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The VOX with the lens and gate assembly in the open position
The other Pathé Sound Projectors.
Pathé produced two more sound projectors The PAX was a much better designed
after the War. The Son, at left, was based on machine for its day. The film path was
the silent Pathé Gem mechanism, with the conventional, no off-set or sharp turns. The
bottom section housing the sound section. In machine incorporated a rather unique method
common with the Gem, the film path was of eliminating the intermittent movement of
rather tortuous, with a very sharp bend around the film coming out of the gate. The film was
the common feed and take-up sprocket. The run through a shute before it got to the sound
Son was notorious for over-heating. The head. Although it sound crude, it is very
amplifier being located in the base of the effective in operation.
machine it had little ventilation. That, together
with the fact that the motor was pushed to its
limits to run at 24 fps, was a disaster in
waiting!

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