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Method and apparatus for holding a film transparency in a rotary drum scanner

US5574578A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
3References
25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 7, 1994
Grant dateNov 12, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0404
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A film transparency (7) is held by centrifugal force with its emulsion side in contact with the inside of the transparent drum (1) of a rotary drum scanner (1, 2, 3) used in a graphic reproduction process. A transparency locator is in the form of either an insert (4) or a clip device (20) and serves to hold the film transparency in position until the drum is rotating at a sufficiently high speed.

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