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A carousel slide projector is a slide projector that uses a rotary tray to store slides, used to project slide photographs and to create slideshows. It was first patented on May 11, 1965, by David E. Hansen of Fairport, New York. Hansen was an industrial designer at the Eastman Kodak Company.[1] A patent for the rotary tray was granted in 1966 after a 1962 application by the Eastman Kodak Company.[2]
The original concept for the carousel slide projector is credited to Italian-American Louis Misuraca, who brought his design to the Kodak company, and sold it for a lump sum.[3] Kodak released their first Carousel projector, the Model 550, in 1961 and sold it until 1966.[4] The 1963 Carousel Model S (Carousel-S), a professional model sold only in Germany, was designed by Hans Gugelot and Reinhold Häcker for Kodak AG in Stuttgart and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.[5][6]
- ^ US granted D201106, Hansen, David E., "Combined slide projector and slide tray", published 11 May 1965, assigned to Eastman Kodak Company
- ^ US granted 3276314A, Robinson, Herbert T, "Automatic slide projector", published 4 October 1966, issued 4 October 1966, assigned to Eastman Kodak Company
- ^ Rawsthorn, Alice (January 20, 2013). "It's a Spaceship! No, It's a Time Machine". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 15, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ McKeever (2004). "A Brief History of Slide Projectors" (PDF). Eastman Kodak. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Gugelot, Hans; Häcker, Reinhold (1963). "Carousel-S Slide Projector". Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Rawsthorn, Alice (20 January 2013). "It's a Spaceship! No, It's a Time Machine". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 October 2017.