Slide mounter with improved slide mount advance
US5195653A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03D15/10
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved slide mount advance mechanism advances a slide mount to an insertion station of a slide mounting apparatus, where the slide mount receives a film transparency to form a photographic slide. The mechanism includes a slide ejector designed to contact a bottom slide mount in a slide magazine and advance the slide mount from the slide magazine to the insertion station. The slide ejector contacts the slide mount through a rear slide ejector opening of the slide magazine to force the slide mount through a front slide mount opening of the slide magazine to a slide track. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for aligning the bottom slide mount at or above an upper edge of the slide ejector while maintaining the bottom slide mount in a position to be engaged by the slide ejector. The aligning mechanism restricts the ejection of multiple slide mounts from the slide magazine to assure proper operation.
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