Daylight film handling system
US3934735A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 1973 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 1993 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B42/045
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for enabling X-ray films, of the type primarily used in the dental and medical fields, to be handled in daylight for exposure to X-rays. The system utilizes identical film sheets emulsion coated on one or both faces, each sheet having a notch, displaced from the sheet center line, formed in one edge thereof. A stack of sheets is packed in an opaque envelope with the sheets being alternated so that all of the notches lie along a common stack edge arranged in two parallel rows, the notches in adjacent sheets lying in different rows. The system includes a light tight dispenser which receives the envelope and is capable of being operated to strip the envelope from the film sheet stack. The dispenser includes a pair of rotatable selector cams, each aligned with a different row of notches. A spring mounted back-up plate urges the film sheet stack against the selector cams with the two selector cams respectively bearing against notched and unnotched portions of the top sheet. Means are provided for alternately rotating the two cams so as to successively release the top sheet from the stack into a cassette removably engaged with the dispenser. The cassette includes parallel screen…
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