Boxoffice-December.02.1950

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%imil MOTION PICTURE PROJHCTOKS.
... do not require oi/ pumps
and splash lubrication for efficient
operation.
. . . must be designed to use
high-power arc lamps without
light-wasting heat filters.
HERE'S
THE PROBLEM
Modern projection demands the use of higher power arc lamps. These lamps
create intense heat which causes buckling and distortion of the film. To prevent
film mutilation and out-of-focus pictures, some projectors require heavy
light-wasting heat filters. These filters waste most of the light added by the
higher power lamps.
HERE'S THE SOLUTION
CENTURY projectors equipped with water-cooled apertures reduce destructive
heat and increase picture brilliance.
Think of this . . . CENTURY high-efficiency mechanisms, plus water-cooling
and with a 90 ampere arc will put as much light on the screen as other projectors
using a 180 ampere arc and heat filters!
HERE'S THE RESULT
• Full brilliance and sharper pictures without loss of light or
wasted power.
• More illumination on the largest screens.
• Film distortion reduced. Focusing trouble minimized.
Proiectors equipped for high speed, long focal length, 4" diom. lenses.
Water cooling is optional-available on all models at slight extra cost.
LUBRICATION IS OLD FASHIONED!
With CENTURY you have no lubrication headaches— no dripping oil or grease
to mess up equipment or film. There are no oil baths or oil pumps to leak or
fail and cause bindups and frozen bearings. To end this costly trouble
CENTURY uses sealed, oil-less bearings and gloss-hard, high carbon-chrome
steel gears.
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Proof of CENTURY'S simplified, high-efficiency design can be seen in the illustrations
on the right. Ten gears with only two gear meshes between the
shutter and the intermittent cam. (Other well known projectors have from
4 to 12 such meshes and up to 23 gears).
Fewer gears and shafts mean less trouble, lower maintenance, less vibration,
sharper pictures . . . finer projection.