Film loading and printing devices

Claim 1

A FILM WINDING DEVICE FOR USE IN THE DAYLIGHT LOADING OF BULK FILM INTO INDIVIDUAL CASSETTES, COMPRISING: A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR CASE HAVING A REMOVABLE SIDE DEFINING A COVER, AND A FIXED SIDE PARALLEL TO SAID COVER BEING FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH THE WALL SECTIONS OF THE CASE TO PROVIDE A LIGHT-TIGHT COMPARTMENT THEREIN; SAID COVER AND SAID FIXED SIDE HAVING PARALLEL END PORTIONS EXTENDED OUTWARDLY BEYOND ONE SIDE OF SAID LIGHT-TIGHT COMPARTMENT; SPINDLE MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A ROLL OF BULK FILM INTERIORLY OF SAID COMPARTMENT; A LIGHT-TIGHT SLIT OPENING OUTWARDLY OF SAID COMPARTMENT BETWEEN SAID EXTENDED END PORTIONS, AND FILM GUIDE MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT AND OUTWARDLY OF SAID SLIT; A RECESS IN THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID EXTENDED END PORTION OF SAID FIXED SIDE, SAID RECESS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THEREIN THE OUTWARDLY EXTENDED HUB OF THE WINDING SPOOL OF A FILM CASSETTE; AN APERTURE IN SAID END PORTION OF SAID COVER OPPOSITE FROM SAID RECESS IN SAID FIXED SIDE; CRANK MEANS INCLUDING A SHAFT BEING ENTERABLE THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND ADAPTED FOR INTERFITTING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WINDING SPOOL IN A CASSETTE, SAID SHAFT BEING EFFECTIVE TO HOLD SAID CASSETTE IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID RECESS AND SAID APERTURE AND TO ROTATE SAID SPOOL INTERIORLY OF SAID CASSETTE WHEREBY FILM FROM A BULK ROLL SUPPORTED ON SAID SPINDLE IN SAID LIGHT-TIGHT COMPARTMENT AND THREADED THROUGH SAID SLIT, OVER SAID GUIDE MEANS AND ONTO SAID SPOOL, IS WOUND INTO SAID CASSETTE WHEN SAID CRANK IS TURNED; MEANS FOR REMOVABLY SECURING SAID COVER ON SAID CASE, AND REMOVABLE CLOSURE MEANS BEING EXTENDED UPWARDLY FROM A POINT BELOW SAID CASSETTE TO A POINT ABOVE SAID SLIT AND BEING ADAPTED TO INTERFIT BETWEEN SAID PARALLEL EXTENDED END PORTIONS OF SAID COVER AND SAID FIXED SIDE AND EFFECTIVE TO EXCLUDE LIGHT FROM FILM WHILE PASSING FROM SAID SLIT, OVER SAID GUIDE MEANS AND INTO A CASSETTE.