Slide mounter with motor/arm interlock
US5216872A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/4491
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to a semi-automatic slide mounter where individual film transparencies are severed from a photographic film and inserted into a slide mount to prepare a photographic slide. In the semi-automatic slide mounter, a portion of the operation of the mounter is controlled by a manual operating lever and a portion is controlled by a motorized drive assembly. In particular, the film web is advanced along a film track for operation by the motorized drive assembly and individual film transparencies thereof are severed by a knife assembly and inserted into a slide mount ejected from a slide magazine. In the apparatus of the present invention a latch assembly is coupled with the manual operating lever to restrict operation of the manual operating lever while the film is advanced by the motorized drive assembly.
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