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Film strip feeding apparatus

US5014929A · kind A · utility

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13References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 27, 1989
Grant dateMay 14, 1991
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B1/56
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A film strip feeding apparatus for use with a film storage device detachably assembled into the apparatus and having an inner peripheral surface portion defining a circular central opening merging with a film outlet/inlet opening and having a roll of a film strip rotatably stored in the central opening, wherein a rockable member is provided which has carried thereon a stripping roller engageable with the roll of film in the film storage device and operative to unwind and strip a leading end portion of the film strip from the roll of film and feeding the leading end portion of the film strip out of the film storage device through the film outlet/inlet opening, the rockable member being rockable between a first angular position having the stripping roller disengaged from the roll of film and a second angular position having the stripping roller held in rollable engagement with the roll of film. A guide member is further provided which is engaged by the film storage device assembled into the apparatus and having a surface portion to guide the leading end portion of the film strip being unwound and stripped from the roll of film, the guide member providing discharging means for contact…

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