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See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_drive Geneva Drive]
The Geneva mechanism is an essential component of many film projectors which works in concert with other projector components such as the [[shutter]] in order to transform a film strip composed of static pictures into what appear to be "moving images". It is a mechanism which converts rotational motion into periodic motion.
 
==The "dwell state"==
 
[[File:Geneva_mechanism.gif]]
[[File:Geneva_mechanism.gif]]


==Resources==
==Resources==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_drive Wikipedia article on the Geneva Drive]
* An article on the Geneva movement (or Maltese Cross mechanism) can be found here [https://erkanumut.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/4-important-info-projector/ here]
* An article on the Geneva movement (or Maltese Cross mechanism) can be found here [https://erkanumut.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/4-important-info-projector/ here]
* Kodak Film Notes [http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/manuals/H5006.pdf "The Intermittent Movement"]
* Kodak Film Notes [http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/manuals/H5006.pdf "The Intermittent Movement"]

Revision as of 15:26, 21 April 2020

The Geneva mechanism is an essential component of many film projectors which works in concert with other projector components such as the shutter in order to transform a film strip composed of static pictures into what appear to be "moving images". It is a mechanism which converts rotational motion into periodic motion.

The "dwell state"

Resources