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"Film Cartridge System
Debut, by hank Fox. New York. Jayark Instruments Corp., a film electronics
equipment manufacturer, has developed and is marketing an 8mm continuous
loop film cartridge and cartridge player. Slated for conusmer use, the
system makes its initial appearence in the recording industry as a disk
promotional device in local record retail outlets. The 9 by 11-inch
cartridge, with all of the threading mechanism and the gate completely
self-contained, functions similarly to existing 8-track audio tape
cartridges. The film romains enclosed within the cartridge. In place of a
pinch roller, which is in the 8-track cartridge, a gear, protruding from
the bottom surface of the cartridge, meshes with a gear located in the
player. Time capacity is a 30 minutes. Cost of the cartridge is now pegged
at $8.95, but according to Howard Epstein, president of Jayark, the cost
not represented a mass-produced item. "With mass-production", Epstein said,
"the cost could drop to less than $5". Billing its unit as a total family
entertainment and an educational device, Jayark is readying "how to do it"
films for home use. The unit's debut int the record industry will be as a
promotional tool to sell album product at retail. Using promotional films
produced by Michael Joyce's Record-on-film Corp., Jayark will field-test
the film cartridge concept in retail stores in the Greater New York and
Philadelphia markets. Joyce has been making three-minuts mini-films for
several record labels including Epic Records. Record retailers will be
offered film cartridges projectors with the guarantee of a steady flow of
new film cartridges releases. The deck top unit can be used either on a
counter or in a dealer's window. Cost of the unit is $399. .jpg)
Dealers,
however, can lease the projectors through most leasing companies for about
$10 per month. Cost of leased equipment is completely tax deductible. The
films be supplied free of charge. The portable film cartridge projector,
Jayark Super/8, incorporates a 9 by 12-inch non-reflecting screen which
folds into the cover when not in use. Its light source is a low power,
extended life, quarz halogen bulb with dichroic relfector. The self-contained,
transistorized sound system, which can be connected to external speakers,
features a frequency response of 100-8,000 cycles. Cost of the projector,
which is not presently mass-produced, is $399 (ower at volume)". Text
from Billboard,
The International Music-Record Newsweekly, April 13, 1968, page 1 and 8.
United States Patent 3271095: PROJECTOR FOR CONTINUOUS SOUND AND MOTION PICTURE FILM; filled June 15, 1964; patented September 6, 1966; inventors: Louis M. Goldstone (Glendale), Volmer Solfas Jensen (Beverly Hills, California); assignor to Jayark Instruments Corporation, New York, NY.
United States Patent 32844155: CONTINUOUS FILM CARTRIDGE; filled ?; patented November 8, 1966; inventors: Louis M. Goldstone (Glendale), Volmer Solfas Jensen (Beverly Hills, California); assignor to Jayark Instruments Corporation, New York, NY.
United States Patent 3544205: PROJECTOR FOR CONTINUOUS LOOP MOTION PICTURE FILM; filed: 11/28/1967; patented: 12/01/1970; inventor: Mitchell J. Bogdanowicz; assignor to Jayark Instruments Corporation, New York, NY.