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Processing apparatus for instant type transparency film

US4307955A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1980
Grant dateDec 29, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03D9/02
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus including a housing and a disposable film processing kit for processing an exposed roll of instant or self-developing type transparency film. The kit includes a roller supporting a coiled length of sheet material, a drum having one end of the sheet material attached thereto, and a processing composition dispenser located therebetween. The kit is adapted to be inserted into the housing, and an end of an exposed strip of film is threaded across a sprocket wheel and directed towards the drum. The sprocket wheel and the drum are driven in a direction so as to wind the film and sheet material upon the drum with a layer of the processing composition located therebetween. The drum is provided with a single resiliently mounted projection which is adapted to enter a sprocket hole in the film to facilitate the movement of the end of the film to a position between the spreader sheet and the drum.

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