Cartridge for light-sensitive strip

Claim 1

A CARTRIDGE OF FLAT BOX CONFIGURATION FOR HOLDING LARGE ROLLS OF LIGHT SENSITIVE STRIP MATERIAL CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: AN INTEGRALLY MOLDED PLASTIC FEMALE SECTION COMPRISING A SIDE WALL AND NARROW PERIPHERAL EDGE WALLS HAVING A COMBINED LENGTH TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE MARGIN OF THE SIDE WALLS; AN INTEGRALLY MOLDED PLASTIC MALE SECTION INCLUDING A SIDE WALL, A SHORT CENTER POST AND A CANTILEVERED GUIDE MEMBER PROJECTING FROM THE MALE SECTION SIDE WALL A DISTACE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF THE PERIPHERAL EDGE WALLS; AND SAID TWO SECTIONS BEING ASSEMBLABLE BY PLACING THE MALE SECTION WITHIN THE FEMALE SECTION IN A DIRECTION AXIALLY OF SAID POST, AND SEALING SOLELY THE EDGES OF THE PERIPHERAL EDGE WALLS TO THE MALE SECTION SIDE WALL IN THE PLANE OF SAID MALE SECTION SIDE WALL, THE PARTS BEING THUS ASEMBLED AND THE EDGES BEING THUS SEALED; ONE END OF SAID GUIDE MEMBER AND THE ADJACENT END OF THE PROXIMATE PERIPHERAL EDGE WALL HAVING COOPERATING INTERFITTING PARTS SO ARRANGED AS TO MESH IN AN AXIAL SLIDING RELATIONSHIP DURING THE ASSEMBLY OF THE SECTTIONS WHEREBY TO FORM A LIGHT-EXCLUDING RELATIONSHIP THEREBETWEEN; AND SAID GUIDE MEMBER HAVING ONE PORTION POSITIONED SO AS TO BE IN A POSITION FACE-TO-FACE WITH, PARALLEL TO, AND SLIGHTLY SPACED FROM A PERIPHERAL EDGE WALL WHEN THE PARTS ARE ASSEMBLED TO THEREBY PROVIDE A NARROW ELONGATED EXIT OR ENTRY DUCT FOR THE STRIP.