Slide magazine
US5283603A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B23/044
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A slide magazine for slide frames having a peripheral edge with a peripherally extending groove on the two faces thereof and a notch at at least one edge portion of the peripheral edge, comprises a base portion with longitudinally spaced pairs of transverse rib portions. The rib portions of each pair are disposed in alignment transversely to the base portion and each pair is spaced from an adjacent pair to provide a slide frame-receiving compartment. The rib portions carry retaining ribs to hold the respective slide frame in a spill-resistant manner in the slide magazine, and each rib portion further has a projection for engaging into the groove to hold the respective slide frame in its compartment. A resilient finger in the base of each compartment has a retaining nose to engage into the notch of the slide frame to hold it in position. Slide frames can thus be inserted into and removed from the slide magazine at both sides thereof.
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