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EP0591740A1
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Apparatus for transporting a film cartridge through a photofinishing process
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1993-09-18
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-09-18
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for transporting a film cartridge (10), having a spool end (18) and a film ingress/egress slot (24), containing an exposed photographic film (12) through a photofinishing process comprises a pallet (28) adapted to hold the film cartridge. The pallet includes an interior opening for holding a film cartridge in fixed relation to the pallet with the spool end and the film ingress/egress slot of the film cartridge exposed to permit the spool end to be rotated to thrust the photographic film out of the film cartridge and to return the photographic film to the film cartridge.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert Jerome c/o Eastman Kodak Company Blackman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 19:42
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B27/00; G03B27/32; G03B27/46; G03B27/462; G03B27/52; G03B27/62; G03B27/6271; G03B27/6285; G03D; G03D13/00; G03D13/003; G03B2206/00; G03B2206/002; G03B2206/008; G03B2217/00; G03B2217/26; G03B2217/266
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
An apparatus for transporting a film cartridge, having a spool end and a film ingress/egress slot, containing an exposed photographic film through a photofinishing process comprises a pallet adapted to hold the film cartridge characterized in that: said pallet includes interior means for holding a film cartridge in fixed relation to said pallet with the spool end and the film ingress/egress slot of the film cartridge exposed to permit the spool end to be rotated to thrust the photographic film out of the film cartridge and to return the photographic film to the film cartridge.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus for transporting a film cartridge as defined in Claim 1, wherein said interior means is sized and shaped similarly to the film cartridge to accept the film cartridge.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
An apparatus for transporting a film cartridge as defined in Claim 1, wherein said pallet includes exterior means located on said pallet for storing film related data that can be read for use in the photofinishing process.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus for transporting a film cartridge as defined in Claim 3, wherein said exterior means includes a magnetic medium on which film related data may be magnetically recorded on or magnetically read from.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus for transporting a film cartridge as defined in Claim 3, wherein said exterior means includes an optical medium on which film related data may be optically recorded on or optically read from.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus for transporting a film cartridge as defined in Claim 3, wherein said exterior means includes a mechanical medium on which film related data may be mechanically recorded on or mechanically read from.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
An apparatus for transporting a film cartridge as defined in Claim 1, wherein said pallet includes means for clamping a leader portion of the photographic film to releasably hold the leader portion of the photographic film outside the film cartridge during the photofinishing process.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus for transporting a film cartridge as defined in Claim 7, wherein said clamping means includes a pair of legs biased towards each other creating a frictional force to releasably hold a leader portion of the photographic film outside the film cartridge during the photofinishing process.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
An apparatus for transporting a film cartridge as defined in Claim 7, wherein said clamping means includes a pin which engages an aperture in a leader portion of the photographic film to releasably hold the leader portion of the photographic film outside the film cartridge during the photofinishing process.
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