Frena, Frena Changing Mechanism

202531892Exposed indicator for dark-slides.

Thornton, John Edward; Pickard, Edgar

Tailboard Camera for Mono or Stereo, Unnamed Field Camera, Royal Ruby, Royal Ruby

206491892Shutter, pneumatic regulation.

Newman, Arthur Samuel; Guardia, J.

N&G Standard, N&G Sector

233151892Use of notches in film packs to change film. The films have notches along two sides. When a film has been exposed pins in front of the film are slid to coincide with the notches and so release the film. The next film has notches in the alternate position and so is held in place by the pins. Used in the Frena.

Clarke, Joseph Thacher

Folding Frena, Frena, Frena, F.O.P. Frena, Frena Film Holder, Frena Changing Mechanism

233781892The Double Anastigmat.

Goerz, Carl Paul;

Ross-Goerz Double Anastigmat

234871892Describes a small roll-film camera, shutter etc. Used on the Kombi.

Kemper, A.C.

Kombi

25661893Improvements in changing boxes, and arrangement for a detachable box.

Clarke, Joseph Thacher

F.O.P. Frena, Frena Film Holder

40811893Changing the slit width of a focal-plane shutter by the use of chains.

Thornton, John Edward; Pickard, Edgar

Royal Ruby, Focal Plane Eureka, Focal-Plane

58281893Method of clamping and collapsing front standard, tilting back arrangement. Used on the Imperial Instantograph. Dark-slide with hinged top to load plates.

Lancaster, W.J.

Lancaster's Patent

81221893Changing box where the exposed plate is raised into the bag by the draw-slide.

Reid, J.G.

Reid Changing Box

100641893Shutter and changing mechanism for a stereo camera.

Richard, Jules

Verascope

106171893Describes a watch type actinometer.

Wynne, George Frederick

Wynne's Infallible

113031893Folding tripod. The sections are automatically secured into place by a spring catch as the tripod is unfolded.

Spratt, Henry James; Spratt, Alfred Sidney; Spratt, George Albert

Improved Long Focus, Nimrod Automan

143641893Relates to a simplified form of patent BP 1388/1890. Describes the Watkins Junior.

Watkins, Alfred

Watkins Junior

163731893Use of studs to attach front standard to inner frame. Frame strengthened by using racks of T, L or U section, the racks are cut diagonally to match spiral pinion to give less backlash when focusing.

Branson, F.W.

176851893Shutter.

Clarke, Joseph Thacher

Frena

185951893Folding strut camera. Used on the original model Vesta.

Hill, Henry; Adams, Arthur Lewis

Adams Vesta

217271893Describes the Photoret.

Magic Introduction Co.

Photoret

226071893The Cooke Anastigmat lens.

Taylor, Harold Dennis

Cooke Series V

238941893For Factorial development. Includes the Factorial Calculator and an instrument for timing development, using the Factorial method, based on a multi-chambered sand glass.

Watkins, Alfred

Watkins Factorial Calculator, Watkins Eikronometer

244871893Use of green and yellow screens to give better colour rendering. Based on BP 9926/92.

Burchett, Arthur

Burchett's Colour Screen

246471893Describes a folding hand camera that folds into a small space. Used on the Shew Featherweight.

Shew, Fox; Batault, Emile

Shew Featherweight

3661894Swing and tilt to back arranged so that the axis of movement is co-incident with the sensitive plate.

Curtis, W.F.H.

18301894Describes a monorail camera.

Peck, G.

53741894A tambour front panel is used to give rising front, moved by rack and pinion.

Cole, J.

Cole's Patent

85151894Exposure determining.

Phillips, William Henry

Phillips' Exposure Meter

91191894Brilliant view-finder having two lenses before the mirror.

Hill, Henry; Adams, Arthur Lewis

Adams Vesta, Adams Finder

129761894Roller-blind shutter. Two blinds moving in opposite directions. Used on the Studio model.

Pickard, Edgar

Time & Instantaneous, Studio

141611894Colour photography.

Joly, J.

Joly Process

178441894Sector shutter.

Goerz, Carl Paul; Nerrlich, Eugen Albrecht Richard

Adams Club, Xit Goerz, Goerz Sector

193291894Shutters, lenses and lens fittings. Used on falling plate cameras.

Jackson, Alfred Charles

Falling plate camera (Jackson's patents), Improved Rapid, Falling plate camera (Jackson's patents)

207681894Folding camera.

Jones, Alexander James; Levi, Samuel Joseph

Tablo, The Pullman Camera

214581894Improvements to the Double Anastigmat.

Goerz, Carl Paul;

Ross-Goerz Double Anastigmat

233871894Printing Frames. Spring catch arrangement to clamp the back in place.

Spratt, Henry James; Spratt, Alfred Sidney; Spratt, George Albert

Printing Frame

250001894Relates to an instrument for calculating the time of exposure.

Watkins, Alfred

The Watch

6131895Sanderson front standard support struts.

Sanderson, Frederick Herbert

Sanderson, Sanderson A pattern, Sanderson Popular, Sanderson Junior, Tropical Sanderson, Sanderson, Sanderson Regular, Sanderson De Luxe, Sanderson Tourist, Junior Sanderson, Tropical Sanderson, Roll-film Sanderson, Tropical Sanderson, Sanderson Tropical De Luxe, Sanderson Tropical De Luxe, Roll-Film Sanderson

19241895Roller-blind shutter. Use of a safety blind to cover the lens when setting the shutter. Improvement of BP 17516/1891.

Thornton, John Edward; Pickard, Edgar

Time & Instantaneous

23051895Viewer for three-colour images, applied in the Kromskop.

Ives, Frederic E.

Kromskop

25441895Describes the Kombi.

Kemper, A.C.

Kombi

36341895Method of connecting the front standard to the baseboard.

Spratt, Henry James; Spratt, Alfred Sidney; Spratt, George Albert

Clydesdale Set

113021895Describes a rigid bodied camera, shutter and changing mechanism.

Zion, Joseph

Simili Jumelle

151071895The Cooke Anastigmat lens.

Taylor, Harold Dennis

Cooke Series V

166401895The Stigmatic lens.

Aldis, Hugh Lancelot

Stigmatic

221361895Use of springs and notches in the side struts to locate normal position of front and rear standards. Locking of inner focusing frame by bolts. Focusing screen attached to reversing frame by two flat springs allowing screen to move outwards when slide is inserted.

Thornton, John Edward; Pickard, Arthur Gray

238831895Front standard connected to the baseboard by two studs, each side of the standard, these engage slots one of which is segmental allowing the standard to pivot forward for removal.

Spratt, Henry James; Spratt, Alfred Sidney; Spratt, George Albert

241571895Describes the Presto camera.

Casler, Herman

Presto

7891896Method of connecting front standard to the camera baseboard for stereo use.

Holmes, Leonard; Holmes, Leonard Edwin; Holmes, Herbert

Holmes Single Lens Stereo

30551896Falling plate camera and shutter.

Jackson, Alfred Charles

Falling plate camera (Jackson's patents), Improved Rapid, Falling plate camera (Jackson's patents)

41101896Describes a monorail.

Parkinson, H.C.

54541896Describes a shutter and general form of a box camera for plates. Used on the B.P. Criterion.

Brooks, John Boultbee

B-P Criterion

64891896Changing mechanism. Used in the Frena.

Beck, Conrad; Beck, William; Clarke, Joseph Thacher

Frena

130191896Changing box with a flexible bag where an incline at the front of the box lifts the plates enabling the front plate to be gripped when changing plates.

Adams, Arthur Lewis; Jeyes, John William

Natti, Yale No. 1, Adams Changing Box

130401896Vignette frame.

Salmon, Arthur

Salmon's Vignetter

165441896Describes a focusing screen that is held in place by springs acting along one edge with a spring loaded bar holding a dark-slide in place.

Thornton, John Edward; Pickard, Edgar

Royal Ruby, Royal Ruby

215051896Metal dark-slides with removable inner section, sold by B.J. Edwards. (The patentees traded as W. Edwards of the Steam Cabinet Case Works, Birmingham). The surname of Brown was possibly Edwards Brown.

Brown, Frank Edwards; Edwards, William

Xit, Edwards' Patent

217551896Describes a binocular camera.

Bloch, Edmond

Stereo Binocular Camera

225571896Strut camera dark-slides and shutter. Used on the Tit-Bit.

Tylar, William

Tylar's Pocket Tit-Bit

242691896Rotary shutter and general arrangement of the Pocket Kodak.

Eastman Photographic Materials Co.; Brownell, Frank Alexander

Pocket Kodak

271021896Changing mechanisms, focusing etc. Used on falling plate cameras.

Jackson, Alfred Charles

Falling plate camera (Jackson's patents), Improved Rapid, Falling plate camera (Jackson's patents)

78801897Shutter with two pivoted blades.

Eastman Photographic Materials Co.

Eastman Triple Action

148651897Print meter.

Wynne, George Frederick

Wynne's Infallible Print Meter

179001897Ruling machine to produce screens used in the Joly colour photography process.

Joly, J.

Joly Process

209511897Roll-film holder, the film being wound outside the backing paper.

Eastman, G.

Cartridge Film Roll-holder

295061897Describes a changing arrangement for cameras using cut-film. Used in the Tella camera.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Tella

295991897Describes a detective camera where the plates are changed by inserting the hand into the camera.

Atwater, John Larson

Vive

31181898Dark-slides. The top of the draw-slide has corrugations into which strips of velvet, attached to the dark-slide, can fit.

Thornton, John Edward; Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.

Royal Ruby

32401898Aluminium case for roller-blind shutter.

Thornton, John Edward

Time & Instantaneous

90571898Five sided prism used as a view-finder giving non-reversed image.

Mallett, Walter; Watson, William; Beevor, Charles William; Adams, Arthur Lewis

Rectiflex

109661898Relates to a method of making up a packet of films for use in change-boxes. Used in the Tella camera.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Tella

170061898View-finder. Use of a mask placed in the focal point of the front lens.

Beck, Conrad; Beck, Horace Courthope

Cornex

245671898Describes the shutter, changing mechanism and general form of a rigid bodied camera. Used in the Sigriste camera.

Sigriste, J.G.

Sigriste

262811898Describes a watch type actinometer. Relates to BP 14457/1884, BP 14364/1893, BP 25000/1894.

Watkins, Alfred

Watkins Actinometer

21891899Describes the Magazine Cyclone (Western Camera Manufacturing Co.).

Haight, Harry D.; Cossitt, Lincoln L.

Cyko No. 5

44621899Sector type, T & I, shutter.

Lancaster, W.J.

Stopit

66281899Time valve.

Thornton, John Edward

Time Exposure Valve, Time Exposure Valve

67751899Method of clamping the front and rear standards by 'V' section plates working on grooves along the baseboard. The plates are pulled together by a bolt running the width of the baseboard. Found on a camera by McBean.

Wilby, J.A.; Tattersall, W.

77511899Envelope adapter.

Mackenzie, Frederick; Wishart, George

Mackenzie-Wishart Daylight Slide

121801899Describes the shutter, changing mechanism and general form of a rigid bodied camera. Used in the Sigriste camera.

Sigriste, J.G.

Sigriste

141021899The front standard does not have a cross piece at the top of the forks, it is strengthened by angled struts on the front of the standard as well as the usual side struts.

Branson, F.W.

168611899Print trimmer.

Smith, Clement Alfred

Beam Circular Print Trimmer

215101899Describes a folding camera. Used in the Pocket Cyko.

Nièll, Magnus

Pocket Cyko No 1

218731899Changing mechanism and shutter for a rigid stereo camera. Used in the L.S.C. Royal.

Smyth, Herbert

The Royal

240891899The Unar lens.

Rudolph, Paul

Ross-Zeiss Unar

247201899Telephoto attachment fitting in front of the prime lens.

Dallmeyer, Thomas Rudolphus

Adon

51201900Changing arrangement for folding hand cameras. Used on the Folding Frena range.

Beck, Conrad; Beck, William

Folding Frena

55641900Folding darkroom lamp.

Jackson, Alfred Charles

Ticka, Neptune

65081900Tripod with hinged section to close into a smaller space.

Ashford, J.

Giraffe tripod

138301900Panoramic camera.

Kodak Ltd; Brownell, Frank Alexander

No 4 Panoram

156401900Folding hand camera especially a self-erecting front.

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.; Pickard, George Arthur; Woodhead, Charles Godfrey

Oxford Automan

159261900Rack and pinion used to raise the lens board. Howell was a partner in the Midland Camera Co.

Howell, C.

Royal Letters Patent

161371900Guillotine shutter sold as the Ilex.

Tattersall, Henry Percy

Ilex

168131900Describes the Dawson Densitometer.

Dawson, John William

Dawson's Densitometer

170441900Describes the Al-Vista panoramic camera.

Angsten, Peter Nickolaus

Al-Vista

191721900Device to hold shutter blades open for focusing, for example on a Unicum shutter.

Walker, James Hubert Phipps

Sanderson Regular, Sanderson Tropical De Luxe

193311900Describes a watch type actinometer sold as the Watkins Dial.

Watkins, Alfred

Dial Meter

202261900Method of fixing the front standard to the baseboard to provide lever focusing.

Tattersall, Henry Percy

Oxford Automan, Focal Plane Automan

208601900Use of spring plate and studs to locate the front standard on the baseboard.

Holmes, Herbert; Houghton, George

Sanderson Regular, Sanderson De Luxe, Sanderson Tourist, Junior Sanderson, Sanderson Tropical De Luxe, Roll-Film Sanderson

208621900Tallbody feature to prevent bunching of the bellows from obscuring the image.

Sanderson, Frederick Herbert

Sanderson A pattern, Sanderson Popular, Tropical Sanderson, Sanderson De Luxe, Sanderson Tropical De Luxe, Sanderson Tropical De Luxe

215941900In a focal-plane shutter the tapes are wound into the centre of the take-up roller, a gap in the roller allows the set speed to be viewed from outside the camera via a red window.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Adams Reflex

226331900Printing frame using pins on the back that fit into slots on the side of the frame to prevent slippage.

Wilkinson, John; Wilkinson, Alfred

Jaynay Non-Slip

229621900Heliar lens.

Harting, Carl August Hans

Heliar

1141901Device to set the front standard at any angle. Covers the front standard bolts.

Sanderson, Frederick Herbert

Sanderson Regular, Sanderson De Luxe, Sanderson Tourist, Junior Sanderson, Tropical Sanderson, Roll-film Sanderson, Tropical Sanderson, Sanderson Tropical De Luxe, Sanderson Tropical De Luxe, Roll-Film Sanderson

11391901Relates to an enlarging camera adapted to correct distortion in negatives owing to their being out of the true plane when originally photographed.

Carpentier, Jules

38731901Describes a slide-rule actinometer.

Acworth, Joseph John

Imperial Exposure Meter

51701901The Aldis Anastigmat lens.

Aldis, Hugh Lancelot

Aldis Anastigmat

54381901Describes a while-you-wait ferrotype camera.

Hickox, Herbert Edward; Phillips, Forbes Alexander

Quta

83531901Two-blade pivoted return shutter.

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.

Argos

83581901Two-blade return shutter, rectilinear movement.

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.

Victor

83601901Two-blade pivoted return shutter.

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.

I T B

186311901Dial to calculate the shutter speed from the slit width and tension setting.

Tattersall, Henry Percy; Pickard, George Arthur

Focal Plane Automan, Focal Plane Eureka, Focal-Plane

227931901Print roller.

Wilkinson, John; Wilkinson, Alfred

Print rollers and wipers

234311901Changing box with a bag, tambour shutter and lever to raise the plate.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Adams Changing Box

243501901Describes a folding hand camera.

Nièll, Magnus

Pocket Cyko No 1

11451902Describes a slide-rule actinometer using a tape or ribbon.

Smith, John Henry

Universal Exposure Meter

24421902Method of inserting and retaining film spools.

Holmes, Herbert; Houghton, George

Roll-film Sanderson, Roll-Film Sanderson

95991902Focal-plane shutter and mirror for a single lens reflex.

Newman & Guardia; Newman, Arthur Samuel

Square Reflector

130611902The Tessar lens.

Rudolph, Paul

Tessar

134411902Heliar lens.

Harting, Carl August Hans

Heliar

193631902Focal-plane shutter and mirror in a single-lens reflex.

Newman, Arthur Samuel; Newman & Guardia

Square Reflector

217681902Print trimmer.

Wilkinson, John; Wilkinson, Alfred

Jaynay Print Trimmer

221501902Drying rack for plates.

Wilkinson, John; Wilkinson, Alfred

Jaynay Plate Drying Rack

260681902Describes the Block Notes.

Gaumont, L.

Block-Notes, Stereo Block-Notes

278221902Describes a watch type actinometer sold as the Watkins Bee.

Watkins, Alfred

Bee

23051903The Euryplan lens.

Arbeit, Ernst

Nulli Secundus, Euryplan

90131903Describes the original Premo film pack.

Rochester Optical and Camera Co.

Premo Film Pack

90141903Describes a holder (adapter) for a film pack.

Rochester Optical and Camera Co.

Premo Film Pack

140221903Film pack device.

Beck, Conrad; Bynoe, Frederick Oatley

Zambex

141371903Front standard and lens board arrangement with springs to retain the lens board within the forks. Spring clamp to retain lens panel.

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.; Pickard, George Arthur; Woods, Alfred

222071903Roller-blind shutter mechanism. Used on the Royal model.

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.; Woods, Alfred

Time & Instantaneous

236701903Roller-blind shutter where the setting cord is pulled back into the case.

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.; Piercy, Ernest Vary

Time & Instantaneous

252851903Reflex cameras. Used on the Square Reflector.

Newman, Arthur Samuel; Newman & Guardia

Square Reflector

256551903Filter or supplementary lens attachment for box cameras.

Isaacs, Myer Lewis; Isaacs, Lewis Myer; Isaacs, Frederick Myer; Levi, J & Co.

Compactum

279861903Exposure meters. Describes Le Photometre Normal.

Degen, Edouard

Le Photometre Normal

9921904Zambex envelopes and skeletons.

Beck, Conrad

Zambex

11961904Relates to a method and apparatus for reducing or enlarging the dimensions of a photograph by inclining the original and reproduction.

Scheimpflug, Theodor

36481904Printing Frames. Includes a spring to raise the paper from the negative.

Spratt, Henry James; Spratt, Alfred Sidney; Spratt, George Albert

Ensign

37991904Roll-film developing tank.

Brownell, Frank Alexander; Kodak Ltd

Brownie Developing Machine, Kodak Developing Machine

48311904Strut and front standard arrangement for a hand camera. Used on the Lizars De-Luxe cameras.

Ballantine, Robert; Ballantine, Matthew

Challenge Tropical De Luxe

100971904Envelope adapter.

Wishart, George

Houghton Envelope Adapter, Houghton Envelope Film

174081904Mostly covers the Tudor range of cameras but also shows the method of clamping the front standard to the focusing rack used on the Sanderson.

Houghtons Ltd; Edwards, William Albert; Holmes, Herbert

Sanderson De Luxe, Roll-film Sanderson, Tropical Sanderson, Sanderson Tropical De Luxe, Sanderson Tropical De Luxe

203301904Means of compressing the bulb of a pneumatic release.

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.; Pickard, George Arthur

Time & Instantaneous

212951904Describes the Ticka.

Nièll, Magnus

Ticka, Ticka, Watch Face Ticka, Solid Silver Ticka

216371904Metal stereoscope that resembled a book when closed, manufactured as the Pocket Rotoscope.

Bath, Sidney Herbert; Rotary Photographic Co.

Pocket Rotoscope

218301904Describes a panoramic camera.

Multiscope and Film Co.

Al-Vista

226981904Reflex cameras, mirror movement and shutters.

Kershaw, Abram

Stereo Tropical Reflex, Stereo Tropical Soho, Tropical Soho, Improved Artist Reflex, Soho Reflex, Dainty Soho Reflex

229881904Autochrome. This, the first Autochrome patent, proposed that the plate be coated with grains coloured red, yellow and blue, the plate was then again coated with a tacky layer followed by a second coating of grains of the same colour, these would overlap in places producing a screen of six colours - red, yellow, blue, orange, green and blue-violet.

Autochrome

257181904Autochrome. The second Autochrome patent proposed a single coating of grains but of multiple colours.

Autochrome

262301904Circular print cutter.

Wilkinson, John; Wilkinson, Alfred

Jaynay Circular Print Cutter

17401905Diaphragm shutter. Used on friction brake Koilos.

Kenngott, Wilhelm

Koilos

45151905Method of arranging the struts to bring the front and rear standards of a field camera close together.

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.; Pickard, George Arthur

48741905Describes a three-colour falling late camera.

Soc. du Photochrome

Multicolore

115851905Folding roll-film camera.

Brownell, Frank Alexander; Kodak Ltd

No. 1 Folding Pocket Kodak

116701905View-finder connected to the rising front.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Vesta, Focal Plane Vesta, Stereo Vesta, Verto, Idento, Tropical Idento

159581905Envelope adapter.

Wishart, George

Houghton Envelope Adapter, Houghton Envelope Film

165931905Focal-plane shutter.

Goerz, Carl Paul; Brauburger, Ernst

Goerz Anschütz, Goerz Anschütz

168571905Folding hand camera especially the view-finder. Used on the Sibyl camera.

Newman & Guardia; Newman, Arthur Samuel

Sibyl

199621905Exposure determining.

Ilford Ltd; Potter, Rowland Samuel

Ilford Meter

252371905Shutter. Used on the Beck Celverex.

Beck, Conrad; Beck, Horace Courthope

Zambex

49921906Envelope adapter.

Wishart, George

Houghton Envelope Adapter, Houghton Envelope Film

52121906Envelope adapter.

Mackenzie, Frederick; Wishart, George

Mackenzie-Wishart Daylight Slide

91001906Autochrome. The third Autochrome patent referred to the grains being flattened by rolling.

Autochrome

163531906Focal-plane shutter especially the de-coupling of the blind rollers to adjust the slit.

Hora, Tudor Travers

Ensign Focal Plane Camera

182601906Four-way swing front.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Tropical Minex, Minex

199431906Printing frame were a pressure bar, operated by a screw, grips the paper to the negative.

Proctor, Thomas Richard; Houghtons Ltd

Ensign

271801906The Isostigmar lens.

Beck, Conrad; Beck, Horace Courthope

Isostigmar

281741906Focal-plane shutter.

Giles, Walter Frederick

Tropical Folding Ruby

14681907Focal-plane shutter.

Goerz, Carl Paul

Goerz Anschütz, Goerz Anschütz

24851907Focal-plane shutter.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Tropical Minex, Minex

40241907Diaphragm shutter. Used on Koilos with pneumatic delay.

Kenngott, Wilhelm

Koilos

149161907Describes a spring operated rocking plate pivoted on one of the front standard struts that engages notches in a slide plate.

Houghtons Ltd; Edwards, William Albert; Holmes, Herbert

Tropical Sanderson

181211907The Staley-Wheeler telephoto attachment.

Staley, Alfred Edward; Wheeler, Owen

Staley-Wheeler Convertible Telephoto

191081907Describes a mechanism that releases the catches to a reversing back by use of a central button. Used on Sanderson cameras.

Houghtons Ltd; Edwards, William Albert; Holmes, Herbert

Tropical Sanderson

284641907Describes a roll-film strut camera. Used in the Ensignette.

Nièll, Magnus

Ensignette No 1, Ensignette No 2

13271908Film developing tank. Films arranged in arcs around a common centre to fit a round tank.

Carkhuff, Norman W.; Kodak Ltd

No. 2 Premo

36301908Describes the Vesta.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Vesta

90441908Describes the Paget colour screen process.

Whitfield, George Sydney

Paget Duplicating Method, Paget

116871908Leaf shutter

Kodak Ltd

No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak

116981908Screens for colour photography.

Dufay, Louis

Dufaycolor Films

118161908Daylight changing system.

Brooks, Arthur Augustus

A-kla Daylight Loading System

144891908Fitting of roll-film spools

Nièll, Magnus

Ensignette No 1, Ensignette No 2

146731908The Isostigmar lens.

Beck, Conrad; Beck, Horace Courthope

Isostigmar

155481908Focal-plane shutter. Used on the Unit shutter. BP 22134/1904 is referenced. BJA 1909, p. 1193. (Advert.).

Whitehead, Frank Philip; Giles, Walter Frederick

Tropical Folding Ruby, Ensign Focal Plane Camera, Duplex Ruby Reflex, Ensign Popular Reflex, Salex Tropical Reflex, Ensign Folding Reflex

176241908Strut camera. Used on the Folding Pocket Tenax.

Goerz, Carl Paul

Vest Pocket Tenax

187441908Screens for colour photography.

Dufay, Louis

Dufaycolor Films

191981908Tripod with legs of U section. Sold as the Jaynay Quickset.

Wilkinson, John; Wilkinson, Alfred

Aptus Automatic Ferrotype Camera

209711908Screens for colour photography.

Christensen, Jens Herman

Agfa Farbenplatten

210971908Screens for colour photography.

Christensen, Jens Herman

Agfa Farbenplatten

250741908Daylight changing system.

Brooks, Arthur Augustus

A-kla Daylight Loading System

253701908Determining when development is complete, used in the A-kla system.

Brooks, Arthur Augustus

A-kla Daylight Loading System

258491908Reflex camera.

Adams, Arthur Lewis; Roberts, Walter George

Tropical Minex, Minex

284481908Folding reflex camera.

Frennet, Jules

Ensign Folding Reflex

121051909Roller-blind shutter. Self-capping with two blinds connected by tapes.

Chessher, Herbert George

Triple Victo

126051909Developing tank for the Ensignette No. 1.

Nièll, Magnus

Ensignette No 1

200881909Spring arrangement to attach supplementary lenses to a camera lens.

McAlpine, George Leonard; Griffin & Sons

Planiscope Attachments

215881909Reflex cameras.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Tropical Folding Minex, Folding Minex

276671909Reflex cameras with a mask to show position of revolving back.

Adams, Arthur Lewis; Roberts, Walter George

Tropical Minex, Minex

36331910Wratten Safelight.

Wratten, Sidney Herbert

Wratten Safelight

121191910Mounting iron.

Friedl, George

Mounting Iron

200161910Shutters and reflex cameras.

Newman, Arthur Samuel; Newman & Sinclair

NS Patent Reflex

274611910Mechanism for tensioning and releasing roller-blind shutter. Also applied to Focal-plane shutters.

Prout, George Frederick; Holmes, Herbert; Houghtons Ltd

Triple Victo, Ensign Focal Plane Camera, Ensign Popular Reflex, Salex Tropical Reflex, Ensign Folding Reflex

111471911Combined view-finder, level and telemeter.

Talman, John; Watson, Charles Henry

Combined View-finder, Level and Telemeter

234291911Densitometer.

Sanger-Shepherd, Edward

Sanger-Shepherd Density Meter

401912Twin lens camera, horizontal model for plates.

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.; Pickard, George Arthur

Folding Twin Lens

55231912Describes a folding reflex camera. Used on the Folding Minex.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Tropical Folding Minex

62381912Focal-plane shutter.

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.; Pickard, Arthur Gray; Slinger, Frank

Special Ruby Reflex, Ruby de Luxe Reflex, Duplex Ruby Reflex, Junior Special Ruby, Dallmeyer De Luxe Reflex

72041912Roll-film developing tank, for the Ensignette N0. 2.

Pendred, Loughnan St. Lawrence; Houghtons Ltd

Ensignette De Luxe

87211912Describes the side struts of a folding hand camera. Used in the Sibyl range of cameras.

Newman & Guardia; Walters, Edward Cecil; Mason, Percy George

Roll-film Baby Sibyl, New Special Sibyl, Roll-film New Special Sibyl, New Ideal Sibyl, Roll-film New Ideal Sibyl, Baby Sibyl, Rangefinder Baby Sibyl

87221912Sector shutter. Used on the Sibyl camera.

Newman & Guardia; Walters, Edward Cecil; Mason, Percy George

Roll-film Baby Sibyl, New Special Sibyl, Roll-film New Special Sibyl, New Ideal Sibyl, Roll-film New Ideal Sibyl, Baby Sibyl, Rangefinder Baby Sibyl

93421912Describes a while-you-wait ferrotype camera.

Moore, Harry Charles

Aptus Automatic Ferrotype Camera

105041912Describes a folding hand camera.

Brooks, Arthur Augustus

No 1 Gleaner

121561912Actinometer where a small image of the subject is formed.

Boucher, Paul

Chronoscope PAP

138201912Leaf shutter.

Newman, Arthur Samuel; Newman & Sinclair

Tropical Una, Una De Luxe No. 2, Trellis

194061912Reflex camera.

Adams, Arthur Lewis; Foulkes Winks, Benjamin

Studio Minex

254631912Time valve to fit onto a cable release.

Baxter, F. W.

Fortex Time Valve

275921912Diaphragm shutter with gear train to regulate the exposure. Used on the Compur.

Deckel, F.

Compur S

276461912Roll-film camera, especially the use of a glass plate against which the film is pressed and film advance release mechanism. Used in the Homéos.

Richard, Jules

Homéos

61211913Focal-plane shutter.

Prout, George Frederick; Houghtons Ltd

Ensign Folding Reflex

175301913Swing or tilting front to a studio camera.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Studio Minex

187671913While-U-Wait camera taking direct positives on cards, operated through a light-tight sleeve.

Mandel, Louis

Mandel-ette

230271913Stereoscopic camera for cine film. Used in the Homéos.

Richard, Jules; Colordeau, Louis Joseph Emmanuel

Homéos

250371913Extending focusing rack for use with reflex cameras.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Tropical Folding Minex, Folding Minex

277721913Method of collapsing the front standard in a folding hand camera.

Goerz, Carl Paul

Tropical Manufok Tenax

296371913The Xpres lens.

Stuart, John; Hasselkus, John William

Xpres

63801914Describes a watch type actinometer with a 'hunter' type of case.

Wynne, George Frederick

Wynne's Hunter Meter

90051914Original patent for what became Autographic film.

Gaisman, Henry Jaques

Eastman Autographic

90061914Original patent covering cameras adapted to use Autographic film.

Gaisman, Henry Jaques

Eastman Autographic

206231914Film spools. Used in the Homéos.

Richard, Jules

Homéos

66441915Front standard of a folding hand camera. Used on the Vaido.

Adams, Arthur Lewis

Verto

201871915The fluid in a developing tank is agitated by introducing air under slight pressure.

Gimblett, John Archibald Linden; Rowden, George Vere

Carbine, Carbine

1066801916Plate holder used to produce composite photographs where a mask is moved between successive images.

Walsham, A. E.; Bennett, A.; Perl, A. H. F.

Changing Expression

1066811916Displaying and mounting composite photographs that use a mask.

Walsham, A. E.; Bennett, A.; Perl, A. H. F.

Changing Expression

1084581916Automatic diaphragm where the iris is kept open by a tensioned spring that, when released, closes the iris.

Treitschke, Friedrich

1256151916Focal-plane shutter.

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.; Pickard, Arthur Gray; Slinger, Frank

Aerial Camera

1173991917Describes a folding strut camera. Used in the Ensign Midget.

Nièll, Magnus

Silver Midget

1286261917Describes the T-P Gun camera.

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.; Pickard, Arthur Gray; Slinger, Frank

Mk 111 Hythe Gun Camera

1141731918Improvements in displaying composite photographs with an animated effect. This relates to photographs displayed in contact with a ruled screen. The specific improvement was to place the photograph in front of the screen and to incorporate an indentation in the mount to ensure contact between the screen and the photograph.

Atherton, Reginald Ignatius; Jones, David Burne; Croneen, Sidney

Changing Expression

1246361918Describes a folding hand camera.

Newton & Wright; Litchfield, Thomas

Newton Litchfield Camera

1311491918Camera for continuous operation or still exposures, produced as the Sept.

Tartara, Giuseppe Giovanni Battista

Sept

1397191919Dallon telephoto lens.

Booth, Lionel Barton

Dallon

1515071919Dallon telephoto lens.

Booth, Lionel Barton

Dallon

1581941919Reflex cameras and focal-plane shutters. Used in the Folding Reflex.

Mason, Percy George; Newman & Guardia

N&G Folding Reflex, N&G Folding Reflex

1586011919Reflex cameras and lens fittings. Used in the Folding Reflex.

Mason, Percy George; Newman & Guardia

N&G Folding Reflex, N&G Folding Reflex

1460541920Improvements to BP 131149 (Sept).

Tartara, Giuseppe Giovanni Battista

Sept

1506631920Developing tank for roll films, in which a slide is provided for feeding the film in a double layer into the tank.

Rowden, George Vere

Carbine

1628291920Describes a pre-set device for an iris diaphragm.

Beck, Conrad

1655751920Body for a roll-film camera using sheet aluminium. Used in the Ensignette.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph

Ensignette No 1, Ensignette No 2

1710241920Folding hand camera. Used on the Patent Etui camera.

Guthe, Paul

Patent Etui

314411921Application number marked on APM reflex.

Apem Reflex

1570371921Three element lens.

Warmisham, Arthur; Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Ltd

Flush Back Popular Ensign, Ensignette No 1

1655091921Method of determining the exposure required when printing from a negative.

Price, A. L.

Price's Photographic Printmeter

1836261921Hood for a rear focusing screen.

Peacock, Thomas; Newman & Guardia

Baby Sibyl

1903021921Reflex cameras and focal-plane shutters.

Bettles, Arthur Edward

Meyer Speed Camera, Salex De Luxe

1822371922Tripod that folds into a walking stick.

Peacock, Thomas; Newman & Guardia

Walking Stick Tripod

1948971922Roll-film hand camera. Used on the Ensign Cupid. Application no. GB19220004312. Specification published in 1923.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Edwards, Valentine William

Ensign Cupid

2036681922Albada view-finder.

Carl Zeiss

Albada

2076371922Improvements to shutters. Used on the Ensign Cupid. Application no. GB19220024360.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Edwards, Valentine William

Ensign Cupid

2105311922Reflex camera.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Dockree, Walter

2 ¼B Roll-film Reflex, Ensign Roll-film Reflex, Ensign Roll-film Reflex 2 ¼B

2107171922Reflex camera.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Dockree, Walter

2 ¼B Roll-film Reflex

2015611923Correx film apron.

Correx Müvek Filmipari Gepgyar Czako Laszlo

Correx

2139731923Roll-film developing dish.

Leigh, Albert; Baker, Thomas

Easy Roll-film Developing Dish

2163491923Lantern slides for use having an opaque coating which can be cut through by a sharp-pointed instrument to form diagrams etc.

Morgan, Henry Morrish

Announcement Slides

2206151923General arrangement for a box camera.

Optische Anstalt C.P. Goerz A.G.

Box Tengor II

2149391924Exposure meters.

Mayer, Emil

Justophot

2168311924Exposure meter for printing.

Mayer, Emil

Dremmeter

2355601924Camera, shutter etc.

Leitz

Leica I(a)

2664941925Reflex camera.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Edwards, Valentine William; Dockree, Walter; Denniss, Alfred Joseph

Ensign Roll-film Reflex

235001926Application number for GB281802.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Edwards, Valentine William

No. 12 Watch Pocket Carbine, No. 4 Ensign Carbine

2482741926Sliding lens mount between fixed stops for focusing.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph

All-Distance Ensign, Ensign All-Distance Twenty

2706231926Describes the front standard of a folding camera with a helical lens movement, used on the Agfa Standard range.

IG Farbenindustrie

Agfa Standard, Agfa Standard, Agfa Standard

2708231926General arrangement for a box camera with hinged body.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Edwards, Valentine William; Holmes, Alfred William Robert

All-Distance Ensign

2711451926Reflex camera.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Edwards, Valentine William; Dockree, Walter; Denniss, Alfred Joseph

Focal Plane Roll-film Camera

2711861926Positioning of the diaphragm behind a simple lens.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Hainsworth, Frank

All-Distance Pocket Ensign, All-Distance Ensign, Ensign All-Distance Twenty

2713301926Shutter, two blade pivoted return type. Used on the Sibyl Vitesse and Excelsior cameras.

Peacock, John Atkins; Newman & Guardia

Sibyl Vitesse, Sibyl Excelsior

2732741926The Tessar lens.

Carl Zeiss

Tessar

2754621926Diaphragm shutter. Used on rim-set Compur.

Deckel, Friedrich; Geiger, Martin

Compur S

2803521926Pressure plate for roll-film cameras. When the cover to the red window is moved aside the springs operating the film pressure plate are flattened allowing the film to move freely.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Edwards, Valentine William; Denniss, Alfred Joseph

No. 7 Ensign Carbine, No. 4 Ensign Carbine, Ensign Selfix '20', All-Distance Ensign, Duo-Ensign, Focal Plane Roll-film Camera

2818021926Hinged spool retaining spindle.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Edwards, Valentine William

No. 7 Ensign Carbine, No. 12 Watch Pocket Carbine, No. 4 Ensign Carbine, Ensign Greyhound, All-Distance Pocket Ensign, Ensign Selfix '20'

2855431926Self-developing camera.

Moore, Harry Charles

Aptus Automatic Ferrotype Camera

2854941927Memo roll-film camera.

Ansco Photoproducts Inc.

Ansco Memo

2900231927Hinged back to a roll-film camera. Used on the Sibyl Excelsior camera.

Peacock, John Atkins; Newman & Guardia

Sibyl Excelsior

2950711927Folding strut camera. Used in the Snapshot.

Dallmeyer Ltd; Carter, Harry Arthur

Dallmeyer Snapshot

2763461928Exposure meters - extinction.

Schlichter, Wilhelm.

Lios Actinometer

3248311929Roll-film camera. Used in the Rajar 6.

Amalgamated Photographic Manufacturers Ltd; Kershaw, Cecil

Rajar No. 6

3304381929Use of a stencil to cut bellows.

Amalgamated Photographic Manufacturers Ltd; Kershaw, Norman

Soho Cadet, Soho Pilot, Soho Raven, Soho Cadet

3342201929Magnesium ribbon holder combined in the same case as an exposure meter.

Boehm, Wilhelm

Combined Ribbon Holder and Exposure Meter

3383901929Hood on a reflex camera fitted with a pocket for the shutter of a dark-slide.

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.; Pickard, Arthur Gray; Reeves, John Horace

Duplex Ruby Reflex

3233841930In a roll-film camera, a pressure plate, normally held away from the film by springs, is moved into contact therewith by operation of the shutter release, and is returned to the normal position when the shutter release is freed.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Edwards, Valentine William

Auto-speed

3245781930Flash bulb, used in the Sashalite. See also: Ostermeier, BP 357239/1931; Hauser & Co. BP 368383/1932, BP 368531/1932.

Ostermeier, Johannes

Sashalite

3289521930In a camera having a hand operated winder for simultaneously advancing the film and setting a focal plane shutter, means is provided for automatically freeing the film winder, when it has been wound to a fresh exposure position, and allowing the shutter spindle to proceed independently until fully set for either instantaneous or time exposure.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Edwards, Valentine William

Auto-speed

3457191930Improvements in catches or fasteners for the cases of cameras.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Edwards, Valentine William

Autorange - 20

3660691930Double ended film clip used when processing film.

Purslove, Arthur Edward

Ilford Film Clips

3698331930The Tessar lens.

Carl Zeiss

Tessar

3468821931Method of constructing a camera body utilizing pressed sheet metal.

Miller, Maurice

Coronet

3486621931Exposure meters, describes the arrangement of scales on an extinction meter. Refers to BP 214939/1924.

Bing, Joseph Mina

Dremoscop, Cinemeter

3595241931In a film camera in which the film is wound on setting the focal plane shutter, describes a means by which the increasing diameter of the take-up spool is compensated for to ensure that a constant length of film is wound on each operation.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Edwards, Valentine William

Auto-speed

3775371931Improvements in lenses. The Speed Panchro.

Lee, Horace William; Kapella Ltd

Reid III, Speed Panchro

3793441931Arrangement of mirrors in a three-colour camera.

Hillman, Albert George; Gill, Bertram Thomas; Gerrard Industries Ltd

Hillman Colour Camera

3793451931Method of focusing all three images in a three colour camera at the same time.

Hillman, Albert George; Gill, Bertram Thomas

Hillman Colour Camera

3659251932Reflex camera

Steiner, Kurt

K W Box Reflex

3681051932Comparison meter using phosphorescent material.

Reiss, Friedrich

Chromophot

3682601932Three-colour back.

Oliver, Leslie Walter; Colour Photographs (British & Foreign) Ltd

Studio camera

3712521932Rangefinder with moveable mirror or prism moved by the focusing movement of the camera lens.

Leitz

Leica II, Leica II

3782701932Use of a condenser lens combined with the focusing screen.

Stevens, Frank Herbert

Duplex Ruby Reflex, Rubyette

3784291932Dremo exposure meter.

Drem Products Corp

Dremo

3799541932Rangefinder coupling adjusted from the focusing mount of the camera lens through intermediate mechanism.

Leitz

Leica II, Leica II

3804301932Exposure meter for printing.

Drem Products Corp

Largodrem

3832331932Interchangeable cam rings to connect lenses of different focal length to a rangefinder.

Leitz

Leica II, Leica II

3839111932Film re-wind knob that can be pulled clear of obstructions on the top plate.

Leitz

Leica Standard, Leica II, Leica II

261581933Application number for the Purma camera.

Mayo, Alfred Croger

Purma Speed

3868871933Use of a right-angle prism behind a rangefinder eye-piece so that viewing can be at right angles to the line of sight.

Leitz

3868881933Angular view-finder, Wintu etc.

Leitz

3889971933Covers the focusing and rangefinder coupling used in the Prominent.

Voigtländer & Sohn

Prominent

3919531933Tube being one coil of a spring forming a lens hood.

Lomax, Frank Sharp; Whitehead, Charles Edwin

Shadit

4092171933Twin lens reflex cameras especially inclining the viewing lens to compensate for parallax.

Voigtländer & Sohn

Superb

4103061933Shutter mechanism.

Steenbergen, Johan; Diebel, Otto; Frauenstein, Hugo; Englisch, Emil; Schubert, Herman; Koch, Conrad

Exakta, Exakta Model B, Exakta Model C

4144651933Roll-film cameras. Shutter mechanism.

Steenbergen, Johan; Diebel, Otto; Frauenstein, Hugo; Englisch, Emil; Schubert, Herman; Koch, Conrad

Exakta, Exakta Model B, Exakta Model C

4157701933Improvements relating to rangefinders or telemeters for photographic cameras

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph; Edwards, Valentine William

Auto-speed, Autorange - 20

4211321933Announcement slides for use at cinemas made of heat resisting glass, related to BP 216349/1923.

Morgan, Henry Morrish

Announcement Slides

4230351933Photographic cameras; exposure meters; developing-apparatus. July 18, 1933. Describes the general form of the Compass.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

Compass II

4232261933Photographic lens fittings and mounts.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

Compass II

4280031933Stand heads. Nov. 3, 1933. Describes panoramic heads and tripod fittings.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

Compass II

4284551933Photographic shutters. Nov. 3, 1933. Describes the Compass shutter.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

Compass II

4306481933Improvements in or relating to cameras with focal-plane shutters. Application no. GB19330026158, published in 1935.

Mayo, Alfred Croger

Purma Speed, Purma Special

155681934Relates to the Ensign Midget. Application number for GB436750.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Denniss, Alfred Joseph

Silver Midget

4052081934Coupled rangefinder, "having a deflecting device of two refracting wedges which are rotatable in opposite directions".

Zeiss Ikon A.G.

Super Ikonta, Contax I

4128801934Escapement mechanism for slow shutter speeds.

Leitz

Leica III

4149921934Attaching a photographic camera or the like to an optical observation instrument (Microscope).

Carl Zeiss

Contax I

4199151934Coupled rangefinder, "having two spherical or cylindrical lenses of opposite sign mounted so as to be relatively rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the plane of measurement and producing zero deviation of the rays in the infinity position".

Zeiss Ikon A.G.

Contax II, Contax III

4419801934Trigger release for photographic shutters.

Voigtländer & Sohn

Bessa

4456111934Photographic-film holders. Oct. 15, 1934. Describes a carrier for photographic films.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

Compass II

4459071934Photographic roll-film cameras. Application no. GB19350007981.

Mayo, Alfred Croger

Purma Speed, Purma Special

4479011934Photographic roll-film cameras.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

79811935Application number for the Purma camera GB445907.

Mayo, Alfred Croger

Purma Speed

4254151935Covers the Ebner camera.

Ebner, Albert

Ebner

4284491935Covers the Ebner camera.

Ebner, Albert

Ebner

4285161935Contact printer and projector.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

4379451935Photographic lens fittings and mounts.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

4520131935Photographic-film holders.

Billing, Noel, Pemberton

Compass II

4553651935Patent for the Minifex camera.

Minifex

4598211935Photographic cameras; exposure meters.

Zeiss Ikon A.G.

Contax III

4613041935Improvements in lenses.

Lee, Horace William; Kapella Ltd

Reid III

4639431935Photographic roll-film cameras. Sept. 4, 1935. Describes a roll-film back.

Billing, Noel, Pemberton

Compass II

4651021935Photographic cameras. July 16, 1936. Describes a camera back similar to the Compass.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

Compass II

4678371935Photographic roll-film spools. Dec. 23, 1935.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

Compass II

4403531936Rangefinder in a roll-film camera.

Kodak Ltd

Bantam Special

4441051936Exposure meters - extinction. Describes the Leudi.

Leber, Alois

Leudi

4541341936Means of adjusting and securing the film-plane.

Kodak Ltd

Bantam Special

4541441936Tongue and groove light seal between body parts.

Kodak Ltd

Bantam Special

4585461936Photoelectric exposure meters.

Macadie, Hugh Sutherland; Automatic Coil Winder & Electrical Equipment Co. Ltd

Avo, Avo

4731231936Improvements in or relating to photographic cameras with focal-plane shutters. Application no. GB19360003684.

Mayo, Alfred Croger; Purma Cameras Ltd

Purma Special, Purma Plus

4783421936Photographic cameras.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

Compass II

4801081936Improvements in or relating to carriers for photographic sensitised material.

Billing, Noel Pemberton; Tapper, Ambrose Henry; Willis, Arthur George

Compass II

4670391937Photoelectric exposure meter, scale and pointer designed for low-light levels.

Zeiss Ikon A.G.

Helios, Helios, Helios

4745091937Motor drive attachment.

Leitz

4755901937Smethurst High-Light Meter.

Smethurst, Phillip Charles

Avo Smethurst High-Light Meter

4945271937Describes the Erac camera.

Steward, Harry

Erac

4945441937Photographic roll-film cameras. Claimed under the convention date: 1936. Describes the Minox.

Valsts Elektrotechniska Fabrica

Minox

4951491937Photographic roll-film cameras.

Valsts Elektrotechniska Fabrica

Minox

4973011937Improvements in or relating to a photographic camera having light sensitive exposure diaphragm control means.

Kodak Ltd

Super Kodak Six-20

5006261937Photographic cameras, shutters.

Steenbergen, Johan; Diebel, Otto; Frauenstein, Hugo; Englisch, Emil; Schubert, Herman; Koch, Conrad

Kine Exakta

5067491937Photographic lens mounts. Claimed under the convention date: 1936. Describes the Minox.

Valsts Elektrotechniska Fabrica

Minox

5071841937Improvements in or relating to objectives for photographic or like purposes.

Warmisham, Arthur; Wynne, Charles Gorrie; Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Ltd

Reid III

4794531938Rapid film advance using a trigger and pulley.

Leitz

Leica IIIa, Leica IIIb

4895571938Folding camera with four or more plates forming the body that hinge and collapse. Not present on the Compass.

Billing, Noel Pemberton

4899601938Describes a shutter lock when the lens is retracted into the body of the camera. Application no. GB19370003606.

Mayo, Alfred Croger; Purma Cameras Ltd; Terrett, Joseph

Purma Special

4899611938Describes the Purma shutter.

Mayo, Alfred Croger; Purma Cameras Ltd; Terrett, Joseph

Purma Special, Purma Plus

4908361938Describes the Phot-See film holder.

Casler, Herman

Photo-See

4927371938Describes the Phot-See camera.

Casler, Herman

Photo-See

4973021938Describes the Super Kodak Six-20 shutter.

Kodak Ltd

Super Kodak Six-20

4975171938Film advance mechanism and automatic film loading.

Franke, Paul; Heidecke, Rheinhold

Rolleiflex Automat

5007911938Photographic cameras. Claimed under the convention date: 1937.

Steenbergen, Johan; Diebel, Otto; Frauenstein, Hugo; Englisch, Emil; Schubert, Herman; Koch, Conrad

Kine Exakta

5008661938Lens mounts for photographic cameras. Claimed under the convention date: 1937.

Steenbergen, Johan; Diebel, Otto; Frauenstein, Hugo; Englisch, Emil; Schubert, Herman; Koch, Conrad

Kine Exakta

5046061938Motor drive attachment.

Leitz

Leica III

5081221938Turl Photometer.

Ainger Hall, John; Schofield, Francis Harold; Turl, William George Haughton

Turl Photometer

5216061938Photographic cameras, rangefinders.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Parr, Bernard Arthur

Ensign Commando

5040081939Improvements in or relating to delay action mechanisms for photographic shutters.

Mihalyi, Joseph

Super Kodak Six-20

5073141939Reflex photographic cameras; lenses.

Steenbergen, Johan; Diebel, Otto; Frauenstein, Hugo; Englisch, Emil; Schubert, Herman; Koch, Conrad

Kine Exakta

5319961941Photoelectric exposure meters.

Sangamo Weston Ltd

Weston Master I

5506311943Photoelectric exposure meters.

Ross, T.W.; Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Ltd

Metrovick

5657681943Lens hood shaped as an inverted cone intended to avoid internal reflections.

Peckham, Cyril George

Johnson Peckham Hood

5638751944Describes an auto-stop and film advance mechanism.

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co.; Hunter, Douglas Gordon

Ensign Commando

5870901945Improvements in or relating to bezel stops for lenses.

Kapella Ltd; Phillips, Arthur Claud; Coltman, Douglas Claud Wynn

Reid III

5826741946Patent for the SEI Photometer.

Dunn, John Frederick; Platt, George Seymour

SEI Photometer

6143301948Photoelectric exposure meter, describes the Chum.

Gosling, Arthur Glendower

Chum

185341949Application number for the Wrayflex.

Studdert, Maurice Eyre Persse; Wray Cameras Ltd

Wrayflex I

185351949Application number for the Wrayflex.

Studdert, Maurice Eyre Persse; Wray Cameras Ltd

Wrayflex I

321381949Application number for the Wrayflex.

Wrayflex I

6259881949Photoelectric exposure meters.

Macadie, Hugh Sutherland; Automatic Coil Winder & Electrical Equipment Co. Ltd

Avo

6624071949Shirley Wellard re-loadable cassette.

Dye, William Charles; Bennett, George Henry Phillip; Quemby, James Charles; Buck, William James Henry

Shirley-Wellard Universal Cassette, Shirley-Wellard Universal Cassette

6423191950Covers film winding movement and connection to the shutter. Application no. GB19470016000.

Mayo, Alfred Croger

Purma Plus

6911031950Reflex camera. Describes the Wrayflex. Application no. GB19490018534.

Studdert, Maurice Eyre Persse; Wray Cameras Ltd

Wrayflex I

6911701950Reflex camera. Describes the Wrayflex. Application no. GB19520016662.

Studdert, Maurice Eyre Persse; Wray Cameras Ltd

Wrayflex I

6984091950Reflex camera. Describes the Wrayflex. Application no. GB19490018535.

Studdert, Maurice Eyre Persse; Wray Cameras Ltd

Wrayflex I

6612881951Spool used in roll-film developing tanks fitted with teeth to grip the sprocket holes in 35 mm film.

Paterson, Donald Macdougal

35 Model II

6613561951Spool used in roll-film developing tanks fitted with ball bearings or rollers to grip the film. Originally part of 661288.

Paterson, Donald Macdougal

35 Model II

6819651952Describes the Minicord.

Istegstahl GmbH

Minicord

7449621952Photographic shutters combined with exposure calculators.

Deckel, Hans; Deckel, Friedrich W.

Rolleicord V

6899161953Lens design.

Wray (Optical Works) Ltd; Wynne, Charles Gorrie

Wray Copying lens

7013681953Describes a pin used to prevent the shutter from being released on the Purma Plus.

Purma Cameras Ltd

Purma Plus

7228381953Photographic cameras with flashlight synchronizers. Application no. GB19520011460. Lindsay Leslie is given as inventor.

Reid & Sigrist Ltd

Reid III

7287411955Covers the reflex focusing arrangement of the Peckham Wray camera.

Peckham, Cyril George

Peckham Wray

7890211955Photographic cameras.

Adox Kamerwerk G M B H

Adox 300

7568161956Roll-film developing tanks where the liquid is poured in and out of a central hole.

Paterson, Donald Macdougal

35 Model II

7626411956Covers the Tessina camera.

Steineck, Rudolf

Tessina

8087321959Patent for the Stylophot camera.

Stylophot

8204131959Describes the shutter release and film advance mechanism of the Agimatic.

Aeronautical & General Instruments

Agimatic

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