Patent · US Expired

Film retriever

US4047653A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 23, 1976
Grant dateSep 13, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 23, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/30
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Device for retrieving the free end of a roll of film from a film cartridge; curved inner and outer jaws are movable with respect to one another. The operation involves inserting the jaw ends into the cartridge, rotating the film within the cartridge until the free end is between the jaw ends, and grasping the film with the jaw ends.

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